Vinay Kampalath, MD, DTMH

I am interested in the role of Program Committee Liaison for the Global Emergency Medicine Academy Executive Committee because I would like to see GEMA’s presence increase even further at the SAEM Annual Meeting. GEMA itself is growing in scope and membership, and this growth reflects the increasing interest in global emergency medicine among emergency medicine faculty and trainees across the world. I currently serve as co-chair of the GEMA Program Committee, where we are currently working on planning GEMA-related events at SAEM23. As Program Committee Liaison, I would work to plan the annual GEMA business meeting in 2024, and I would advocate for and encourage GEMA-related submissions to the overall meeting. My goals would be to support a breadth of global emergency medicine-related submissions that reflect our diverse subcommittees (e.g., decolonizing global health, BEC, Indian Health Services, EMS, pediatric emergency medicine, and humanitarian health) and our membership, especially our GEMA members from LMICs. At the Annual Meeting, I also hope to support events that provide an outlet for socializing and opportunities for collaboration.