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  Reuben W. Horace, DO, MPH, MBA

  Duke University

  "Patient Perspective on Reducing Bias During ED Intake of ED Psychiatric Patients"

  Dr. Horace is first-year resident at Duke University Medical Center with a research interest in emergency department disparities in underserved populations as well as pain outcomes. His recent scholarly work includes presenting pain research at national annual conferences, mentoring medical students, and being actively involved in community outreach.

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  Anisha R. Turner, MD, MBA

  Baylor College of Medicine

  "Combining Interprofessional Education Simulation and Coaching to Teach Health Equity"

  Dr. Anisha Turner is an educator, patient advocate and Texas native physician that completed her undergraduate training at Rice University in Houston, Texas and her medical school training at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. For residency, she left the lone star state to pursue a combined emergency medicine and family medicine residency training program at Louisiana State University, one of only two programs of its kind in the country. After emergency/family medicine resident training, she returned to Texas as an education and administration fellow at Baylor College’s of Medicine’s Section of Emergency Medicine. During fellowship, she received her MBA in Health Administration and completed several projects in patient safety, health equity and interprofessional education. She currently serves as an assistant professor, core faculty, and assistant director of justice, equity and inclusion for the Department of Emergency Medicine Residency program. She is also an adjunct faculty with the Family Medicine Department and serves as course director for multiple undergraduate medical education courses. 

  Dr. Turner’s interests focus on interprofessional education, health equity, patient advocacy/safety, and health administration including interdepartmental relations, care transitions, quality improvement, and feedback and evaluation.

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  Preeti Panda, MD

  Stanford University

  "Health Disparities of Trafficked Children Presenting to Emergency Departments"

  Dr. Panda is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow and pediatric global health subspecialty fellow at Stanford University. She earned a bachelor of science degree from Cornell University in Nutrition and Global Health. She went on to earn an MD, with distinction in advocacy, from Albany Medical College. Dr. Panda completed her pediatric residency training at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, where she earned specialized certificates in child advocacy and research. She is currently earning a Master of Science in Health Policy at Stanford University, which she will complete over the course of her fellowship.
  
  Dr. Panda has worked with trafficked youth for over 10 years, with involvement in direct clinical care, research, legislative advocacy, and education. Her research currently focuses on identifying disparities in the delivery and access of emergency care for trafficked children, and the development of emergency department-based interventions to support at-risk youth. During pediatric residency, Dr. Panda co-founded the Haven Clinic, a medical home that provides trauma-informed medical care to survivors of child trafficking. Dr. Panda has received awards both locally and nationally for her work, including recent recognition by the Boston Congress of Public Health as a 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst awardee.

   

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  Hillary C. Moss, MD

  Montefiore Medical Center

  "Creating a Novel Simulation Based Palliative Care Curriculum for the EM Resident"

  Dr. Moss is currently an assistant professor of emergency medicine, assistant director of simulation education, and director of emergency medicine PA/NP education at Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center Moses Campus in the Bronx, NY. She completed her emergency medicine residency and simulation fellowship at the Zucker School of Medicine, North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Moss is passionate about all aspects of residency education and is particularly interested in increasing learner engagement in didactics. She is excited to spend the next year completing her project on palliative care simulation for emergency medicine residents.

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  Adam D. Laytin, MD, MPH

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  "Developing a Context-Appropriate VAP Prevention Strategy in Ethiopia"

  Adam Laytin, MD MPH is an assistant professor of an Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

  His areas of clinical expertise include surgical critical care and emergency medicine. His research interests include injury epidemiology and prevention, social determinants of health, and emergency medicine, critical care and trauma systems in resource-limited settings. He has collaborated with clinicians and researchers in the US, Ethiopia, India, South Africa and Israel. 

  His current research, conducted in collaboration with emergency physicians and intensivists in Ethiopia, addresses the burden of medical emergencies, critical illness and trauma in low- and middle-income countries with the goal of developing data-driven, context-appropriate quality improvement and capacity building initiatives to improve the care of critical ill and injured people worldwide. 

   

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  Mehruba A. Parris, MD

  Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

  "Efficacy and Incidence of Adverse Events of High Dose Buprenorphine for MOUD in the ED"

  Dr. Parris is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) and a medical toxicology consultant with the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System. She is board-certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology. Dr. Parris completed her residency in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and a medical toxicology fellowship at Emory University/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to her role at NJMS, Dr. Parris had been in emergency medicine education, administration, and consulting in Miami and Atlanta. Her areas of focus are acute and critical care in medical toxicology, public/global health, diversity, and women in medicine.

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  Karrin Weisenthal, MD, MHS

  Boston Medical Center

  "Decreasing Risk and Stigma Among Patients Who Use Drugs"

  Karri Weisenthal, MD/MHS is a fellow in Addiction Medicine at Boston Medical Center, per diem attending in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center, and clinical instructor at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She graduated cum laude from the Yale School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center, serving as education chief during her final year. She has been recognized for her academic merit and teaching abilities, receiving awards such as the David A. Frommer Award for Academic Excellence and the Senior Resident Teaching Award. Upon completion of her fellowship, she has accepted a position at Boston Medical Center with joint appointments in emergency and addiction medicine.
  

  Dr. Weisenthal is an active researcher in the fields of emergency and addiction medicine. Her current research interests include improving initiation and access to medications for opioid use disorder in the emergency department (ED) with an equity lens, ensuring smooth transitions of care from the ED to outpatient settings for patients identified with a substance use disorder, and integrating a harm reduction approach into the care of patients who use drugs in the ED. She is grateful to have been awarded the NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Grant, and the opportunity to develop an ED provider and nursing curriculum focusing on the incorporation of harm reduction into the care of patients who use drugs and access emergency services.

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  Angadpreet Sidhu, DO, MS

  NYCHHC Harlem & Metropolitan Hospital

  "Increasing Bupe Admin for OUD in the ED at Harlem and Metropolitan Hospital"

  Dr. Sidhu is a third-year resident at New York Medical College Metropolitan/Harlem EM Residency and residency director of administration and addiction medicine. Dr. Sidhu was born in India and grew up in the bay area in Pleasanton, California. He attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo for undergrad, majoring in biological sciences with the concentration of anatomy, physiology and microbiology. Dr. Sidhu attended Touro University California for both masters and medical school. His emergency medicine interests are administration, quality control, and medical education.

   

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  Di Coneybeare, MD, MHPE

  Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  "Professional Identity Formation in Emergency Medicine Fellows: A Qualitative Investigation to Define the Transformation"

  Dr. Coneybeare grew up in the pacific northwest and transplanted to New York for her medical training. She completed her residency at Bellevue Hospital/New York University Medical Center and stayed on for her ultrasound fellowship and concurrently completed a Master of Health Professions Education from Maastricht University.

  Dr. Coneybeare now serves as the fellowship director of emergency ultrasound at Columbia University Medical Center. Her master’s thesis focused on motivational factors that influenced the adoption of innovations where one of the primary findings revolved around professional identity formation. Her prior master’s work along with her current position as fellowship director launched her current medical education research interest revolving around post-graduate professional identity formation. 

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  Jennifer L. Carey, MD

  UMass Chan Medical School

  "Building on Leadership and Diversity in EM (BOLD-EM): Investigating Program Impact"

  Dr. Jennifer Carey is division director for undergraduate medical education and education fellowship director at UMass Chan Medical School. She is involved in developing educational curriculum for students at all levels in medical school and focuses on integrating topics in health equity into her teaching. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her commitment to education.

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  Nathan L. Haas, MD

  University of Michigan

  "Accuracy of Continuous Glucose Monitor in DKA (ACID)"

  Dr. Haas is a practicing emergency physician at the University of Michigan. He completed medical school at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, and residency at the University of Michigan, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Haas works clinically in the U-M Adult Emergency Department and the Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3), and is assistant medical director of the EC3. His clinical and scholarly interests include emergency department based critical care delivery, diabetic ketoacidosis management, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, including extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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  Carl M. Preiksaitis, MD

  Stanford University

  "The Evaluation of Learning Resources (EvaLeR) in Emergency Medicine"

  Dr. Preiksaitis is a medical education fellow and clinical instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. He completed his medical training at New York University School of Medicine and a residency in emergency medicine at Stanford. His scholarly interests include digital media and medical education, reproductive health care in the emergency department, and heath care innovation. Dr. Preiksaitis is currently pursuing a master's degree in medical education at the University of Cincinnati. His grant project, the Evaluation of Learning Resources (EvaLeR) in Emergency Medicine will develop a new method to rigorously compare the quality of emergency medicine textbooks and digital learning resources. The results of this work will help to inform selection and development of learning materials for future emergency medicine education.

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  Rebecca E. Cash, PhD

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  "An Evaluation of the Current State of Prehospital Routing Decisions for Stroke"

  I am an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School, research staff at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a biostatistician/epidemiologist at the Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet). I provide statistical support and expertise for all EMNet projects. I am also a paramedic with expertise in emergency medical services (EMS) research. I began my career as an emergency medical technician and then paramedic, providing me with valuable first-hand insight into the prehospital care system and, specifically, stroke care in the prehospital setting.

  My research has focused on the EMS workforce and systems of care. I have specific training and expertise in survey research, large dataset analyses, geospatial methods and analyses, as well as statistical methods such as mixed effects modeling and generalized estimating equations. During my doctoral training at The Ohio State University, I served as an EMS Research Fellow at the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, gaining valuable experience conducting EMS and emergency medicine research.

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  Michelle Nassal, MD, PhD

  The Ohio State University

  "Artificial Intelligence for Dynamic, Individualized CPR Guidance: AID CPR"

  Dr. Nassal is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and physician-scientist at The Ohio State University. After completion of her bachelor’s degree at the University of California San Diego, she received an MD and a PhD in cardiac physiology at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Nassal completed her emergency medicine residency and emergency medicine research fellowship at The Ohio State University. She will use the SAEMF Research Training Grant to evaluate intra-arrest tools that can be harnessed to improve out of hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation.

SAEM Residents and Medical Students (RAMS) is committed to promoting the next generation of diverse emergency medicine physicians. With the rising costs of medical education, RAMS seeks to provide financial assistance to under-represented residents demonstrating leadership skills and innovation in emergency medicine.

SAEM seeks nominations for the Outstanding Department Award for Excellence and Innovation in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

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  Aaron Deng

  Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine

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  Caroline Lee

  Harvard Medical School

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  Kalani Nakashima

  Saint Louis University

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  Jennifer L. Carey, MD

  UMass Chan Medical School

  "Building on Leadership and Diversity in EM (BOLD-EM): Investigating Program Impact"

  Dr. Jennifer Carey is division director for undergraduate medical education and education fellowship director at UMass Chan Medical School. She is involved in developing educational curriculum for students at all levels in medical school and focuses on integrating topics in health equity into her teaching. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her commitment to education.

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  Martin Casey, MD, MPH

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

  “Albuterol Use In Patients with Heart Failure and Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"

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  John Vaile, BS, BA

  Thomas Jefferson University

  “Characterization of Medical Student Burnout Using Remote Physiologic Monitoring"

  John R. Vaile is a medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to medical school, he conducted research at the National Institutes of Health (NIAID/Vaccine Research Center) as a part of the Molecular Immunoengineering Unit where he completed experiments for all stages of the vaccine development process. Upon entering medical school, he sought to explore the realm of digital health and, while still maintaining close association with traditional ‘wet lab’ work, began to pursue projects at the interface of remote monitoring and medical trainee wellbeing. 

  
  

  Currently, he conducts research on remote monitoring of resident and medical student wellbeing as a part of the Digital Health Scholarly Inquiry Track, and completed a Summer fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he designed a mobile application to supplement resident training in local anesthetic systemic toxicity. He expresses a vested interest in education, as he previously served as a Teaching Assistant in biochemistry, chemistry, and Spanish courses, and actively mentors pre-medical students on an informal basis.