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Davin T. Combs, MD

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Davin Combs is a PGY-2 emergency medicine resident at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA. He has a strong interest in EMS and disaster medicine particularly as it relates to training, capacity building and MCI preparedness. Before medical school he spent six years in the military and worked as a Congressional staffer in Washington, DC. He obtained his BS in public health from George Washington University and his medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. His work throughout residency has focused on improving the medical capacity of law enforcement officers and improving deficiencies within active threat MCI response from both a clinical and operational perspective. He has a particular passion for systems engineering and design as it relates to complex pre-hospital problem-sets. When not working, he can be found spending time with his wife and three sons, or coaching lacrosse and football.

Carolyn Geraci, MD Carolyn Geraci, MD

Hennepin County Medical Center

Carolyn Geraci, MD. Chief Resident (PGY3) and Incoming Medical Education Fellow at Hennepin County Emergency Medicine.

Deepa Patel, MD Deepa Patel, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Deepa Patel, MD is an emergency physician at Grady Memorial Hospital and an intensivist working in the Cardiovascular and Surgical/Transplant Intensive Care Units at Emory University Hospital. She completed both her residency in Emergency Medicine and fellowship in Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) at Emory. Currently, she’s an Associate Program Director for the ACCM fellowship, Co-Director of Multi-Professional Education for the Emory Critical Care Center and is the Director of the newly minted Critical Care Section within the Department of EM. Her interests include critical care education with a focus on mechanical ventilation and improving the care of critically ill patients in the Emergency Department

Elizebeth Dubey, MD, FACEP

Wayne State University

Elizebeth Dubey, MD serves as the Program Director of Emergency Medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital, where she teaches and trains the next generation of emergency physicians. She spends most of her time balancing clinical work and teaching. Yet she also has interests in research with a focus on medical education. She also has interests in both bias in medicine and discordance in patient care. Last year she authored a chapter in Urban Emergency Medicine titled, “Linguistic, Racial and Cultural Discordance”. She is part of national Emergency Medicine committees serving in a variety of roles on a national level. She represented the American Academy of Women Emergency Physicians (AAWEP) as a Councilor fort the annual American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Council meeting for seven years. In addition, she serves on Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) committees, including the Education Committee and the Equity & Inclusion Committee. When not working, she spends time with her spouse and three energetic girls.

Steven M. Hochman, MD

Dept of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph’s Health

Core Faculty for the past 20 years, Research Director and lead faculty for Journal Club for the past 10 years.

Kevin J. Mercer, PharmD, MPH

The University of Texas at Austin

Kevin Mercer, PharmD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He earned a Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health from the University of Kentucky followed by completing pharmacy residency training at The University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Mercer is passionate about teaching and mentoring trainees in emergency medicine. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and cultivating house plants.

Mary Beth Phelan, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Dr. Mary Beth Phelan is a Full Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). She is a leader in faculty development and promotions and founded the chairs the EM Faculty Development and Promotions Committee and serves as Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement. She is Chief of the Division of Ultrasound and Director of the Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship. Numerous awards include MCW Outstanding Faculty Service Award, the MCW Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and the 2024 MCW Professionalism Award.

Amy E. Zosel, MD, MSCS

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Dr. Zosel is a Full Professor of Emergency Medicine. She trained in emergency medicine (residency) at Northwestern University and then in medical toxicology (fellowship) at Denver Health’s Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center before joining the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) faculty in 2010. While a fellow, she earned a Master of Science in Clinical Sciences at the University of Colorado at Denver. Dr. Zosel is Chief of the Division of Medical Toxicology. She is chair emeritus of the MCW Council for Women’s Advocacy and is the current promotions and mentorship lead for the MCW EM women’s faculty council.

Hannah Chason, MD

Brown Emergency Medicine

I am an attending physician and assistant professor with Brown Emergency Medicine in Providence, RI. I am also the coordinator of the Critically Important Peer Support (CIPS) program in our department which provides training and peer support to our residents, faculty, and APPs.

Alden Landry, MD, MPH

Dr. Landry is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Dean for the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership; Associate Director and Advisor for William B. Castle Society; and Director of Health Equity Education at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as Senior Faculty at the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and is the founder and co-director of the non- profit organization Motivating Pathways. He strives to lead efforts for the Department of Emergency Medicine, the hospital and the medical school that will address health disparities and improve quality of care for the most disenfranchised.

In addition to his clinical interests, Dr. Landry is involved in research on Emergency Department utilization trends, disparities in care and quality of care. He also co-instructs a course at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and teaches cultural competency to residents and physicians. Dr. Landry promotes careers in the health professions to under-represented minorities and mentors, scores of pre-medical students, medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty. Dr. Landry also leads the Tour for Diversity in Medicine, (www.tour4diversity.org) an effort to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine, dentistry, and other biomedical careers.

Dr. Landry has been recognized by his peers and colleagues as a leader in health equity and social justice. He has received numerous awards for his public health work and efforts to promote health care workforce diversity. He was recently awarded the Outstanding Academician Award by the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine of the Society of Academic Emergency medicine and the Albert Frechette Award from the Massachusetts Public Health Association.

Dr. Landry received his Bachelor of Science degree from Prairie View A&M University in 2002 and his medical degree from the University of Alabama in 2006. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2009. In 2010, he earned a Master’s in Public Health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and completed the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University. He received the Disparities Solutions Center/Aetna Fellow in Health Disparities award in 2010-2011.

Laura McPeake, MD, MSc.

University of Vermont, Department of Emergency Medicine

Laura McPeake, MD, MSc is an associate professor of emergency medicine. She is the Director for Physician Well-being and Organizational Culture for the Department of Emergency Medicine at UVM after serving in a similar role at Warren Alpert School of Brown University until 2020. She attended medical school at SUNY Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn and did her emergency medicine residency at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. She worked in community emergency medicine in Urbana, IL for 2 years before returning to an academic position at Brown where she developed her work in physician wellness. She has worked nationally within multiple emergency medicine national organizations to forward wellness initiatives on a national and practice group policy level. She completed Master’s Degree in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences at Brown School of Public Health as part of a faculty development grant through the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown to evaluate and implement and evaluate physician wellness programs. Her interest in physician wellness came from over 30 years of experience practicing and teaching meditation. She is particularly interested in applying empathy training and mindfulness/self-awareness techniques as an antidote for burnout and dissatisfaction in emergency medicine and as way to be more present for patients and colleagues. She presents locally and nationally on the topic of physician and emergency medicine wellness including lectures and workshops. She has also taught in the medical school in the preclinical years as both a small group leader and clinical mentor in order

Trenika J. Williams, MD, MS

Harvard Medical School

Trenika J. Williams, MD MS completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center in 2024. She has consistently led efforts in advocacy and community programming for the advancement of health equity, primarily focusing on mentorship, pipeline programming, community health education, and violence intervention. Dr. Williams has a particular interest in prehospital medicine and emergency medical services. She aims to work within an urban academic medical center providing care for underserved populations, disenfranchised youth, and those most greatly impacted by systemic inequities. She aspires to equip her community with both knowledge and systemic change through needed policy implementation that will result in increased health in the community as a whole. Dr. Williams was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Geisel School of Medicine in 2021 and inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 2022. She was selected as a Community Champion by the University of Chicago’s Urban Health Initiative in 2022 on basis of her proven record of leadership in community engagement and honored with the University of Chicago Emergency Medicine’s Community Engagement Award in 2024. Dr. Williams served on the National Board of Directors of the Student National Medical Association as a Regional Director. She currently serves on the board of the MedCEEP (Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness) Initiative, a community-based nonprofit designed to increase the number of youth on the South Side of Chicago who possess lifesaving health emergency response skills. Dr. Williams earned her medical degree from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in 2021.

Tanesha Beckford, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Tanesha Beckford is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and Emergency Medicine faculty at the Massachusetts General Brigham, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is currently a Presidential Scholar in Health Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a member of the City of Boston’s youth civic engagement council at Spark Boston. She completed residency at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she served as Chair of the Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee. She is the immediate past Chair- Elect of the EMRA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and the co-founder of the Annual Health Justice Conference at her medical alma mater. Her research background includes shared decision making, professional advancement amongst diverse physicians, implementing violence prevention and intervention practices, and improving patient outcomes through equitable healthcare pathways. Her interests include mentorship, community outreach, social justice and creating inclusive spaces that amplify the voices of the underrepresented.

Victoria Lynn Zhou, MD

University of Vermont

Dr. Victoria Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Vermont. She currently serves as Interim Assistant Program Director for the University of Vermont Emergency Medicine Residency.

Fabrice I. Mowbray, PhD, RN

Michigan State University College of Nursing & College of Human Medicine

Lewis S. Nelson, MD, MBA

Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Lewis S. Nelson, MD, MBA is Dean and Chief of Health Affairs and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, FL. Until December 2024, he was the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Chief of the Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, in Newark, NJ. He is board certified in emergency medicine, medical toxicology, and addiction medicine. Dr. Nelson serves as a long-standing consultant to CDC, DHS, and FDA and works closely with several professional organizations addressing clinical management and health policy issues regarding opioids, alcohol, and cannabis. He is the senior editor of the textbook “Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies” and is the immediate Past President of Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine.

Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH

University of North Carolina

Jane Brice is the University of North Carolina Chair of Emergency Medicine. A tenured professor of Emergency Medicine, she took the helm of the department in 2015 after 20+ years of service as a faculty member. She holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Social Medicine. She is a UNC graduate with degrees in education, physical education (1974), medicine (1994), epidemiology (1998), and business (2024). She is an accomplished investigator having held multiple federal grants with a focus on the care of patients in the out-of-hospital environment provided by Emergency Medical Services personnel. As a well-published and recognized expert in the prehospital care, she is the Deputy Editor for Prehospital Emergency Care. She is a certified coach and invested in her own growth as a person and as a leader.

Andra L. Blomkalns, MD, MBA

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Stanford School of Medicine

Dr. Andra Blomkalns is a distinguished physician and academic leader, presently holding the position of Chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine. With over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Blomkalns is recognized for her expertise in several critical areas of emergency medicine (EM). Her research portfolio is extensive, with significant contributions to the fields of cardiovascular emergencies, basic discovery science investigating the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms, innovations in emergency care delivery, healthcare systems management, and the integration of novel technologies into clinical practice.

As a previous President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and a current member of the Executive Team for the Association for Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine (AACEM), Andra is dedicated member of SAEM. Dr. Blomkalns has played a vital role in many of the organization’s initiatives, contributing to the advancement of academic EM through leadership in research, education, and advocacy for academic EM.

In addition to her research, publications, and grants, Andra is an influential mentor and educator, actively guiding the next generation of emergency physician leaders. Her involvement in national organizations and educational programs demonstrates her passion for advancing the field and promoting innovation in EM training. Through her leadership, Dr. Blomkalns continues to impact both her institution and the broader academic EM community.

Marquita S. Norman, MD, MBA

University of Texas Southwestern

Marquita S. Norman, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor and serves as the Associate Vice-Chair of Health Equity, Quality and Safety in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She currently serves as chair of the SAEM Finance Committee and a member of the SAEMF Board of Trustees. She is the past chair of the Equity and Inclusion Committee and past president of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine. She completed her internship at Howard University and residency training at the University of Michigan. She completed her MBA from the Collat School of Business at UAB. Her work has been centered around healthcare workforce diversity and inclusion efforts involving K-16 pathways programs and development of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate medical education. Dr. Norman’s professional and community interests include health equity, health care workforce diversity, medical education, and communication skills.

Lindsay MacConaghy, MD

Guthrie Medical Group

I graduated from University of Rochester School of Medicine and then completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at Alpert Medical School of Brown University. From there, I got my first job at SUNY Upstate. During my 9 years there, I served as an Assistant Program Director and Assistant Clerkship Director. I made the difficult decision to move my family to Ithaca, NY and help start a new emergency medicine residency program at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital as the Associate Program Director. I have happily served this position and worked hard to grow our program since 2019.

Throughout my EM academic career, I have been an active and engaged member of the CORD Remediation Committee and now serve as Chair. This committee has helped to support me in some presentation, project and research endeavors. I also have enjoyed being an active member of AWEM. I look forward to continuing my passion for remediation and elevating women in emergency medicine.