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Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE

Vanderbilt University

Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2005) and completed her residency in emergency medicine at Vanderbilt (2008) where she had the privilege of being Chief Resident (2008-2009). She completed the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Teaching Fellowship (2014) and a Master of Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2021) where her thesis explored the mindset and motivation of medical students. As assistant dean Dr. Parekh directs the two-year post-clerkship curriculum and the Portfolio Coaching Program—a longitudinal coaching program designed to foster students’ self-assessment skills and life-long learning practices. She is also the Director of Vanderbilt's Academy for Excellence in Education. Dr. Parekh’s interests are in assessment, educational transitions, coaching, the impact of motivation on learning, and educational policy.

Rosemarie B. Diaz, MD

Josh W. Joseph, MD, MS

Samuel A. McDonald, MD, MS

William E. Baker, MD

University of Vermont

Dr. Baker is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Vermont Medical Center. He strives to improve healthcare through systems improvements, while serving as a clinical educator and researcher. He ascribes to Deming's philosophy, including constantly focusing on quality throughout every process in the organization. His quality improvement training includes having completed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 10-month “Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program”.

Jennifer L. Wiler, MD, MBA-R.

Italo M. Brown, MD, MPH, FAAEM

Stanford School of Medicine

Italo M. Brown, MD MPH (Morehouse College '06, Boston University '08, Meharry Medical College '15) is a Board-certified Emergency Physician, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, and Health Equity & Social Justice Curriculum Thread Lead at Stanford University School of Medicine. Throughout his career, Italo has been at the frontlines of social medicine and health equity. Italo is the current Chief Impact Officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, a barbershop-based wellness initiative that leverages the cultural capital of barbershops to address the physical and emotional health of Black men and boys. He is a former board member of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, an organization that spearheads statewide advocacy efforts in support of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare/Medicaid Reform. Italo trained at Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, two Bronx Hospitals ranked among the top 20 busiest ERs in the country. In 2017, the National Minority Quality Forum named Italo among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. An avid writer, Italo served with the ABC News Medical Unit, and has contributed health equity & wellness commentary to The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, GQ, Men's Fitness, and Bloomberg. Recently, Italo was selected to be among clinician leaders in access to care for the recurring Health Equity Leaders Roundtable, a new initiative by the White House Office of Public Engagement.

William W. Dixon, MD, MsED

Benjamin H. Schnapp, MD, MEd

University of Wisconsin

Dr. Benjamin Schnapp graduated from the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency medicine residency program in New York City, where he completed a specialty track in medical education and served as chief resident. He completed his medical education fellowship at Northwestern University and is pursuing a master's in education with a focus on health professions at the University of Cincinnati. His interests include clinical teaching skills, resident assessment, and decision-making. He serves on the SAEM Graduate Medical Education and Fellowship Approval committees.

Adrian Haimovich, MD, PhD

Sarah R. Williams, MD, MHPE, ACC

Stanford University

Sarah R. Williams, MD, MHPE, PCC is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine. She is also a professional certifed coach. Dr. Williams leads the Stanford Coaching Office: Advancing Coaching in Healthcare and Medical Education ("COACHME@Stanford", https://med.stanford.edu/content/sm/coachme.html.) and the Stanford Health Professions Education and Scholarship Program ("SHaPES", https://med.stanford.edu/academy/programs/CTSS_Schedule.html), our interdepartmental medical education certificate program. She has also been a residency and fellowship program director. Her goals are to 1) democratize the availability of quality coaching in medical education; and 2) provide educators with the skills they need for a successful and fulfilling career in medical education.

Stephen J. Cico, MD, MEd

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Dr. Stephen Cico was recruited to lead the UCF-HCA Healthcare GME Consortium as the ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and Professor of Emergency and Pediatrics. Dr. Cico is a recognized leader in medical education and has published widely and presented both nationally and internationally on medical education topics, including effective didactic and clinical teaching strategies, publishing in the medical education literature.

Jeffrey A. Nielson, MD

Teresa M. Chan, MD, MHPE

Associate Professor

McMaster University

Annahieta Kalantari, DO, FACEP

Penn State University/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Annahieta Kalantari, DO, MEd FACEP, FACOEP, is an associate professor, Vice Chair of Education, Medical Education Fellowship Director, and board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing in Hershey, PA. She is an internationally known speaker and author. She is also the recipient of multiple teaching and speaking awards. Her clinical talks focus on the area of infectious disease but she is most passionate about medical education and physician well-being. She hopes to help transform the culture of medicine from a grin-and-bear-it society to one that holds self-care, physician wellness, and community at the center of its values.

Kyle Martin, DO, MA, MPH

Shayne Gue, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Andrew Mittelman, MD

Boston Medical Center

Andrew Mittelman is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and serves as an Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center. He is an Assistant Program Director for the BMC EM Residency. Dr Mittelman has a passion for resident education with a focus on transitions that occur during the career of junior providers. In addition to medical education, he has an interest in clinical photography and visual diagnosis.

Jeremiah S. Hinson, MD, PHD

Michael D. Smith, MD, MBA, CPE

Ochsner Clinical School/University of Queensland

Dr. Smith is medical director of the Ochsner Clinical Simulation & Patient Safety Center and professor of emergency medicine, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland. He has written and spoken widely on simulation in education.