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  • Keme Carter, MD

    President-Elect

    University of Chicago

    I completed my undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University, obtained my medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and completed my residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago. I have served as the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine since 2010. My scholarly work has focused on studying curricular innovations to improve patient-centered physician communication. Additionally, through my research, writing, public speaking engagements, and medical school admissions work, I continue to advocate for and work towards optimizing and ensuring an equitable pathway to medical school and residency for students of diverse backgrounds. As a medical educator with a focus on undergraduate medical education (UME), I have been involved with SAEM and CDEM over the last decade in various capacities. I have served on the Executive Committee for the last year, authored modules for CDEM educational content, and helped to lead the development of the 2016 iteration of the cdemcurricum.org website as a member of the Executive Editorial Board. If elected to serve as President of CDEM, I hope to continue to increase involvement and engagement of Clerkship Directors in CDEM. I would like to continue faculty development efforts and help to develop a robust platform for faculty to gain mentorship and find collaborators with the goal of supporting promotion, career satisfaction, and educational innovation. In a clinical learning environment that has changed significantly for many across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, I hope to ensure CDEM remains a central resource for the development and dissemination of educational resources and adaptations so that students, along the continuum of UME, continue to gain exposure to Emergency Medicine and benefit from the teaching, instruction, and support of EM faculty. Finally, in a rapidly changing residency application climate, I hope to foster CDEM’s collaboration with CORD in advocating for medical students’ interests. CDEM has been an integral part of my development as an educator and innovator. I hope to have the opportunity to serve as President of CDEM to help shape the Emergency Medicine educational landscape while providing value to this community of educators.

  • Kellie LeVine, MD

    Resident Member

    Emory University

    My name is Kellie LeVine, and I am a PGY-1 in Emory University’s Emergency Medicine Residency. I received my MD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in May of 2022 with Honors with Distinction in research. I was also a 2022 SAEM award recipient. My undergraduate education was at Duke University. I graduated in 2017 with a major in Biology and double minor in Chemistry and French, with one year in between college and medical school doing genetics research at Duke. My experience with SAEM, and more broadly, academic and national Emergency Medicine, includes involvement with SAEM and ACEP throughout medical school. In addition to presenting abstracts at Midwest Regional SAEM in 2020 and the ACEP Research Forum in 2021, I have also been a Medical Student Ambassador with both groups. I was an ACEP Medical Student Scholar in 2021 and an SAEM Medical Student Ambassador in both 2020 and 2021; I was selected as a Lead Ambassador both years. Though the event was cancelled in 2020, I was able to experience SAEM virtually in 2021 and loved my experience with the national platform. I am running to be the resident member of AWAEM because I want the opportunity to serve the EM community on a national level, and in particular, be a representative and voice for female and female-identifying residents in the field. I hope to bring the energy of a new resident’s perspective and enthusiasm for learning more about Emergency Medicine and national involvement, with particular attention to issues facing female and female-identifying physicians and patients alike. I hope that through this role and my own practice to increase evidence-based, quality women’s health and reproductive care in the ED as well as lifting up the women around me in this field.

  • Ashleigh Omorogbe, MD

    Resident Member

    George Washington University Hospital

    My name is Ashleigh Omorogbe and I am a PGY3 emergency medicine resident at George Washington University Hospital. I Completed undergrad at the University of Maryland Baltimore County where I graduated with a BS in biological sciences and BA health administration policy. I then spent a year working in Baltimore city conducting violence prevention research and helped develop programs to serve Baltimore City youth. I completed my medical education at Indiana University school of medicine. There, I served as the president of the Indiana State Medical Association, Medical Student Section. I am applying to serve as a member of the SAWEM committee because I would like to become more involved in the promotion of women in the field of emergency medicine. As a black woman in the field of emergency medicine, I have not always seen myself represented in positions of leadership. However, I have been greatly inspired and motivated by the many female faculty that I have had the opportunity to learn from during my residency training. One of those women being, president elect, Dr. Kat Ogle. I hope serving in this capacity will be an opportunity for me to contribute to the advancement of women in academic emergency medicine and develop the skills needed to be an effective leader. Further, I am passionate about women’s health and feel that I may be able to address woman specific needs in this section.

  • Andrea Fang
    Andrea Fang, MD

    Treasurer

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    I am excited for the opportunity to continue to serve as Treasurer of AWAEM’s Executive Committee, a position I currently hold and enjoy immensely. Using my finance skills from my prior life as an investment banker, I have worked to make our financials robust and developed a user-friendly budget model that I hope to pass down to my successors. I also have longstanding record of service to the AWAEM community and SAEM-at-large. I have served on multiple AWAEM & SAEM committees, starting while a trainee at Harbor-UCLA and continuing as a faculty member at Stanford University. During my tenure as Chair of the AWAEM Awards Committee we saw the number of nominations more than triple and expanded the number of scholarships and awards available to women in academic emergency medicine. I have also chaired the AWAEM microsite committee and served as Chair of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sub-Committee on the SAEM Membership committee. My experience shows that I can be an effective leader and team member who generates results. It has been an honor to be part AWAEM and I hope to continue our mission to elevate women in academic in emergency medicine as Treasurer on the AWAEM Executive Committee. Thank you for your consideration.

  • Laura Walker, MD, MBA

    President-Elect

    Mayo Clinic

    I have been an active member of Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM) for the last several years, and served as Secretary for two terms. I believe I have a good understanding of the workings of AWAEM as an academy and believe strongly in the mission and goals of the academy. I look forward to the opportunity to continue to serve women in academic emergency medicine, create collaborations across other academies and committees, and promote women's participation and advancement in these spaces.

  • Margaret Samuels-Kalow, MD, MPhil, MSHP

    Vice-President of Communications

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    I completed residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (BWH/MGH) in 2012, followed by a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship and K12 research fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2016). My research focuses on developing interventions to reduce disparities in emergency care, and using the emergency department visit to improve health equity, and has been supported by a wide variety of funders including SAEM and NIH (NICHD, NIDCR). Locally, I was part of the founding teams for both our departmental women in EM group, and the Harvard Medical School-wide women’s emergency medicine faculty consortium. Within SAEM, I have been an active member of AWAEM, the Research Committee, and the Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Interest Group. I was the co-chair of the AWAEM Research Committee from 2019-2022, during which time we developed the research consultation program for AWAEM members. I would love this opportunity to work to help support the broader AWAEM mission. As VP of Communications, I would work to help support the existing AWAEM committees, strengthen our connections within SAEM, and make sure that the important work of the Academy and our members is disseminated effectively.

  • Amy Zeidan, MD

    President-Elect

    Emory University School of Medicine

    I am an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor at Rollins School of Public Health, and Co-Director of the Georgia Human Rights Clinic. I received my medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, completed residency at The Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, and completed an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at the University of Kentucky. I am currently in my second year as AWAEM Vice President of Communications. Throughout my academic career, AWAEM has always been a constant and integral part of my career. I joined AWAEM during my second year of residency as the resident representative and have been an active part of AWAEM ever since. I recall my first AWAEM meeting as a resident, nervous and intimated to be in the presence of such phenomenal leaders. I was relieved to be instantaneously welcomed with encouragement and support and treated as an equal despite just beginning my journey in emergency medicine. AWAEM has always been this for me – a source of mentorship, sponsorship, collaboration and friendship. The day I joined AWAEM I gained unparalleled mentorship from women all across the US that truly propelled my career. I have had the opportunity to serve in a number of AWAEM roles; resident representative, CORD liaison, awards committee member, awards committee co-chair, treasurer and Vice President of Communications. I have been an active member of the executive committee for four years and am confident that I have the organizational knowledge, motivation, and skills required to serve as the AWAEM president elect. I have experience working with organizations dedicated to gender equity and have engaged in a number of research projects focused on identifying and eliminating gender inequities. Previously, I worked closely with the organization FemInEM as Finance co-chair, assisted with conference planning for FIX17, FIX18, and FIX19, and helped launch FemInEM Forward at FIX19. In addition to my committee experience through AWAEM, I have also been active on a number of other executive boards and committees. I am an Executive Board member of the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN), Co-Chair of the Research Agenda Subcommittee for the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers, and a member of the Georgia State University Refugee Prevention Resource Center Community Advisory Board. It has been incredible to watch AWAEM grow exponentially over the past six years. AWAEM is now one of the largest academies and provides limitless resources to women at all stages in their careers. As the world of emergency medicine and our world at large has become increasingly complex, the challenges we face as women physicians have grown as well. It is even more important to have a community like AWAEM leading the way as we navigate new struggles and endure existing and novel inequities in our careers. If elected, I will continue to foster the creation of initiatives and resources to serve our members as changes in our practice and professions arise. I am committed to ensuring AWAEM does what it has always done – be a welcoming and safe space for all members. If elected, there are a number of areas I would like to expand upon. Inclusivity has always been a pillar of AWAEM values. I hope to re-commit to this pillar and fully understand what inclusivity means for all of our members. This may include an environmental scan of our members needs and identifying gaps in the resources we provide. It may also include partnering with other academies to share knowledge and experiences as well as thoughtful consideration of our recruitment and retention strategies as an academy. I also hope to expand upon scholarship opportunities for members that will support promotion and advancement. AWAEM already has a number of phenomenal opportunities for scholarship, from the SAEMF/AWAEM grant, to the internal AWAEM grant, and the research committee and consulting service. I am excited to continue to promote these opportunities and facilitate collaboration through shared research endeavors, publications, presentations, etc., but also identify what, if any, barriers exist to accessing these services to their fullest and identifying solutions. This also includes rethinking what ‘scholarship’ means in order to recognize the unique contributions of women in our specialty. Specifically considering how to incorporate scholarly contributions beyond traditional research including administration, advocacy, community-engaged work and appropriate recognition of these contributions. Finally, I hope to enhance our abilities to recognize the contributions of our AWAEM members to our specialty and beyond. Our members have shaped the current and future state of our specialty in noticeable ways. Celebration of these achievements should be the norm and an inherent part of our operations. I am excited to continue to brainstorm with AWAEM members how to expand our current recognition systems, including highlighting the paths of previous AWAEM leaders and harnessing these avenues for newer members. Joining AWAEM has been one of my best decisions both personally and professionally. I was fortunate to have a sponsor who encouraged me to join and apply for AWAEM leadership positions even when I didn’t feel qualified or worthy enough. I hope to provide this for all AWAEM members on a micro and macro level if elected to serve the academy.


  • Nicole Zhao

    Medical Student Representative

    Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

    I am currently a second-year medical student at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. I am extremely interested in this opportunity as a medical student representative for AGEM as it combines my interests in emergency medicine with my passion for geriatric medicine. Having spent the last nine years as one of the primary caretakers for my grandmother with Alzheimer's Disease, I hope to continue advocating and improving the quality of care for these patients in the emergency room. The geriatric patient population is a considerable portion of patients seen in the ED, often requiring end-of-life care, and is highly underserved. With this opportunity, I hope to strike up critical conversations between students and AGEM mentors relating to topics on how we can promote better care in this patient population through leadership, advocacy, research, and projects that will systemically impact change. I have had exposure to EM, palliative, and geriatric medicine through my professional and personal experiences. In EM, I have led initiatives promoting the profession and advocating for more holistic care in underserved populations as the President of the EMIG at Stony Brook. In geriatrics/palliative medicine, I learned how underserved these populations are caring for my grandmother for the last nine years and my grandfather at the end of his life. I've also been a part of the PRIM-ER and EMPallA trials that aim to improve the identification of older patients in the ED with life-limiting illnesses and incorporate palliative care.

  • Elise Brickhouse

    Medical Student Representative

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Second year medical student at BCM, BS in neuroscience from the College of William & Mary; publication in JAGS on language discordance in delirium screening in the ED as well as other research on consulting PT for older adults who fall, the feasibility of geriatric screenings in the ED, and other academic emergency medicine topics; research experience involving members of SAEM; as our population ages, I think it will become only more important that our care for older adults improves. Through my classes at BCM, we have learned a lot about delirium and the importance in recognizing it earlier, both to improve outcomes and disposition, and as an indicator of underlying disease that otherwise might not be recognized. Through some of my research, I’ve been able to talk to numerous physicians in the ED about delirium, and have found that’s it’s an often misunderstood condition. Increasing physician awareness about delirium, fall risk, etc. and showing them the importance of finding and addressing these conditions early, could greatly improve our care for older adults in the ED.

  • Sarah Pajka

    Resident Representative

    The Ohio State University College of Medicine

    I am a fourth year medical student currently interviewing for EM residency. I first became interested in geriatrics as an undergraduate, when I studied the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health and spent time researching the origins of hospice and care for the aging and severely ill. Since then, I have worked on several studies investigating advance care planning interventions for vulnerable patients in the ED and in alternative settings like permanent supportive housing. In the future, I plan to continue to work toward improving care for aging patients in the ED and hope to incorporate this focus into my emergency medicine training. Since the last AGEM election cycle, I have enjoyed serving as a medical student representative on the Executive, Didactic, and Membership Committees. I have learned a lot while working with teams to improve member recruitment and develop didactics for SAEM 2023 and I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve in a similar role as a resident. If elected, I hope to dedicate time to improving formal mentorship structures and building a network for our residents and medical students, by promoting opportunities and incentivizing more experienced clinicians to serve as mentors

  • Lily Berlin, MD

    Resident Representative

    Alameda Health System- Highland Hospital

    I am a first year resident at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2022. I have experience with AGEM, serving as Medical Student Representative on the Executive Board in 2020-2021. I have also served on the AGEM Outreach and Membership Committee for the last three years. In that time, I have continued and protocolized the AGEM Author Spotlight series, worked on a project to reach out to lapsed AGEM members to re-engage them in AGEM, worked on the AGEM twitter account, and assisted with the AGEM Gala at SAEM 2022. I also contributed to the AGEM CDEM curriculum project and served as a Medical Student Ambassador at SAEM 2020 and 2021. I am running for AGEM Resident Representative to continue to work with the incredible community and mentors within AGEM. Improving geriatric emergency care is important to me and my career, and I want to continue to contribute to and learn from this community. One of my goals is to continue to grow AGEM with younger trainees at the medical student and resident level. I hope to increase engagement in all levels of training with structured mentorship, educational webinars, continuing the quarterly journal club, and providing more resources to members and non-members. There are many geriatric ED resources that exist, but they are hard to find and not located in the same place. One potential project idea I have is to create a repository of resources, like clinical guideline tools, educational tools, community-based resources, and up-coming classes and webinars that are available to trainees and physicians. Another goal I have is to use the SAEM network and other interest groups and academies to increase AGEM’s exposure by doing partnered events via webinars and at the SAEM annual conference. For example, AGEM could team up with the Climate Change and Health interest group to discuss how climate change affects older patients specifically and what can be done to treat patients in the ED after climate-related disasters. Another idea is to work with the Social EM group with an event on social services available for older patients that can be utilized in the ED. Via these joint events, we can engage more EM providers who are not specifically interested in GEM and share our community, ideas, resources, and passion for geriatric emergency care. In addition, I want to broaden AGEM’s reach to more under-resourced settings, like county hospitals and under-resourced institutions. In my first year at a county residency program, I already see a huge need for improved geriatric emergency care with our most vulnerable older patients. I am already working with my program to improve geriatric education for my peers and to improve geriatric care for our patients. I hope to work within AGEM and the community to create a model for how under-resourced health care systems and hospitals can improve geriatric emergency care. Lastly, I am excited at the opportunity to continue to serve AGEM. I am grateful to have found this community of energized, passionate, and welcoming mentors who are working to improve geriatric emergency medicine care. I am humbled to have met and worked with many AGEM members and leaders, and I hope to continue to learn and grow from this community.

  • Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS

    President-Elect

    Yale School of Medicine

    My name is Cameron Gettel, and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. I have been a member of the SAEM AGEM since 2016 after developing an interest in all things geriatric emergency medicine as a resident. I have been fortunate to be the recipient of a welcoming academic home within SAEM’s AGEM and have benefited immensely from the mentorship and collaborative opportunities across the group. As a Member-at-Large on AGEM’s Executive Committee for the past two years I have become familiar with what is required for the Academy to continue its success and growth and have contributed to AGEM’s spirit directly by: 1) working to enhance the career and professional development of junior clinician-investigators through webinars, 2) contributing to a membership drive that saw a considerable rise in AGEM membership and increased funds to the Academy, and 3) liaising with SAEM Pulse to promote the great work of our members on a bimonthly basis. If selected as AGEM President, I aim to continue building the geriatric EM community by promoting mentorship and collaboration among its members, encouraging innovation through research and education, and ultimately improving the clinical care for older adults seeking emergency care.

  • Anita Chary, MD, PhD

    Treasurer

    Baylor College of Medicine

    I would like to serve AGEM as Treasurer in hopes of continuing to foster collaborations with other SAEM academies and other national organizations through co-sponsored programs and events. I have served on the AGEM Executive Committee for the last 4 years as Resident Member and Member-at-Large. During this time, I have collaborated with executive committee members of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine and the Academy for Academic Women in Emergency Medicine to hold webinars on mutually relevant topics, establish joint research projects, and attract diverse membership to AGEM. I have also worked with members of these groups, the Emergency Nurses' Association and the American Geriatrics Society to organize and lead workshops to promote inclusion of diverse older adults in emergency care research. As treasurer, I would highly support opportunities to subsidize trainees' participation in national conferences, geriatric EM away rotations, and AGEM mentoring events. I would also work closely with leaders of other national organizations to develop high-quality interdisciplinary programs to enrich the care we offer to older adults in the ED. I hold several administrative positions and have experience in grants management, which will lend to successfully managing the AGEM budget.

  • Neha Raukar, MD, MS

    Treasurer

    Mayo Clinic

    The subspecialty of Geriatrics is undergoing a renaissance. As the country gets older, and disparities in care and outcomes are better understood, and highlighted, the care given in the acute setting plays a pivotal role in affecting the trajectory of the lives of our geriatric patients. As I work to help my own healthcare institution achieve Geriatric Accreditation, I realize many areas of improvement in the way we deliver care in our US emergency departments. As is the mission of AGEM, through collaboration, research, and education the quality of care can be improved. Furthermore, AGEM stands as the voice of our geriatric patients to advocate for continued education of our colleagues. AGEM is also positioned to encourage innovation in the clinical and operations realms to generate solutions. Through collaboration with other SAEM Academies and Interest Groups, we can advance the care we deliver as a community to this population. I am running for the position of AGEM Treasurer because I realize that these types of innovations have a price tag and I am motivated to find areas to obtain funding that will eventually lead to better patient care. I do have executive committee experience on other Academies and look forward to bringing my experiences and expertise to help promote the missions of AGEM.

  • Surriya Ahmad, MD

    Secretary

    New York

    Between taking care of patients in both public and private inner-city Level 1 Trauma Centers and Tertiary care centers over the last seven years, and having an octogenarian father and nonagenarian grandmother who I have watched navigate the sometimes treacherous walls of an emergency department from the lens of a patient their age, I remained interested in how we can best optimize the care of older adults in the ED. I have been a member of SAEM and AGEM for five years, starting on the AGEM Outreach Committee. I served on the AGEM Executive Committee as a Member-at-Large 2021-2022, Treasurer 2022-2023, and Secretary 2023-2024. In December 2020, 2022 I co-organized and co-hosted a Leaders in GEM virtual event with the aim of generating early interest in GEM amongst medical students and residents and helping to connect them with mentors who have been successful in the field. We have the third one coming up in October! I also created a Geriatric Mental Health and Wellness/Well-being Collaborative Webinar Series this year between AGEM and the Behavioral & Psychological Interest Group of SAEM, and the first webinar was on AMS/Delirium and Managing Geriatric Agitation in the ED, including non-pharmacological interventions for the management of agitation. I graduated from the 2020-2021 EMRA Leadership Academy.

    I am running for Secretary because I really enjoyed this position, and I have a passion for older adults and for AGEM and SAEM and I want to serve its members and collaborate with other leaders with a similar passion of providing the best care possible to older adults via this organization. If elected to the executive committee for 2024-2025, I hope to continue using any skills I possess to serve the organization, including to help advocate for the allocation of resources and funding towards diversifying the field of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, and minority and underserved Geriatric patients including decreasing depression, loneliness and social isolation in older patients. I also plan to bring my experience designing a Physician Wellness Curriculum in residency and improvisational comedy background to advocate for physician wellness and team bonding within the executive committee, AGEM, and SAEM.

  • Katie Buck, MD, MPH

    Member-at-Large

    The Ohio State University

    Dr. Buck is an associate professor with tenure of emergency medicine at The Ohio State University. A highly successful clinical researcher, she specializes in geriatric emergency medicine and is currently funded by a National Institute on Aging (NIA) K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging.

    Dr. Buck earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia, where she was selected for the prestigious Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program. She completed her emergency medicine residency at The Ohio State University (OSU), where she served as chief resident and received an Emergency Medicine Foundation/Emergency Medicine Resident Research Grant. Before graduating from residency, she secured her first NIH grant, receiving the NIA’s R03 Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) Grant. She subsequently completed the SAEM-approved research fellowship at OSU, focusing on clinical research for geriatric patients.

    As an associate professor with tenure at OSU, Dr. Buck conducts clinical research in geriatric emergency medicine and mentors students, residents, and fellows in academic research. She has more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and has received multiple NIH-funded grants. Her research focuses on improving emergency care for older adults, developing innovative care models, and advancing geriatric emergency medicine as a specialized field. She is actively involved in several ongoing research projects, including studies on optimizing emergency department care for older adults and improving patient outcomes through targeted interventions.

    Dr. Buck has been recognized at every stage of her career with numerous local and national research awards, including SAEM’s Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM) Excellence in Geriatric Emergency Medicine Research Award, SAEM Resident Researcher of the Year, SAEM AGEM Early Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, and OSU’s Faculty Researcher of the Year in 2023.

    Dr. Buck is an active member of SAEM and served as AGEM president in 2024-2025. Additionally, she has been selected for the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Board of Governors. Through her research, leadership, and contributions to emergency medicine, Dr. Buck has established herself as a leading expert in geriatric emergency care, shaping the future of the field through her innovative work and dedication to advancing research and education.

  • Jason Arthur, MD, MPH
    Jason Arthur, MD, MPH

    President-Elect

    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    I am running for office in AEUS because I believe in the power of our community to advance education, innovation, and mentorship in emergency ultrasound. My training and career have been shaped by mentors who invested in my growth as a clinician, educator, and faculty member. Many of those influential relationships came through AEUS, and I have benefited enormously from the mentorship, collaboration, and sense of belonging that this academy fosters.

    Throughout my involvement in AEUS, including service as Webmaster, Education Officer, and Sonogames Organizing Committee Chair, I have seen how meaningful connections within our academy can elevate patient care, inspire academic curiosity, and support career development. My goal is to strengthen and expand that network. I hope to grow engagement with students, residents, and fellows; cultivate supportive mentorship pathways; and continue developing AEUS as a platform where early-career clinicians can find direction, support, and opportunities for leadership growth.

    If elected, I will work to ensure AEUS remains a welcoming, collaborative, and forward-thinking community that advances both the science and practice of emergency ultrasound. I am committed to fostering an environment where every member feels supported and empowered to contribute, learn, and lead as part of the broader academic emergency medicine community.

  • Youyou Duanmu
    Youyou Duanmu, MD, MPH

    Research Officer

    Stanford University

    ​Dr. Duanmu is a clinical assistant professor and co-director of the Ultrasound Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. She completed her emergency medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, followed by a two-year emergency ultrasound fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. During her fellowship, she also earned a Master of Public Health in quantitative research methods from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. ​

    In her current role, Dr. Duanmu focuses on advanced point-of-care cardiac ultrasound, clinical decision rules, and medical education, particularly in competency assessment. She serves as a research mentor to medical students, residents, and fellows, and contributes to the Stanford emergency medicine residency research curriculum. 

  • Maya Lin, MD

    Secretary

    NYU Department of Emergency Medicine

    Dr. Lin is the Ultrasound Division Director and Ultrasound Fellowship Director at the NYU Department of Emergency Medicine. She attended medical school at St. George's University, followed by emergency medicine residency at NYP-Brooklyn Methodist and ultrasound fellowship at Northshore University Hospital. She is passionate about fellow education, ultrasound guided nerve blocks, and women in medicine. She grew up as an expat in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai, and has graduated over 52 ultrasound fellows. Her hobbies include backpack traveling, pilates, foodie, electronica, and organic gardening and composting. 

  • Laura Oh, MD

    President-Elect

    Emory University

    My name is Laura Oh, and I am a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. I graduated from University of Michigan Medical School, completed EM residency at University of Virginia, followed by an ultrasound fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center.

    My leadership experience in POCUS includes creating and directing a four year vertically-integrated US curriculum at Loyola Stritch SOM, serving as US Director of the Atlanta VA ED, and directing Residency Emergency Ultrasound at Emory. I have previously been the PI of a DoD funded trial studying the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in trauma.

    As a current AEUS Member-at Large, I am leading the AEUS website redesign, and co-leading the Sound Start program for medical student scholarships and the Sono Innovation grant award program. I have co-chaired the SAEMMIES Awards for the last three years, mentored researchers through the AEUS Grant Development Program, and love to volunteer for SonoGames!

    My interests include educational innovation, emerging tech, US research, and faculty development.

    As President-Elect I would prioritize:

    1. Building an inclusive culture where all members feel valued and have the
      opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the work of the Academy
    2. Creating developmental opportunities for fellows, junior, and mid-career
      faculty
    3. Catalyzing grant funded research
    4. Facilitating collaboration and sharing of educational resources across
      academic institutions
    5. Enhancing communication about member accomplishments and opportunities
      for engagement

    To advance these priorities, I aim to strengthen mentorship in education, research and administration; increase AEUS-led didactic programming at SAEM’s annual meeting to connect junior and senior faculty; establish a “Grant Bank” or library of donated past grants and mock review panels to support early investigators; develop tool-kits for faculty tasked with new leadership roles in education.

    I am inspired by the potential of AEUS to innovate, connect, and grow.
    Thank you for your consideration.

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