People

Resident Member

New York-Presbyterian - Columbia & Cornell

Michael DeFilippo, DO, MICP is a PGY-3 resident in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian - Columbia & Cornell in Manhattan, NY. He obtained his medical degree from Rowan University, where he served as class president and was also on the board for the diversity, equity, and inclusion council.

Prior to residency, he was a paramedic for ten years in New Jersey, wherein he was involved with education and training of paramedics and EMTs. He stays involved with EMS education, serving as medical director for education overseeing continuing education courses and FOAMed material for paramedics, EMTs, and prehospital nurses.

During these last two years, he has had the pleasure of serving as Member-at-Large on the RAMS board, and as the Chair of the RAMS Research Committee wherein he focused his work towards making research mentorship and educational resources accessible for residents and medical students. He hopes to continue to work on objectives within both SAEM and RAMS focused on resident and medical student engagement towards academic EM. He plans to continue work on increasing access to research opportunities, mentorship, and educational series for residents, medical students and junior faculty interested in academic emergency medicine.

Immediate Past President

Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Dr. Raja is the executive vice chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School. He holds a Master of Public Health from Harvard University, a medical degree and Master of Business Administration from Duke University, and completed emergency medicine training at the University of Cincinnati. He further advanced his expertise with a research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Raja is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics and is appointed to both the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.

An expert in the management of critically ill patients in both the emergency department and prehospital settings, Dr. Raja has served in various high-stakes roles, including as a critical care air transport team commander for the U.S. Air Force, a civilian flight physician, and a tactical physician for several local, state, and federal agencies. He has also served as a physician with MA-1 DMAT.

The author of over 200 publications, Dr. Raja’s current research focuses on improving the appropriateness of resource utilization and operations within the emergency department.

In addition to serving on the SAEM Board, Dr. Raja has been involved with the SAEM Foundation Board and has chaired the SAEM Program Committee and the Trauma Interest Group. He has contributed to several other committees within SAEM. 

Dr. Raja is also on the board of the Massachusetts chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, where he serves as President-Elect, and he previously served as the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine’s Journal Watch Emergency Medicine.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

President-Elect

UT Southwestern Medical Center

It has truly been a privilege to serve on the SAEM Board of Directors, collaborating on initiatives that advance academic emergency medicine and create meaningful impact for our members. I would be honored to continue this work as SAEM President-Elect.

I earned my medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport and completed my emergency medicine residency at Emory University. I am currently a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where I serve as Associate Vice Chair of Outreach and Engagement, Director of the EM Research Associate Program, and Co-Director of the Joint Admission Medical Program.

My service on the SAEM Board has provided opportunities to engage across multiple platforms. As Secretary-Treasurer, I have served on the Finance Committee, SAEM Foundation, ACGME Task Force, and represented SAEM in the All EM Match Task Force. I served five years as a SAEM BOD Member-at-Large and have served on the Membership, Ethics, Wellness, and Faculty Development Committees. I am a former ADIEM President and have collaborated with AWAEM, CDEM, and AGEM.

SAEM has profoundly shaped my professional growth, and serving on the Board has allowed me to support the development of academic EM faculty, residents, and students. As President-Elect, I will champion initiatives that expand resources for emergency medicine educators and strengthen support for EM research through increased grant opportunities through SAEMF and collaborating with the SAEM Federal Funding Committee. I will also focus on enhancing pathways for academic EM careers, promoting effective AI integration, and implementing programs that foster professional wellbeing and growth for learners and faculty alike.

Despite the challenges facing medicine, I remain deeply committed to advancing SAEM’s mission and ensuring our members have the tools and resources to thrive. It would be an honor to continue serving this organization that has been so integral to my career.

Member-at-Large

Wayne State University

I have been active within SAEM since 2008, serving on the SAEM Awards, By-Laws, Grants, Program, and Research Committees in a variety of roles. In 2024, I completed my terms as Chair of the SAEM Research Committee and Chair of the SAEM Bylaws Committee. The overarching theme of my work with SAEM has been to seek out novel ways to combine research and teaching. Within the Research Committee, I led the development of the inaugural Advanced Research Methodology, Evaluation and Design (ARMED) course, grew the Research Learning Series (RLS) from an abandoned concept into a monthly webinar series (which is still growing), prioritized the development of ARMED MedEd, led efforts to improve communication with federal funding agencies, formed initiatives to promote female and URiM EM researchers, and advocated for improved access to federal funding for acute care and medical education research. I am currently leading an SAEM Research Subcommittee charged with defining a national SAEM Research Training Curriculum, an ambitious but exciting project that I believe will ultimately yield a valuable resource for future generations of EM researchers.

My experience with the Bylaws Committee confirmed for me the importance of balancing respect for SAEM’s legacy and rich history as an organization representing academic EM physicians with the need to periodically review our mission as a modern organization. Since SAEM’s birth in 1989, we have grown and developed into a mature organization with different needs and priorities than our founders could have anticipated. Board members are charged with guiding the continued evolution of SAEM to ensure that our organization remains relevant in the modern world and continues to address the needs of our current members without losing sight of our mission to advance academic EM. If elected to the Board of Directors, I will continue to seek out novel ways to bring researchers and educators together. I will advocate for unity and collaboration within our organization, recognizing that each member of SAEM brings something valuable to our organization.

My educational background is fairly straightforward. I received my MD (2004) and MBA (2005) degrees from the University of Cincinnati, and completed EM residency at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, Michigan). Since completing residency, I have worked clinically in the EDs at Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH) and Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH). I am currently an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine and DRH Director of Clinical Research. I recently completed a five-year term as Chair of the WSU MP2 Institutional Review Board (IRB), and am an active clinical researcher. I believe that my experiences in business administration, regulatory policy, and research administration will make me a well-rounded and valuable member of the Board.

If elected, I will continue to advocate for those who don’t yet feel represented within our SAEM membership and the broader EM community. I am grateful for the opportunities that I have been given to serve SAEM, and feel that these experiences have helped me to develop the confidence and competency that I needed as a clinician, scholar, and leader. But not everyone has had the same opportunities that I have had. As a Board member, I would work towards improving that situation by helping to create new leadership opportunities for individuals from a broad range of backgrounds, including those currently under-represented within our organization’s leadership, and empowering them to lead in their own way. SAEM has many incredible, talented and valuable members who currently feel marginalized or excluded from realizing their true potential within SAEM. As a member of the Board, I would prioritize finding and engaging those members who want to contribute but have not yet been given the chance.

Member-at-Large

University of California, Davis

I am honored to be considered for re-election to the SAEM Board of Directors. During my first year on the Board, I have developed an even greater respect for SAEM and our collective achievements, and I am eager to contribute more deeply to this outstanding organization.

I am faculty at UC Davis, where I also serve as Director of the Women in Medicine and Health Sciences program for the School of Medicine and lead our EM Data Curation Unit. Most recently, I helped to launch our Health Sciences Educators’ Academy for Learning to support the professional development of faculty educators. Before joining the faculty, I completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, residency at the University of Pittsburgh, and a research fellowship at UC Davis.

SAEM has been essential to my career, providing mentorship, networking, research, and leadership opportunities. My previous SAEM leadership roles include Chair of the Grants Committee, Chair of the Bylaws Committee, and member of the SAEM Foundation Board of Trustees. I have also served on several other committees and as faculty for the SAEM/EMF Grantee Workshop, Grant Writing Workshop, Research Learning Series, Resident Research Curriculum, ARMED Course, and SAEM Webinar Series.

Emergency medicine faces a rapidly evolving landscape marked by ACGME changes to residency training, shifting federal funding priorities, unprecedented patient volumes, and the integration of artificial intelligence technology. SAEM is critical to shaping our specialty’s future. As a board member, I will actively seek ideas and feedback from all members and ensure that our community remains strong and resilient.

I am committed to helping SAEM cultivate an inclusive community, engage the next generation of emergency medicine physicians, and drive research that advances patient care. I appreciate your support and am excited to give back to SAEM by serving on the Board of Directors.

Member-at-Large

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Thank you for considering me for re-election to the SAEM Board of Directors. During my term on the Board, I have witnessed the impact of SAEM and our members shaping the future of academic emergency medicine, and our future is bright. I originally ran for election to the Board because of my deep appreciation for the role SAEM has played in my own mentorship and career development, and now is my opportunity to give back through service to the SAEM community.

I am a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care, and Epidemiology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the Vice Chair for Emergency Care Research. I completed residency training and was a Chief Resident at Indiana University, then I completed fellowship training in critical care medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. I am currently the Director of the Physician-Scientist Training Pathway in the University of Iowa Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Director of the Emergency Medicine-Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship Program. My research focuses on systems of regionalized care to improve outcomes for emergency care-sensitive conditions, and I direct the Telehealth Research Center at the University of Iowa. My research is currently funded by NIH, AHRQ, CDC, and HRSA.

I have been active in SAEM for over 15 years, most recently as the Chair of the SAEM Grants Committee, Chair of the Abstracts Subcommittee of the SAEM Program Committee, and a Member-at-Large for the SAEM Board of Directors. I continue to be passionate about how SAEM can provide mentorship and professional development opportunities, and I am particularly interested in supporting programs to enhance a diverse workforce pipeline of emergency medicine researchers. Our Society is strong and healthy, and I am excited about our future nurturing the education, research, and professional development of academic emergency physicians. I would be honored to continuing serving the Society on the Board of Directors.

Secretary-Treasurer

Emory University

Dr. Michelle D. Lall, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, is an Associate Professor at Emory University.  She has been faculty at Emory since 2013.  She is also an Associate Residency Director and Medical Education Fellowship Director for Emergency Medicine.  Prior to coming to Emory, Dr. Lall was an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University beginning in 2008.  She was an Assistant Residency Director at the Sinai-Grace/Wayne State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the medical student clerkship site director at Sinai-Grace/Wayne State University beginning in 2009.  Dr. Lall is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine.  She completed her residency and chief residency at Emory University. 

Dr. Lall is actively involved in the teaching and supervision of medical students and residents.  Her passion is graduate medical education, education research and scholarship.  Dr. Lall’s primary interests are physician well-being and the negative impact of gender bias on equity and inclusion in medicine.  She is interested in gender differences in burnout among physicians.  She has previously presented didactics on physician well-being and gender bias in medicine at multiple signature regional and national annual meetings of medical educators.  Dr. Lall is part of a national emergency medicine work group focused on exploring and addressing gender and racial bias and disparities in academic emergency medicine.  Additionally, she is the lead author on two scoping reviews of assessment tools available to evaluate physician well-being.

Her professional memberships include: American College of Emergency Physicians – where she is a fellow, Society for Academic Emergency Physicians, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine - where she is the Immediate Past President, American Association of Women Emergency Physicians, and Georgia College of Emergency Physicians.  She is also a member of the Delta Omega Honor Society.  Dr. Lall is a recipient of the Momentum Award from the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM), which recognizes extraordinary efforts that further the mission and values of AWAEM.  While at Sinai-Grace/Wayne State University, Dr. Lall was a two time "Faculty Teacher of the Year" award winner.  At Emory, she has been the recipient of the “Faculty Advocate of the Year” award.

Member-at-Large

Stanford University

Jody A. Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Department of Emergency Medicine Stanford University

It is an exciting and transformative time within our specialty with both challenges and opportunities related to our workforce, researcher pipeline, medical education, and practice across acute care medicine. In this era, thoughtful and empathic leadership is necessary. As a long-standing leader in the Society and academic emergency medicine, I have led multiple successful initiatives and would very much like to continue to serve in the role of Member-at-Large, leading efforts to effectively engage and support members while advancing the mission of the Society and our specialty.

I am Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. I received a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and began my career as a social worker on the midnight shift in the Emergency Department where my interest in our specialty flourished. I subsequently obtained a Doctor of Medicine from Wayne State University School of Medicine, graduating with distinction in biomedical research. I completed residency training at the Denver Health Medical Center, serving as chief resident during my final year of training. Following residency, I completed a research fellowship and served as academic faculty at the Denver Health Medical Center. I am an active health services researcher with a history of grant support from foundations as well as the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Over the course of my career, I have been an active contributor to the Society beginning during residency and extending throughout my career, including my current service as Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors over the past three years. As a resident, I served as an active member of several committees, the Inaugural Chair of the Resident and Student Advisory Committee (which subsequently became Resident and Medical Students [RAMS]) and as Resident Member of the Board of Directors. As a faculty member, I have had the privilege of serving in many leadership roles in the Society, having led numerous committees and task forces and contributed to multiple annual SAEM strategic planning sessions. Highlights of my contributions to the Society include ten years of dedicated service on the SAEM Program Committee (PC), including two years as SAEM PC Chair, during which I led notable innovations such as: creation of novel program officer events, increased plenary abstracts; creation of the education keynote; expanded pediatric offerings; support for increased lactation areas and onsite childcare; webinars for successful abstract and didactic submissions; enhanced summit, forum, and symposium content; and increased networking events. Because of these successful innovations, during my PC leadership there was a record number of abstract and didactic submissions. More recently, I advocated for and am assisting with an innovative SAEM health professions education program designed to enhance the academic advancement and promotion of education-focused faculty. In addition, I have been an active member of the ACEP-SAEM Federal Research Funding Workgroup, Research Committee, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Wellness Committee, Awards Committee, Graduate Medical Education Committee, AWAEM, and ADIEM. I serve as a presenter and mentor for the Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design (ARMED) Program and SAEM/Emergency Medicine Foundation Grantee Workshop and on the Editorial Board for Academic Emergency Medicine. I was elected to the Nominating Committee 2015–2017 and have been invited to serve on or lead task forces to improve the SAEM Consensus Conference, Academic Emergency Medicine, and SAEM Leadership Forum. Most recently, I helped lead initiatives to increase the number of emergency care investigators on NIH study sections. Through these excellent experiences and multiple leadership roles, I came to understand the essential role of the Society in improving our delivery of care to patients through education, innovation, and research. Moreover, I came to fully appreciate the benefits of the collaborative relationships developed through the Society which foster the exchange of knowledge and ideas that help improve patient care.

My goals for advancing members and the Society are multifaceted. The first goal would be to advocate for increased high-quality education, networking, and faculty development for educators, administrators, and researchers alike to facilitate the leadership skills necessary to advance our specialty. The second goal would be to increase mentorship and collaborative research opportunities for investigators with the intent of increasing competitive, successful applications for federal research grants. As part of this process, I would continue to promote increased participation by emergency care investigators in federal study sections, advocate for expanded research training opportunities (R38, T32, K12), and encourage medical scientist training programs as a venue to help streamline clinical and research training and increase PhD-level emergency care investigators. Third, I would continue to encourage active participation by junior faculty and residents within the Society so they may benefit from the Society’s valuable resources as they become the future leaders in our specialty. Early mentorship through the Society is vital for the development of these future academicians who will carry forth the Society’s mission. Fourth, I would continue to promote inclusiveness in the Society’s endeavors, products, and leaders. The goal will be to engage all academicians in the Society in a meaningful way to encourage the novel innovation and discovery that results from diverse perspectives, thereby strengthening our specialty. Finally, I would work to continue to strengthen our relationships with other emergency medicine organizations as collegiality and collaboration is key to our specialty’s success.

In summary, the Society has played an integral role in my development as an academician, and as Member-at-Large, I would encourage and foster opportunities for this same development for others so they may also benefit from the Society’s rich resources. My overall goal would be to strengthen the role of the Society as an influential leader in providing and advocating for emergency care research, education, and grants. I fully appreciate the many outstanding opportunities afforded by the Society, and it would be an honor to continue to serve you as Member-at-Large.

Member-at-Large

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

My education includes BS in Health Policy and Administration from Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA), MD from George Washington University School of Medicine (Washington, DC) and emergency medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD). In addition to being a board certified emergency medicine physician and serving in leadership roles including most recently as interim chief quality and safety officer for VCU Health System from September 2020 through February 2022, I also have been taking on roles of increased responsibility within our national emergency medicine organizations. Specific to SAEM, my initial service began as a member of Research Committee, Ethics Committee and Grant Writing Workshop and more recently has included membership in AWAEM, ADIEM (Secretary-Treasurer 5/2020-4/2021), Equity and Inclusion Committee, and Membership Committee (Chair since 5/2021). I am running for SAEM Member-at-Large because I want to be a part of sustaining the great work that SAEM already does, and if elected, be part of a leadership team that is devoted to that never-ending quest for better.

Director, Communications and Publications

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Director, Research Training

The University of Kansas Medical Center

Dr. Malik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in Kansas City, KS, and is a core faculty member of the KU EM residency program. She received her MD from Saba University and completed her EM residency and ultrasound fellowship at DMC Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI. She currently serves as the Director of Research Training for the Department of Emergency Medicine, which includes overseeing trainee research projects and the bimonthly resident research workshop. Dr. Malik currently serves as PI for multiple investigator-initiated and industry-funded studies at KUMC and has been a member of the KU HSC IRB since 2020.

Mount Sinai Morningside-West

Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

Dr. Taylor’s chief interest is in applying data science to solve problems in emergency medicine. His lab is involved in a diverse set of projects using machine learning, particularly deep learning, for image recognition and predictive analytics; cluster analysis for novel group/phenotype discovery; decision theory for optimal therapeutic pathways; and EHR-driven, outcomes-based research.

GEM Fellowship Director/Treasurer

Member-at-Large

Arizona State University

Dr. Boniface is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chief of Emergency Ultrasound at George Washington University.

Dr. McCarthy is a health services researcher with a focus on emergency care and social determinants of health at George Washington University.

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