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Harry Fillmore and Thomas Heisler

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons for "First Responder Competition"

Kristina Gueco and Shaylyn Fahey

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Pilot for "CPR/AED Education and Outreach Project for Local Nepalese Community"

Amanda Schoonover

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

 

Carter Griest

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for "Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Related Clinical Skills Session for Preclinical Students"

 

Jasmanpreet Kaur

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

 

Raylin Xu

Harvard Medical School

Alexa Curt, MD

Resident Member

Mass General Brigham

Harry Fillmore

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

 

Thomas Heisler

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

   

Daniel Jose Artiga, MD

Secretary-Treasurer

University of Cincinnati

Daniel Artiga, MD graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard University. He was selected as a David Geffen Medical Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his MD. He is currently training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and served as a Member-At-Large on the SAEM RAMS Board.

Ian Brown, MD

Stanford University

Dr. Brown is Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and Medical Informatics Director for Stanford Healthcare. His work focuses on optimizing human interaction with electronic health records and using heath record data to enhance care delivered in the Emergency Department.

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.