People

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.

East Carolina University, I-TEAM Day: Interprofessional Triage for "Emergency Assessment, and Management Day"

Director of Resident Ultrasound Education
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Women’s Health Research Scholar

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. Director of Clinical Trials. Department of Emergency Medicine. Oregon Health & Science University.

Dr. Lerner is an injury epidemiologist and EMS researcher at the University of Buffalo.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine.  He is also the POCUS Clinical Practice lead for Ultrasound for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

Professor, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Professor, Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University;
Head, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network, NB;
Chair, NB Emergency Medicine Clinical Academic Group;
Assistant Dean Research, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick; 
Deputy Editor, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.
@PaulAtkinsonEM

Medical Intensivist, University Hospital Ambroise-Paré, Paris, France

Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush Medical Center.