People

Anita Rohra, MD

Dr. Anita Rohra is the Director of Simulation and Assistant Program Director in charge of education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). She obtained her medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate in 2010 and completed her emergency medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Queens in 2013. She completed an Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at BCM in 2014 and began her career as emergency ultrasound faculty, focusing on emergency ultrasound simulation. Dr. Rohra was lead faculty for diversity in her department from 2016 to 2019 and established a group promoting women in leadership within the department.  Her success in these roles led to promotion to her current position as the Director of Simulation for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Her interests include simulation debriefing, resuscitation communication, diversity in emergency medicine, and bias in clinical decision-making.

James W. Hoekstra, MD

President

High Point Medical Center

 Dr. James Hoekstra is the President of High Point Medical Center, a 350-bed hospital system that joined Wake Forest Baptist Health September 1, 2018. His role reports to the CEO and Dean of Wake Forest Baptist Health and to the President of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Dr. Hoekstra serves on Wake Forest Baptist’s strategy leadership team and is a key physician leader in the health system. Helping drive growth of clinical programs and service lines including acquisition and integration of network health systems, physician practices and network clinical programs, he is also responsible for growing academic relationships for Wake Forest School of Medicine, including the expansion of teaching sites for MD and Physician Assistant students, especially at the VA Medical Centers and  High Point Medical Center.
Dr. Hoekstra graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1984 and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. Following fourteen years on faculty of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, he was recruited in 2003 to Wake Forest School of Medicine. As Professor and Chair of Wake’s Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Hoekstra built a network of more than a dozen Wake Forest Baptist-managed emergency departments across North Carolina. Instrumental in the integration of Cornerstone Healthcare with Wake Forest Baptist Health, he was named Vice President for Business Development in 2015 and Senior Vice President and Associate Dean, Clinical and Academic Network Development in 2017. His work reflects a deep commitment to creating strong community, academic and provider relationships that advance Wake Forest Baptist’s mission to improve health.  

Ivan Joseph, PhD

Keynote Speaker

Emily Walton

GEM Fellowships, Resident Representative

Sean Kivlehan

Gem Fellowships Past Chair

Eric Cioe Pena

Gem Fellowships Past Chair

Maninder Singh, MD

Jacobi Medical Center

Maninder Singh is an Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is currently Director of Healthcare Simulation at Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx. He completed a simulation fellowship at the Institute for Medical Simulation and Learning at the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation. He is a graduate of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and SUNY Downstate. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine//Jacobi + Montefiore Medical Center, where he joined as faculty after completing his chief resident year. He is also the Simulation and Education Fellowship Director at Jacobi Medical Center. His professional interests include resident education, resuscitation, simulation, and trauma. He is a part of the AllNYCEM SIMWars Committee and helps organize a yearly simulation competition amongst various emergency medicine residencies in NY.

Tiffany Moadel, MD

President

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Scott Goldberg, MD, MPH

Director of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Medical Director of Mobile Integrated Health, Mass General Brigham
    Population Health Management
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Emily Spilseth Binstadt, MD, MPH

Regions/Health Partners

Dr Binstadt is passionate about exploring the best ways to teach residents and faculty and provide high-quality emergency care to patients. She is interested in issues of justice, equity, inclusion, and belonging, medical education using simulation, procedural skills training, experiences of women in medicine, wilderness medicine, and ethics. She also enjoys maximizing her time spent outside in natural environments, traveling, and with her family.

Alexandra Nordberg, MD

University of Massachusetts

Dr. Alexandra Nordberg is currently the Assistant Program Director for the University of Massachusetts Chan Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed her EM residency and ultrasound fellowship at UMass prior to joining as faculty. She is dedicated to improving resident education and addresses areas of curriculum design as education needs evolve over time. Dr. Nordberg has been active in the SAEM community and enjoys collaborating with colleagues from around the country in education research pursuits and topics. She is currently enrolled in the SAEM ARMED Med ED program. 

Albert Kim, MD

Assistant Residency Director

Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Albert Kim is an Assistant Residency Director and the Residency Recruitment Director at the Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL) Emergency Medicine Residency. Following his Chief Residency at WUSTL, he pursued a 2-year joint Ultrasound and Medical Education Fellowship and obtained his Master’s Degree in Academic Medicine from the University of Southern California. He started the WUSTL EM Education Scholarship Fellowship and serves as the Fellowship Director. As a medical educator, he is interested in bedside teaching, Resident-as-Teachers programs, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, and career development. Outside of the hospital, you will find him outdoors traveling with his wife (who is an Ultrasound Fellowship trained EM Physician), climbing, running, or lost in the wilderness.

Ryan Pedigo, MD

UCLA Harbor

Ryan A. Pedigo, MD, MHPE completed emergency medicine residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, receiving the Clinical Excellence Award from EMRA, was one of the program's chief residents, and was the team leader for the winning SimWars team at ACEP in 2014. He currently is full-time faculty and an associate residency program director at Harbor and also chairs or co-chairs multiple courses at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He completed a two-year faculty development medical education fellowship at UCLA and the intensive one-month Stanford Faculty Development Center for Medical Teachers instructor course. He received a career development grant from SAEM and received a Master of Health Professions Education degree in 2021 from the University of Michigan.

He has been nationally recognized for excellence in education with the Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award for Academic Emergency Medicine E&T (2018, 2019, 2020), Faculty Teaching Excellence award from EMRA (2018), the National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award from ACEP (2018), the Faculty Teaching Award from CORD (2018), Young Educator of the Year Award from SAEM/CDEM (2017). He has helped write multiple medical review books and edited or authored over 300 textbook chapters.

Robert Tennill, MD

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Dr. Robert Tennill serves as Assistant Professor and Clerkship Director at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.  He is originally from central Illinois and earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO where he majored in Psychology, and his medical degree from Southern Illinois University.  He completed residency training at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. After gaining 2 years of experience in community practice, Dr. Tennill joined the academic Emergency Medicine group and residency program at Southern Illinois University, and, since joining the faculty there, has been awarded multiple excellence awards for teaching and mentoring residents and medical students. His academic interests include medical education and Emergency Medicine simulation.

Julie Tondt, MD

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Julie Tondt graduated in 2018 from the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. She couple-matched to Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) with her husband (Family Medicine) and graduated from Emergency Medicine residency this past June. She is currently the Academic Emergency Medicine Fellow at EVMS, and expects to complete her SAEM approved fellowship in June, 2022.

Courtney Brown, MD

Arthur Pope, MD, PhD

Dr. Arthur Pope graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he received his B.S. in Chemistry. He then went on to complete his PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus in Physiology studying nitric oxide biology and its role in the development of atherosclerosis.  While in graduate school he was awarded a NIH Pre Doctoral Fellowship for his work. He then completed postdoctoral fellowships at the National Institutes of Health and The Ohio State University.  He had a pivot in his career in 2012 where he began his journey to medical school and completed a post-bac program at Georgetown University.  He went on to complete his medical degree at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.  He went on to complete his residency training at University of Chicago where he served as Chief Resident. Additionally, during his time in residency he served as the Vice Chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Emergency Medicine Residents Association.  He also was a part of the first cohort of Community Champions at the University of Chicago.  A program designed to get residents and fellows more involved in health equity work on the southside of Chicago. Dr. Pope joined the faculty University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency in 2021.  During his time at UPenn he has created a URiM resident mentorship program. It was created to help support URiM residents and through faculty mentorship, career development, and social unity. 

Robert Kaplan, CFP

Kaplan Financial

Kaplan Financial was established in 1990 by Robert Kaplan, CFP®. Prior to starting Kaplan Financial, Mr. Kaplan earned his CPA licensure at the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young. Mr. Kaplan is a sought-after speaker, with expertise in the tax, financial planning, and disability insurance needs of physicians. He has spoken at medical schools and training hospitals throughout California including UCLA, LAC+USC, Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Huntington Memorial, UC Irvine, Harbor-UCLA, and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

Jasmyne Patel, MD

Resident Chair of AWAEM

Emory University

Dr. Jasmyne Patel, MD is a PGY-3 and Chief Resident at the Emory University Emergency Medicine residency program. She currently serves as the Resident Chair of AWAEM. Her interests include administration, education, and the promotion of women in medicine.