People

Lauren Nentwich, MD

Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs

Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Department

Lauren Nentwich is the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at Mass General Hospital. Prior to that, Dr. Nentwich served as the Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety at Boston Medical Center's Department of Emergency Medicine. Her specific interests are operations, optimizing care for patients with substance use disorders, and neurological emergencies.

Steven L. Bernstein, MD

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

I am currently a member of the SAEMF Board, and would like to serve another term. I have been a member of SAEM for 30 years, have contributed at the highest level of giving, and enjoy the work considerably. I would be honored to continue to be of service.

Leyla Farshidpour

Medical Student Year 4

UC Davis

Mackensie Yore, MD

VA/UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program

Adesuwa I. Akhetuamhen, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Adesuwa “Ade” Akhetuamhen is an emergency medicine physician, educator, and research scientist at Emory University and Grady Hospital. Her work focuses on improving healthcare systems to better serve marginalized patients, particularly those who rely on the emergency department as their primary source of care. As a Neuro-EM K12 Scholar, her research—“Health Informatics and Design Thinking to Improve Emergency Department-Based Prevention of Stroke in Populations with Hypertension”—leverages health informatics to enhance stroke prevention in high-risk populations. Dr. Akhetuamhen envisions an emergency department that not only treats acute conditions but also plays a proactive role in disease prevention.