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James T. O'Shea, MBBS, MA, FACEP

Emory University

James O’Shea MBBS, MA, FACEP completed medical school at King’s College in London and Emergency Medicine residency at Newark Beth Israel in New Jersey. He has an MA in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin. He has worked at Emory since 2015, serving as the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and Assistant Program Director. He is currently Co-Chair of the Departmental Wellness Committee and serves on the SAEM National Wellness and Consult Committees. He has a research interest in the application of cognitive psychology and contemplative practices such as meditation and compassion in Emergency Medicine clinical practice. He is a graduate of the Stanford Wellbeing Director’s course and has recently completed a year-long training as a facilitator of the Mindful Practice in Medicine course through the University of Rochester.

Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

University of Southern California / Los Angeles General Medical Center

Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, and a Faculty Instructor with the SC-CTSI Workforce Development core. In 2013, Dr. Burner joined the faculty at the Keck School and has worked clinically in the emergency department at the LAC+USC hospital, the Jail Urgent Care based in the LA County Twin Towers Correctional Facility, as well as several community hospitals in the Los Angeles area. Dr. Burner's research interests center on investigating emergent health communication tools to reach health disparity groups, and directing patients to chronic care and medical homes as appropriate. She is committed to engaging patients in healthier lifestyles. She conducts mixed methods research to better understand the viewpoints of marginalized populations, particularly urban Latino immigrants. Her work has been supported by several NIH, institutional, and local grants.

Keith Kocher, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

University of Michigan