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Anita Vashi, MD, MPH, MHS

Michael Ward, MD, PhD, MBA

Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

Chair, Emergency Medicine

Yale University

Dr. Arjun Venkatesh is the Chair of the Yale Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Venkatesh is also an Associate Professor, Chief of the Section of Administration in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, and Scientist at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation to study health system outcomes and efficiency, and he is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as co-Principal Investigator of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) and for the development of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. He has received over $6 million in grant funding, published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, and is senior editor of The Evidence book series. He is a national leader within ACEP and SAEM and he serves on expert panels for the National Quality Forum (NQF), AHRQ, and CMS. His work is also funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Addiction Policy Forum to advance the quality and delivery of emergency and acute care for opioid use disorder.

Michael Puskarich, MD, MS

Director of Research and Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Director

University of Minnesota

Melissa L. Gittinger, DO

Creagh Boulger, MD

Ohio State

Vice Chair of Education, AEMUS fellowship director, chair of system wide ultrasound, faculty lead for RAFFT.
Passion for gender equality in medicine, education, and advocacy for victims of human trafficking and sexual assault.

Jonathan Fisher, MD, MPH

American College of Emergency Physicians

Jonathan Fisher, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS is the Senior Director for EM Practice and Workforce at the American College of Emergency Physicians. . He is currently a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University and is board-certified by American Board of Emergency Medicine in both Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. He completed his emergency medicine residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001. He has served in key leadership roles in numerous institutions and national organizations including Academy of Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Council on Graduate Medical Education, Council of Residency Director in Emergency Medicine. National Association of EMS Physicians, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Dr.Fisher has a long track record of innovative work in medical education, public health, and administration. 

Stephanie Kayden

Stephanie Kayden, MD, MPH, is Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Chief of the Division of Global Emergency Care and Humanitarian Studies in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Professor of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness and editor-in-chief of the book Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice.

As core faculty of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, she trains professionals from around the world in global health and humanitarian work. Dr. Kayden has worked to improve emergency medical systems, humanitarian aid and disaster response in more than 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Niels K. Rathlev, MD

Member-at-Large

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate

 Niels K. Rathlev, MD serves as Professor of Emergency Medicine at UMass Chan – Baystate where he also served as Chair for over a decade. He is also Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. During his tenure, the department grew tremendously in the areas of academics and research. He is dedicated to advancing federally funded research in emergency medicine research and has participated actively in the AACEM Research Task Force. His research interests include ED crowding, health services research, and pain management. In addition to AACEM and SAEM membership, he is a member of the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and Baycare Health Partners.

Dr. Rathlev has received many honors and awards during his career in emergency medicine. He was awarded the Pinnacle Award from the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians (2020); the President’s Excellence Award, Overall Winner (Successful CAUTI Rate Reduction Using DMAIC Improvement and Change Management Strategy) from Baystate Medical Center (2019); the Chair's Award, Department of Emergency Medicine (2001, 2008) from Boston University School of Medicine; was awarded the distinction of Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians (1988); among others.

Dr. Rathlev received his medical degree in 1980 from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed Residency at Boston City Hospital in 1983.