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Kian Preston-Suni, MD, MPH

University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Kian Preston-Suni MD, MPH is the Acting Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System and Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He leads a department commited to emergency care for veterans, with a committed EM trained faculty and programs including Geriatric Emergency Medicine and SUD treatment. He also oversees an effort to improve emergency care for patients experiencing homelessness.

Mohsen Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MS, MBA

Dan Mayer, MD

Albany Medical College

I have practiced as an Emergency Medicine physician for the past 43 years. I have been teaching for the past 37 years and practicing clinical Emergency Medicine for 35 years in a variety of hospital settings including academic urban emergency departments and rural community hospital emergency departments. I was an attending Emergency Medicine physician at Albany Medical Center Hospital from 1987 until my retirement in 2014. I also taught evidence-based medicine, medical decision-making and Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical College. I have taught medical students, other health science students, residents and attending physicians. Currently I teach EBM to dental residents through NYU Dental School. I have been board certified in Emergency Medicine since 1984. I am currently retired from active clinical practice and still active in publishing medical research in Emergency Medicine and teaching EBM to dental residents. I am an Associate Editor for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine and JACEP Open. I was an associate editor for MedEdPORTAL for 12 years and still perform reviews for them. I have been an outstanding peer-reviewer for Academic Medicine, JACEP Open, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, MedEdPORTAL, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. I have given many presentations on EBM, Team Based Learning, Diagnostic error, Peer review, and critical appraisal at many national and international meetings.

Robin R. Hemphill, MD, MPH

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Robin Hemphill is a graduate of George Washington University Medical School. She completed an Internship in Internal Medicine followed by Emergency Medicine at the Joint Military Medical Centers in San Antonio, TX. After residency she was on active duty at Brooke Army Medical Center as an Attending Physician. Followed by positions in academics as well as governmental positions at national and regional levels. Her focus is on Quality and Safety in healthcare.

In 2020 She was recruited to become the Chief of Staff of the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Health System.