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Shawn London, MD

Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Connecticut

Shawn London, MD, is an Associate Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut. His interests include difficult airway management, point of care ultrasound, emergency radiology, and medical informatics.

Mike Hrdy, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

I am an assistant professor in the division of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I have been developing and facilitating simulation sessions since my PEM fellowship and simulation is at the core of my academic career.

I have worked with the Simulation Academy since 2018 and as a result I have facilitated four Simulation Academy-sponsored workshops at national meetings and co-authored two simulation education publications, with several exciting collaborations still in process. I’ve also helped develop (and act) in cases for SimWars 2019 and I can’t wait for in-person SimWars to start again.

Outside of the Simulation Academy, SAEM has been incredibly beneficial to my career development. Through participation in the Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design in Medical Education (ARMED MedEd) course I have developed my medical education research skills and I’ve been able to turn the simulation activities that I was already doing into scholarly output.

Simply put, I’m running for a position on the Executive Committee to give back to the Academy that has already given me so much. I hope that through the development and refinement of a mentor-mentee structure in the Academy that the amazing collection of practical knowledge and hard-earned wisdom of senior members of the Academy can be shared with newer members to strengthen the next generation of emergency medicine simulation educators.

Michael Cassara

Medical Director

Northwell Health Center for Learning and Innovation

Dr. Cassara is an academic emergency medicine physician with subspecialty expertise in healthcare simulation, health professions education, and educational scholarship. He serves as the Vice President for Interprofessional Education, Research, and Practice and Medical Director for the Northwell Health Center for Learning and Innovation. At Hofstra University, Dr. Cassara is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Science Education at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine with joint appointments at the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies at the Hofstra University School of Health Professions and Human Services. He has received multiple national and local awards for his teaching and editorial work in health professions education and healthcare simulation.

Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS

Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine

Yale University

Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS is the Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She has extensive experience as a leader, researcher, mentor, and educator, internationally known for her work in substance use disorders. As a physician-scientist she has had continual NIH-funding for over two decades, designing and conducting clinical trials that have changed clinical practice. In addition, she was one of the founding members of the Board of Addiction Medicine, that became recognized as a ABMS approved subspecialty in 2016, sponsored by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Dr. D’Onofrio is the MPI of the New England Consortium Node for the NIDA Clinical Trials Network and is the MPI of both a NIDA-funded and NINDS funded K12 training program. She is committed to preparing young faculty to become independent investigators advancing the science of Emergency and Addiction Medicine.