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Anju Wagh, MBBS

New York–Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Anju Wagh is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at the Columbia University Medical Center who has 20+ years of experience as attending faculty at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York - New York Presbyterian She is actively involved in Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows and both Emergency Medicine and Pediatric resident education throughout her years as faculty. In addition to didactics she runs multiple workshops to teach procedural skills to both residents and fellows. For the last 4 years she is actively engaged in medical students education during their Foundations of Clinical Medicine Course teaching them not only clinical skills required for patient care, but also workshops on Anti-racism at the Bedside and Trauma-informed Care. She has also led faculty workshops on the topic of Destigmatized language: how words matter in documentation. She was awarded the ACE (Academy of Clinical Excellence) award representing the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2018 and has been an active member.

Michael P. Wilson, MD, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Dr. Wilson is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine, and is an Associate Professor (tenured) in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He serves as the current Chair of the Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies (coalitiononpsychiatricemergencies.org), Secretary of the Board of Directors for the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (www.emergencypsychiatry.org), and as Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Emergency Medicine (www.jem-journal.com). Clinically, he serves as the emergency department lead for neurological emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, and substance use disorders. Dr. Wilson’s research in behavioral emergencies and substance use disorders have been cited more than 4150 times (h-index 32), and he has written more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, 30 book chapters, and 4 edited books. His work has been supported by numerous federal and private grants, and has been recognized as innovative by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Marie C. Vrablik, MD, MCR

University of Washington

Dr. Vrablik completed her emergency medicine residency at Indiana University in 2012. She then completed a Masters in Clinical Research in 2014. Her research interests are in workplace violence, patient and provider safety and quality improvement. Her research interests are in workplace violence, patient and provider safety and quality improvement. Currently, she is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She is the medical director of the UW-Montlake ED. Dr. Vrablik has served as the Principle Investigator for a grant funded by the Safety and Health Investments Projects program through the Washington Department of Labor and Industries to investigate the impact of workplace violence on emergency department healthcare workers in the Puget Sound area. She has also been a primary author on a report that provided a framework for hospital administrators and leaders around preventing and mitigating WPV and its impacts on employees. She has served on expert panels on WPV prevention and mitigation in healthcare at national meetings. She is an elected member of the UW Medicine committee for WPV Prevention.

Lynn P. Roppolo, MD

John Peter Smith Hospital; Adjunct Professor University of North Texas and Texas Christian University

Dr. Roppolo is a retired Professor of Emergency Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) and is currently core faculty and the Assistant Ultrasound Director at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth Texas. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas and Texas Christian University. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Emergency Medicine and has published numerous peer reviewed papers as first or senior author. She has assisted with coordinating the Research Learning Series for the last two years. Her scholarly and research interests involve anything related to ultrasound and managing acutely agitated patients to reduce physical assaults on ED staff. She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, did her emergency medicine residency at the George Washington University and an emergency ultrasound fellowship at UTSW after being part of the residency leadership for 15 years. 

Marc L. Martel, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine

University of Minnesota

Dr. Martel is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota and a has been a nocturnist at Hennepin County Medical Center for more than 25 years. He has extensive experience in critical care and emergent psychiatric issues. His peer-reviewed research includes topics on emergency airway techniques, management of acute agitation and sedation.

Arlene S. Chung, MD, MACM, FACEP

Vice Chair of Education

University of Vermont

Dr. Chung is the Vice Chair of Education and Program Director for the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program and an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine and the Board of Directors for the New York Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Chung was the recipient of the New York ACEP Advancing Emergency Care Award in 2018 and recognized as one of the original EMRA 45 Under 45 Young Physician Influencers in Emergency Medicine in 2019. She was honored nationally as the 2022 Residency Director of the Year by EMRA. As a nationally recognized speaker and educator, Dr. Chung has made advocating for physician wellness a central focus of her career through lectures, teaching, policy development, and creating sustainable solutions for the future.