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Mary Tanski, MD, MBA

Associate Professor and Chair

Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Mary E. Tanski is currently associate professor and chair in the department of emergency medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She completed her undergraduate degree in business management and health and humanities at Michigan State University and earned her MD from Wayne State University. She completed her residency and was chief resident at George Washington University and then completed an emergency medicine administration fellowship and an MBA at OHSU. Dr. Tanski has been faculty in the department of emergency medicine management at OHSU and teaches the health care operations and quality course. She served as medical director of operations before becoming chair. Dr. Tanski has extensive experience in emergency department (ED) operations and quality improvement, including improving ED flow, instituting a no-divert trial, and addressing departmental boarding.

Brian W. Patterson, MD, MPH

BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Patterson is a tenured associate professor. He serves as Administrative Director for Clinical AI at UW Health and Medical Director for Predictive Analytics on the UW Health Informatics teams. In these roles, Dr. Patterson works with hospital leadership to define artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, governance, and development. He has led efforts to develop predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms, as well as large language model (LLM) tools that have improved patient care and provider well-being.

In addition to his administrative roles, Dr. Patterson runs an active research program within the Department of Emergency Medicine, where he directs the Emergency Care Systems Lab. His personal research interests are in clinical informatics and geriatric emergency medicine. Through his work, Dr. Patterson aims to generate actionable using routinely collected clinical data to improve the quality and safety of emergency care for older adults. To achieve these goals, Dr. Patterson works in collaboration with investigators across UW–Madison, including the Wisconsin School of Business, College of Engineering, and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. His current work focuses on automated risk scoring to identify older adults at high risk for falling after emergency department visits and automating referral to interventions to prevent future falls.

Srikar R. Adhikari, MD, MS

University of Arizona

Dr. Adhikari is a tenured professor and currently chief of the Emergency Ultrasound section, Ultrasound Fellowship Director and Ultrasound Curriculum Director for medical students at the University of Arizona. He has presented extensively at both national and international forums. As an established investigator, he has garnered funding from the NIH and DOD for POCUS-AI research and has contributed to more than 150 peer-reviewed POCUS publications. Dr. Adhikari also serves on the editorial boards and peer review panels of numerous journals and is an active member of several national committees dedicated to point-of-care ultrasound. He is a recipient of NIH R21 award, Department of Defense CDMRP award, AIUM Endowment for Education & Research award and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine award for outstanding achievement in Emergency Ultrasound Research.