People

Ryan D. Pappal, BS, NRP

Member-at-Large

Washington University in St. Louis

"I grew up in San Antonio, Texas and attended undergrad at Rice University and was a paramedic and a member of the leadership board of Rice Emergency Medical Services. I attended medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and took an additional funded year to complete a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation via the Pre-Doctoral TL1 Program. I am now a PGY-1 in Emergency Medicine at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

I have served on the RAMS Research Committee for two terms and as a Medical Student Representative on the RAMS Board for two terms, and am now in my third year on the RAMS Board as a Resident Member-at-Large. My professional interests include clinical research, cardiac emergencies, and resident & trainee wellness. My hobbies center around spending time outside on hikes and camping, as well as music - ever since lockdown, I can officially say I am an amateur EDM music producer."

Joshua Davis, MD

Clinical Instructor

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Dr. Joshua Davis is an emergency physician in Wichita, KS, who teaches as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is Assistant Medical Director for Ultrasound and Research with Vituity in Wichita. He completed his residency at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, completed medical school at Thomas Jefferson University, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware. His research interests are broad and include emergency medicine clinical topics along with patient safety, handoff communication, and medical education. He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles, given multiple national presentations, and written several book chapters.

Namita Jayaprakash, MB Bch BAO, MRCEM, FACEP

Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital

Dr. Jayaprakash is an EM-CCM dual board certified physician's in the United States. She is currently based in Detroit, MI where her academic and clinical focus is on the delivery of early interventions in critical illness. Her vision is delivered through clinical practice in emergency medicine and medical intensive care; her commitment to process improvement; and her research. Along these lines she is passionate about enhancing sepsis care and leads the Henry Ford Health system sepsis program and serves as the Associate Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital.

Graduating from University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, Dr. Jayaprakash completed a basic specialist training scheme in the Republic of Ireland and gained a competitive and esteemed Membership (by examination) to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for the UK and Ireland. Following this, she completed an emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital and then a critical care fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine and Medicine at Michigan State University and a Clinical Assistant Professor in Emerency Medicine at Wayne State University.