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Benjamin S. Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC

University of Michigan

Dr. Benjamin Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Emergency Critical Care Center, Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Development at the University of Michigan and the Vice President and Innovation Fellow at CannonDesign. He received his B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of Michigan and completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, where he served as chief resident. He has served in a number of process improvement, healthcare facility design and administrative leadership roles at the department and institutional levels. Prior to joining Blue Cottage of CannonDesign as its inaugural Innovation Fellow, he served as the Director of the Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3), the first and largest ED-ICU in the U.S. Additionally, he has been an advisor and the chief medical officer of a number of medical device start-up companies and founded his own consulting company focused on providing expertise at the intersection of clinical care delivery and optimized healthcare design. He is recognized as an international expert in emergency critical care delivery design and has been invited to consult and lecture around the world on healthcare design, device innovation as well as serve on many national and international task forces on emergency critical care delivery.

Andrew Taylor, MD, MHS

Yale School of Medicine

I am a physician scientist, AI researcher, Professor, and Vice Chair of Research and Innovation of within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. My research group is dedicated to advancing the field of AI in Medicine through a unique cross-disciplinary approach focused on harmoniously blending AI with healthcare delivery. We bring together experts in design, cognitive science, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, implementation science, ethics/philosophy, and decision theory to develop innovative AI solutions that are not only technically robust but also ethically informed and practically implementable. By bridging the gap between diverse fields of study, we aim to create AI technologies that are deeply attuned to the complexities of healthcare, focusing on patient-centered outcomes and transformative healthcare solutions. My goal is to lead the way in interdisciplinary AI research, fostering a new era of healthcare innovation that is inclusive, effective, and profoundly impactful.

Naz Karim, MD, MHA, MPH

Brown University

In a time where our global endeavors may be questioned and challenged, it is important now more than ever for GEMA to voice the importance of global collaboration and serve our members by promoting equitable access to membership, collaborating with global colleagues in our academic mission, and supporting mentorship opportunities for faculty at various stages in their careers.

As President elect, I hope to strengthen our academic mission by:

• Assessing the needs of our members and community
• Increasing grant funding opportunities
• Encouraging consensus papers in collaboration with global colleagues
• Supporting mentorship opportunities for all faculty in various stages of their careers
• Promoting equitable access to membership
• Creating a Think Tank that encourages innovation and develops new strategies to promote our mission

Over the past several years I have taken on various roles within our Global Emergency Medicine Academy that serve to improve global delivery of emergency care through research, leadership, education and mentorship. As the GEMA-AWAEM liaison, I helped increase funding for the global physician award that allows our global colleagues to attend SAEM conferences. In my role in the executive committee as a Member at Large, I served as a liaison, provided a unique perspective of member needs, increased our membership, and helped connect members to the wealth of opportunities provided by the Global Emergency Medicine Academy. This year I served as lead author on our GEMA – GEMFC collaborative whitepaper, “COVID 19 Pandemic Prompts a Paradigm Shift in Global Emergency Medicine: Multi-Directional Education and Remote Collaboration”. In addition, I organized and led the GEMA didactic workshop called “Hacks in Austere Environments” in collaboration with our global colleagues. Presently, as Chair of the BEC Committee, we successfully organized the very first GEMA sponsored WHO Basic Emergency Care Training of Trainers (BEC TOT) course, an educational initiative offered to GEMA and SAEM members who will then obtain further certification to train providers in emergency care throughout the world. In an effort to promote global collaboration, the course also included facilitators and participants from various countries.

As president elect, I hope to continue to strengthen our collaboration with global colleagues in a time where multidirectional learning and partnership has become a point of paramount significance. Together we can strength our mission to improve global delivery of emergency care through research, education and mentorship.

Neha Raukar, MD, MS

Member-at-Large

Mayo Clinic

Dr. Raukar is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Advancement and Faculty Development within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Her primary areas of research focus are sports medicine, geriatric emergency medicine, leadership, and DEI. She is actively involved in the teaching and supervision of medical students and residents and is also interested in resident and faculty education, development, wellness, burnout and resilience. She is particularly interested in finding solutions unique to women in medicine. In addition to service on the SAEMF's Board of Trustees, Dr. Raukar is Chair of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine's Advocacy Committee, an Advisory Panel Member of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She is also a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death Task Force.

Dr. Raukar has received many honors and accolades, including Distinguished Emergency Medicine Clinician Award (Mayo Clinic Department of Emergency Medicine); AWAEM Publication of the Year (AWAEM/SAEM); Educator of the Quarter (Consultant Award, Mayo Clinic), Rhode Island Top Doc (Rhode Island Monthly); and the AWAEM Momentum Award (AWAEM/SAEM).

Dr. Raukar received her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine, completed Residency and Fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital, and received her Master of Science from New York Medical College.

Kathleen "Kat" Ogle, MD

George Washington University

In the time I’ve been involved in AWAEM, I have benefitted from mentorship, camaraderie, friendship and inspiration. I am incredibly grateful for the relationships I’ve built and opportunities which have arisen through my work with this amazing community.

My vision, as a nominee for President-Elect of AWAEM is to continue to build upon our commitment to the core foundational principals of AWAEM, through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We must continue to reflect on our challenges with creating truly inclusive spaces for professional development and growth for women in academic emergency medicine. It will be essential for the leadership of AWAEM to continue to reach out to its membership to assess our strengths and our areas for growth and to model receptivity to feedback.

It has been a tremendous honor to serve the AWAEM community over the last few years in the Didactics Committee as well as the vice president of education and I would be grateful for your support as I pursue this leadership role.