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Jeremy Ackerman, MD, PhD

Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Ackerman is an Assocaite Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Emory University School of Medicine and is an Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Stonybrook after completing medical school and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina. Dr, Ackerman teaches graduate and undergraduate engineering students about design in healthcare settings. He has been awarded multiple patents and has worked with multiple medical start-ups. Dr. Ackerman is also a certified Peace Officer in the State of Georgia and serves as a member of a SWAT team. He is a certified law enforcement instructor and regularly provides training for police officers and cadets.

Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH

Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital

Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH is an attending physician of Emergency Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and an Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Hudak's clinical interest includes the care of patients who experience sexual assault, intimate partner violence, firearm injury, and those in the custody of law enforcement. Her public health and research interest includes the impact of violence and injury on mental health and the community, as well as firearm injury prevention in the clinical environment. She is Core Faculty of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) where she is the former Assistant Director and Co-Chair of the Violence Prevention Task Force. She serves as the Rape Crisis Center Medical Director and the Law Enforcement Liaison for Grady Hospital System. She also leads the Emergency Medicine Sexual Violence curriculum, coordinating training for the sexual assault forensic examination as well as comprehensive advocacy focused clinical care. Her current research projects include examining the effectiveness of firearm safety discussions and safe storage practices with patients in Emergency Department and broader community.

Charles Lei, MD

Hennepin County Medical Center

Dr. Charles Lei received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency training at the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed a fellowship in Emergency Medicine Simulation at Stanford. Dr. Lei currently serves as the Medical Director of the Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center at Hennepin County Medical Center. His academic interests include healthcare simulation, medical education at all stages, curriculum development, teamwork training, and quality improvement.

Ernesto J. Romo, MD

Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine

Ernesto Romo, MD, currently works at Washington University School of Medicine at Saint Louis in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed an emergency medicine residency at Cook County Hospital inChicago. He also completed a simulation fellowship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He is the director of diversity, equity and inclusion and the director of simulation for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Romo also serves as a coach for medical students at Washington University. Dr. Romo was previously an assistant program director. He is father to the most magnificent daughters and these days enjoys discovering the universe alongside them.