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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.

Michael Lamberta, MD, CHSE, FACEP

Maimonides Medical Center

Michael Lamberta is an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He serves as the Simulation Division Director since 2022; co-director of the Clinical Simulation fellowship since 2021; and Assistant Director for Center for Clinical Simulation and Safety since 2019. He has also been leading pre-clinical small groups in problem-based learning for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine since 2023. In his teaching roles he facilitates simulation programming with weekly regularity for a diverse group of learners from UGME to practicing physicians and inter-professional teams. Through his administrative roles he coordinates inter-professional education, patient safety and systems integration initiatives, and faculty development for hospital-wide departments and institutional ACGME programs.

Dr. Lamberta obtained his medical degree from Rush University in Chicago (2013), completed EM residency at Jacboi/Montefiore Medical Centers in 2017, and pursued a Clinical Simulation Fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center in 2018. BA from Washington University in St. Louis (2008).

Annemarie Cardell, MD, FACEP

Emory University School of Medicine

Annemarie Cardell is an emergency medicine physician in Atlanta, GA., and mom to a 2-year-old daughter, Magnolia. She is also an educator who specializes in teaching through simulation and developing new and novel ways to educate others. She currently works at Emory School of Medicine where she serves as the Assistant Program Director. Previous research has included building large scale simulation to facilitate MCI education on responding to an active shooter, how clinical workflow is impacted by burnout, developing a next generation intubation trainer using 3D printing, and revamping clinical documentation curriculum to facilitate increased RVUs/ Pt for resident physicians.