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Christine A. Babcock, MD

Christine A. Babcock, MD attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for both her undergraduate and medical school studies. In 2007, Dr. Babcock completed emergency medicine resident training at the University of Chicago. After completing her residency, she then went on to receive her Master of Science in Threat & Response Management (MSc) from the University of Chicago. She is currently Associate Professor of Medicine & the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at the University of Chicago. She is also the President-Elect for the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians.

Edgardo Ordonez

Immediate Past President

Dr. Ordonez received his medical and public health degrees from the UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School and School of Public Health. He then completed a combined emergency medicine and internal medicine residency at Christiana Care in Newark, Delaware. After completion of residency, Dr. Ordonez obtained an academic appointment at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, TX, where he has been in practice for 7 years. He currently practices both emergency medicine and internal medicine and has several leadership roles within the college and health system. He is an assistant program director of the BCM EM residency, Medical Director of Utilization Management at Ben Taub Hospital, and is on the BCM Admissions Committee. His interests include diversity, inclusion, equity, & social justice, healthcare delivery, social determinants of health, and mentorship.

Tiffany Murano

Dr Tiffany Murano received her Doctor of Medicine degree from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr Murano has spent the majority of her career at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (formerly the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), where she has served as EM Clerkship director and Residency Program Director. Dr Murano is currently involved in many national organizations. She is the president-elect of the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD), board member of the NJ chapter of ACEP, is an oral board examiner and an item writer for the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and is a member of the ACGME EM-Review and Recognition Committee.

Pierre Detiege

Dr. Pierre Detiege is a Clinic Assistant Professor with LSU Department of Medicine and Emergency Medicine faculty at UMCNO Emergency Department.  He is an Associate Program Director for the LSU-NO Emergency Medicine residency program and member of the EM Diversity Committee, EM Quality Committee, UMCNO Ethics Committee and LSU School of Medicine Admissions Committee.  He is an active educator in LSU School of Medicine with special interest in health equity, social determinants of health, URM mentoring, and simulation education.  Dr. Detiege is a native of New Orleans and alumni of Univ. of New Orleans.  He graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania, and then completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has worked as Emergency Medicine faculty in Level 1 Trauma centers /safety-net hospitals in both Philadelphia, PA and Tampa, FL before returning to his home community of New Orleans.  Since 2007, he has resided in New Orleans with his wife, a Rheumatologist and medical educator, and their two children.  He enjoys the many festivals and outdoor activities in New Orleans, loves to travel, and stays active through basketball, running and swimming.

Michael Dalley

Dr. Michael Dalley is an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He earned his undergraduate degree at State University of New York at Binghamton, his medical degree at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his emergency medicine residency at Lincoln Medical Center as chief resident. He was appointed as Clerkship Director for Emergency Medicine and Associate Residency Director in 2007 and became Residency Program Director in 2012.

Michelle Bombacie

Program Manager for the Integrative Therapies Program

Center for Comprehensive Wellness

Michelle Bombacie is the Program Manager for the Integrative Therapies Program within the Center for Comprehensive Wellness. She is a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist, and is the lead acupuncture and integrative medicine supervisor in the pediatric clinic. Michelle co-authored a chapter in Evidence-based Non-pharmacological Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care. Most recently, she was a co-recipient of the first-place award for a research paper entitled Acupuncture for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Management: A Promising Non-Opioid Therapy from the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. She continues to conduct research on the use of integrative therapies in pediatric oncology and hematology.

Prior to her current role, Michelle was a clinician for the Integrative Therapies Program, and delivered Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to children and their families. She led a family acupuncture practice in Manhattan for over ten years, specializing in Acupuncture Physical Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, for patients undergoing cancer treatment and patients with myofascial pain and stress-related conditions. Michelle was a member of the core faculty at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture for over decade. She taught acupuncture technique, supervised the student clinic, and developed curriculum for the Structural and Functional Anatomy classes.

Michelle received her Masters of Science in Acupuncture from Tri-State College of Acupuncture and her Massage Therapy education from the New York College of Health Professions. Before studying acupuncture, Michelle was a professional dancer and Broadway performer. She taught dance and movement to undergraduate students at Collaborative Arts Project 21 (NYU Tisch School of the Arts), and choreographed for numerous dance companies in the tri-state area. She is currently completing the first official certification program in pediatric acupuncture in the United States from Jing Shen Pediatrics.

Taylor Stavely, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

"I am an instructor of emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. My residency and now early career have been intrinsically linked with AWAEM, and for this reason I would be honored to continue my involvement in this intentional way as VP Membership. My AWAEM journey began with a leadership position as I dove in head first as the resident member of AWAEM’s Executive Committee. In my one year term in this position, I became the project manager for a citation and literature review with over 40 medical student, resident, and attending volunteers. I also co-founded and served as a panelist in a collaborative webinar between AWAEM and RAMS, From Match to First Promotion, to support professional development and mentorship during the pandemic. I feel uniquely suited to serve as a mentor for the AWAEM Executive Committee’s resident member as I recently served in this position and have a keen understanding of the scope and opportunities within that role.

As first-year faculty, I sought to diversify my AWAEM leadership experience by serving as the AWAEM Didactic Committee co-chair, overseeing the submission of over twenty didactics to SAEM22 with feedback and support from AWAEM. I used this opportunity to strengthen AWAEM’s relationship with the Sex & Gender in EM Interest Group, collaborating with SGEM members on creating educational content for transgender care delivery in the ED and amplifying transgender EM physician voices. As VP Membership, I will use my early career status to my advantage, with a focus on continuing to innovate collaboration between AWAEM and its resident and medical student members. I am thrilled to continue my forward momentum with this incredible group."


Dr. Taylor Stavely, MD is an Instructor at Emory University School of Medicine. She is an active member of the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM), serving as the resident Executive Committee Member (2020-2021) and the Didactic Committee Co-Chair (2021 to present). Dr. Stavely is the faculty co-chair of Emory’s women in emergency medicine mentorship group.  Her research is focused upon the relationship between gender and professional development in academic medicine.

Kat Ogle, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

George Washington University

Dr. Ogle is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, where she completed medical school, residency, as well as her ultrasound fellowship. She is a former RN and first-generation college graduate and physician. She is engaged in medical education and professional development from the undergraduate to faculty level. Her roles include Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director, leading the Medical Education and Leadership Scholarly Concentration as well as Clinician as a Medical Educator course. Dr. Ogle serves on local, regional, and national organizations including the GW Antiracism Guiding Coalition, is President of the SAEM Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM), and is active within the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, is a reviewer for several academic journals, and is an award-winning educator. Her professional interests include medical education, point-of-care ultrasound, mentorship, diversity, equity, and inclusion, leadership, and promotion. She balances her academic and professional responsibilities with her role as a mother.

Kevin Biese

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH

Chief, Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH, is Chief of the division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kennedy's clinical, education, and research endeavors focus on improving emergency care for older adults, with specific focus on those with cognitive impairment. She has conducted research into geriatric emergency departments, the detection and management of delirium in older ED patients, and care of persons with dementia in the ED setting. She currently serves as the Chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine section for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), is on the board of governors for ACEP's Geriatric ED Accreditation program, and is a past-president of the Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM).

Scott Dresden

Director

Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations (GEDI), Northwestern Medicine

Tony Rosen

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Christina Shenvi

Surriya Ahmad, MD

Attending Physician

New York

Surriya Ahmad, MD, completed a five year combined Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine residency at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University and Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, and is double board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. She completed a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She has been a member of SAEM and AGEM for five years, serving on the AGEM Executive Committee for three years, and is the current Secretary of AGEM. Between taking care of patients in public inner-city Level 1 Trauma Centers and Tertiary Care Centers in Brooklyn and New York over the last seven years, and through her experience spending time with her father and grandmother, she grew more interested in how to best optimize the care of older adults in the ED, including prioritizing communication with patients and families, comfort-mental and physical, and overall experience and wellness.

Shan Liu, MD, SD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Katie Davenport

Katie Buck, MD, MPH

Associate Professor with Tenure

The Ohio State University

Katie Buck, MD, MPH, is an associate professor with tenure at Ohio State University and Director of the Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department. She received her medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed EM residency and a research fellowship at Ohio State University. She is a current NIA Beeson K76 award recipient. Her research focus is improving diagnostic accuracy in older adult ED patients with current work on pneumonia. She has been involved in geriatric EM and AGEM since she was an undergraduate student.

Marcee Wilder

Research Learning Series Moderator

George Washington University

Marcee Wilder is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. She attended medical school at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington D.C. and residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. While at Mount Sinai, Marcee participated in and developed several clinical studies examining racial disparities in emergency department care. After residency she completed a 2-year clinical research fellowship at GWU, focusing on disparities and health outcomes. During her fellowship she was awarded funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to examine social determinants of health and their effect on outcomes including medication adherence and emergency department visits. She also completed a master’s degree in clinical and translational research during this time. As full-time faculty, Marcee splits her time between working clinically, research, teaching, and administration. She is a health services researcher who is passionate about health equity and disparities and hopes to contribute to the field through research and education. Marcee teaches public health at the medical school and teaches a clinical research course to the undergraduates at the University. She works clinically at George Washington University Hospital, as well as DC’s last public hospital, United Medical Center. She is also the medical director for the Medical Faculty Associates group in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Center. In her spare time, she mentors at risk female youth in DC. 

Joshua Ellis, MD, MPH

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Dr. Joshua Ellis is a faculty physician in Emergency Medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He graduated from Howard University College of Medicine and completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic, where he was the recipient of the Golden Stethoscope Resident/Fellow Educator of the Year and also the Gold Humanism Award. He then went on to complete a Masters in public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and his education fellowship at Harvard Medical School and BIDMC.

He now serves as the Clerkship Director for the EM Clerkship at UAMS and also as the Chair of the LGBTQ+ subcommittee of ADIEM at SAEM. His other work has focused on improving diversity within higher medical education, and he has published twice in New England Journal of Medicine as well as being awarded the Harvard Medical School Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award. He currently also is the clinical director of Project Heal, a Hospital Based Violence Intervention Program aimed at decreasing recidivism in. 

Minerva Romero Arenas

Dr. Minerva A. Romero Arenas is an Endocrine & General Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.  Dr. Romero Arenas completed a fellowship in Oncologic Surgical Endocrinology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and General Surgery Residency at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. She earned her Medical Doctorate and Master of Public Health degrees from The University of Arizona. She studied Cell Biology and French at Arizona State University. Dr. Romero Arenas is passionate about recruiting the next generation of surgeons and is involved in mentoring through various organizations, such as the Association of Women Surgeons, Tour for Diversity in Medicine, Latino Medical Student Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, and Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians. She is a Founding Member of the Latino Surgical Society.