People

Rosny Daniel

Dr. Rosny Daniel was born and raised in Southern California, but has called San Francisco his home for the last ten years. He completed his medical school, emergency medicine residency, chief residency and medical education fellowship at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Daniel is currently a faculty member and Assistant Professor in the department of emergency medicine at UCSF. He is the director of DEI in residency curriculum. He also serves on the executive board of EM Foundations as Director of EDI. His interests include mentorship, advocacy, medical education, social emergency medicine, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Rosny educates medical students, residents and faculty on topics ranging from generational differences in the workplace to creating equitable educational content to anti-racism in medicine to treating common emergency department complaints. His goal is to model longitudinal incorporation of equity/inclusion training in emergency medicine residency training across the nation and beyond. In his spare time he enjoys making and drinking fancy cocktails, going to concerts, listening to emo gen z rap, exercising, watching the Lakers, cooking, playing tug-o-war with his dog or traveling when he can.

Suzanne (Suzi) Bentley, MD, MPH

President-Elect

NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst, Mount Sinai

I love simulation and I love the Simulation Academy, I will be the first to openly admit it. I’m running for President-elect because it would be an honor to lead the Simulation Academy Executive Committee and continue the many important initiatives underway from the Academy plus initiate so many new ones. I love simulation and collaborating and the Simulation Academy is such an important hub for our EM Simulation community. I have been a member of the Simulation Academy throughout my time as a simulation educator and served on the Executive Committee 2019-2021 as member at large and secretary and I am the current (2021-2022) Sim Academy Secretary. I am running for President-Elect at this time because I feel ready to continue and expand the amazing work being done by the Academy. With my previous experience on the Exec Committee and multiple subcommittees, I believe I have a solid understanding of the Simulation Academy goals, vision, and structure. I firmly believe I can continue to grow and develop the Sim Academy and that I am well suited to the role with my organizational and collaboration skills. Additionally, I am the co-chair of the Sim Academy Faculty Development Committee and have helped spearhead the virtual simulation mentoring and faculty development series of panels held over the last 2 years (thank you again to all of our excellent panelists). I am also an active member and collaborator in the Sim Academy Research Committee, directing multiple initiatives aimed at helping to quantify our needs as simulation educators and propose a call to action and way forward towards increased resource for our members (e.g. simulation research barriers, novel task trainer models). It has been an honor to serve on the Sim Academy Executive Committee and network and collaborate to support so many of our members, loop in members, and encourage new members to become more active. I believe together through collaboration and innovation that we all grow, and importantly, the Sim Academy grows. I hope to continue to accomplish all of what I’ve started and endeavor to expand and start new initiatives within the Academy. I look forward to working to understand and help meet the evolving needs of our members and vow to work with the Exec Committee and our membership to continue to do more for our members and the Academy.

Haru Okuda

Executive Director, USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation
Assistant Vice President, Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice, USF Health
Professor, Morsani College of Medicine

Alise Frallicciardi

Medical Director, Emergency Medicine at UConn Health
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Linda L. Brown, MD, MSCE

Brown University

Linda L. Brown, MD, MSCE is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. She is the Chair & Physician-in-Chief for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and Rhode Island, Hasbro Children's, The Miriam & Newport Hospitals. She is the President of Brown Emergency Medicine. She is the Vice Chair of Pediatric EM for Brown EM.

Dr. Brown is a practicing Pediatric EM attending physician. She received her MD from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. She received her Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Pediatric Residency as a Chief Resident here at the Hasbro Children's Hospital/ Brown University program. Dr. Brown completed her Pediatric EM fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Brown is active on various local, regional & national committees. She is a national leader in pediatric EM and medical simulation. Her professional interests include medical simulation & education; pediatric EM quality improvement; difficult airway; resuscitation; and research.

Dr. Brown has been recognized for her hard work and leadership both regionally and nationally. She received several departmental awards including: the Brian J. Zink, MD Outstanding Leadership in EM; the Brown EM Foundation Award; the Libby Nestor, MD Outstanding Mentor, the Jacek Franaszek Exemplary Educator; and Outstanding Contribution in Education, just to name a few. Nationally, Dr. Brown was recognized with various awards including the Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill Award for Teaching Mentorship and the SAEM Simulation Academy Distinguished Educator Award. Dr. Brown is a well-respected, researcher on a national level having contributed to over 45 publications.

William Bond, MD

Director of Research for Jump Simulation, Professor - Emergency Medicine

University of Illinois - College of Medicine, OSF HealthCare

Peter Sokolove, MD

Professor and Chair

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Arthur Pope

Mark Olaf, DO

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

"Mark Olaf, DO, is the vice chair of emergency medicine education at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, as well as a regional associate dean for the central campus of the medical school. He is a 2006 cum laude Graduate of Bucknell University with a BS in Biology with Honors, and a 2010 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he received his doctorate of osteopathy. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center, and served as chief resident. He has been a member of the CDEM academy for this year, involved in clerkship direction for 5 years, and is a current co-chair of the CORD advising students committee. He is running for this position to bring his experience and talents to SAEM, and to further develop clerkship standards and opportunities for students across the country. He would like to be involved in contributing to this committee in order to expand the “toolbox” of resources available to clerkship directors."


Dr. Olaf is a board-certified emergency physician. His clinical interests include toxicology, emergency medical services and medical education. His research interests include medical education. Dr. Olaf earned his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency at Geisinger Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

Sandhya Ashokkumar

Dustin Blake Williams, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

I received my undergraduate degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University. I then obtained my medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio before continuing on to complete my emergency medicine residency at Indiana University. I continued into a career in academics as faculty at UT-Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) where I currently serve as residency program director. My primary clinical site is Parkland Memorial Hospital, the sole county hospital for the entirety of Dallas county as well as one of the largest and busiest county hospitals in the country.

I bring a strong work ethic and proven leadership with many years of experience working in a large GME setting. During my time at UTSW I have served in various leadership roles including assistant program director and more recently PD, chair and co-chair of departmental and interdisciplinary committees. I have also had long-standing membership and involvement in both SAEM and CORD, having served on multiple committees including: CORD AA21 DEI mini-track co-chair, SAEM Education Committee and most recently the SAEM Faculty Development Committee. I also currently serve as co-chair of our ADIEM LGBTQIA+ Subcommittee.

I strongly value the fantastic mentorship and leadership development that I have gained through my involvement in SAEM and ADIEM over the past 7 years. I wish to continue my service to this organization by appointment as Member-at-large to the ADIEM Board. I look forward to positively impacting our organization through continued advocacy for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. I intend to serve as a dedicated member of the team, to be present and engaged, working to seek out diverse opportunities for collaboration, and brainstorming innovative strategies for lasting change in our organization.

Suzette Ikejiani

Hilary Fairbrother, MD, MPH

Wendy C. Coates, MD

Immediate Past President

UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Wendy C. Coates, MD is Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Senior Faculty/Education Specialist at Harbor-UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. She served as Dean of the UCLA Acute Care College and Director of Education at Harbor-UCLA where she founded the Fellowship in Medical Education Scholarship in 1999. She enjoys continued active mentorship of her fellowship graduates. Coates graduated with honors from Allegheny College, earned her MD from Case Western Reserve University, and completed the EM residency at Allegheny General/Medical College of PA. 

Dr. Coates’ research focus is medical education with an emphasis on faculty and learner development, mentorship, curricular innovation and evaluation, creativity in medicine, and qualitative methods. She is a founding member of the Editorial Board for AEM Education & Training, member of the AEM Editorial Board, and was an ABEM Item Writer for 9 years. 

Dr. Coates began her service to SAEM as the Resident Representative to the Education Committee which she subsequently chaired for several years. She was the inaugural chair of the Undergraduate Education Committee where she led the creation and implementation of the SAEM Virtual Advisor Program and, most recently, led the initial Fellowship Approval Committee that developed metrics for non-ACGME approved fellowships in EM. She has also served on the Nominating Committee, Research Committee, and was the SAEM representative to the national committee on medical student education reform. She currently serves as a member-at-large on the SAEM Board of Directors. Follow on her Twitter at: @CoatesMedEd

Mark Rendon

Marquita Norman Hicks, MD

Marquita S. Norman, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor and serves as the Associate Vice-Chair of Health Equity, Quality and Safety in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.  She currently serves as chair of the SAEM Finance Committee and a member of the SAEMF Board of Trustees.  She is a past chair of the Equity and Inclusion Committee and past president of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine.  She completed her internship at Howard University and residency training at the University of Michigan.   She completed her MBA from the Collat School of Business at UAB.  Her work has been centered around healthcare workforce diversity and inclusion efforts involving K-16 pathways programs and development of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate medical education.  Dr. Norman’s professional and community interests include health equity, health care workforce diversity, medical education, and communication skills.

Tatiana Carrillo

Teresa Smith

Sarah Crockett

Taku Taira