People

Peter C. Hou, MD

SAEM Bylaws Committee member

Brigham and Women's Hospital

My education and training started as medical student at New York Medical College and as categorical surgical intern in general surgery residency program at St. Vincent’s Medical Center of New York City, where I learned about emergency medicine. I took a year off to re-apply to emergency medicine and was accepted and completed emergency medicine residency training at King Drew Medical Center in south Los Angeles. The experiences during my emergency medicine training propelled me to seek out further training in critical care, and I completed an Anesthesia Critical Care fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. My qualifications include leadership roles in academics, non-profit organizations, and industry. For examples, I am a steering committee member of the NHLBI Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung injury (PETAL) Network, President of the North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) New England Chapter, and a Special Consultant in Research and Education for iDoc Telehealth Solutions. My SAEM experiences date back to 2009 as a member. In 2016, I was a founding member of the Critical Care Medicine Interest Group, Chair-Elect in 2018-2019, and Chair in 2019-2021. In 2020-2021, I was a member of the Finance and Membership and Chair of the Market analysis/Under-represented institutions subcommittee. Since 2021, I continued to be active in the Critical Care Interest Group and joined the Research Committee. Currently, I am Co-Chair of Workforce subcommittee, Vice-Chair of Telehealth Interest Group, Co-Lead of a Research subcommittee, and members of the Airway Interest Group and Equity and Inclusion committee.

The by-laws govern the SAEM’s strategic plan to its mission and vision. Regarding what I hope to accomplish if elected, my objective is ensure that the by-laws are current, inclusive, and progressive and to inform and engage the leadership and membership. In doing so, I hope we can find ways to break down the walls of territorial governance, to work toward more cohesiveness among emergency medicine organizations, and to give a greater voice to the specialty of emergency medicine.

James Paxton, MD, MBA

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research

Wayne State University School of Medicine

James H. Paxton, MD MBA FACEP FAHA, is the Director of Clinical Research for Detroit Receiving Hospital and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine. He has served SAEM through various roles within the By-Laws, Awards, Grants, and Research Committees, including Chairman of the SAEM Research Committee (2021-2024). He received both his MD and MBA degrees from the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), and completed EM residency training at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, MI). Dr. Paxton has served as core academic faculty for the Detroit EM residencies at both Sinai-Grace Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital since 2011, and has mentored hundreds of medical students and residents at Wayne State University during that time. He is an active clinical researcher and has served as PI for numerous industry- and publicly funded trials. He is the editor of several books on emergency medicine topics, and is a recognized expert and invited speaker for many regional, national and international lectures on emergent vascular access, cardiac arrest, and emergent resuscitation.