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Linda Regan, MD, MEd

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Emergency Medicine

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Linda Regan, MD, MEd, is an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine (EM) at Johns Hopkins, where she serves as the Vice Chair for Education and the director of the medical education fellowship. She served for four years as a member of the Board of Directors of CORD and is a well-known national speaker. She is the current Chair of the ACGME's Residency Review Committee in EM. Dr. Regan is well known at Johns Hopkins for her work as an educational program builder and 13 years spent as the program director for the EM residency. She obtained her masters in education for the health professions from the Johns Hopkins School of Education, with a focus on educational research. Dr. Regan's educational research interests lay mainly in the applications of adult learning theories and conceptual models to postgraduate education, in particular as they pertain to the development of adaptive expertise for learners, as well as how to best teach and represent yourself as an educator.

 

Maria Ramos-Fernandez, MD, MSc

Maria Ramos-Fernandez is a Board Certified Emergency Physician who is currently Program Director of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR)residency program. She completed a Masters in Clinical Research from UPR and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine subspecialty from Emory University. Currently she combines clinical research with academia.

Scott Poland, MD

Scott Poland is a graduate of the Northeast Ohio Medical University. He completed his first two years of residency at Summa Health Systems and graduated from Akron General's emergency medicine residency program. He currently serves as Core Faculty and Emergency Ultrasound Director at Summa Health Systems. His outside interests include walking his dog, exploring parks, spending time with his wife, Cross-fit, scuba diving, and preparing for his soon-to-be-born first child.

Steven T. Petrovic, MBA

Steve Petrovic has spent his whole working career in healthcare at UC Health. He began working for an Internal Medicine practice, working as an analyst in corporate revenue cycle and worked with Nursing Administration at University of Cincinnati Medical Center as there financial lead. Steve started his association with Emergency Medicine in 2014 replacing Bill Fussinger as the second ever Department Administrator for Cincinnati.

Steve has been active with Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM) since accepting his current position and serves on the membership committee and communications committee.

Steve received both his undergraduate degree and MBA from Xavier University.

Steve’s outside interests are golf, hiking, and boating. He is an avid supporter of the Xavier Musketeers and the Cleveland Browns. Steve and his wife Claire have three children, 13, 3, & 1.

David T. Overton MD, MBA

David Overton, MD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He additionally serves as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education.

Dr. Overton attended Wayne State University School of Medicine, and completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. He is board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, and holds an MBA from Michigan State University.

Dr. Overton has received numerous research and service awards, has been published in a wide variety of professional journals and textbooks, and has served as a peer reviewer for a number of scientific journals.

He is active in a number of professional societies, including ACEP, SAEM, the ACGME and the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians, which he has served as President.

Katy Oksuita, MS

Katy Oksuita, MS is the Administrator of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. She has worked in Emergency Medicine for almost a decade and has been in healthcare administration for over 15 years. She received her Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Masters in Education in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. She began her career on the education side of medicine and quickly moved into administration. Her current interests include change management, emotional intelligence training, as well as health care finance.

Robert E. O'Connor, MD, MPH

Robert E. O'Connor, MD, MPH is Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. O’Connor was born in Pittsburgh, PA, attended secondary school in Philadelphia, and received his baccalaureate degree from Haverford College. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and completed emergency medicine residency training at the Medical Center of Delaware. He has worked as a Clinician for over 30 years, and has served as a State EMS Medical Director, Department Research Director, Medical Student Clerkship Director, EMS Fellowship Director and Residency Program Director. Dr. O’Connor has served as principal or co-investigator on over 50 extramural and multi-center funded projects, and has presented more than 400 research papers and lectures at local, national, and international meetings. He has over 150 published manuscripts, has co-authored six books and served as editor-in-chief of three textbooks. He has served as a peer-reviewer for over 20 journals, and is a past President of the National Association of EMS Physicians and Advocates for EMS. He is a past Chair of their Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) Committee and served on both the Scientific Advisory Council and the Manuscript Oversight Committee for the American Heart Association. He served on the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians from 2010 through 2016. He also serves on the 3CPR Council for the American Heart Association. His primary research and professional interests are in resuscitation, pre-hospital care and EMS systems. He is a member of a number of academic societies and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. He enjoys active clinical practice and is a member of the medical staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville, VA. Dr. O’Connor, of Charlottesville, Va., is professor, chair and physician-in-chief of the department of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. He is currently the Marcus L. Martin Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine at UVA.

Andrew S. Nugent, MD

Andrew S. Nugent, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and has been the Chair and Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Emergency Medicine since 2009.

A native Iowan, he grew up in Northwest Iowa and graduated from both the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts in 1992 and the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1996. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, TX, before returning to the University of Iowa in 1999. His accomplishments at UIHC include the development of a residency-training program, a clinical department of Emergency Medicine, and medical directorship of a clinical operation that has grown from 20,000 patient visits per year to 60,000 patients per year. He has served on the AACEM Executive Committee since 2014 and is the current President of the organization.

Andy lives in Coralville with his wife Diana and their four children. When not busy with work or family, his interests include golf, Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs, euchre with friends and playing catch in the backyard with the kids.

Amal Khalil, MBA

Amal Khalil has spent the last 20 years at UCI, all of which were spent at the Department of Emergency Medicine. She moved from Egypt, to the United States of America in the summer of 1995. Amal earned her Bachelor's Degree in 1987, and her MBA in 2010. She enjoys helping underprivileged, and children at her church, and above all, her highest achievement are her two kids.

Linda Davis-Moon, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, ALC

Linda Davis-Moon, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, ALC is a nationally recognized leader in Emergency Medicine. Following completion of her Master's degree, Linde went on to assume a leadership position as Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. In this role, she collaborated with multiple agencies, including the Robert Wood Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Urgent Matters and Health Research & Education Trust of the American Hospital Association, to design and engineer operational patient flow toolkit, which served as a platform for improving ED flow. Linda completed a six-month certification program in Authentic Leadership focusing on the application of integrity and transparency in nonprofit leadership and program development. Linda is a Past President of the Academy of Academic Administrators in Emergency Medicine. She has been funded by the Methodist Foundation, Verizon Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, Merck In and the Aventis Inc. Together with a grateful patient, who survived a sudden death, Linda is the Chair of the Grace Humanitarian Award, which i given annually to a recipient who demonstrates extraordinary empathy in the care of communities both nationally and internationally. Linda was the inaugural recipient of this award, In 2017 Linde received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Academy of Academic Administrator in Emergency Medicine. Linda completed an Insights in Innovation program in 2015 through IDEOU, a Stanford based program rooted in emerging design models in health. At completion of this program, Linda advanced to co-advise on projects including Drexel University, Jefferson and Philadelphia University and M.I.T. These included testing of smart wearable textiles , community engagement and healing spaces of architecture. Linda brings seemingly disparate perspectives in the new emergence of human-centered heath with a strong focus on the dignity of wellness and resiliency. She refers to this new creative trajectory as. "Constellational Thinking."

Currently, Linda serves on the 2019 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Planning Committee; Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Wellness Committee and is Chair of the inaugural AAAEM Wellness Committee. In 2018 Linda became a certificated Power Yoga Instructor and is teaching yoga here in Puerto Rico! Admitting to being an insatiable traveler, Linda recently returned from visiting the Galapagos Islands, and now has visited six of the world's continents. Married to Jefferson Moon an architect and artist, they share their passion for art, music, and time with their family in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.

Cynthia Kelley, DO

Since 2015, Dr. Kelley has served as the Vice President of Medical Education at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, overseeing 19 training programs and 250 residents and fellows. An Akron native, she grew up following her father on rounds at, then, Akron City Hospital and St. Thomas Hospital as he attended to his patients. Cindy completed her undergraduate education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and her medical school training at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio where she also completed a primary care teaching fellowship. She formally joined the Summa family in 2001 as a family medicine resident and stayed as a faculty member upon her graduation before joining the executive team leading medical education in 2015.

In 2014, Cindy completed a Health Policy fellowship and authored the lead article in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, “Impact of the single accreditation agreement on GME governance and the physician workforce.”

Cindy is married to Mike Kelley, an Emergency Medicine physician and program director for the Northeast Ohio Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Residency based in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. They have four daughters. Cindy enjoys practicing yoga, writing, and walking on the trail in Hudson Springs Park with her family and their dog.

Nick Jouriles, MD

Nick is Professor & Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University. He trained at Dartmouth and Denver Health. He has served on and led many regional, national and international emergency medicine committees and boards, including current president of the ED Benchmarking Alliance. He has designed emergency medicine education programs and curricula for medical students, residents and post training learners nationally and internationally. His publications are in education, policy and operations. He has been an AACEM member since 2010.

Amy Jameson, MPhil, MA, MBA

Immediate Past President

Amy Jameson has worked in Emergency Medicine for 10 years. She oversees a Department that has almost doubled in size since 2008. She is responsible for the business activities and administration of an academic Department that includes two adult and one pediatric Emergency Departments. She has initiated processes that are key to supporting over 90 faculty and all missions within the Department. She has fostered a culture of teamwork and accountability among the staff. Measurements of her success include balanced budgets, increasing revenues and low staff turnover. She views her role as a partner to the Chair and, as such, investigates and develops creative solutions for the Department to be a leader in a complex organization.

Andy S. Jagoda, MD

Professor and Chair Emeritus

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Andy Jagoda, MD is Professor and Chair Emeritus of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He trained at Georgetown University and completed his emergency medicine residency in 1987. He spent 13 years in the Navy serving in Desert Shield / Desert Storm for which he received a Navy Commendation Medal for “meritorious service”. He came to Mount Sinai in 1995 and has been instrumental in building the Department into one of the leading programs in the country. Dr. Jagoda is nationally recognized for his involvement in EM education, and for his work in the area of neurologic emergencies and practice guideline development. He has co-edited or authored nine books including Rosen’s Textbook; has authored 83 peer reviewed publications and 56 book chapters. He is the Editor-in-chief of a NLM indexed, monthly publication, Emergency Medicine Practice. Dr. Jagoda is a member of the Executive Committee of the Brain Attack Coalition at the NINDS and on the advisory board of the Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF). He Chairs the Credentialing Committee for the NFL’s Airway Management Physician Program, and he co-coordinates the NFL’s Visiting Team Medical Liaison program. Internationally, Dr. Jagoda has been involved in the development of emergency medicine in Italy and Holland. He was inducted as a "Master Educator" into the Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education in 2009; received the 2011 Mount Sinai Alumni Association "Achievement in Medical Education" award; in 2011 he was presented with the NYACEP “Physician of the Year Award”; in 2015 he received a Mount Sinai Alumni Jacobi Medallion; in 2017 he received the “Distinguished Service Award” from AACEM; and in 2018 he received the “Philanthrophy Award” from SAEMF.

Cathi A. Harbertson

Cathi A. Harbertson is a Business Services Analyst with the Johns Hopkins Department of Emergency Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and is currently pursuing an MBA through the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She has spent the past ten years as business/data analyst and has been an integral part of developing a robust data and reporting structure for the emergency departments of Johns Hopkins Medicine. She was responsible for creating operational, research, regulatory, and financial reports for both administrative and clinical staff and leadership at Hopkins. Aside from the significant time devoted to the AAAEM-AACEM benchmarking surveys each year, her current work focuses on helping operationalize clinical decision-making guidelines throughout Johns Hopkin Medical Institutions.

Cathi has been an integral part of the ED benchmarking and salary surveys since 2011. She, alongside the AAAEM-AACEM Benchmarking Committee and Roundtable Analytics, provides substantial support to the deployment and analysis of the survey each year. She has most recently been involved in smaller pilot studies to address current issues in ED operations and helped to publish papers related to the results of the survey.

Richard J. Hamilton, MD, MBA

Immediate Past President

Drexel University College of Medicine

 

Carlos G. Gubern, MD

Carlos Garcia Gubern completed all his studies in Puerto Rico. He earned his Bachelors degree in General Science at the University Of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. From 1999-2004, he served as Assistant Program Director for the UPR EM program, before moving on to be Assistant Program Director and Research Director at the Hospital San Lucas Ponce from 2004-2008. He is currently the Program Director there, as well as Chairman of the EM Department – a role he has held since 2005. He has also been published in multiple original research peer reviewed national and international journals.

Franklin Farmer, MBA, CSSBB, MT(ASCP)

Franklin has been with the UNC Health Care System and then the UNC School of Medicine since 2001 and is the Associate Chair for Administration for the Department of Emergency Medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001 and a Master’s in Business Administration from Elon University in 2008. He began his career in UNC hospital labs and then held positions in the Quality Department as a Six Sigma Black Belt before managing five of the health care system’s hospital based clinics.

Currently as Associate Chair, Franklin has a diverse range of responsibilities that ensure the Emergency Department continues to meet and expand their clinical, education and research goals. In addition to his Emergency Medicine responsibilities, Franklin has taught courses in Quality and Analytics in the Health Policy and Management program at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health since 2009.

Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD

Dr. Chudnofsky is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Chief of Emergency Services at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. He graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1985 and did his emergency medicine training at the University of Cincinnati, where he was Chief Resident from 1988-1989. Dr. Chudnofsky is also on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine where he serves as an Item Writer for the Qualifying Examination, Editor and Chief Examiner for the Oral Examination, and Vice Chair of the Test Administration Committee. Dr. Chudnofsky’s administrative passion lies in ED operations and his research interest has been focused on improving procedural sedation in the ED.

David F. M. Brown, MD

David F. M. Brown, MD is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Trustees Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Brown is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University and received his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and is a diplomate of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. An accomplished clinician, scholar, teacher, mentor and administrator, Dr. Brown lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to cardiovascular emergencies, the role of EM in integrated health systems, and ED process redesign. His innovative work in the latter area has been extensively published, widely cited, and broadly emulated. He is the author of more than 230 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and chapters, has written two popular textbooks related to cardiovascular emergencies, and served as the inaugural editor-in-chief of the textbook Scientific American: Emergency Medicine. He has been recognized by his residents with multiple teaching and mentorship awards and has been nationally honored as well, in 2002 with the ACEP National Faculty Teaching Award and in 2011 with the EMRA National Teaching Award.