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Andrew Golden, MD

University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Andrew Golden is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. He currently serves as the Director of the Emergency Medicine Acting Internship and Third-Year Clerkship. He also is the Assistant Director of the Medical Education and Academic Leadership Fellowship at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. At the Case Western University School of Medicine, he serves as the Assistant Director of the Transition to Residency Curriculum and the Site Director for Acting Internships and Advanced Clinical Electives at University Hospitals. His scholarly interests focus on workplace-based assessment and competency based medical education.

Jessica Gold

Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry

Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Gold has been interested in physician mental health and wellness since her masters work in anthropology focused on pre-medical education as a culture. This has only broadened and evolved for her throughout her training and through COVID-19, where healthcare worker mental health became a primary focus. She is also interested in issues of gender disparity, harassment, and trauma in the workplace. Her work also includes media literacy and advocacy. Dr. Gold has written for multiple popular press outlets, including TIME, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Self, and is a contributor to Forbes. Through those experiences, she has become interested in the role of the media (and social media) in mental health and mental health stigma. Dr. Gold believes that portrayals of mental illness in the press, in movies, and on television affect disease models, understanding of illness, and care-seeking.

Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD

Assistant Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

The Ohio State University Medical Center

Nicholas Hartman

Associate Professor, Associate Program Director

Wake Forest Department of Emergency Medicine

Nicholas Hartman, MD, MPH is Associate Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Associate Program Director for the EM residency there. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the Northwestern-McGaw Emergency Medicine residency program.  He previously served as director of the didactic curriculum for WF EM.  He is active in EM education research, with focus on learner assessment, wellness and inclusion.

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Thomas Morrissey, MD

Tom Morrissey is a PGY-21 resident at UFHealth-Jacksonville. He fell into EM quite by accident while pursuing an MD/PhD (U. Miami) focusing on the role of Schwann cells in supporting spinal cord regeneration. By chance, one day early in his 4th year, he got lost and took a shortcut through the ED. Never looked back. Residency in Jax led to faculty position, Clerkship director, APD, yadayada. It gets in your blood y’know…what’cha gonna do?  

His big interests include helping students prepare for the transition to residency, find the best-fit training program, and helping new interns get their clinical sea legs. 

Notable achievements include holding 67 admitted patients at the same time one day, not following the eSLOE rules very well, drinking more coffee than most of the rest of the department combined, and having the gumption to try to teach a Weimaraner to surf a stand up paddleboard. He hopes to someday get rich sponsoring a line of Hawaiian print scrubs…but he’s not holding his breath.

Fiona Gallahue

Dr. Fiona Gallahue is the president of the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD-EM).  She is the program director of the emergency medicine residency at the University of Washington (UW) and associate professor at the UW in the Department of Emergency Medicine.  Dr. Gallahue established the emergency medicine residency program at the UW in 2011. She was awarded the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2020.

Dr. Gallahue is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She completed her residency and chief residency in emergency medicine at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center in 2001.

Dr. Gallahue’s research interests include and opportunities to improve graduate medical education, gender bias in resident evaluations, and engagement of residents in the clinical learning environment. Her work has been published in Academic Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Emergency Medicine, American Journal of Cardiology, and American Journal of Medical Quality.  She has one book, “Emergency Care of the Abused” published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Gallahue has been featured on-air as an emergency physician for Martha Stewart’s “Blueprint” and “Living Today” call-in radio shows.

When not working, Dr. Gallahue’s favorite pursuits are gardening, baking sourdough bread, and spending time with her husband and two daughters, a teenager and near-teen.

Andrew Starnes

Dr Starnes graduated from the University of Oklahoma, receiving an MD and MPH. His area of focus in public health was health administration and policy, and he has been active in research regarding resource utilization and outcomes in the emergency department and prehospital setting. He was a member of the inaugural RAMS Board of Directors as a Member-at-Large, and was Secretary-Treasurer before serving as RAMS President for 2020-2021. He is currently a PGY-2 a Wake Forest School of Medicine, and when not working he enjoys gardening, cooking, and camping as much as possible with his wife and three children.

David Wright, MD

Dr. Wright, is a tenured Professor and the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He is a board certified emergency medicine physician practicing at Emory affiliated hospitals and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta’s premier Level 1 Trauma Center. He is actively involved in both the preclinical and clinical assessments of traumatic brain injury, stroke and other acute neurological conditions. He was the PI of the ProTECT III multicenter clinical trial of progesterone for acute traumatic brain injury and serves as the southeastern Hub PI of the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials network, Co-PI of the Georgia StrokeNet network, and Hub PI for the newly funded Strategies To Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN). He has extensive clinical trial leadership and operational experience. He holds Adjunct appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

Chadwick Miller

Professor and Chair Department of Emergency Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Dr. Chadwick (Chad) Miller is the Chair of Emergency Medicine, and Executive Director of Emergency Services at Wake Forest Baptist Health. In this role, he oversees the academic, clinical, and administrative missions of the department, which includes the care delivered to over 700,000 annual emergency visits across 16 emergency departments in the piedmont triad. Dr. Miller’s research focuses on the mission to advance care for patients with cardiovascular emergencies by simultaneously improving clinical outcomes while reducing resource utilization. At Wake Forest, he directs the Critical Illness, Injury, and Recovery Research Center (CIIRRC), the Southeastern Clinical Center for the NIH funded PETAL Network, and currently serves as the lead investigator on a clinical trial supported by the NIH evaluating new methods to evaluate patients with chest pain presenting to the Emergency Department. Dr. Miller graduated from Youngstown State University and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine through a combined BS/MD program. He completed residency training in emergency medicine at The Ohio State University and served as a chief resident, which he completed in 2003. Since 2003, Dr. Miller has worked for the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his Master of Science degree with a major in Clinical and Population Translational Sciences at Wake Forest University in 2009, and has served in several leadership roles in the Department prior to being named Chair, including Assistant Residency Director, Director of Clinical Research, Executive Vice Chair, and Interim Chair.

Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, MS, MSCR

Louisiana State University- New Orleans

Dr. Lisa Moreno is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research, Diversity, and the Latino Scholars Program at Louisiana State University- New Orleans. She is President-elect of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and an NIH Research Scholar. Her multiple awards include the SAEM Martin Leadership Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Professionalism Award, CORD Distinguished Educator Award, ADIEM Outstanding Academician Award, AAMC Healthcare Executive Diversity & Inclusion Certificate, and the Order of the IFEM. The recipient of many research grants, Prof. Moreno has over 500 academic presentations, 45 publications, 6 book chapters, and 2 textbooks. Her research interests include diversity and healthcare disparities, violence prevention and treatment, and viral diseases. She has mentored over 350 students, residents and junior faculty around the world. A global health consultant and educator, she has served in over 25 countries, focusing on the development of research and elimination of healthcare disparities for women, underrepresented minorities, and the under-resourced

Marianne Haughey, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine

Northwell/ LIJ Medical Center

Marianne Haughey, MD, is a professor of emergency medicine (EM) at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, as well as the Director of Faculty Development. She practices clinically at LIJ/Northwell. Dr. Haughey is an American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) oral examiner and a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). She has taught extensively both nationally and internationally on various topics in EM education and has multiple articles pertinent to education and the clinical practice of EM, published in various journals.

Leslie Bilello

Dr. Bilello is currently the Associate Program Director of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HAEMR-BIDMC​). Prior to this role, she served as Assistant Program Director​ and was Chief Resident during her residency at HAEMR-BIDMC. She also completed the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education through Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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.