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Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Research Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences Emory University

Dr. Krupinski is Professor and Vice-Chair for Research at Emory University in the Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences and subject matter expert for the Emory Telehealth Program. She received her BA from Cornell, MA from Montclair State and PhD from Temple, all in Experimental Psychology. Her interests are in medical image perception, observer performance, decision making, and human factors. She is Associate Director of Evaluation for the Arizona Telemedicine Program and co-Director of the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center. She is Past President of ATA, Past Chair of Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, Past Chair of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, and President of the Medical Image Perception Society. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare and on the Editorial Board of the Telemedicine & E-Health Journal.

Dennis Hsieh, MD, JD

Director of Social Medicine and Community Health, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Dennis Hsieh is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and the Director for Social Medicine and Community Health for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, which is part of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. He focuses on access to care and the social determinants of health (SDOH), including SDOH screening and interventions across clinical settings, hospital-based violence intervention programs, medical-legal community partnerships (MLCPs) and re-entry from jail. He is the former medical director the Whole Person Care Jail re-entry program. Dennis has a special interest in addressing SDOH such as violence, food, housing, and financial strain to improve health. He co-founded the hospital-based violence intervention program at Harbor-UCLA and is now co-leading the development of a trauma recovery center at Harbor-UCLA. Dennis is a founding member of the UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine’s Section on International and Domestic Health Equity (IdHEAL, www.idheal.org); ACEP’s Social Emergency Medicine Section and is the section’s chair elect; and SAEM’s Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Interest Group. Dennis earned his A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard, J.D. from Yale and M.D. from UC San Francisco.

David Snow, MD

Dr. Snow completed his residency training at the University of Cincinnati's Emergency Medicine residency, serving as a Chief Resident from 2012-2013. From there he came to Chicago as the APD at UIC's EM Residency, serving in this role for 5 years. He is currently the Program Director for the EM residency program at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois.

David Persing, MD, PhD

David (Dave) Persing, MD, Ph.D., is Chief Medical and Technology Officer at Cepheid, and in 2017 was appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for the Danaher Diagnostics Platform. He has spent most of his 25-year career in biomarker discovery, translational medicine and innovation in the diagnostics space. As CSO, Danaher Diagnostics Platform, he has the responsibility for providing scientific, medical and strategic input to the Diagnostics' Operating Companies and Platform leadership. He also has the responsibility for development of new clinical processes, technologies or products that advance patient care, innovation and competitive position of the Danaher Diagnostics group of operating companies. Dave joined Cepheid in 2005 and has focused on the enablement of molecular diagnostic technology to meet global needs in infectious diseases and oncology. He conducted his scientific and medical training with Don Ganem and Nobel laureate Harold Varmus at the University of California, San Francisco. Since completing his residency training in clinical pathology at Yale University, he has held leadership roles in academia and industry starting in the early 1990s with the design, implementation, and operation of the first PCR reference laboratory at the Mayo Clinic. His interest in the democratization of molecular diagnostic methods has been longstanding, starting in 1993 with his publication of the first widely adopted textbook to include PCR protocols and guidelines for laboratory operations. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and reviews, including multiple articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, Science, and PNAS, and has served as Editor in Chief for five highly regarded textbooks, the most recent of which was published in 2016. To maintain a connection with the latest trends in translational medicine, Dave also serves as Consulting Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He obtained his MD and PhD degrees from UCSF in 1988.

David Kessler, MD, MSc

Dr. Kessler is the Vice Chair of Innovation & Strategic Initiatives in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University where he oversees virtual health and helps implement innovative solutions to complex system issues.

He is a graduate of Princeton University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he completed his pediatric residency on the global health track. Dr. Kessler completed his Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship and Emergency Ultrasound training at Bellevue Hospital and his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at New York University.

As an Associate Medical Director for the Mary & Michael Jaharis Simulation Center, Dr. Kessler helps other departments start new safety-driven simulation programs.

As a founder and co-director for INSPIRE, (International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education), Dr. Kessler has helped to grow a community of practice dedicated to collaboration and mentorship among investigators committed to scholarship in simulation

Colin Greineder, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

University of Michigan

Colin Greineder, MD, PhD, attended the Yale School of Medicine and completed Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Michigan. After a year working in the community, he returned to academia to pursue a PhD in Pharmacology and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout this long period of scientific training, Dr. Greineder continued to work as an attending in a variety of academic and community ERs, including UPenn, Thomas Jefferson, Geisinger Medical Center, and the Crozer-Keystone Health System. He was awarded a K08 Career Development award from the NHLBI and returned to Michigan Medicine in 2018 as a tenure track faculty in Emergency Medicine and Pharmacology. Dr. Greineder’s laboratory focuses on development of novel pharmacologic therapies for the treatment of emergent ischemic, thrombotic, and inflammatory disorders. The primary focus is affinity ligand delivery of biotherapeutics to endothelial cells as a means of restoring their homeostatic functions and elucidating their role in disease pathogenesis. Additional interests include pharmacokinetic modeling, coagulofibrinolytic changes in critical illness, and risk stratification and management of venous thromboembolism.

Christopher Davis, MD

Chris Davis attended medical school at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (UCDSOM). He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Denver Health in 2011. After residency, Dr. Davis completed a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine in Colorado where he also earned a Diploma in Tropical Medicine. His clinical expertise lies in providing medical care in austere and resource-limited environments. Dr. Davis received his start in telemedicine when he was selected to provide medical direction for NSF research teams in Greenland and the surrounding Arctic. His research interests include developing novel care delivery models using telemedicine, and the provision of telemedicine support in extreme environments. In 2016 Dr. Davis was appointed medical director for Virtual Health for UCHealth. His primary focus now is expanding capacity for virtual health across the health system.

Christina Olson, MD

Telehealth Medical Director | Children’s Hospital Colorado Assistant Professor | Pediatric Hospital Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dr. Christina Olson is a hospitalist at Children's Hospital Colorado and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado. She additionally works as Telehealth Medical Director for Children's Colorado, with a focus on leveraging technology to optimize patient care across the continuum of health care. Her other interests include patient safety, global health and education. As a co-founder and executive committee member of SPROUT (Supporting Pediatric Research on Outcomes and Utilization of Telehealth), she advocates for multicenter research that can be used to expand pediatric telehealth programs in an evidence-based fashion. Dr. Olson attended the University of Michigan Medical School, did residency training at Naval Medical Center San Diego, and is currently mobilized with the Navy Reserve in support of COVID19 operations.

Bryn E. Mumma, MD, MAS

Grants Committee Chair

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Dr. Mumma, is an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of California at Davis. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency Program. Prior to joining the UC Davis faculty, she completed a research fellowship (which included completion of the Mentored Clinical Research Training Program) and earned her Master of Applied Science degree in clinical research. This was followed by completion of the NHLBI K12 Research Career Development Program in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mumma's research focuses broadly on outcomes and systems of care in cardiovascular emergencies, with particular interest in high-sensitivity troponin, myocardial injury and infarction, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 

An active SAEM member, Dr. Mumma has chaired the SAEM Bylaws Committee and the SAEM Grants Committee. As chair of the Grants Committee, she also served on the SAEM Foundation Board of Trustees. In addition, she has participated as faculty for SAEM’s Grant Writing Workshop, Research Learning Series, and ARMED Course. Dr. Mumma is the recipient of numerous awards, including both the Early Investigator Award from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium Young Investigator Award.

Brittany Betham, MD

Dr. Betham hails from the great state of Michigan. She attended medical school at the University of Chicago and completed her residency at the University of Cincinnati Residency in Emergency Medicine where she served as Chief Resident from 2016-2017. She currently resides in Detroit, MI and is a Senior Staff Physician in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital. Her areas of interest include airway management, clinical operations, scheduling, and administration. She is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Michigan.

Bo Burns, DO

Oklahoma University School of Community Medicine

Dr. Burns is the George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair of Emergency Medicine as the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa Oklahoma. He is privileged to serve as a Member at Large for the CORD Board of Directors and is fortunate enough to work with the EMRA leadership on a regular basis. He has been the Chair at OU for five years now. In addition, he is born and raised in the great state of Oklahoma and is in no way related to the Tiger King.

Anne Libby, PhD

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Anne Libby, PhD is Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Libby is a national expert in mentored research training and leadership and a strong advocate for women’s career advancement through mentoring and career building. She was awarded the CU System Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award for outstanding work on women's issues and a concerted effort to advance women in the academy, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions, and distinguished teaching. She is senior faculty for the CU Center for Women’s Health Research and the CU Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women’s Health program. She is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, alumna of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program, and an inducted member of the CU School of Medicine Academy of Medical Educators. She earned her PhD in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and postdoctoral fellowship in public health at the University of California Berkeley. Since joining CU’s Anschutz Medical Campus in 2000, she built a national reputation studying the organization and financing of health care systems, particularly on behavioral health and underserved populations. She has led project and training grants and has an active externally funded research portfolio from philanthropic foundations and federal sources.

Andrew Monte, MD, PhD

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Andrew is trained as a medical toxicologist and has a PhD in Clinical Sciences with a focus in Genetics. He does research on novel psychoactive substances and precision medicine. He is the Director of the University of Colorado Emergency Medicine Specimen Bank which collects biologic samples from ED patients with a goal of improving emergency therapies through genomic and metabolomic methodologies. He is funded by institutional grants, NIGMS, the DoD, and NIDA.

Andrew A. Herring, MD

Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System

Dr. Andrew A Herring graduated Bowdoin College and graduated from Harvard Medical School then completed residency in emergency medicine at Highland General Hospital—Alameda Health System in Oakland, CA where he is Chief of Addiction Medicine overseeing inpatient addiction services, emergency department based services, an outpatient addiction medicine clinic and a regional substance use disorder telemedicine hotline. Dr. Herring is board certified in Pain Medicine and the past Medical Director of the Alameda Health System Functional Restoration Pain Clinic. Dr Herring has led national efforts to transform hospital-based care for substance use disorders and his work has been featured in local and national press including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio. Dr. Herring co-founded CA BRIDGE and the Bridge Center at the Public Health Institute. Dr. Herring’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and has been published in numerous journals including JAMA Open and Annals of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Herring leads several NIDA supported clinical trials and is principal investigator for the Public Health Institute CA Bridge Outcomes Study. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Central America focused on supporting migrant health and co-founded the Street Level Health Project in Oakland, California that is dedicated to supporting undocumented day laborers. Dr. Herring is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine, and Pain Medicine and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA

Member-at-Large

Stanford University School of Medicine

Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA serves as Chair of Emergency Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine. Prior to coming to Stanford in 2018, Andra was at UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX as Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Business Development. She trained in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati where she was Residency Program Director and Vice Chair of Education. Her research has spanned clinical cardiovascular research as well as basic science research on obesity and the gut microbiome. As a past-President of SAEM (2016), Andra continues as the SAEM Wellness Committee Chair. In her personal time, Andra enjoys spending time with her dog, Sansa, as a Neocaridina hobbyist, and attempting to garden.

Alice Mitchell, MD

Indiana University

Alice Mitchell, MD is currently an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine with Indiana University School of Medicine. She is also the Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center. Her research focus is contrast-induced nephropathy, which she studies because she is interested in issues that directly affect both the health of our patients and the direct practice of emergency medicine. She is especially interested in how we as emergency physicians utilize our resources and how we interact with other services and our medical systems at large.

Alice Chen, MD

Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Alice Chen, MD is a Staff Physician and Clinical Instructor at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and Northeast Ohio Medical University. She received her MS in Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University and has worked several years as an IRB specialist at Roswell Cancer Research Institute in Buffalo, NY. Her research interest is mainly in improvement of sepsis diagnosis.

Adrian Cotarelo, MD, MHS

Adrian Cotarelo is a PGY-1 at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY and RAMS board member-at-large. He graduated from Alpert Medical School at Brown University, and attended Johns Hopkins University for both his undergraduate degree, and master’s degree in Epidemiology. His academic interests include Medical Education, EMS, and Research. Outside of medicine, he enjoys Escape Rooms, cooking, and hiking.

Aditi Joshi, MD, Msc

Dr. Aditi U. Joshi is an experienced Emergency Medicine Physician and Telehealth expert working on improving healthcare and equity through technology. Through over 7 years of working in Telemedicine and digital health on both a startup and academic hospital, she has a keen interest in making technology palatable and effective for both patients, providers, and health care systems. Her position at TJUH is multi-faceted in Telehealth and tele-intake: working in operations, quality assurance, provider training, resident and medical education and implementing new programs and use cases for Telehealth. She runs a Telehealth fellowship aimed at training future physicians interested in leading virtual care.

She is also co-director of the Digital Health Scholarly Inquiry Track at Sidney Kimmel Medical College teaching both medical students and residents about telemedicine, digital health and health innovation with both practical and research components, helping to hone how the future physicians think about how technology will change medical practice.

Nationally, she serves at the Chair-Elect for the Telehealth committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians, helping expand the role of Telehealth within the specialty. She is part of ATA's research review committee, and UMMC's tel-emergency summit. She regularly contributes articles on issues of merging provider and patient needs to digital health and innovation. She speaks on the future of health, consults with startups, and works on strategizing how to bridge the gap between the two worlds.

Aaron Martin

Aaron serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Providence and Managing General Partner of PV. He is responsible for leading Providence to become more consumer-focused and technology-enabled in a new world of healthcare. Aaron has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and technology. Prior to joining Providence, he worked at Amazon and led the team that transitioned traditional publishers from a physical books business to Kindle. Prior to that, Martin served in executive and board positions with a number of successful start-ups, one of which he co-founded. He worked in healthcare for most of his early career. At McKinsey & Company’s healthcare practice, he advised senior executives in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry on mergers and acquisitions and post-merger integration. Aaron holds a Master’s of Business Administration in finance and healthcare management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.