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  • Andrea Lauren Klein, MD, MPH

    Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

    Dr. Klein is a second year emergency medicine resident at Virginia Tech Carilion in Roanoke, Virginia. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of California, San Diego, where she earned an honors BS in biochemistry and cell biology, specializing in genetic engineering and neuroscience. She then attended The George Washington University in Washington, DC for a combined MD/MPH degree, and completed her thesis on differences in stroke incidence, protocols, and outcomes by zip code in US urban centers. Dr. Klein has comprehensive experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level (structural biochemistry and molecular genetics), performing and directing basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research, and presenting at the national and international levels, which has garnered her several major awards and fellowships. Her current work focuses on optimizing stroke protocols within VTC and studying stroke outcomes in the region. After graduating residency, Dr. Klein will complete a fellowship in critical care medicine within the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego under a T-32 grant with which she will continue her stroke research.

  • Salil Phadnis, MD

    Indiana University

    Dr. Salil Phadnis is a Fellow in Medical Simulation at Indiana University. He earned his medical degree at University of South Florida and completed a Residency in Emergency Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. Following the completion of his fellowship in June, he will be joining as faculty at Washington University in St Louis.

  • Brittany Kotek

    Global Health Fellow 2024-2025

    BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine

    EDUCATION

    Undergraduate: DePaul University
    Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

    AWARDS & HONORS

    • Howard J. Croft Resident Advocate Award, Wisconsin chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (2024)
    • Commendation for Excellence in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine (2023)

  • Donald Wright, MD, MHS

    Clinical Informatics Fellow

    Yale-New Haven Hospital

    Donald Wright, MD, MHS, is a clinical informatics fellow at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the West Haven Veterans administration Hospital. He is also currently studying toward a PhD in the Yale University Investigative Medicine Program. His main area of interest is the intersection of emerging data science methodologies and clinical medicine, with a particular focus on large scale electronic health record analyses and applications for language models.

  • Eric Moyer, MD

    Clinical Informatics Fellow

    Rush

    Eric Moyer, MD, is a clinical informatics fellow at Rush and a practicing emergency medicine physician. He attended Washington University in St. Louis for biomedical engineering and Rush Medical College for medical school. There, he stayed for emergency medicine residency and now a clinical informatics fellowship. He has over 10 peer reviewed publications using Cosmos across a variety of journals, though with a focus on emergency medicine topics. His areas of interest include research, clinical decision support, and digital health equity.

  • Susan Wojcik, PhD

    Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

    SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Susan Wojcik, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University with over 24 years of emergency medicine research and education experience. She received a PhD in Health Sciences from Trident University, a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Kentucky, and a Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University. She has served as a site PI or co-investigator for numerous industry and publicly funded clinical and education emergency medicine research studies. Dr. Wojcik is an author on over 60 peer reviewed publications. As the Director of Research since 2017, she provides oversight, leadership, and mentorship in all aspects of research and scholarly activities for the department. Dr. Wojcik is also the director of many educational programs including a fellow research seminar series, the residency research requirement, and a medical student research elective. Her mentorship has resulted in both national and international research presentation by students, residents, and fellows, along with several manuscript publications.

  • Shana Haynes-Harp, MD

    Director of Research for Emergency Medicine

    Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

    Shana Haynes-Harp, MD, is the Director of Research for Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Haynes-Harp possesses 20+ years of experience as a healthcare professional and 10 years in a leadership role within healthcare and research. Previously, she was employed with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and Tufts Medical Center. She has completed her Masters degree in Health Services Administration and her Doctoral degree in Health Science. Dr. Haynes-Harp has extensive experience in managing research teams carrying out multi-centered global clinical research trials as well as clinical research studies.

  • Katherine Stewart, MD

    Fellow

    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

  • Sarah Rose Rabinowitz, MD
    Sarah Rose Rabinowitz, MD

    Fellow

    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell

  • Julie Rice, MD

    Vice President of Education

    Johns Hopkins

  • Aga De Castro, MD, MPH
    Aga De Castro, MD, MPH

    Vice President of Social Media & Communication

    Hartford Hospital / University of Connecticut

  • Alexander Croft, MD

    Vice President of Research/Scholarship

    Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  • Stephanie Cohen, DO

    Vice President of Membership

    University of Central Florida

  • Collin Russell
  • Collin Russell

    Global EM Fellow, Carolinas Medical Center

  • Suzanne (Suzi) Bentley, MD, MPH

    Immediate Past President

    NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

  • Alaa Aldalati, MD

    Secretary

    Kansas University - CarePoint Health

  • Stephanie Stapleton, MD

    Treasurer

    Boston Medical Center/Boston University

  • Tina Chen, MD

    President-Elect

    Saint Louis University

  • Florian Schmitzberger, MD, MS

    SAEM Program Committee Liaison

    University of Michigan

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