People

Michelle D. Hughes, MD

University of Wisconsin

Dr. Michelle Hughes grew up on the East Coast and completed medical school at the University of Maryland. She moved to the Midwest for her emergency medicine residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center and stayed in Chicago to complete a simulation fellowship with the Rush/Cook County Hospital System. Her medical interests include simulation-based education for residents and simulation-based, inter-professional education.

Dr. Hughes serves as Director of Medical Simulation in charge of the resident simulation education at the University of Wisconsin Department of Emergency Medicine. She also serves as the director of the simulation fellowship program.

Nationally, Dr. Hughes is actively involved in simulation organizations and is currently a board member in the Emergency Medicine Section of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), as well as the Simulation Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). She currently serves as Secretary on the SAEM Simulation Academy Executive Board and the immediate past SSH Emergency Medicine Section. She hopes to continue to build the simulation program at the University of Wisconsin and add to the medical education of the students and residents.

Jessica C. Schoen, MS, MD

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

I completed my residency training in Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN (2014), then completed fellowship training in Medical Simulation at the Lifespan Medical Simulation Center of Brown University, Providence RI (2015). I currently work in academic Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN and in community Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Health System Southeast Minnesota region. I am the Director of the Mayo Clinic Health System Emergency Medicine Community Simulation Program, which provides team-training and education for our nurses and providers through the health system via on-site in situ multidisciplinary simulations. This program also facilitates patient safety, quality of care, and process improvement throughout the Mayo Clinic Health System.

I am a Fellow member of the Mayo Clinic Academy of Educational Excellence (2021) and received the SAEM Simulation Academy's Young Educator of the Year Award (2020).

My areas of interest include Systems Integration, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Obstetric Emergencies.

Amy F. Hildreth, MD, MHPE, FACEP

Uniformed Services University

Dr. Amy Hildreth attended the University of Maryland, and was selected for the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program to obtain her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

She separated from the Navy after six years of active duty service and joined the Faculty of the Uniformed Services University as the Clerkship Director for the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. During her military service she held academic roles at Naval Medical Center San Diego and Walter Reed National Military Center, as well as operational roles from her deployments to a Role 3 in Afghanistan as well as with a mobile Role 2 stationed out of Bahrain.

Dr. Hildreth has an extensive background in simulation and education, she completed her Masters in Health Professions Education at the Uniformed Services University in 2023.

Tiffany Moadel, MD

Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital

Dr. Moadel is the Director for Simulation at North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health and serves as the Director of the Healthcare Simulation Fellowship within the Emergency Medicine Service Line at Northwell Health. She is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Prior her current roles, Dr. Moadel completed a Medical Simulation Fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine and continued for two years as the Director for Medical Student Simulation at the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Center for Medical Simulation. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Simulation Academy’s Young Educator Award. She currently serves on the Simulation Academy Executive Board as Treasurer and serves as the lead for the Research Consultation Service as well as a liaison to the CORD Simulation Community of Practice on their joint Simulation Consult Service. Dr. Moadel's research interests include a grant-funded project utilizing simulation for microaggressions training, and utilizing simulation for novel applications in medical education.

Tina Chen, MD

Saint Louis University

Tina Chen is the Associate Dean of Simulation and Clinical Skills for Saint Louis University School of Medicine, as well as the Director of Emergency Medicine Simulation for the Saint Louis University Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She completed Medical Simulation fellowship at the Center for Education, Simulation, and Innovation at Hartford Hospital.

Rachel McFadden, MPH BSN RN CEN

Prevention Point / Penn Medicine

Rachel McFadden, BSN RN CEN is a nurse in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department and at Prevention Point Philadelphia, and a Bloomberg Fellow in Addiction & Overdose at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. The foundation of her clinical philosophy and practice is harm reduction – a social justice movement as well as a practical approach to reducing the negative consequences of substance use. Her work centers on reducing stigma, strengthening the hospital's capacity to respond to the substance use crisis through the integration of harm reduction, and bridging Penn’s medical services to community-based and public health efforts.

Tony Spadaro, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Anthony (Tony) Spadaro, is a fellow in Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and New Jersey Poison Information. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Kelli Robinson, MD, FAAEM

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Kelli Y. Robinson, MD FAAEM is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency

Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Robinson graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she developed an interest in Emergency Medicine and a passion for providing care to the underserved. She attended Morehouse School of Medicine and trained in an Emergency Medicine residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was selected and served as Chief Resident during her 3rd and final year of residency. She was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received the Clinical Excellence Award, within the Emergency Department, as a graduating senior resident. Dr. Robinson
subsequently completed an EMS fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine in
Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Robinson joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty in 2022, where she serves as EMS faculty and a faculty mentor for the departmental Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. Additionally, she is a member of the National Association of EMS Physicians DEI Committee. Her Emergency Medicine interests are in prehospital and disaster medicine, health equity, and education.

Jennifer Love, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Love is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After residency at the University of Pennsylvania, she completed a medical toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University. She then completed a clinical research fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine under Dr. Lynne Richardson's T32 training program in emergency care research. Her current work focuses on opioid use disorder and novel substances of misuse, specifically xylazine. She also serves as the SAEM AWAEM research committee co-chair and the VP of Education.

Sanché N. Mabins, MD

Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency

Dr. Sanché Mabins is an Emergency Medicine Resident at John H. Stroger Cook County Health in Chicago, IL. Her professional journey encompasses two years of research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, culminating in the successful completion of her Medical Doctorate at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Mabins has established herself as a published author, contributing to SAEM Pulse in July 2023 with her insights on "Racial Trauma: The Burden of Being Black in Medicine," and to AEM E&T, where she explored "When Screens Become Mirrors: Black Women in Medicine Finding Belonging through Social Media." She has been recognized in the ACEP Annual Report 2021, ACEP HeART of Emergency Medicine, and Academic Life in EM Graduation Art Exhibit for her exceptional talent as a watercolor artist.

In addition to her academic pursuits, Dr. Mabins exhibits a profound dedication to Social Emergency Medicine and community involvement. Currently serving as a PGY-4, she is poised to embark on a new chapter as the inaugural Social Emergency Medicine Fellow at the University of Illinois Chicago, commencing this July.

Douglas A. White, MD

Alameda Health System–Highland Hospital

Dr. Douglas White is an emergency medicine physician at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. Since 2004, he has advocated for routine, integrated HIV, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis screening in US emergency departments through a platform of implementation science research, technical assitance, and advocacy work.

Ashlea D. Winfield, MD, MSPH

Cook County Health

Dr. Ashlea Winfield is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Director of the Cook County Health Simulation Center in Chicago, IL. Dr. Winfield earned her Master of Science in Public Health from the Tulane University School of Public Health and medical doctorate from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans. She then went on to complete her residency at Cook County Health where she served as a chief resident, earning her the highest leadership award granted by her department to a resident physician, the Robert Simon Leadership Award. She then completed her emergency simulation fellowship at Cook County Health.
Dr. Winfield has created multiple initiatives aimed at fostering a culture of safety and equitable treatment for all individuals within her program and institution. Dr. Winfield has lectured nationally and regionally on topics related to caring for gender expansive patients, trauma informed care, racism, implicit bias, and promoting equitable processes in residency recruitment. Dr. Winfield is a member of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Executive Committee and co-chair of the Resident and Trainee committee. Due to her ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts she was awarded the Cook County Health Physician of the Year in 2022-2023 and is a member of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) 2022-2023 40 under 40.
As the Associate Director of the Cook County Simulation Center, Dr. Winfield directs simulation-based education for emergency medicine residents with a focus on procedural competency and task trainer development as well as using simulation to teach topics in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Winfield also uses her expertise in medical simulation to inspire youth to pursue careers in STEM by partnering with local high schools. She is also a board member of local non-profit; the I Am Abel Foundation which helps youth in Chicago reach their dreams by allowing exposure to careers in healthcare and providing resources to achieve their educational goals.

Fran Riley, MD

Stanford University

Dr. Fran Riley is a physician engineer and Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford. She has previously lead multidisciplinary teams to develop multiple features for an electronic medical record dedicated to data analytics. Her clinical research focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence in image recognition and her current work focuses on the user experience of working with large language models.

Ross Ellison, MD, MBA

Geisinger Health System

Dr. Ellison is the Interim Regional Administrator for Geisinger NorthEast region and the Medical Director for Geisinger Placement Services.

Jin H. Han, MD, MSc

Vanderbilt University

Dr. Jin Han is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also a core faculty member of the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Care (GRECC) in the Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center. He is a delirium and cognitive outcomes researcher who has received funding from the NIH, CDC, PCORI, and EMF.

Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS

University of Pittsburgh

I am an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. I am a multi-R01 funded physician investigator whose research aims to create better approaches to prediction of post-arrest outcomes and treatment responsiveness. I am the principal investigator of an R01 ancillary study to the ICECAP trial.

Dr. Elmer is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008 and completed residency in emergency medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital combined training program. He completed critical care and neurocritical care training at University of Pittsburgh before joining the faculty. His research is focused on improving delivery of acute post-arrest care to improve patient outcomes. Specific domains of his work include elucidating the effect of neurocritical care and systems of care on patient outcomes; advancing the science of neurological prognostication and post-arrest risk stratification; and developing robust methods for analysis of continuous, correlated physiological and electroencephalographic data. His leads multiple federal grants to support these efforts. Clinically, he attends in the neurovascular and neurotrauma intensive care units and on the Post-Cardiac Arrest Service at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and directs the Organ Donor Support Team. He has mentored numerous trainees ranging from undergraduates to early career faculty.

Ethan M. Clement, MD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Ethan Clement, MD, Resident, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Suzanne (Suzi) Bentley, MD, MPH

Chief Wellness Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Suzanne (Suzi) Bentley, MD, MPH, is the Chief Wellness Officer, Director of Simulation Innovation & Research, and an Emergency Medicine physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst. She is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai. Dr. Bentley completed the Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine residency, Masters of Public Health at Mount Sinai, and a fellowship in Simulation Education at the Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning of Health + Hospitals. Dr. Bentley stayed on as faculty at Elmhurst after training and served as residency Site Director before transitioning to Medical Director of Simulation and collaborating on opening the hospital-wide Simulation Center. She credits her passion for and expertise in debriefing as the unifier in her professional roles. She led the initiation of Helping Healers Heal at Elmhurst and became the first Health + Hospitals site Chief Wellness Officer in 2021. Dr. Bentley is a clinician, educator, and researcher with focused interests in debriefing, psychological safety, Insitu simulation, simulation for systems testing, teamwork maximization, patient and workforce safety, Safety II principles, and overall workforce well-being and advocacy. She advocates for workforce well-being improvements through focus on the integral connection between quality, patient safety, and workforce well-being.

Pamela Dyne, MD

Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Dr. Pamela Dyne is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, a former president of CORD, program director and DIO, a certified life and health coach, a certified chief wellness officer, and director of coaching for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. With over 25 years of experience in GME, faculty development, and organized medicine leadership, her current position as Chief Physician Wellness Officer of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center allows her to integrate her leadership experience and knowledge of organizational and individual wellbeing with the human aspect of middle management that is required to create institutional change.

Emily Lynn Hirsh, MD

University of South Carolina SOM Greenville/Prisma Health

Dr. Hirsh is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. She also works clinically for Prisma Health in Greenville, South Carolina, where she serves as the Director for Well-Being and Resiliency for the Department of Emergency Medicine. She holds a Clinical Associate Professor title to the Clemson University School of Health Research at Clemson University. Dr. Hirsh is passionate about creating a culture of sustainable practice for emergency physicians. She has particular interests in sleep and fatigue, scheduling, human factors, and how these can be considered to create sustainable and enjoyable work environments for physicians and other health care team members over many years.