People

Haley Egan, MD

University of Washington Emergency Medicine

Stephanie Balint, MSN

Quinnipiac University

Stephanie Balint is an M4 at Quinnipiac University who has served as RAMS Medical Student Representative, RAMS liaison to the Workforce Committee, and Wellness Committee member for the past three years.

Bryan G. Kane, MD, FACEP

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Bryan Kane, MD is a Professor of Medicine with the University of South Florida. His teaching and research abilities were recognized with induction to the University's Academy of Distinguished Educators and to the Robert A. Good Honor Society. At Lehigh Valley Health Network, he is the Associate Program Director (Research) for the Emergency Medicine Residency. Currently the President of the Medical Staff, he has previously served on the Institutional Review Board as the Vice-Chair. A past Chair of SAEM's Evidence Based Healthcare Improvement IG, he led a consensus effort to evaluate the resident Scholarly Requirement. He currently serves on SAEM's Workforce Taskforce. He is active in CORD, having served as the Research Track Chair and on the COVID Taskforce. Within ACEP, he has authored textbook chapters, is on the PACEP Research Committee, and was named "PACEP Physician of the Year". He received his undergraduate degree at Yale, completed medical school at UPenn, and trained in Emergency Medicine at Yale. His educational passions are around Evidence Based Medicine, where he has designed a Journal Club tied to a validated EBM metric.

Arvin R. Akhavan, MD, MPA

Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington

Dr. Akhavan is an emergency medicine faculty physician at Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He serves as the ED Medical Director at Harborview as well as on several hospital-wide leadership committees. Academically, he is interested in operations, the ED workforce, and wellness issues. Initially from Texas, he obtained his medical degree from Northwestern University, completed his emergency medicine residency at Harborview/UW, and pursued additional fellowship training in healthcare leadership and operations at New York University.

Dave W. Lu, MD, MS, MBE

University of Washington

Dave Lu MD, MSCI, MBE is Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), Director of Faculty Wellness and Professional Fulfillment, and Associate Medical Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the UW Medical Center – Northwest Emergency Department. Dr. Lu studies issues related to the healthcare workforce, including clinician burnout, well-being, attrition, and diversity. His research focuses on understanding how clinicians' work experiences may impact patient safety and quality of care. He completed residency training at Northwestern University and also has advanced training in clinical investigation (MSCI, Northwestern) and bioethics (MBE, University of Pennsylvania).

Nick M. Mohr, MD, MS

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Dr. Nicholas Mohr is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care, and Epidemiology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He is also the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Rural Telehealth Research Center, which is a collaborative center funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Mohr is interested in novel care delivery models such as telehealth, rural emergency care, and management of critical illness, and his work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Veterans Health Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 

Teresita M. Hogan, MD

University of Chicago

Dr. Hogan is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is a national leader in Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM), with expertise in emergency pain management, quality improvement implementation, and graduate medical education. Dr. Hogan has recieved extensive funding from private philanthropy in addition to funding from the National Insitutes of Heath. She will discuss the different approaches to private funding, how to seek support through shared mission and goals. She will discuss how to build a successful career building relationship with private funders. Dr. Hogan is a founding member of the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative and is implementing Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Guideline based initiatives in the Emergency Departments of hospitals across the United States. Dr. Hogan is a founding member of the American College of Emergency Medicine, GED Accreditation Board of Governors, determining which departments meet standards of excellence in the care of older adults. She is a member of the SAEM Academy of GEM. Dr. Hogan is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, which provides an open- access, peer reviewed, quality education platform enabling providers in all disciplines the evidence needed to improve emergency care of older adults.

Ryan N. Barnicle, MD

Lifespan/Brown University

I am the current Director of Emergency Critical Care and Director of Resuscitation Education for Brown Emergency Medicine. I completed residency in emergency medicine and stayed at Stony Brook University to complete a fellowship in Advanced Resuscitation (Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care).

Luke J. Duncan, MD, FAAEM

Albany Medical Center

Dr. Duncan is the chief of the division of Critical Care at Albany Medical Center. He currently is the director of the CVICU, and ECLS program as well as associate program director of the Albany Med Resuscitation and Emergency Critcal Care (RECC) fellowship. His research interests include ICU liberation in the emergency department, and ED-based ICU care.

Courtney W. Mangus, MD, MS

University of Michigan

Dr. Courtney Mangus is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. She joined the faculty in 2019 after completing both her pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Her academic interests include research related to diagnostic quality and safety, community pediatric emergency care, and patient communication including shared decision-making. She received a K08 Award through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for her proposal entitled "Development and Testing of an Intervention to Facilitate Shared Decision-Making in Pediatric Patients with Abdominal Pain Presenting to the Community Emergency Department Setting."

Cameron R. Waldman, MD

Albany Medical Center

Cameron is faculty at Albany Medical Center's Department of Emergency medicine and a member of the department's Division of Emergency Critical Care. He completed emergency medicine residency and fellowship in Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care at Albany Med as well. His professional interests include critical care echocardiography, bioethics and systems ethics, and critical care education for emergency medicine residents.

June Gordon, MD

Stanford University

Dr. Alexandra “June” Gordon is an emergency medicine and critical care physician. She works in both the Emergency Department and the Medical ICU at Stanford University Hospital where she also completed her Emergency Medicine Residency and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She is the Associate Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and also serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the AAEM Critical Care Medicine Section.

Malford T. Pillow, MD, MEd

Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. M. Tyson Pillow completed his undergraduate training at Rice University, and his medical school training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. After 3 years of Emergency Medicine Residency training at the University of Chicago, he returned to Baylor as faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine. During this time, he also completed a Masters in Education program at the University of Houston. He currently serves as the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Achievement for the Department of Emergency Medicine, and the Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development for the Department of Education, Innovation & Technology at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Pillow’s interests focus on education, including education technology, simulation, standardized patients, feedback and evaluation, and bedside teaching. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the John P. McGovern Teaching Award (2013, 2017, 2021), the Council of Residency Directors National Faculty Teaching Award (2012, 2022), and 6 total NRF awards. He has also delivered multiple workshops on Education Technology at ACGME annual meeting, AAMC annual meeting, national Emergency Medicine academic meetings, and even the IAMSE annual meeting.

Daniela Ortiz, MD MPH

Baylor College of Medicine

Daniela Ortiz, MD MPH is a current Assistant Professor in the Henry JN Department of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Director for Emergency Medicine Simulation, Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Medical Education Fellowship, and Assistant Director for AHA Programs at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at Baylor College of Medicine, received her MD from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and MPH from the University of Texas School of Publich Health. Her interests lie in exploring the affective aspects of learning and how these impact clinical skills, clinical learning, and curriculum design. She believes emphasis on diversity in medical education and professional development is crucial to ensure high-quality patient care, and has contributed to both interprofessional education focusing on bias, and has taught part of a professional development course to underrepresented residents and fellows at Baylor College of Medicine. She is currently leading several projects, one evaluating Emergency Medicine Residents' clinical learning self-efficacy through a mixed methods approach, a systematic review of stress training education in residency, and a needs assessment of training for space medicine practitioners. She is also interested in evaluating outcomes of incorporating evidence-based debriefing methods, high-fidelity simulation technology, and in situ simulations into student and resident education. She is currently completing an MEHP through Johns Hopkins University.

Michael H. Sherman, MD

University of Massachusetts

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center Department of Critical Care Medicine, UMass Memorial Marlborough Hospital.

Anisha Turner, MD, MBA

Baylor College of Medicine

Anisha Turner, MD, MBA is a Board-certified Emergency Physician, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Health Equity, and a lead faculty facilitator of Interprofessional Education at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr Turner strives to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. Her leadership has been instrumental in developing a workforce that delivers high-quality, culturally-sensitive, patient-centered care. She actively conducts research to eliminate health disparities and provides ongoing education and training to medical students and emergency physicians, always through an equity and social justice lens. Additionally, Dr. Turner leads an undergraduate medication course, empowering medical students to collaborate and promote health equity in communities across Houston, Texas. Dr. Turner is committed to continuing her advocacy for equitable education and patient care for many years to come.

Raghu R. Seethala, MD, MSc

Brigham and Women's Hospital / Mass General Brigham

Dr. Seethala completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2009. He then completed fellowship in Resuscitation Science from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. He pursued further training in critical care and completed Anesthesia Critical Care fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2011. He then joined as faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital in both Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Since joining faculty, he has held several leadership positions. From 2018 – 2020, he served as the fellowship director for Emergency Medicine Critical Care. He currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Emergency Critical Care, Medical Director of the ECMO Service, Director of Thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and co-Director of the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

Ian B. K. Martin, MD, M.B.A.

Medical College of Wisconsin

Ian B. K. Martin, M.D., M.B.A., FACEP, FAAEM is System Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical School and Emergency Physician-in-Chief for Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health System. At MCW, he holds appointments as Eminent Scholar and Professor with Tenure of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. Dr. Martin is also Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity. Before this, he served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine as well as Emergency Physician-in-Chief for West Virginia University Health System.

Recognized as a national academic leader, Dr. Martin was elected to the Board of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine and now serves as its Secretary-Treasurer. Before this elected national service, he completed terms as Immediate Past-President, President, President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and an At-Large Member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. In 2020, he was appointed by the Mayor of Milwaukee to the City of Milwaukee Board of Health, and the same year, he was also appointed to the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment External Board.

Dr. Martin’s research interests include elucidation of optimal models for emergency department-based HIV and hepatitis C testing as well as acute care disease burden epidemiology and impact of health systems change in the developing world. His research findings, and other global health-related initiatives, have culminated in a host of publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. A skilled leader and accomplished academician, Dr. Martin enjoys a broad reputation – frequently presenting, on invitation, at national and international conferences.

Dr. Martin’s many honors include the 2018 Marcus L. Martin, M.D. Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the 2020 Drexel University College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award, and the 2020 Georges Benjamin, M.D. Award for excellence in education, research, and service by the National Medical Association’s Emergency Medicine Section. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Martin was also named recipient of the Notable Heroes in Health Care Award by BizTimes Milwaukee. He was selected by class of 2023 student members of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) MCW– beta Chapter to join them as a member of this prestigious national honor medical society.

Dr. Martin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann School of Medicine (now Drexel University College of Medicine) and his Master of Business Administration degree from University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Dr. Martin trained in Emergency Medicine and General Internal Medicine in the University of Maryland Medical System and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore – where he also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Martin is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

Carly Polcyn, MD

Boston Medical Center

Carly Polcyn is a second year resident in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She was born and raised in a small town in southeast Ohio. Dr. Polcyn attended the Ohio State University where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. During this time, Dr. Polcyn developed a passion for service, as she spent her summers in Guatemala and Panama working in free medical clinics. She then completed medical school at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Dr. Polcyn served as president of the Women in Medicine Standing Committee of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section, wrote health policy resolutions, and published a variety of editorials in collaboration with medical students across the country. She then followed her passion for health equity and moved to Boston to start residency at Boston Medical Center.

Rich Hamilton, MD, MBA

Drexel University

Dr. Hamilton is Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine. He is the Regional Associate Dean for the Crozer Keystone Campus and EM System Chair of the Crozer Keystone Health System. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University College of Medicine. He trained at the San Diego Naval Hospital and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, completed an EM Residency at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center / Albert Einstein and his Toxicology Fellowship at New York City Poison Control Center / NYU Bellevue. Dr. Hamilton's research interests include environmental toxicology, pharmacology, acute care toxicology, applying game theory to medicine, and aerospace medicine. He has received awards for his teaching and research and is a widely published author of manuscripts, textbooks, and book chapters, and patents.