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Karen Jubanyik, MD

Yale University

Dr. Jubanyik is associate professor and attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale University. She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University in psychology and completed a Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program at University of Pennsylvania, prior to enrolling in Yale School of Medicine. She has always had an interest in education, beginning with patient education. As a resident, she worked with C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States, to develop novel ways of providing accessible patient education materials for a wide variety of public health issues, including hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, back pain, obesity and hypertension. In the COVID-19 era, she wrote and published a book for lay-people about the public health implications of the new virus, including the importance of testing, masking, and contact tracing.

Dr. Jubanyik has held multiple educational leadership roles in the department, including  Associate Residency Program Director, Clerkship and Elective Director and since 2008, has been one of six academic advisors in the medical school, responsible for providing longitudinal support, advising, and career counseling to approximately 100 medical students. She is a co-leader for the first year Professional Responsibility course. She also teaches dozens of workshops  to medical students every year, as well as simulation at all levels of the curriculum. As a faculty member, she developed additional training and expertise in palliative and end-of-life care, as  well as professional ethics. She also serves on the Yale-New Haven Hospital Bioethics committee. Collaborating with others in the medical school and hospital, she participated in creating a triage protocol and led a team to evaluate whether the protocol would result in disparities based on race, ethnicity, or payer status as well as a mixed methods study to investigate provider attitudes and experience with the protocol.

With medical students and residents, as well as junior faculty, she has worked on numerous community-based participatory research groups to develop and evaluate programs to improve the care of vulnerable patients. She has led programs for emergency department identification of intimate partner violence and to improve the care of sexual assault survivors who present to the emergency department. She was co-investigator in a study funded by NIA/NIH, using community-based participation to develop a novel program to encourage elderly persons to report elder mistreatment using an ipad-based education program. And she has worked with a former Yale resident, now junior faculty member, to work with local stakeholders to improve the identification of homeless patients, assist in their care while in the department and improve continuity of care after their visit.

James F. Holmes, MD, MPH

UC Davis

Dr. Holmes is a Professor and Executive Vice Chair in the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine. He is an emergency medicine physician and clinical researcher. His research is primarily focused on the initial evaluation of injured patients with a special focus on injured children. His research has been highly cited and published in high impact journals including JAMA, The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Holmes has additionally devoted much of his career to mentoring junior investigators. In 2006, he started the UC Davis Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship. He was Co-Director of the UC Davis Emergency Medicine K12 Research Training Program and in 2013 he became the Director of the UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center’s KL2 Research Training Program. Over his career he has received $20 million in NIH grant funding as principal investigator for both his studies on injured children and research training programs that he directs. Finally, Dr. Holmes has been heavily involved in the Society for Academic Emergency (SAEM) during his career. He has served on both the SAEM Research and Grants Committees (Chair 2011-2013). Finally, he served on the SAEM Board of Directors from 2013 – 2022, including as SAEM President from 2020-2021.

Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH

UC Davis

Dr. Kuppermann is a Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, and the Bo Tomas Brofeldt Endowed Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis, and the Associate Dean for Global Health at UC Davis Health. He is a pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physician and clinical epidemiologist, and a leader in emergency medical services for children, particularly in multicenter research. His focus is on clinical trials and clinical prediction rules using large cohorts of acutely ill and injured children. He has published works in all three focus areas in high-impact journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, BMJ, and The Lancet. Dr. Kuppermann has received more than $50 million in federal grants and contracts as a principal investigator (PI) or co-PI and has published 310 peer-reviewed research publications (Hirsch Index 75) in addition to many chapters and other publications. He has been a leader in multicenter research in PEM, starting by chairing the first U.S. research network in PEM (the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the AAP) from 1996-2000. He then became the founding Chair of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) since its inception in 2001 until late in 2008 and remains one of the seven network PIs. He completed a four-year term as Chair of the Executive Committee of the (global) Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN) and continues as a leader in PERN.

Dr. Kuppermann has been recognized nationally and internationally for his research and mentorship with many awards. In 2017, a PEM Scientific Research Mentoring award was named after him at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), and in 2020 he was awarded the UC Davis Hibbard Williams Extraordinary Achievement Award and the Faculty Distinguished Research Award, the most prestigious awards at UC Davis. He was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in the U.K. and in 2010 was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. In 2022, he was the recipient of the Maureen Andrew Mentor Award from the Society for Pediatric Research. 

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Emergency Medicine

UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine is a living and breathing example of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice interwoven into all aspects of the departmental operations. DEI is our true north and informs the way that we approach leadership, clinical service, education, research, and community outreach. We have made great efforts to make structural changes and focused investments to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.

Cherri D. Hobgood, MD

Indiana University

SAEMF President: 2018-2019

Michelle Blanda, MD

Northeast Ohio Medical University

SAEMF President: 2019-2020

Gregory A. Volturo, MD

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

SAEMF President: 2020-2021

Brian J. Zink, MD

University of Michigan

SAEMF President: 2021-2022

J. Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH

Morehouse School of Medicine

SAEMF President: 2022-2023

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH

University of Wisconsin-Madison

SAEMF President: 2023-2024

 

Jody A. Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW

Associate Professor

Stanford University

Dr. Jody A. Vogel, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and Secretary-Treasurer for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. With a diverse background including social work and emergency medicine, Dr. Vogel has been an active contributor to SAEM since her residency. Her extensive experience includes leadership roles on various committees, task forces, and initiatives within SAEM. Dr. Vogel's goals for advancing SAEM and its members include promoting high-quality education and faculty development, increasing mentorship and research opportunities, encouraging participation of junior faculty and residents, promoting inclusiveness, and strengthening relationships with other emergency medicine organizations. She emphasizes her commitment to fostering academic development and strengthening SAEM's role in emergency care research, education, and grant advocacy.

Travis Schmitz, PhD, MBA

Administrator

Northwestern Medicine

Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH, FACEP

Assistant Professor

Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Gipson is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Emory, practices clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital, and is the founding health policy fellowship director for her department. She is president of ADIEM (2024-25) and served as co-chair of the education subcommittee of the equity & inclusion committee of SAEM. She recently completed a term as the National Medical Association (NMA) Emergency Medicine Section Secretary. Dr. Gipson’s OpEds discussing health equity and advocacy have been published in The Boston Globe, The Hill, The Progressive, and she’s been quoted in The New York Times. She is an avid public speaker having collaborated with the African American Policy Forum as a Critical Race Theory Summer School lecturer, Spencer Stuart’s Black History Month Speaker, Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association (TSHA) keynote speaker, SiriusXM's Urban View podcast guest, and many others. Dr. Gipson is a participant in the AAMC’s 2025 Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate (HEDIC) Program and is an emerging health equity thought leader.

Eric Cruzen, MD, MBA

Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Emergency Medicine Service Line

Northwell Health

Dr. Cruzen is a graduate of the integrated 6-year BA/MD program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After completing residency in Emergency Medicine in Orlando, Florida, he worked all over the United States as a physician in the Army Reserve before joining the Health System in 2003 as Associate Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Southside Hospital. A graduate of the MBA program at Hofstra University, Dr. Cruzen is proud to have been appointed an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Hofstra/Northwell. 

In 2021, Dr. Cruzen moved into a new role as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) in charge of the newly formed Integrated Operations division at Northwell Health. In this role, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of software architects, data scientists, and medical informaticists to create innovative solutions to complex problems in the space where technology and medicine intersect. Most recently, Dr. Cruzen was promoted to Senior Vice President & Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Service Line, making him ultimately responsible for the operations of all of the EDs across the Northwell System, as well as medical oversight of Northwell’s 51 urgent care centers and extensive ambulance fleet.

Annabella Salvador-Kelly, MD

Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs

Northwell Health

Dr. Annabella Salvador-Kelly is Northwell Health’s Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She leads medical affairs throughout Northwell Health, including credentialing, policies and procedures, and curating talented physicians and team members. She is also responsible for standardizing pharmacologic/therapeutic interventions and procedural products across the entire clinical enterprise. Dr. Salvador-Kelly has served in various roles with progressive responsibilities since joining Northwell in 1999. Her leadership positions include Associate Medical Director of Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC), Associate Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine (LIJMC), Director of Performance Improvement and Medical Director of Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner program (LIJMC), Director of Performance Improvement and Medical Director of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner’s Program at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH). An associate professor at the Zucker School of Medicine and faculty member at the Center for Learning and Innovation, Dr. Salvador-Kelly enjoys teaching and mentoring leaders of the future. She has taught and mentored numerous students, PAs, NPs, residents and physicians throughout the years. She participates on various national committees, has presented nationally on leadership topics, and published several manuscripts and book chapters on various clinical topics.

Dr. Salvador-Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from New York University and a medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center/New York University Medical Center and is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. She received her certification on Managing Health Care Delivery from Harvard Business School.

Benjamin (Ben) Lindquist, MD

Clinical Associate Professor/Director, Global Emergency Fellowship Program

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stefanie Gopaul, MD

Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine

NYU Langone Health

Dr. Stefanie Gopaul received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. At UCLA, she was a member of the Charles Drew University/UCLA Medical Education Program and the PRIME-LA program where she completed a five-year dual degree and obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health from Columbia University. Dr. Gopaul completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate/ Kings County, where she served as a Chief Resident.

Dr. Gopaul is currently completing an Administrative Fellowship in Healthcare Leadership and Operations (HCLO) at NYU Langone Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine and works as a Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine at NYU and Bellevue hospitals. She is completing a Masters of Public Administration at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As an Administrative Fellow, Dr. Gopaul serves as the Acting Assistant Chief of Service for the NYU Cobble Hill Emergency Department. In this role, she provides direct assistance to the Chief of Service on daily ED operations as well as various quality and patient safety initiatives.

Monisha Dilip, MD, MBA

Assistant Medical Director

Columbia University Irving Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Monisha Dilip is an Assistant Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety at Columbia University. She completed an administration fellowship at Yale. Her specific focuses are emergency department operations, patient safety and quality, and admin’s role in wellness. She completed her MBA at Yale School of Management. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Kings County/SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. In her fourth year, she served as a Chief Resident.

Dr. Dilip attended California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for undergrad. She completed medical school at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society. In her spare time, she likes reading books, exploring new restaurants, and exploring new cities.

Monica Dhand, MD, DTMH

Co-director, Global Health Residency Track

Tulane University

Bryan Balentine, MD

Southeastern Regional Medical Director

TeamHealth