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  • Emmanuel C. Ohuabunwa, MD/MBA

    UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas - Dallas, TX

    Dr Emmanuel Ohuabunwa is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and a Health Equity Scholar at UT Southwestern, Dallas. He serves as the Treasurer and co-chair of the Educational Trust Committee for the Association of Nigerian Physicians in America, working to increase outreach and mentorship opportunities for students of Nigerian descent interested in medicine. He completed residency at Yale EM during which he served on the board of various organizations including the African Research Academies for Women (ARA-W). In 2016, Dr Ohuabunwa and the rest of the executive board of ARA-W received the AmeriCorps Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama for their work in increasing female participation in research in Africa. In 2021, Dr Ohuabunwa was named on the 40 under 40 list by the New England Tri-state Urban Professionals Network. He was also awarded a certificate of congressional recognition by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for community service and achieved the highest score in the entire residency on the national in-training exam while publishing papers in esteemed journals. Dr Ohuabunwa’s area of interest is health equity and advocacy. His most recent piece in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, titled “Say our Names. We are doctors too” aims to change the culture around names by tackling name-based microaggressions and the resultant differential use of formality in medicine. He plans to continue to work on such issues related to health equity at UT Southwestern.

    Dr Ohuabunwa attended Johns Hopkins University on a full scholarship and graduated with a 3.98 GPA in Neuroscience—a feat that made waves around the world and resulted in awards from various organizations including the “Scholar of the year Award” by the African Diaspora Organization; the “Top Nigerian-American Youth of the Year” by the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans; and a congratulatory message from the president of Nigeria, His Excellency Goodluck Jonathan. Dr Ohuabunwa went on to attend Yale University where he completed a combined MD/MBA, on a full scholarship. In his spare time, Dr Ohuabunwa enjoys mentoring students, reading widely, cooking, and playing basketball. A native Houstonian, he is reluctantly adjusting to rooting for the Dallas sports teams.

  • Craig Cooley, MD, MPH, EMT-P, FACEP, FAAEM, FAEMS

    UT Health San Antonio

    Craig Cooley MD, MPH, EMT-P is the EMS Division Chief and EMS Fellowship Director for UT Health San Antonio Department of Emergency Medicine, Deputy Medical Director for San Antonio Fire Department, and a Medical Director for the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF) – Region 8. In these roles, Dr. Cooley provides radio/phone and on-scene medical control for SAFD, provides medical oversight during state disaster responses, and educates fellows, residents, and medical students through the different programs and rotations he helped develop that are offered at UT Health San Antonio. He is also part of the Office of the Medical Director that provides EMT and Paramedic continuing education to 1500 personnel per year. Among his involvement in several regional, state and national organizations, Dr. Cooley is a member of the Texas Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) Cardiac Subcommittee and is Chair of the Council of EMS Fellowship Directors with the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). In addition to speaking frequently at the program and local level on several EMS topics, Dr. Cooley continues to speak regionally, nationally and internationally about EMS and EMS system development.

  • Kelly N. Roszczynialski, MD, MS

    Stanford University

    Dr. Roszczynialski completed her emergency medicine residency training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Following residency, she completed Simulation Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and earned a Masters in Healthcare Simulation developing an interest in utilizing simulation for procedural education, team training, as well as process improvement. Dr. Roszczynialski’s simulation research has been on Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice, interdisciplinary in-situ simulation, and just-in-time training. She has spoken both locally and nationally on Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice simulation and simulation for procedural training. She has an interest in curricular design and educational training both at the residency and fellowship level. Dr. Roszczynialski currently serves as the Emergency Medicine Associate Program Director at Stanford University. In her APD role, she oversaw the residency core didactic curriculum for three years and now oversees Program Evaluation and Transition to residency. She also serves as the Residency Simulation director and has been active in translating educational efforts into scholarly works. She has expertise in curricular design and educational content delivery, using various modalities of simulation for residency and faculty education, incorporating virtual and augmented reality simulation.

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