People

Liang Liu

Treasurer

Emory University

Dr. E. Liang Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Ultrasound Fellowship Director at Emory University. She is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and completed residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health & Hospital System, where she served as a chief resident. She is fellowship trained in Emergency Disaster and Global Health (EDGH) and Emergency Ultrasound. Dr. Liu is actively involved in teaching, supervision, and mentorship of medical students, residents, and fellows. Her interests include graduate medical education with a particular focus on ultrasound education, educational innovations, and the developoment of emergency medicine worldwide.

Loice A. Swisher, MD

Jayram Pai, MD

Morristown Medical Center

Jayram Pai completed is residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai in 2020, during which time he served as the EMRA Wellness Chair. After completing his post graduate training, he joined the faculty of Brown Emergency Medicine where he served as Director of Medical Student Education from 2021 to 2023. He recently relocated with his family to Morristown Medical Center, where he is part of the EM Faculty. His areas of academic interest include medical education, physician wellness, and regional anesthesia. In his free time, he enjoys scuba diving with his wife and traveling with their 1 year old son.

Christopher I. Doty, MD

Mia L. Karamatsu, MD

Director, Well-Being Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Stanford University

Mia Karamatsu, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She serves as the Director of Well-Being for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Stanford.

Derek J. Robinson, MD, MBA, FACEP, CHCQM

Garth Walker, MD, MPH

Jesse Pines, MD, MBA

Timothy M. Loftus, MD, MBA

David G. Beiser, MD

Sarah Ronan-Bentle, MD

Elizabeth Leenellett, MD, FACEP, CPE

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine/ UC Health

Dr. Elizabeth Leenellett is a Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Inclusive Excellence at the University of Cincinnati. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s Inteflex program, completed her EM residency at the University of Cincinnati and then joined the department as clinical faculty. Dr. Leenellett was the first female medical director within UCEM and served in that role at West Chester Hospital for almost a decade before becoming the inaugural UC EM Vice Chair of Women’s Initiatives. She founded the Emergency Medicine Program Of Women in leadERship (EMPOWER), established the Leadership Excels with Achievement of Diversity (UC LEADs) endowment fund, and uses the skills gained from her Hedgwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship to propel initiatives forward and break down barriers. Dr. Leenellett won the 2021 Ohio ACEP Physician Leadership award, 2022 UC College of Medicine Grace LeMasters “Lift While You Climb” award, and the 2022 EMRA Faculty Mentor of the Year award. She is honored to serve as the W. Brian Gibler Endowed Chair for Education in Emergency Medicine and Chief of Staff of West Chester Hospital.

Caroline E. Freiermuth, MD. MSc, FACEP

Nathaniel Bonfanti, MD

Max Hockstein, MD

Emily Gundert, MD

Jennifer Hoffmann, MD, MS

Ashley A. Foster, MD

Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH

Dana D. Im, MD, MPP, MPhil

Mass General Brigham Enterprise Emergency Medicine; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

Dr. Im is a board-certified emergency physician who serves as the Director of Quality and Safety for Mass General Brigham (MGB) Enterprise Emergency Medicine. She chairs the MGB Emergency Medicine Quality and Safety Council and also holds the position of Director of Quality and Safety in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In these capacities, she leads emergency medicine-related quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across MGB Enterprise Emergency Medicine, which consists of 9 emergency departments. As the Director of Behavioral Health, she oversees the Behavioral Health Observation Unit—a specialized observation area for behavioral health patients awaiting evaluation, treatment, and disposition in the ED at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Dr. Im's grant-funded work involves conducting qualitative analyses of patient and staff perceptions of behavioral health emergency care within the ED setting, developing systems-level de-escalation strategies, and implementing antiracism and trauma-informed simulation-based interdisciplinary de-escalation training programs across multiple EDs. Moreover, her research interests focus on implementing interventions to convert boarding time into treatment time for patients with behavioral health emergencies.