People

Alyssa Valentyne, MD

University of Michigan

Alyssa Valentyne is a chief resident at the University of Michigan. She is also chair of the SAEM Climate Change and Health Interest Group. Alyssa is passionate about healthcare sustainability and how climate change impacts health. She helps lead the EM Green Team and assisted in developing a Climate Health & Sustainability Professional Development Track at the University of Michigan. She also helps lead the medical student wilderness medicine elective and is working towards her Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). Alyssa earned her medical degree, path of distinction in public health, and global health certificate from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 

Joshua C. Timpe, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Dr. Joshua Timpe is an emergency medicine physician and educator at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), where he serves as the Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency program and the Director of the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine program.

He is actively involved in resident and medical student education at MCW, where he directs the Wilderness Medicine Elective and the Wilderness Medicine track, preparing future physicians for the unique challenges of practicing medicine in austere environments.

Kevin Watkins, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Kevin Watkins is APD at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, where he is ultrasound faculty, leads EKG education, and is director of wilderness medicine. He is a WLS-MP instructor and serves as Research Director for the Cuyahoga Valley Wilderness Medicine Group. He serves on the Wilderness Medical Society student/resident education committee and is Chair Elect for the SAEM wilderness medicine interest group.

Mit Patel, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

Dr. Patel is a Senior Resident Physician at Henry Ford Hospital, Class of 2025. He plans on pursuing Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship. At Henry Ford, he initiated research into portable ultrasound devices on resident education, presented work on ED-Initiated Buprenorphine and ED-Based HIV Screening.

Michelle Slezak, MD

Henry Ford Health System

Completed Emergency Medicine Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in 2008. Staff physician at Henry Ford since that time. Associate Medical Director for Quality 2015-2022 and Medical Director 2022-present.

Justin Bright, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

Dr Bright is an attending physician and assistant medical director for patient experience for Henry Ford emergency medicine in Detroit. He is obsessed with the intersection of patient experience and physician engagement.

Sean S. Michael, MD, MBA

University of Colorado

Sean Michael is an academic emergency physician with dual-board certification in clinical informatics. He was previously the emergency department director at the University of Colorado Hospital and continues to practice clinically and serve on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine alongside his service as Regional Chief Medical Officer in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Joe Gannett, MD

Los Angeles General Medical Center

Dr. Joe Gannett is an emergency medicine physician currently serving as the Assistant Medical Director of Patient Flow at Los Angeles General Medical Center. Dr. Gannett has a strong background in healthcare operations, patient safety, and social emergency medicine, focusing on improving care for underserved communities.

Dr. Gannett earned his Doctor of Medicine with distinction from Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, NJ. He then completed his residency at the LSU Spirit of Charity Emergency Medicine Residency in New Orleans, LA, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year. During residency, he received several prestigious awards, including the LSU Spirit of Charity Albert J. Lauro Award for Outstanding Graduating Emergency Medicine Resident. He also received the Louisiana Quality Network Target Guideline Top Performer Award and the Low Value Care Excellence Award for Leadership in Assisting Low Performers, recognizing his leadership in clinical excellence and quality improvement.

Following his residency, Dr. Gannett completed the Health System Leader Fellowship at Los Angeles General Medical Center (formerly LAC+USC Medical Center). This fellowship focused on patient flow, operations, and quality improvement, where he led efforts to streamline clinical workflows and enhance care transitions.

Dr. Gannett's research and professional work focus on health equity, quality improvement, and language justice. He has contributed to key publications, including "EMRA Practice Essentials of Emergency Medicine," and actively shared his insights at national forums. Notably, in 2024, he presented on the impact of language barriers on emergency department throughput at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. His recent projects include a significant redesign of triage processes at UT Southwestern’s Clements University Hospital, which substantially increased physician productivity and earned a Top 5 Service Improvement Award.

Dr. Gannett is dedicated to improving hospital operations and patient care as the Assistant Medical Director of Patient Flow at Los Angeles General Medical Center, striving to make a meaningful difference in the health of underserved communities.

Nicholas R. Stark, MD, MBA

Mercy Medical Center Merced

Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA, is a board-certified Emergency Physician working at the intersection of clinical care, administration, and innovation. A former Chief Resident at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), he works clinically at UCSF and serves as the Assistant Director of UCSF's Acute Care Innovation Center. Nicholas also works clinically and serves as the Chair of Emergency Medicine and Director of Operations at Mercy Medical Center in Merced, CA. At Mercy Merced, Nicholas is the founding director of the Acute Care Innovation Center and is currently reconstructing their triage and vertical care processes as well as working across disciplines to streamline the admission process and invigorate patient experience efforts. Nicholas has extensive experience leading health system-wide quality improvement initiatives and has received the prestigious Patient Safety Movement’s Leadership Award. Nationally, Nicholas is the founding co-director of a digital-based business curriculum sponsored by ACEP & EMRA, co-founder of the Emergency Medicine Innovation Collaborative, and serves on several boards and committees.

Wendy C. Coates, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

Wendy C. Coates, MD is Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. She served as Dean of the UCLA Acute Care College and Director of Education at Harbor-UCLA where she founded the first Fellowship in Medical Education Scholarship in 1997. She enjoys continued active mentorship of promising academic emergency medicine academic physicins. She graduated with honors from Allegheny College, earned her MD from Case Western Reserve University, and completed the EM residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Allegheny General.

Dr. Coates is an education scientist whose research focus is Health Professions Education with an emphasis on faculty and learner development, mentorship, curricular innovation and evaluation, creativity in medicine, and qualitative methods. In addition to several peer reviewed publications and textbook chapters, she is a founding member of the Editorial Board for AEM Education & Training, member of the AEM Editorial Board, Associate Editor for the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science and was an ABEM Item Writer for 9 years.

Dr. Coates is past-president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and has dedicated many years of active service and leadership activities within the Society that focus on advancing its mission of supporting research and education in EM.

Eileen S. Williams, MD

University of Texas Southwestern

Eileen is a currently second-year emergency medicine resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University. After working as a medical scribe and high school tutor, Eileen attained her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Now living in Dallas, she plans to apply for fellowship in medical education and pursue a career in academic emergency medicine. In addition to teaching, she is passionate about advocacy for marginalized populations, particularly incarcerated persons. In her free time, she loves to read psychological thrillers and write crossword puzzles.

Rachel Boxer, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Rachel Boxer is a current Emory Emergency Medicine PGY-2.

Dustin B. Williams, MD, FACEP

UT-Southwestern

I am an Associate Professor and the EM Residency Program Director at UT-Southwestern, with a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and LGBTQIA+ advocacy. I previously served as the chair of the LGBTQIA+ committee as part of ADIEM and was honored with the 2024 ADIEM Outstanding Academician Award for my contributions in these areas.

I completed my undergraduate studies in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University, followed by medical school at UT-Health Science Center San Antonio, and then EM residency at Indiana University. My clinical interests focus on medical education, DEI, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, faculty development, and emergent ocular complaints.

Steve Maxwell, MSM

University of Michigan Emergency Medicine

Steve Maxwell is the chief administrator for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan.

He has administrative responsibility for the research, education and clinical missions for Emergency Medicine including the Survival Flight Program.

He joined the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2014 after previously serving in the Frankel Cardiovascular Center and as the administrator for the Section of General Surgery.

Among his achievements, he played a role in developing the research infrastructure to support the #1 NIH ranking 4 of the last 6 years for departments of Emergency Medicine, coordinating the administrative support to execute the $7 million Massey Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program; was instrumental in opening the Emergency Critical Care Center in University Hospital; and spearheaded the acquisition of a new patient transport jet and three helicopters for the Survival Flight Program.

Joe-Ann Moser, MD, MS

University of Wisconsin

Dr. Joe-Ann Moser is an Associate Professor and Assistant Residency Program Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also the current EMRA Director of Education. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Master of Science in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Afterward, she spent a year researching respiratory viruses at the National Institutes of Health before starting medical school. Dr. Moser received an MD with distinction in Medical Education and Global Health from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she also completed her Emergency Medicine residency. She recently finished her Education Scholarship Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is pursuing a Master of Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. Moser’s research interests include curriculum design, feedback using dashboards, and minimizing trainee and faculty burden to improve wellness.

Angela Jarman, MD, MPH

University of California, Davis

Angela Jarman is an Associate Professor and the Director of Sex & Gender in Emergency Medicine at UC Davis. She joined the faculty there after completed a two-year fellowship in Sex & Gender in Emergency Medicine at Brown University, where she also earned a Master of Public Health degree. Angela is a North Carolina native and majored in Gender Studies at Duke University before attending medical school at the University of Kentucky. She trained in Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Dr. Jarman is currently a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health scholar; her research interests include sex differences in venous thromboembolism, health disparities, LGBTQ+ health, & bias in medicine.

Taylor Giller, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Taylor Giller is an Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at Emory University. She attended Auburn University, where she received dual undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Spanish Language. She then went on to receive her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia where she was inducted into AOA honor society. Her interests include pre-hospital and disaster medicine and systems improvement strategies.

Hayley Rose-Inman, MD, MBA

Carilion Clinic

I am currently serving as the EMS Fellowship Program Director at Carilion Clinic. I am board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. I am also the Operational Medical Director for Roanoke County Fire-Rescue, a career fire service based EMS agency in western Virginia and Carilion Clinic Patient Transport/Lifeguard, a hospital based EMS agency providing 911, interfacility and air medical transport services. My areas of interest are quality improvement, EMS education and medical director engagement. I attended undergrad at Pepperdine University and medical school at Jefferson Medical College before completing residency and fellowship at Carilion Clinic while obtaining an MBA at Virginia Tech. Outside of medicine I am hiking, reading or traveling with my husband, a career firefighter, and my two kids.

Kelly W. Barringer, MD

HealthPartners

Dr. Kelly Barringer is an Assistant Program Director for the Regions Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Department and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota,

Dr. Barringer has been involved with residency administration and education for over 15 years, with a specific in interest in innovative education, mentorship (especially supporting women in emergency medicine), wellness, resident evaluation and remediation, and residency administration. In her outside life, she is the parent to 4 children and an avid runner, cyclist, and traveller.

Pooja Agrawal, MD, MPH

Yale University School of Medicine

Pooja Agrawal, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University. She is a Member-at-Large of the Board of Directors of SAEM. Dr. Agrawal is a recent Past President of the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM), dedicated to enhancing the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in Emergency Medicine. Her initiatives have influenced many genres including research, education, leadership, sponsorship, wellness, and others.

Dr. Agrawal is the Associate Director of Faculty Affairs & Sponsorship and the Director of Global Health Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University. Her academic work focuses on disparities, both with a lens to gender and to displaced populations including refugees, and an emphasis on health access, disparities, and outcomes. Dr. Agrawal holds faculty appointments in the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Center for Asylum Medicine and is on the Board of Directors of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services.