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Holly A. Caretta-Weyer, MD, MHPE

Director of Evaluation and Assessment

Stanford University

Dr. Holly Caretta-Weyer is associate residency program director and director of evaluation and assessment for the Stanford University emergency medicine residency program as well as EPA/CBME implementation lead at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Caretta-Weyer attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with honors in research. She stayed at Wisconsin for her emergency medicine residency, where she was also chief resident. Dr. Caretta-Weyer then completed her medical education scholarship fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University and earned her master's in health professions education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University studying residency selection in a competency-based system.

Eusang Ahn, MD, MSc(MedEd), FRCPC, DRCPC

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa

Eusang is currently an assistant professor, attending physician and director of the medical education fellowship program with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa. As a clinician educator and former advertising account executive, he has a strong interest in culture and its role in communication and education. Prior to coming to Canada, he completed a separate residency in Emergency Medicine and was an independently practicing staff physician in Seoul, Korea. Eusang aims to draw on his previous experiences to specialize in cross-cultural dissemination of best practices in health professions education and clinical practice, with a particular focus on learning culture and environment.

Felix Ankel, MD

Felix Ankel is an attending physician at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a former residency director, Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) designated institutional official (DIO), Council of emergency medicine Residency Directors (CORD) board member, and Society of Academic Emergency Medicine board member. He currently serves as a director for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is the recipient of the Council of EM Residency Directors Faculty Teaching Award, the ACGME Parker J Palmer Courage to Teach Award, and the International Medical Educator of the Year Award presented by the Royal College of Canada. He is a contributor to https://icenet.blog on the future of health professions education.

Daniel J. Artiga, MD

Dr. Daniel Artiga is a PGY-3 resident physician at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and was a Geffen Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. He currently serves as the SAEM RAMS Secretary-Treasurer, and he has contributed to the RAMS community as a board member since 2022. Dr. Artiga is a first-generation Latino and believes in the empowerment of those underrepresented in medicine. He serves as liaison to the SAEM Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Dr. Artiga’s academic interests include ultrasound, education, and DEI. He has led multiple initiatives within RAMS including the Ask-A-Chair educational podcast series, advocacy efforts regarding unionization, social media pushes to feature resident membership, and informational reviews for EM certification. His most recent efforts involve teaching ultrasound to Latin American EM programs.

Adelle Atkinson

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Jeremy Branzetti, MD, MHPE

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Yale University

Jeremy Branzetti, MD, MHPE, is a board-certified emergency medicine (EM) physician who received his doctorate of medicine from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook and received his MD. He completed a four-year residency in EM at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and was chief resident in his final year. Subsequently, he obtained a Masters in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University’s School of Health Professions, and certification as a Leadership and Professional Coach through ACT/Brown University. He has over a decade of experience in GME leadership and medical education scholarship, with extensive expertise in evidence-based learning science, adaptive expertise, professional identity development, and coaching as a faculty development tool. He is the founder of Academic Educator Coaching, and strives to use his accrued experience in academic medicine to coach medical educators to chart meaningful careers on their own terms.

Nicole Deiorio, MD

Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Dr. Nicole Deiorio is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she spent 20 years at Oregon Health and Science University, where she served as Clerkship Director, Associate Program Director, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. At VCU she runs the coaching program for undergraduate medical education. She co-chaired the 2018 American Medical Association Coaching Thematic Meeting and works with the Association of American Medical Colleges Core Entrustable Professional Activities group, particularly in the intersection of coaching and EPA attainment. Dr. Deiorio's research experience includes coaching, investigating the residency selection process, and outcomes in competency-based undergraduate medical education.

Jeffrey Druck, MD

Vice Chair of Faculty Advancement, Transformation, and Wellbeing for Emergency Medicine

The University of Utah

Dr. Druck is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates resident physicians and medical students.

His interests include mentorship, wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), medical education, and the intersection of education and clinical care. He has been involved in medical education at the undergraduate level, graduate level, and CME level. From a DEI perspective, he has been involved in DEI efforts on an undergraduate, graduate, and national level.

Andrew Hall, MD, FRCPC, MMEd, DRCPSC

University of Ottawa & Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Laura R. Hopson, MD, MEd

Associate Chair for Education, Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Michigan

Laura Hopson, MD, MEd, is professor and associate chair of education in the department of emergency medicine (EM) at the University of Michigan Medical School. She graduated from Yale University with a BS in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and obtained her MD from Duke University. She completed residency training at the University of Michigan, and a master's in education through Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hopson has been extensively involved in medical education at the undergraduate and graduate level throughout her career, including nine years as residency program director. She co-directs the University of Michigan's GME innovations program, which is an institutional initiative to promote innovations in education and demonstrates their effectiveness through high-level learner and patient-centered outcomes. Dr. Hopson has a long-standing interest in the transition between UME and GME and her scholarly work focuses on the residency selection process and optimizing learning outcomes.

Juliet Jacobson, MD

Dr. Juliet Jacobson is a PGY-3 at New York Presbyterian Cornell Columbia and an SAEM board member on the Resident and Medical Student board.

Before embarking on her medical career, Dr. Jacobson taught 6th-grade math and science in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. She has a passion for medical education and learner support. She helps lead her residency's recruitment board, volunteers at college outreach programs, and mentors students at her alma mater. Her passion for medical education drives her to create tools and resources that can support learners not only during medical school and residency but throughout their entire medical careers.

Jaime Jordan, MD, MAEd

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dr. Jaime Jordan completed an Education Scholarship Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA and is currently the Associate Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at UCLA and Vice Chair of the Acute Care College at the David Geffen School of Medicine. She has lectured extensively at both CORD and SAEM on education and education research related topics. She is an established education researcher with a successful track record and her interests include barriers educators face in performing scholarship, graduate and undergraduate medical education, curriculum design, and faculty development. Additionally, she is a decision editor for AEM Education and Training and a reviewer for multiple education research journals.

Daniel N. Jourdan, MD, NRP

Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit

Daniel N. Jourdan, MD, NRP, is a fourth-year resident in the combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Program at Henry Ford. He attained a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina and a Doctor of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, where he was also honored as a Gold Humanism Fellow. Prior to his medical schooling, Dr. Jourdan served four years as an enlisted special operations soldier, completing two tours in Afghanistan. Throughout his undergraduate and medical studies, he concurrently worked as a paramedic for various emergency medical services (EMS) agencies.

Dr. Jourdan currently holds the position of SAEM-RAMS Immediate Past President. He is in his fifth year of service to the RAMS Board. He has also worked on various SAEM Committee's including Education, Membership, Faculty Development, Program and RAMS Nominating. He also served as chair of the RAMS Nominating Committee. Dr. Jourdan's contributions to SAEM-RAMS have yielded numerous nationally published articles, podcasts, and educational materials available on SAEM.org, as well as presentations at the SAEM Annual Meeting. In addition to his commitment to SAEM-RAMS, Dr. Jourdan has been an integral part of various national task forces, including the SAEM Workforce Task Force, SAEM Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Task Force, and SAEM Onboarding Task Force.

Joel Moll, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Joel Moll is Professor and Vice Chair of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr Moll is also Interim Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and one of four longitudinal Career Advisors for the VCU School of Medicine. He previously served as Residency Program Director, Medical Education Fellowship Director, and Chair of the GME Executive Committee at VCU. Dr Moll was also Associate Residency Program Director at the University of Michigan, and Assistant Residency Director and Administration Fellowship Director at Emory University. Although always interested in education, Dr. Moll started his career in operations, and was medical director at Cleveland Clinic Florida and the University of Florida Gainesville prior to joining education leadership. He has published multiple peer reviewed articles and textbook chapters, presented often at national meetings, and has served in leadership roles on national committees. He is a member of the ACGME emergency medicine residency review committee, an ABEM oral board examiner, and a member of the 2022 EM Model of Clinical Practice task force. He is past recipient of the VCU Health Leadership in Medical Education Residency Director of the year, and the VCU School of Medicine Leonard Tow Humanism Awards. His interests include graduate medical education, curriculum development, LGBTQIA+ Health and Mentorship, and health equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE

Vanderbilt University

Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2005) and completed her residency in emergency medicine at Vanderbilt (2008) where she had the privilege of being Chief Resident (2008-2009). She completed the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Teaching Fellowship (2014) and a Master of Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2021) where her thesis explored the mindset and motivation of medical students. As assistant dean Dr. Parekh directs the two-year post-clerkship curriculum and the Portfolio Coaching Program—a longitudinal coaching program designed to foster students’ self-assessment skills and life-long learning practices. She is also the Director of Vanderbilt's Academy for Excellence in Education. Dr. Parekh’s interests are in assessment, educational transitions, coaching, the impact of motivation on learning, and educational policy.

Martin Pusic, MD, PhD

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Linda Regan, MD, MEd

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Emergency Medicine

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Linda Regan, MD, MEd, is an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine (EM) at Johns Hopkins, where she serves as the Vice Chair for Education and the director of the medical education fellowship. She served for four years as a member of the Board of Directors of CORD and is a well-known national speaker. She is the current Chair of the ACGME's Residency Review Committee in EM. Dr. Regan is well known at Johns Hopkins for her work as an educational program builder and 13 years spent as the program director for the EM residency. She obtained her masters in education for the health professions from the Johns Hopkins School of Education, with a focus on educational research. Dr. Regan's educational research interests lay mainly in the applications of adult learning theories and conceptual models to postgraduate education, in particular as they pertain to the development of adaptive expertise for learners, as well as how to best teach and represent yourself as an educator.

 

Sally Santen, MD, PhD

Sally Santen, MD, PhD, is professor of emergency medicine and medical education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and vice-chair of education research in the department of medical education. She is the senior associate dean, assessment, evaluation, and scholarship and professor of emergency medicine at Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine. Previously she was an assistant dean at the University of Michigan Medical School and Emory School of Medicine. 

Dr. Santen earned her MD from the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine at the George Washington/Georgetown hospitals. As a junior faculty at Vanderbilt University, she earned a PhD in education. 

Dr Santen is the recipient of several awards for her work in education, including the SAEM Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award which recognizes outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through the teaching of others and the improvement of pedagogy.She is also a Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program fellow

Dr. Santen has published more than 200 papers, including over 30 papers in Academic Emergency Medicine, as well as perspectives inJAMA and New England Journal of Medicine. While at the University of Michigan, she was the co-principal investigator for the American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education grant. Dr. Santen was responsible for the evaluation of several NIH grants including, CTSA, T32, R25, and PREP. She is currently the evaluator for a Virginia Department of Health grant and a Health Resources and Services Administration well-being grant. She is an evaluation and scholarship consultant for the American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium.

Benjamin H. Schnapp, MD, MEd

University of Wisconsin

Dr. Benjamin Schnapp graduated from the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency medicine residency program in New York City, where he completed a specialty track in medical education and served as chief resident. He completed his medical education fellowship at Northwestern University and is pursuing a master's in education with a focus on health professions at the University of Cincinnati. His interests include clinical teaching skills, resident assessment, and decision-making. He serves on the SAEM Graduate Medical Education and Fellowship Approval committees.

Sara Schulwolf

University of Connecticut

Sara Schulwolf is a MD/MPH student at UConn, currently applying into EM. She served on the RAMS board as a medical student representative and served as liaison to the Research Committee.

In addition to to her work with the research committee, she also served as ad-hoc representative to the Bylaws Committee and hosted webinars around changes to the residency application process such as program signaling and the proposed platform switch away from ERAS.