Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Resident Unionization (RAMS Sponsored)

Authors
  • Ryan Pappal 20220613_03_1x1 - Ryan Pappal

    Ryan D. Pappal, MD, MSCI, NRP

    President

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    My name is Ryan Pappal, and it is a pleasure to be running for RAMS Board President. Here is some brief background on myself as a candidate:

    Current PGY-1 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Three years experience on the RAMS Board as Medical Student Representative & Resident Member-at-Large, where I established the Resident Labor Task Force to advocate for our members’ working & training conditions - Academically-minded and focused on advancing the specialty of Emergency Medicine - Fierce defender of Medical Student and Resident interests in academic Emergency Medicine

    Since getting involved in SAEM RAMS over 4 years ago, my experience has been a key highlight of my medical training. One of the first things that struck me was the warmth and connectedness of our members. When we work together as part of RAMS, I consistently see how strong of a voice we have as part of SAEM. Indeed, RAMS members are the future leaders in academic Emergency Medicine, and our input continues to grow in importance. As President, I would seek to elevate RAMS to new levels of recognition, engagement, and presence with medical students and residents in Emergency Medicine.

    I, like many of you, have concerns about the future of academic Emergency Medicine, our specialty as a whole, and the health & functioning of trainees in our education system. Between workforce reports, concerns over declining EM applications, trainee burnout, challenging educational debts and other problems, academically-minded Emergency Medicine trainees deserve to have a strong, defining role in solving the problems facing us. To that end, as President I would commit to continuing and expanding my special focus on promoting RAMS members’ voices on critical issues facing Emergency Medicine and its trainees. Thank you very much for your time and consideration of my statement. It would be a pleasure to receive your vote for President of the RAMS Board!
  • Daniel Jose Artiga, MD

    Secretary-Treasurer

    University of Cincinnati

    Daniel Artiga, MD graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard University. He was selected as a David Geffen Medical Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his MD. He is currently training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and served as a Member-At-Large on the SAEM RAMS Board.
  • Lauren E. Lamparter, MD

    University of Illinois Chicago

    My name is Lauren Lamparter, and I am a PGY3 at the University of Ilinois Chicago. I am originally from Southern California, and next year I will be a Multimedia Design Education Technology Fellow at the University of California Irvine. As the Immediate Past Presidnet of AAEM/RSA, I have enjoyed advocating for medical students and residents for improved residency standards, unionization, and an understanding of the Match trends. I am presenting at SAEM as a representative of RSA to the CORD Match Task Force.


  • Melinda Melinda Kizziah, DO

  • Lena Lena Carleton, MD

  • James James Blum, MD, MPP

  • Anna Yap, MD

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    Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA

    Assistant Professor

    University of Cincinnati

    Dr. Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati (UC) where she also completed residency and was a Chief Resident.  She currently serves as the Assistant Medical DIrector of UC's Center for Emergency Care and Immediate Past President of EMRA.  Hannah graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Society distinctions from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and earned her MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
  • Michael Losak, MD

  • David Duong, MD, MS

  • Taylor Brown, MD