SAEM #FOAMed Showcase (Virtual Presence and Program Committee Sponsored)

The SAEM24 #FOAMed Showcase will be co-sponsored by the Virtual Presence and Program Committees, as a way to bring together the SAEM goals of innovation, community and mentorship through a showcase highlighting new innovations in free, open access medical education (FOAMed) in Emergency Medicine.

FOAMed is continuing its trajectory of becoming a ubiquitous resource for all levels of learners due to its easy and more equitable accessibility, its ability to stay on the cutting edge of EM practice and research, and its unique ability to share practice considerations across the globe. Additionally, its use is taking a role in building academic careers as contributions to social media and FOAMed become more acceptable pieces for academic advancement.

Modeled after prior years’ successful showcases, four selected contestants will give a 5-6 minute pitch-style presentation about their FOAMed innovation. The session will be moderated by a host and a panel of prominent FOAMed experts will serve as judges and provide feedback on the FOAMed content developed by the contestants. Presenters will also have the opportunity to provide their perspectives regarding successes and challenges in developing their FOAMed products. Voting will be a combination of judges’ scoring, voting from live audience members, and social media engagement generated for each innovation. The winner will be announced through the SAEM social media accounts the week following the session.

We see this as having broad appeal to students, residents and faculty alike as all have a stake in creating and consuming this FOAMed content. SAEM has the resources and unique position of being able to highlight and promote cases of those which exemplify novel, responsible, and innovative content dissemination.

Presenters:

Lauren R. McCafferty, MD
Carl Preiksaitis, MD
Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACHE
Michael A. Gisondi, MD
Christopher J. Nash, MD, EdM
Aalap Shah, MD
Jessica Pelletier, DO
Ryan McKillip, MD
Sara Crager, MD
Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH
Jonathan S. Warren, MD

Authors

Lauren R. McCafferty, MD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Dr. Lauren McCafferty is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Residency Director, and Ultrasound Education Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. She received her medical degree at the University of Kentucky and completed her emergency medicine residency training followed by an emergency ultrasound fellowship at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Her academic interests include ultrasound education and quality assurance, curricular innovations, and social media in medical education.
Carl Preiksaitis, MD

Clinical Instructor

Stanford University

Dr. Carl Preiksaitis is a Medical Education Fellow and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Preiksaitis completed his medical training at New York University School of Medicine and a residency in emergency medicine at Stanford. His scholarly interests include digital technology and medical education, reproductive healthcare in the emergency department, and healthcare innovation. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in medical education at the University of Cincinnati.
Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACHE

Massachusetts General Hospital

Ali S. Raja, MD, DBA, MPH, FACHE is the Deputy Chair and the Mooney-Reed Endowed Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Raja received his MPH from Harvard, MD and MBA degrees from Duke, and DBA from Case Western. After training in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati, he completed a research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is board-certified in both emergency medicine and clinical informatics.

A practicing emergency physician and author of over 250 publications, his research focuses on improving the appropriateness of resource utilization in emergency medicine. He serves as President-Elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and also sits on the boards of both Boston MedFlight and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.

Dr. Raja is also an expert on the management of critically ill patients in the emergency department and prehospital arenas. He has served as a critical care air transport team commander for the US Air Force, a civilian flight physician, a tactical physician for a number of local, state, and federal agencies, and a physician with MA-1 DMAT.
Michael A. Gisondi, MD

Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine

Stanford University

Dr. Michael A. Gisondi is professor and the inaugural Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Academic Advising at Stanford School of Medicine. He is the Principal and co-founder of The Precision Education and Assessment Research Lab (The PEARL). Dr. Gisondi is the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award from SAEM.
Christopher J. Nash, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Duke University Hospital

Christopher J. Nash, MD, MEd, is an assistant professor and core faculty in the department of emergency medicine (EM) at Duke University. He completed a fellowship in medical education at Mass General and pursued additional training through the SAEM ARMED MedEd program. He previously served as a Fellow Editor-in-Training for AEM Education & Training and is currently a fellow in the NBME SEEF program. His work focuses on the intersection of technology, education, and innovation, leveraging AI, simulation, and emerging digital tools to enhance clinical training and assessment. He leads several innovative research initiatives that bridge academic theory with frontline practice.
Aalap Shah, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

Aalap Shah, MD is currently an Assistant Professor at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC. He curently serves as the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship and as Core Faculty for the Emergency Medicine Residency. He also serves on the SAEM-AEUS digital/social media committee, as well as SAEM Education and Virtual Presence committees. He is editor-in-chief of the ultrasound education website HolyCitySono.com and has been a regular contributor to FOAMed previously via ACEP, and various other independent websites. He previously completed his Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at MUSC, his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati, and completed Medical School at SUNY-Downstate.
Jessica Pelletier, DO

Washington University in St. Louis

Jessica Pelletier, DO, is an Emergency Medicine Education Fellow and Adjunct Residency APD at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr. Pelletier attended medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and residency at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She serves as the African Medical Advisor with Techies Without Borders, a global nonprofit that delivers continuing medical education to resource-constrained regions. Her research interests involve procedural and simulation education, and the human factors of the high-acuity applications of this teaching. Dr. Pelletier's interests include simulation-based undergraduate and graduate medical education, cognitive load theory, the use of osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) in the emergency department, and expanding emergency medicine to regions where it is not fully developed as a specialty.
Ryan McKillip, MD

Advocate Health Care/Advocate Christ Medical Center, University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. McKillip is clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the co-director of research and publication for the department of emergency medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Dr. McKillip’s work focuses on the integration of technology and artificial intelligence with medical education and practice. Dr. McKillip received a BS from Pepperdine University and an MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Sara Crager, MD

University of California Los Angeles

Dr. Sara Crager received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine. She did her Emergency Medicine residency training at UCLA, and went on to complete a Critical Care fellowship at Stanford. Dr. Crager is currently an Assistant Professor at the UCLA-David Geffen School of Medicine with a joint appointment in the Departments of Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine. She works clinically in the Cardiothoracic and Surgical ICUs at UCLA, as well as the Medical ICU at Antelope Valley Medical Center. She is the creator of the EM:RAP ICU Fundamentals series, as well as the emergency critical care FOAMed website ICUedu.org and the ICUedu podcast. Dr. Crager also works with the NGO EM:RAP Global Outreach on improving access to medical education, and is core faculty with the EM:RAP Access+Innovation in Medical Education (AIME) fellowship. She has won multiple teaching awards and lectures nationally and internationally.
Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH

University of California, Riverside

Dr. Eva Tovar Hirashima is an Assistant Clinical Professor at University of California Riverside and the Ultrasound Fellowship Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Riverside Community Hospital. Dr Tovar was born and raised in Mexico City. She went to medical school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and did an internal medicine residency before her journey up north. In Boston, she completed an emergency medicine residency at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, and did an ultrasound fellowship at University of Maryland. In 2017, she moved to Southern California. Since then, Dr. Tovar has participated-in and spear-headed cross-border medical education initiatives in areas such as street medicine, prehospital care and POCUS. She currently serves as the EMS director of the Mexican Red Cross in Tijuana, and is a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Baja California School of Medicine where she organizes monthly POCUS workshops for residents from different specialties, EMTs, medical students and midwives. She is also the co-founder of UPAndo Latinoamerica, a FOAMed POCUS resource in Spanish created and curated by a collective of female EM physicians working in Mexico.
Jonathan Warren, MD

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Jonathan Warren, MD is currently a Chief Resident at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in his fourth year of residency. His interests include clinician wellbeing, medical education, ultrasound, and EMS. In his focus on clinician wellbeing, he is the founder and Chief Editor for Art of Emergency Medicine, a FOAMed site dedicated to showcasing the creative side of emergency medicine providers and providing evidence-based wellness articles. He is currently completing a medical education fellowship through the David Geffen School of Medicine and has begun work on an asynchronous learning platform for ultrasound, SonoNavigator. In his free time, Jon can often be found taking astrophotography photos or hiking through the National Parks. He is looking forward to starting a combined US/EMS fellowship next year in Los Angeles.