Joseph House, MD
Bylaws Committee Member University of Michigan Medical School
Biography
Joseph House, MD attended medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He completed residency at East Carolina University/Brody School of Medicine. During residency He realized he enjoyed education and Pediatrics and completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at University of Michigan. After fellowship he joined the faculty at University of Michigan working in both the Adult and Children’s Emergency Department. Currently Dr. House is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics and has served as Director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine for the last 12 years.
For the last 5 years, he has served as a member of the Executive Committee for Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine and is currently completing his Immediate Past President role in May 2025. During his tenure as Clerkship Director and on the CDEM EC, He has seen many changes in Emergency Medicine. He has been involved in revision to the Standardized Letter of Evaluation and currently is a member of the SAEM Workforce Committee looking into why there has been a decrease in applicants to Emergency Medicine. He has always prioritized the sharing of knowledge and for the last several years has presented at SAEM “Clerkship Director Bootcamp” sharing his experience and several other clerkship directors experiences and trying to improve medical student education. He has also been the Co-Director for the Medical Student Symposium trying to make students are ready to apply to Emergency Medicine.
Dr. House is interested in running for SAEM Bylaws Committee as he has seen the importance of SAEM as a member and as CDEM EC. He wants to see SAEM continue to support its members research interests with grants and mentorship. He would also like to continue seeing SAEM sponsor the Workforce Committee and encourage it to look at the next steps, ie how can SAEM work to improve the working environment of academic medical centers, how can we continue to show the value of an academic provider, and how can we help to train and interact with Advanced Practice Providers; we know there will continue to be more APPs working in academic EDs. SAEM has sponsored work looking into why the drop of applicants, but now needs to look into how to increase the number, quality, and diversity of applicants into the specialty.
For the last 5 years, he has served as a member of the Executive Committee for Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine and is currently completing his Immediate Past President role in May 2025. During his tenure as Clerkship Director and on the CDEM EC, He has seen many changes in Emergency Medicine. He has been involved in revision to the Standardized Letter of Evaluation and currently is a member of the SAEM Workforce Committee looking into why there has been a decrease in applicants to Emergency Medicine. He has always prioritized the sharing of knowledge and for the last several years has presented at SAEM “Clerkship Director Bootcamp” sharing his experience and several other clerkship directors experiences and trying to improve medical student education. He has also been the Co-Director for the Medical Student Symposium trying to make students are ready to apply to Emergency Medicine.
Dr. House is interested in running for SAEM Bylaws Committee as he has seen the importance of SAEM as a member and as CDEM EC. He wants to see SAEM continue to support its members research interests with grants and mentorship. He would also like to continue seeing SAEM sponsor the Workforce Committee and encourage it to look at the next steps, ie how can SAEM work to improve the working environment of academic medical centers, how can we continue to show the value of an academic provider, and how can we help to train and interact with Advanced Practice Providers; we know there will continue to be more APPs working in academic EDs. SAEM has sponsored work looking into why the drop of applicants, but now needs to look into how to increase the number, quality, and diversity of applicants into the specialty.
