Lily Berlin, MD
Resident Representative Alameda Health System- Highland Hospital
Biography
I am a second year resident at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2022. I have experience with AGEM, serving as Medical Student Representative for 2020-2021, as well as being the current Resident Representative for 2023-2024. I have also served on the AGEM Outreach and Membership Committee since 2020. In that time, I have continued the AGEM Author Spotlight series, worked to re-engage lapsed AGEM members, worked on the AGEM twitter account, and am working to plan the AGEM careers webinar for 2024.
I am running for AGEM Resident Representative to continue to work with the incredible community and mentors within AGEM. Improving geriatric emergency care is important to me and my career, and I want to continue to contribute to and learn from this community. One of my goals is to continue to grow AGEM with younger trainees at the medical student and resident level. I hope to increase engagement in all levels of training with structured mentorship, educational and career webinars, and providing more resources to members.
Another goal I have is to use the SAEM network and other interest groups and academies to increase AGEM’s exposure by doing partnered events via webinars and at the SAEM annual conference. We’ve had success in the past teaming up with ADIEM, and have ideas for future partnerships with AEUS regarding nerve blocks in the elderly, and the behavioral and psychological interest group to talk about isolation, loneliness and depression in our older population. Via these joint events, we can engage more EM providers who are not specifically interested in GEM and share our community, ideas, resources, and passion for geriatric emergency care.
In addition, I want to broaden AGEM’s reach to more under-resourced settings, like county hospitals and under-resourced institutions. As a resident at a county hospital, I have seen the need for improved geriatric emergency care with our most vulnerable older patients. I am already working with my program to improve geriatric education for my peers and to improve geriatric care for our patients. I hope to work within AGEM and the community to create a model for how under-resourced health care systems and hospitals can improve geriatric emergency care.
I am running for AGEM Resident Representative to continue to work with the incredible community and mentors within AGEM. Improving geriatric emergency care is important to me and my career, and I want to continue to contribute to and learn from this community. One of my goals is to continue to grow AGEM with younger trainees at the medical student and resident level. I hope to increase engagement in all levels of training with structured mentorship, educational and career webinars, and providing more resources to members.
Another goal I have is to use the SAEM network and other interest groups and academies to increase AGEM’s exposure by doing partnered events via webinars and at the SAEM annual conference. We’ve had success in the past teaming up with ADIEM, and have ideas for future partnerships with AEUS regarding nerve blocks in the elderly, and the behavioral and psychological interest group to talk about isolation, loneliness and depression in our older population. Via these joint events, we can engage more EM providers who are not specifically interested in GEM and share our community, ideas, resources, and passion for geriatric emergency care.
In addition, I want to broaden AGEM’s reach to more under-resourced settings, like county hospitals and under-resourced institutions. As a resident at a county hospital, I have seen the need for improved geriatric emergency care with our most vulnerable older patients. I am already working with my program to improve geriatric education for my peers and to improve geriatric care for our patients. I hope to work within AGEM and the community to create a model for how under-resourced health care systems and hospitals can improve geriatric emergency care.
