Saadiyah Bilal, MD, MPH

I am currently an assistant professor of emergency medicine in the dept. of emergency medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I pursued a Global Health Fellowship at Brown University where she was also a candidate in the Master of Public Health degree program. I received my Medical Doctorate from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School before completing specialty training in emergency medicine from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas. While at BCM, I also received a diploma in tropical medicine from the National School of Tropical Medicine.

Being elected to the GEMA Executive Committee and serving as the Treasurer Development & Grants Committee Chair were incredible opportunities to hone my leadership skills and be mentored by the foremost leaders in global emergency medicine. I have been able to build on my foundational leadership experience from the years prior and gain a deeper understanding of the needs of our membership. I am currently running for the secretary position as I want to have a voice in shaping the field of global emergency medicine and in turn, serve as a mentor to rising emergency medicine residents and medical students with a passion for global engagement. If elected, I want to spearhead collaboration with other SAEM committees and the SAEM Executive board to create new avenues of financial funding to support academic research grants for residents and medical students. I would also like to deepen our relationships with other SAEM committees and especially work on prioritizing the voices of historically marginalized groups in global emergency medicine.