Vinay Kampalath, MD, DTMH

I am interested in the role of IT Chair for the Global Emergency Medicine Academy Executive Committee because I would like to support increasing the visibility of GEMA’s work. GEMA itself is growing in scope and membership, and this growth reflects the increasing interest in global emergency medicine among emergency medicine faculty and trainees across the world. I currently serve as Program Committee Liaison, where I am currently working on planning GEMA-related events at SAEM24. I am also Co-Chair of the Humanitarianism Taskforce, where we have invested in expanding the reach of our programming and diversifying our membership base. As IT Chair, I would continue these efforts by increasing the visibility of GEMA members’ work on our social media channels, with the aim of doubling our current social media following. My goals would be to advertise the breadth of our GEM work that reflects our diverse subcommittees and membership, and to specifically engage in outreach to emergency medicine communities in LLMICs. I hope these efforts will in turn contribute to GEMA's growth in membership.