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Meagan R. Hunt, MD

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Dr. Meagan Hunt is an assistant professor with the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and medical director for the adult emergency department at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She has served in that role since 2019 and prior to that she was assistant medical director beginning in 2017. During that time Dr. Hunt also was Physician Director of Acute Care APP services for her department from 2015-2024. In June 2022, she founded the ADIEM operations committee to support developing operational solutions to support healthcare equity. Meagan loves spending time with her family and dogs, traveling, and learning to ride horses when she is not at work. She is excited to support all emergency medicine providers in their pursuit of leadership as we all have something to contribute.

Alice Lu, MSL

University of California, San Francisco

Alice Lu is a fourth-year medical student at UCSF with dedicated interests in gender based violence including improving the care of IPV survivors in emergency departments as well as supporting asylum seekers and detainees through medical-legal partnerships. Her educational background includes studying Global Health and Human Biology at UCSD, followed by a master's in law at Northwestern Law where she focused on human rights and the regulation of healthcare and technology. Drawing from her interdisciplinary interests, she plans to become an emergency medicine physician working with underserved patient populations while also advocating for their socio-legal needs. Alice is excited to be starting residency next year with HAEMR at Mass General Brigham.

Annette M. Dekker, MD, MS

University of California, Los Angeles

Annette Dekker MD, MS is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UCLA / Olive View. She completed her medical training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and her residency training at University of Chicago, where she served as chief resident. Most recently, she completed a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management as part of her research fellowship at UCLA. Her current research interests trauma-informed care, implementation of care for victims who have experienced trauma, and immigrant health and policy.

Sarah Russell, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Sarah Russell, MD is an emergency medicine resident at Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). She obtained her medical degree from MCW. During medical school, she was a member of the quality improvement and patient safety pathway during which time she completed a quality improvement project aimed towards improving patient understanding of discharge instructions. Currently she is a member of the Administration/Operations resident track. At present, she is working on a project regarding procedural consent within the emergency department.

Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH

UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Dr. Rebecca Barron is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate and an attending emergency physician at Baystate Health in Springfield, MA. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine, where she obtained her medical and master of public health degrees. She completed residency in Emergency Medicine and fellowship in Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical of Brown University. As a fellow, she also completed a Post-Master's Certificate in Evidence-Based Teaching in the Health Professions through Johns Hopkins University. She has extensive clinical, education, and research experience in acute sexual assault, including implementing an insitutional sexual assault response team, developing and revising institutional and statewide acute sexual assault protocols, developing and delivering educational content on this topic to medical students and residents, and conducting quantitative and qualitative research aimed at improving care for this patient population. More broadly, Dr. Barron is interested in women's health, public health, and medical education, serving as an Early Clinical Learning small group leader in UMass-Chan Medical school's PURCH track.

Joshua J. Baugh, MD, MPP, MHCM

Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

Joshua Baugh MD, MPP, MHCM is the Medical Director for Hospital Emergency Preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Director of Clinical Operations for the MGH Emergency Department, and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Baugh earned his MD at Harvard Medical School, his Masters in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and his Masters in Healthcare Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. After training in emergency medicine at UCLA, he completed dual fellowships in Emergency Medicine Administration and Disaster Medicine at MGH. He is board certified in emergency medicine and practices clinically in the MGH Emergency Department. 

Dr. Baugh also conducts research in the areas of emergency department operations, physician burnout, and emergency preparedness, and has lectured regionally and nationally on these topics

 

Kathleen S. Williams, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Dr. Kathleen Williams is an assistant professor and residency program director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She completed her residency training from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

She has served in a leadership role in the EM residency program since 2018. She has interest in GME curriculum development and design, character development in GME training, and use of novel methods for physician coaching and team based training in resuscitation leadership.

Melissa Platt, MD

University of Louisville

Melissa Platt, M.D. is a Professor in the University of Louisville Department of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. She has been a core faculty member for 19 years with areas of expertise including health law, heat illness, and women's health. She firmly believes in education and organized involvement to influence positive change in health care.

Hillary Moss, MD

Montefiore Medical Center

Dr Moss completed her medical school at Stony Brook University SOM. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Zucker NSLIJ Emergency Medicine Residency, and stayed on to complete her fellowship in Health Professions Education and Simulation. She currently works at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY where she serves as an Assistant Director of Simulation Education and served as the Director of PA/NP Education. She is starting a new role at Einstein College of Medicine as the Director of the Transition to Clerkship Course and Theme Leader for Procedural Skills and Physical Examination for all medical students. She is heavily involved in residency simulation, residency education, and resident research and her current work is on expanding the teaching of palliative care to EM Residents.

Nikki M. Binz, MD

University of North Carolina

Dr. Nikki Binz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri but has called North Carolina home for over 20 years. She graduated with Honors from UNC Chapel Hill with a double major in Biology and Spanish and continued her medical education at the UNC School of Medicine. She then completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at UNC Hospitals. For these reasons, she proclaims herself a “Triple Tar Heel.” She has served as faculty in the medical school since 2011. She works clinically in the Emergency Department and teaches in graduate and undergraduate medical education. Since 2015, she has served as the Residency Program Director for Emergency Medicine, which graduates 12 residents annually. Within the Department of Emergency Medicine, she is also the Associate Chair for Academic Affairs and the Co-Director of Faculty Development. She is active within the national Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine and the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine. She is trained as a Certified Professional Coach and coaches internally within her department. She has received awards from the UNC Academy Educators including the Educational Research Mentor Award and the Medical Student Advisor Award. She is currently recognized with a UNC Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship, a 4-year program to honor and support UNC School of Medicine mid-career faculty who have demonstrated a track record of sustained leadership in teaching medical students as well as educational innovation. In April 2023, she became UNC’s first Associate DIO with GME.

At home, she is married with 10yr old identical twin boys and 2 bonus kids. She enjoys being outdoors at the beach or in the mountains with her Vizsla pup named Tilli.

Jeff Hill, MD MEd

University of Cincinnati

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. I graduated residency training at the University of Cincinnati in 2012 and thereafter completed a 2 year Masters of Medical Education through the University of Cincinnati. I have been involved in residency leadership since the completion of my fellowship training with a particular focus on residency didactics, teaching residents to be teachers, and asynchronous/technology facilitated educational interventions. My scholarly work is focused in these content areas as well with original publications on the development and validation of a lecture assessment tool and using Slack to facilitate virtual small group discussions. In our Deparment I also serve as the chair of our Education Leadership Academy, the goal of which is to teach residents the management principles and skills necessary to be leaders in Emergency Medicine education.

Judy A. Linden, MD

Boston Medical Center

Judith Linden, MD, MED, Emergency Medicine, is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Executive Vice Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She has mentored hundreds of medical students, residents and junior faculty. She is passionate about increasing diversity in academic Emergency Medicine, and has published in the literature on disparities in leadership and promotion in Emergency Medicine. She was founder and creator of the AWAEM letter witers bureau.. She currently serves on the SAEM Equity and Inclusion Committee, the Membership Committee and the SAEM Scientific Assembly Porgramming Committee. She is active in AWAEM (Academy for Women in Emergency Medicine) Administrative Leadership Development and research committees.

Alina Tsyrulnik, MD

Yale University

Alina Tsyrulnik, MD attended Barnard College majoring in biology and minoring in psychology, graduating Suma Cum Laude. Thereafter, she pursued a medical degree at New York University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Yale University School of Medicine. She served as Chief Resident 2011-2012. Upon the completion of her residency, Dr. Tsyrulnik accepted a faculty position in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University School of medicine. In 2013 she became the Assistant Residency Director for the department, and in 2017 she became the Associate Residency Director. Dr. Tsyrulnik is primarily in charge of the Emergency Department’s PGY2 class, taking a central role in mentorship, remediation, and clinical as well as academic development of 19 residents per year. In 2022, Dr. Tsyrulnik became the MD Director for the Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ILCE) course for Yale School of Medicine. The course centers on developing clinical skills in an interprofessional setting of MD, PA, and MSN students. Her academic interests are in resident education and assessment.

Kathryn E. Redinger, MD

Western Michigan University School Of Medicine - Kalamazoo, MI

Dr. Kathryn Redinger is an accomplished emergency medicine physician and educator. She holds a medical degree with Honors in Bioethics and Professionalism from Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine and completed her residency at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, where she served as Chief Resident. She is a board-certified emergency practicing physician in Michigan. Dr. Redinger is actively involved in medical education, holding an Associate Professor position at Western Michigan University's Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, where she also serves as the Assistant Dean for Clinical Applications. Dr. Redinger is also a dedicated researcher with publications in the American Journal of Bioethics, Medical Education, the Journal of Emergency Medicine, and West J Emerg Med. Her commitment to healthcare extends to various leadership roles and community engagement activities. Dr. Redinger's passion for improving patient care and medical education continues to drive her contributions to the field.

Laura E. Walker, MD, MBA

Mayo Clinic

Dr. Walker has served as ED director, quality chair and regional hospital practice chair and is currently the Vice Chair of Digital Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She has an academic focus on health systems improvement and care delivery and is actively engaged in exploring, implementing and understanding the effects of virtual care, AI and maching learning into the clinical space. She believes women belong at all leadership tables and is a passionate about supporting their equitable advancement.

Alyssa Tyransky, MTDA

The Ohio State University

Alyssa Tyransky, MTDA is a data analyst with The Ohio State University and the Benchmarking Surveys and Data Analytics Manager for the Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine. Alyssa received her Bachelor's of Science in Biology from The Ohio State University in 2018 and her Masters in Translational Data Analytics from The Ohio State University in 2023.

Alyssa's time at The Ohio State Univesity has focused primarily on faculty productivity scorecards, operational data in the emergency department, and billing and coding. She has also been invovled with the residency program, undergraduate medical education, research, and APP recruitment. Through her time with the benchmarking surveys, the surveys have seen their highest participation among individual departments and institutions in the history of the surveys.

Peter Wyer, MD

Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Wyer is the founder and chair of the Section on Evidence Based Healthcare of The New York Academy of Medicine and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in NYS. He is a leading author and educator in the area of evidence-based health care. He was a member of the McMaster based Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group and a substantial contributor to the Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature series published by JAMA. He has originated and edited innovative educational series on EBM in leading journals including Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He is currently Associate Editor at the latter journal. He was a recipient of an award from the Stemmler Fund of the National Board of Medical Examiners to develop and validate assessment tools for the ACGME practice-based learning and improvement competency and has received support from AHRQ for programs based at the New York Academy of Medicine. He was founder and first Chair of the SAEM Evidence Based Healthcare and Implementation Interest Group.

Frank J. Jurkiewicz, MBA

University of Florida, College of Medicine - Gainesville

Frank Jurkiewicz, M.B.A serves as the Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs for the University of Florida Department of Emergency Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. In this role, he functions as the chief non-faculty executive (Chief Administrator, Emergency Services) in the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM).

Frank’s primary goal is to ensure that faculty have the resources and infrastructure necessary to optimize their productivity in each mission domain while maintaining a sustainable financial model. His focus is on continuous collaboration and the development and implementation of operations and infrastructure necessary to advance the clinical, education, and research missions.

Frank completed a Master of Business Administration at the Krannert School of Management – Purdue University and has assembled a leadership career in healthcare over the past 18 years, which includes both academic health center and private practice groups.

He has had the opportunity over the years and across several premiere academic and private medical centers and colleges to work with many bright, rising stars in academics and healthcare. Experience includes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Indiana University Health - Indiana University School of Medicine and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.

Ken Milne, MD

Western University

Dr. Milne is a staff physician at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. He has been doing medical research for 40 years publishing on a variety of topics. Dr. Milne has been working clinically for 29 years and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Emergency Medicine) and the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has taught evidence-based medicine, clinical epidemiology, critical appraisal and biostatistics at Western University in London, Ontario. Dr. Milne is passionate about skepticism and critical thinking. He is the creator of the knowledge translation project, The Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine (TheSGEM). Currently, Dr. Milne is doing his Executive MBA at the Ivey School of Business. Ken is married to Barb and has three amazing children.

Dr. Milne serves as a senior editor of Academic Emergency Medicine. He has no funding from the pharmaceutical or biomedical device industry. He is on faculty for the Center for Medical Education and EMRAP. Dr. Milne does partake in medical malpractice reviews and holds a patent on a pediatric resuscitation device.

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Chris Carpenter, MD, MSc, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair of Implementation & Innovation at Mayo Clinic. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine, Associate Editor of both Annals of Internal Medicine’s ACP Journal Club and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. He is former Chair of the EBHI Interest Group and co-authored the Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR) Network Standards for Reporting of Implementation Research (StaRI) reporting guidelines. He designed and led the Washington University in St. Louis Emergency Medicine Journal Club format and website and serves as faculty for multiple secondary peer-review resources. He was also faculty for the McMaster Evidence Based Clinical Practice Workshop and serves as Content Editor for the American Board of Emergency Medicine’s MyEMCert Key Advances.