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John Elliott Schneider, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia. MD Class of 2017
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis: Class of 2021
Fellowship: Medical Education, Virginia Commonwealth University: Class of 2023


My main interests are in exploring how techniques in mental rehearsal and imagery, deliberate practice, and spaced repetition can be integrated into curricula that addresses skill and knowledge decay. I think this applies for all learning, but I am particularly interested in studying this in high acuity, low occurrence procedures and events as well as novel skills. From a more broad outlook my goals are to be innovative and improve how we integrate and assess active learning strategies within formal and informal curricula.

Kerry McCabe, MD

Boston Medical Center

Dr. McCabe graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Boston Medical Center emergency medicine residency. She has spent her career in resident education, including serving as Residency Program Director at Boston Medical Center. She has served on multiple committees within CORD-EM and SAEM, and on hospital committees dedicated to education, diversity and inclusion, and faculty development.

Currently Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at BMC and the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Dr. McCabe's interests include developing a culture that serves the objectives of education, equity, and resilience for residents, faculty, and the broader community. Current projects include the United Network for the Study of Human Affect in Medical Education (UNSHAME) collaborative and hospital-wide microaggression response training. Dr. McCabe is a mother of three.

Spenser C. Lang, MD

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

I am currently an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. I trained at Northwestern University EM in Chicago, and joined the faculty at Cincinnati after graduation in 2018. I also serve as an APD and the Director of Simulation for our residency program. In this role, I have an interest in medical education through simulation, bedside teaching, and junior learner mentorship.

Moises Gallegos, MD, MPH

Stanford Emergency Medicine

Moises grew up in Southern California. He attended Harvard College where he studied Neurobiology and topics in Mind/Brain/Behavior. He earned his MD from Stanford School of Medicine and concurrently earned a Masters in Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his residency and was Chief Resident at Baylor College of Medicine while working at Ben Taub General Hospital. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Ben Taub and rejoined the Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine in 2019 as a Clinical Assistant Professor. He is the Clerkship Director for EMED301A, the required/core Emergency Medicine rotation. He is currently completing coursework to obtain his Master of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University School of Education.

Andrew Beck, MD, MS

Brown University

Andrew Beck, MD, MS is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. He trained in Emergency Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Beck has formal training in medical education, and completed a Fellowship in Global Medical Education with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Beck has seven years of experience in medical education, formally leading MedBoardTutors, LLC, a private medical education tutoring group assisting medical students around the world across the continuum of basic and clinical sciences, during which time he personally instructed over 100 medical students on a one-on-one basis. He frequently travels to Africa to teach Emergency Medicine, often in Kenya and Rwanda. He has taught many WHO Basic Emergency Care Courses in many countries. His main interests include clinical teaching, global medical education, and adult learning theory. He conducts research in global emergency medicine education, specifically on the teaching of resuscitation in the resource-limited emergency setting.

Adam Laytin, MD, MPH

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Adam Laytin, MD MPH is an assistant professor of an Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He earned his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed a Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of California Berkeley. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and his fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Laytin’s research addresses context-appropriate emergency, trauma and critical care in resource-limited settings, focusing on opportunities for quality improvement and capacity building. He is the chair of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine Critical Care Special Interest Group.

Nana Sefa, MD, MPH

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Dr. Sefa is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and critical care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He completed medical school at the University of Ghana Medical School and his masters in Public Health at the University of Michigan. He completed residency in emergency medicine at William Beaumont Hospital and fellowship in medical critical care at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Sarah K. Knack, MD

Hennepin Healthcare

I am currently an emergency physician and a second-year research fellow at Hennepin Healthcare. During my time in medical school at Duke University School of Medicine I used my scholarly year to participate in multiple research projects through the Hennepin Healthcare Department of Emergency Medicine building my research skills and interest. After residency, I decided to further advance my research knowledge by accepting a fellowship position and enrolling in a Masters of Clinical Research program at the University of Minnesota. My current research interests are acute trauma care, traumatic brain injury and management of sedation and analgesia in shock states. I have active research support through the University of Minnesota Translational Center for Resuscitative Trauma Care using national databases to explore my research interests. I also furthered my grant writing skills through the NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course in 2023. I plan to continue building my knowledge base and research skills with the goal of helping to improve emergency care. I am actively involved in the SAEM research committee for the mentorship, networking, and opportunities to advance my career in academic emergency medicine.

Khiem Hoang, MD, MPH

Emory University School of Medicine

Khiem Hoang, MD, MPH (they/them) is a second-year Emergency Medicine resident at Emory School of Medicine. They are the resident representative for the Department of Emergency Medicine LGBTQ+ Initiatives Subcommittee and member of Graduate Medical Education Pride Education and Advocacy Committee.

Melissa Edwards, DO

Virginia Commonwealth University

Melissa Edwards, DO. Ultrasound & Resuscitation Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.

Eliot H. Blum, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Eliot Blum is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory. He serves as the chair of the LGBTQ+ Subcommittee of ADIEM, the LGBTQIA+ Subcommittee Chair in his department’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is also the faculty advisor for the Emory GME Pride Committee. Eliot works extensively in the community and serves as the medical director for Atlanta Pride and the AIDS Vaccine 200 bicycle race. Additionally, Eliot works on the Transgender Task Force for Healthcare Reform through the Medical Associate of Georgia. He currently works at Grady Memorial Hospital and lectures nationally and within the school of medicine on LGBTQIA+ health, mentoring and allyship. In 2023, Eliot helped start a GME-wide mentoring program for LGBTQIA+ medical students and residents and was awarded "Faculty Mentor of the Year" by his department. Lastly, Eliot prides himself on being a professional listener of music, an amateur cyclist, rock climber and runner, lover of the outdoors and, most importantly, his wife and three children.

Michelle Feeney, MD

University of Michigan

Michelle Feeney is a 4th year resident at Michigan Medicine. She attended The Ohio State University College of Medicine and will be working with Team Health in New Jersey after graduation.

Lizzie M. Hovis, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Maxwell Hovis is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and residency training in General Adult Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Following residency she completed a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her academic interests include perinatal substance use as well as identifying and mitigating bias and stigma to improve whole person care of psychiatric patients.

Shannon A. Markus, MD MPH

University of Texas, Austin

Shannon Markus, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, where she recently served as Associate Medical Director. She received her Bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin before attending medical school at Perelman Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Master of Public Health degree at The University of Texas Health Science Center with a focus on leadership before moving to Nashville to complete a residency in Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Markus served as the inaugural Fellow in Health Policy and Equity, during which time she co-created a GME-wide Resident Interdisciplinary Elective in Health Equity and performed postdoctoral research in health disparities in the COVID pandemic. Her academic interests include policies that affect our most vulnerable populations, including reducing barriers to care, care for the uninsured and underinsured, protection of safety-net institutions, and studying how sociodemographic factors affect health outcomes. She is passionate about mentoring URM students and residents. Dr. Markus enjoys international travel, caring for her 100+ houseplants, camping, and cooking. She is married to Reid and has four fur-babies at home.

Samantha Chao, MD, HEC-C

University of Michigan

Samantha is a PGY-4 in Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan and one of the current chief residents. She completed medical school at the University of Michigan in 2020 and earned her undergraduate degree at Carleton College with a double major in English and Chemistry. She is an active member of the ACEP Ethics Committee and one of the few residents to sit on the committee. Her current academic and research interests include applying clinical ethics in the emergency department, improving health care for patients who are incarcerated, palliative care, clinical ultrasound, and DEI efforts related to reducing the use of stigmatizing language.

David Haidar, MD

University of Michigan

Graduated residency in 2021 from the University of Michigan and completed an ultrasound fellowship in 2022 at the University of Arizona. Currently faculty at the University of Michigan with interests in clinical ultrasound, ultrasound education, and feedback through simulation. Currently serves as the Director of Resident Ultrasound Education and AEMUS Fellowship Director.

Will Kropf, MD MHPE

University of Michigan

I'm a clinical assistant professor at University of Michigan, where I completed residency and fellowship. I just finished a combined fellowship in clinical ultrasound and medical education. I currently serve as assistant program director for our residency program. My research interests are in trainee assessment, curriculum development and evaluation, and various elements of POCUS, including instruction, skill assessment, and diagnostic, therapeutic, and resuscitative techniques.

Rose B. Diaz, MD

UCLA

Rose Diaz is a former IDHEAL fellow in Social Emergency Medicine and current faculty at UCLA. She started her professional life as a kindergarten teacher where she taught young children for over 10 years. Driven by a desire to help underserved communities, Rose eventually transitioned to medicine to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a physician with a goal of serving as a community health advocate for vulnerable populations. Rose attended medical school at UC Davis and completed her residency training at University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCLA, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Charles Drew University. Her research interests include reducing health disparities in the Emergency Department, improving the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in medicine, and strengthening ties between providers and their surrounding communities.

Natalie Strokes, DO, MS

UMass Chan-Baystate

Dr. Natalie Strokes is a current Health Equity Fellow and Instructor in Emergency Medicine at UMass Chan-Baystate in Western Massachusetts. She received her medical degree at A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona and is currently pursuing her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Massachusetts. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at UMass Chan-Baystate before becoming the inaugural Health Equity Fellow in the department at Baystate. She enjoys introducing the concept of health equity and how it can be incorporated into patient care through education of medical students and residents. Her interests include trauma informed care, harm reduction in substance use disorders, health equity dashboards, developing educational materials with an equity-focused lens and violence intervention. One of her many passions in medicine includes global health and she has been fortunate to participate in sustainable medical care around the world including southern India, Rwanda, Haiti and Tanzania. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians (MACEP) and is the chair of MACEP’s health equity committee.

Martin P. Wegman, MD, PhD

HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital

Martin Wegman, MD, PhD is a practicing emergency physician, population-health scientist, and research director at HCA FL Orange Park Hospital. He is also the inaugural Senior Research Fellow at the American College of Emergency Physicians where he provides strategic direction for the College's research portfolio, including the annual research conference, research training course and research networks. In these roles, he serves as principal investigator on multiple funded projects. 

He completed his MD-PhD training program at the University of Florida, with graduate work in epidemiology and healthcare policy. He then completed a post-graduate clinical research fellowship at Yale School of Medicine and his emergency medicine residency training at Yale and the University of North Carolina. He has been published in Lancet Global Health, JAMA, Health Affairs, and Medical Care, and funded by the NIH, FDA, Doris Duke Foundation, and the AMA - with awards totaling in excess of $1M. He has expertise in research methodology, including quasi-experimental design and experience in analyzing large healthcare datasets to inform healthcare practice and policy.