People

Logan Wolford

Jonathan Chan

Faculty Sutter Roseville Medical Center

Molly Hallweaver

Jonathan Chan

Faculty, Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Residency Program

Jonathan Chan

Faculty, Sutter Roseville Hospital

Brandon S. Friedman, MD

Resident Representative

Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center

Melanie F. Molina, MD, MAS

Development Officer

University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Melanie Molina is an Assistant Professor of emergency medicine (EM) and Affiliate Faculty of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to her faculty position, Dr. Molina completed a postdoctoral fellowship through the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCSF and a Masters in Advanced Studies through UCSF’s Training in Clinical Research program. During that time, she investigated and published work elucidating COVID-19-related health disparities and ways to leverage technology to integrate social needs screening/linkage to resources into clinical care. Dr. Molina’s own experiences overcoming childhood adversity sparked her desire to work toward reducing health disparities and continue to drive her advocacy work.

Eliot H. Blum, MD

Member-at-Large

Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Eliot Blum is an Assistant Professor of emergency medicine (EM) 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. Dr. Blum works extensively in the community and serves as the medical director for Atlanta Pride and the AIDS Vaccine 200 bicycle race. Additionally, he 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, Dr. Blum helped start a GME-wide mentoring program for LGBTQIA+ medical students and residents and was awarded "Faculty Mentor of the Year" by his department.

Cassandra Kim Bradby, MD

Immediate Past President

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Dr. Cassandra Bradby is an emergency medicine (EM) physician and Assistant Professor at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. As a graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, she has dedicated her career to improving diversity and inclusion in medicine through mentoring and education. After finishing up as the Education Chief Resident at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Bradby headed back to Greenville, NC, where she now serves as the Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vidant Medical Center.

Ryan E. Tsuchida

Secretary-Treasurer

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Ryan Tsuchida is an Assistant Professor of emergency medicine (EM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs for Health Professions Learners at UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Tsuchida has a long-standing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. While attending medical school at the University of Michigan, he founded the Transgender M4 elective and created a student-run faculty development seminar on LGBTQ+ Health. While in residency, he organized and participated in several institutional and departmental programs including acting as lead house officer liaison for a multi-site ACGME collaborative on health care disparities and quality improvement. Within the department, he has participated in the residency’s holistic review process for residency applications, been a member of the program director search committee, and published a commentary on the RAND blog on the importance of health system workforce diversity. Now as faculty, Dr. Tsuchida chairs the department's EDI committee and is involved in institutional URiM mentorship programs. Through his various committee works, he has presented didactics at the SAEM 2021-24 annual meetings on resident-driven recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority medical students and has been an unconscious bias workshop facilitator for SAEM committee and academy chairs. His work has been recognized by the University of Michigan Medical School’s award for Excellence in Institutional Change To Promote Health Equity, SAEM’s ADIEM Future Outstanding Academician Award, and the University of Wisconsin Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service.

Tania Ahluwalia

Tania Ahluwalia

William Bruno

William Bruno

William Bruno

William Bruno

Michelle Feltes, MD

Immediate Past Chair

Stanford University Hospital

Michelle Feltes is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Hospital and is a Co-Director for the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship. While in her fellowship with Stanford Emergency Medicine International, she focused on the design and implementation of an emergency medicine diploma course for physicians in Myanmar. During her fellowship, she also pursued a Master of Academic Medicine degree from the University of Southern California.  

Wei David Hao

Benjamin Lindquist

Prakriti Gill, MD DTM&H