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Thomas Yang, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Thomas Yang, MD, MEdHP, MS, is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and the medical director for Froedtert Hospital Simulation Center. Besides, he currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he is a co-director of simulation focusing on scholarship and research. He is also an assistant program director for the Emergency Medicine residency. He went to Chicago Medical School, graduated in 2016, and completed Emergency Medicine Residency at Aventura Hospital, where he graduated as the Academic Chief. From then, he went to Yale School of Medicine, conducted the Medical Simulation Fellowship, led in-situ simulation for neonatal resuscitation, and taught medical students to use medical simulation. His passion is education and research is finding the association between healthcare professionals' well-being or mental health in team dynamics during resuscitation and the patient outcome.

Morgan Wilbanks

Elizabeth Sepper, JD

Atsuko Koyama, MD, MPH

Lauren Paulk, JD

Sally Mahmoud-Werthmann, MD

Ashley P. Stevenson, MA

Mengchen Cao, MD

Sandy L. Werner, MD

Paul Logan Weygandt, MD, MPH

Michael S. Hrdy, MD

Aga De Castro, MD, MPH, FACEP

Hartford Hospital / University of Connecticut

Dr. Aga De Castro is an Emergency Medicine Physician at Hartford Hospital - a University of Connecticut School of Medicine Level 1 Trauma Center affiliate. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Connecticut. He finished his Medical Simulation Fellowship at Hartford Hospital. He subsequently stayed on as faculty at Hartford Hospital where he is now the Assistant Fellowship Director of the Medical Simulation Fellowship Program. He also holds an academic appointment as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Alexander Janke, MD, MHS

Andrew L. Chu, MD, MPH, MBA

Stanford University

Dr. Chu is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. He has co-led multi-disciplinary teams in designing, developing, and launching award winning digital solutions that help physicians manage life threatening emergencies at the point-of-care. His current academic interests include evaluating and executing promising academic-industry partnerships, conducting AI and LLM research, and integrating innovation principles and design thinking into the residency curriculum. As a first-generation college student who grew up in a low-income immigrant family, Dr. Chu is also passionate about diversity in medicine and increasing opportunities for disadvantaged communities. Dr. Chu earned an MD from Boston University. He completed his applied research fellowship training in healthcare innovation and residency in emergency medicine at Harvard (MGH/BWH). He is currently a Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellow for 2023-2024.

Nicole L. Nadeau, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Nicole is a specialized Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending in the pediatric emergency department of MassGeneral for Children. She grew up in the Northeast and attended College of the Holy Cross where she earned a BA in Spanish with a pre-medical concentration. She spent a year of college studying in Spain, where she learned to speak Spanish. She attended Holy Cross on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and, after graduation, was active duty at Edwards Air Force Base in California where she helped to lead disaster preparedness for the base. Nicole left the Air Force to pursue medicine and returned home to attend the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She then completed her residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, where she also served as chief resident. She went on to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. In fellowship Nicole became deeply interested in quality improvement and patient safety. She now has joined MassGeneral for Children as full-time faculty, where she continues to focus on quality improvement, working collaboratively with both the Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine departments. Her clinical interests include diagnostic challenges in the emergency room and development/utilization of clinical pathways to decrease unnecessary variation in the care of pediatric patients, decreasing resource utilization while improving outcomes.

Christopher Conn

Wijaya A. Kumar, MD, MPH

Kelly Quinley, MD

Alison Haddock, MD

Michelle I. Suh, MD