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Mark Mycyk, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine

Rush Medical College

Mark Mycyk, MD is currently a professor of emergency medicine (EM) at Rush Medical College, Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Health, and Vice Chair of the Cook County Health IRB. He completed his MD at the University of Illinois, residency at Boston City Hospital and Boston Medical Center, fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Cook County Hospital, and a degree in Clinical Bioethics at Northwestern University. He has been an editorial board member at Academic Emergency Medicine since 2003 and leads their Resident Editor program. His research focuses on publication ethics, use of novel antidotes for toxicological overdoses, and implementation of acupuncture as an opioid sparing analgesia strategy in the emergency department.

Jonathan Powell

EMS Researcher and Epidemiologist

ImageTrend

Jonathan Powell is an emergency medical services researcher and epidemiologist at ImageTrend. Prior to joining ImageTrend he worked as a rural paramedic, educational program director, and research fellow at the National Registry of EMTs. His areas of research include clinical care delivery, workforce dynamics, and research methodology.

Tama Thé, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

University of Kentucky

Tama Thé, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky. He is fellowship-trained in point-of-care ultrasound and serves as the pediatric emergency ultrasound director. He is a third-year clinical medicine course director, course director for the fourth-year emergency ultrasound elective, and host of The MDM, a podcast about the ways medicine is adapting to the modern world.

Melissa Matusek

Director, Communications and Publications

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Joel Moll, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Joel Moll is Professor and Vice Chair of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr Moll is also Interim Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and one of four longitudinal Career Advisors for the VCU School of Medicine. He previously served as Residency Program Director, Medical Education Fellowship Director, and Chair of the GME Executive Committee at VCU. Dr Moll was also Associate Residency Program Director at the University of Michigan, and Assistant Residency Director and Administration Fellowship Director at Emory University. Although always interested in education, Dr. Moll started his career in operations, and was medical director at Cleveland Clinic Florida and the University of Florida Gainesville prior to joining education leadership. He has published multiple peer reviewed articles and textbook chapters, presented often at national meetings, and has served in leadership roles on national committees. He is a member of the ACGME emergency medicine residency review committee, an ABEM oral board examiner, and a member of the 2022 EM Model of Clinical Practice task force. He is past recipient of the VCU Health Leadership in Medical Education Residency Director of the year, and the VCU School of Medicine Leonard Tow Humanism Awards. His interests include graduate medical education, curriculum development, LGBTQIA+ Health and Mentorship, and health equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Eusang Ahn, MD, MSc(MedEd), FRCPC, DRCPC

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa

Eusang is currently an assistant professor, attending physician and director of the medical education fellowship program with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa. As a clinician educator and former advertising account executive, he has a strong interest in culture and its role in communication and education. Prior to coming to Canada, he completed a separate residency in Emergency Medicine and was an independently practicing staff physician in Seoul, Korea. Eusang aims to draw on his previous experiences to specialize in cross-cultural dissemination of best practices in health professions education and clinical practice, with a particular focus on learning culture and environment.

Adelle Atkinson

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Martin Pusic, MD, PhD

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Felix Ankel, MD

Felix Ankel is an attending physician at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a former residency director, Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) designated institutional official (DIO), Council of emergency medicine Residency Directors (CORD) board member, and Society of Academic Emergency Medicine board member. He currently serves as a director for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is the recipient of the Council of EM Residency Directors Faculty Teaching Award, the ACGME Parker J Palmer Courage to Teach Award, and the International Medical Educator of the Year Award presented by the Royal College of Canada. He is a contributor to https://icenet.blog on the future of health professions education.

Sara Schulwolf

University of Connecticut

Sara Schulwolf is a MD/MPH student at UConn, currently applying into EM. She served on the RAMS board as a medical student representative and served as liaison to the Research Committee.

In addition to to her work with the research committee, she also served as ad-hoc representative to the Bylaws Committee and hosted webinars around changes to the residency application process such as program signaling and the proposed platform switch away from ERAS.

Daniel J. Artiga, MD

Dr. Daniel Artiga is a PGY-3 resident physician at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and was a Geffen Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. He currently serves as the SAEM RAMS Secretary-Treasurer, and he has contributed to the RAMS community as a board member since 2022. Dr. Artiga is a first-generation Latino and believes in the empowerment of those underrepresented in medicine. He serves as liaison to the SAEM Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Dr. Artiga’s academic interests include ultrasound, education, and DEI. He has led multiple initiatives within RAMS including the Ask-A-Chair educational podcast series, advocacy efforts regarding unionization, social media pushes to feature resident membership, and informational reviews for EM certification. His most recent efforts involve teaching ultrasound to Latin American EM programs.

Juliet Jacobson, MD

Dr. Juliet Jacobson is a PGY-3 at New York Presbyterian Cornell Columbia and an SAEM board member on the Resident and Medical Student board.

Before embarking on her medical career, Dr. Jacobson taught 6th-grade math and science in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. She has a passion for medical education and learner support. She helps lead her residency's recruitment board, volunteers at college outreach programs, and mentors students at her alma mater. Her passion for medical education drives her to create tools and resources that can support learners not only during medical school and residency but throughout their entire medical careers.

Daniel N. Jourdan, MD, NRP

Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit

Daniel N. Jourdan, MD, NRP, is a fourth-year resident in the combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Program at Henry Ford. He attained a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina and a Doctor of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, where he was also honored as a Gold Humanism Fellow. Prior to his medical schooling, Dr. Jourdan served four years as an enlisted special operations soldier, completing two tours in Afghanistan. Throughout his undergraduate and medical studies, he concurrently worked as a paramedic for various emergency medical services (EMS) agencies.

Dr. Jourdan currently holds the position of SAEM-RAMS Immediate Past President. He is in his fifth year of service to the RAMS Board. He has also worked on various SAEM Committee's including Education, Membership, Faculty Development, Program and RAMS Nominating. He also served as chair of the RAMS Nominating Committee. Dr. Jourdan's contributions to SAEM-RAMS have yielded numerous nationally published articles, podcasts, and educational materials available on SAEM.org, as well as presentations at the SAEM Annual Meeting. In addition to his commitment to SAEM-RAMS, Dr. Jourdan has been an integral part of various national task forces, including the SAEM Workforce Task Force, SAEM Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Task Force, and SAEM Onboarding Task Force.

Andrew Hall, MD, FRCPC, MMEd, DRCPSC

University of Ottawa & Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Adhitya Balaji, NREMT

Trustees of Indiana University

"Integration of Simulation Into Rapid Sequence Intubation Training for Advanced Life Support/Basic Life Support Paramedics"

Adhitya Balaji, NREMT is a second-year medical student at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington, where he earned a double major in molecular life sciences and neuroscience with a minor in economics. Adhitya is actively involved in advancing emergency medical services (EMS) through his role in quality assurance and education for Indiana University Health LifeLine, a comprehensive regional EMS provider, while also working clinically as an emergency medical technician (EMT) on a 9-1-1 ambulance. His research interests focus on EMS, simulation, quality improvement, and medical education. Adhitya also serves as the director of Midwest Christian Outreach for The Journal of Collegiate Emergency Medical Services and as graduate advisor for Indiana University Collegiate Emergency Medical Services (IC-EMS), the collegiate EMS agency at IU Bloomington. He plans to pursue a career in emergency medicine with a special interest in prehospital medicine. 

Jude Luke

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

"ACED (A1C Check in ED): An Emergency Department Diabetes Screening and Linkage to Care Program"

Jude Luke is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of the Connections Dual Admissions Program with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Inspired by his experience volunteering in the emergency department (ED) of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in Manhattan, where he learned about ED diabetes screening efforts, Jude, at the age of 19, began designing a program tailored to the unique needs of Cincinnati’s community. With support from the SAEMF/RAMS Resident Research Grant, he is piloting a comprehensive ED-based A1C diabetes screening program to assess its feasibility and potential to connect affected patients to primary care. Jude is an active emergency medicine (EM) researcher, contributing to projects on chest pain stratification, mild traumatic brain injury management, and ED quality improvement, resulting in multiple publications and presentations at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting and other national EM conferences. Within the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine, Jude serves as the senior student research advisor for the Medical Student Scholars Program and as a medical student member in the Division of Social Emergency Medicine. He is passionate about a career in emergency medicine and aspires to advance health equity and improve patient care through innovative systems-based solutions. 

Carter Gottschalk

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

"Effects of Cardiac Monitoring in Perceived Stress of Unexplained Syncope Patients"

Carter Gottschalk is a third-year medical student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, focusing on community outreach and patient-centered outcomes. He conducted computational drug discovery projects while earning a Bachelor of Science degree at Virginia Tech and worked as a clinical research coordinator at the University of Virginia, focusing on stroke and hemorrhage studies. His current work in the emergency department involves measuring perceived stress, adherence, follow-up times, and patient experience associated with cardiac monitoring devices for unexplained syncopal events. Through the Resident and Medical Student Grant and The David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP Scholarship, he aims to characterize patient perspectives on unexplained syncope, a condition challenging to risk-stratify and associated with diagnostic uncertainty. This grant supports his qualitative and quantitative data collection efforts, helping to fortify his skills as a young investigator. 

Katarina Ho

Brown University

"Use of Intubation Kits With Checklists to Reduce Intubation Risks in Rwanda"

Katarina Ho is a medical student at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Katarina previously worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she contributed to studies in subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury. Her research now focuses on improving outcomes in emergency medicine, specifically through the implementation of endotracheal intubation kits and checklists in resource-limited settings. She currently leads a project in collaboration with the University Teaching Hospital - Kigali (CHUK) and the University of Rwanda to bridge gaps in global health by enhancing emergency care practices in low-resource environments. Katarina is a recipient of the Ali and Danielle Raja RAMS Medical Student Research Grant from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEMF). 

Carlisle Topping

Yale University

"What You See Is What You Learn: National Variation in Emergency Medicine Residency Environments"

Marianne Lopez, MD

Memorial Healthcare System

"Mapping Clinical Skill Experience Curves of High Acuity Low Occurrence Procedures: Mastery or Decay"