Hello Everyone!
AAEM/RSA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Lauren Lamparter, MD
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hank you so much for coming to the AAEM/RSA President’s corner of Common Sense. I am very grateful to have been involved with AAEM/RSA for the past four years, and it is my honor to be serving you as the current AAEM/ RSA President for 2021-2022. I know there are many concerns about the future of our specialty given the new light that has been shed on workforce data, reiterating the disheartening statistics AAEM has been cautioning against for years. As a new resident and the new President of AAEM/RSA, I want you to know, I hear your concerns. I have spent most of my adult life working toward becoming an emergency physician, and as a new member of the field, I am committed to protecting our patients and our role as EM physicians. It is my goal to help educate you about the issues we are facing and what you can do to help protect our specialty. I am working with this year’s AAEM/RSA Board of Directors to improve our website to make our quality resources more accessible to you and also to create new resources for advocacy, education, and wellness. We want to be your source for advocacy and understanding of key issues. It is my hope that we can also promote resident and medical student wellness as we work together to preserve our beloved specialty. Emergency medicine has always been a team initiative, and now more than ever we need to come together, as physicians, to advocate for job preservation, resident and student wellness, and, most importantly, patient protection. I have a great team to lead you with this year, so I’d like to introduce them to you. Returning to the AAEM/RSA Board of Directors as our Vice President and liaison to the Representative Council is Dr. Ryan DesCamp, a resident at the University of Chicago. Our Treasurer and liaison to the Publications and Social Media Committee is Dr. Corey McNeilly, resident at the University of Tennessee Nashville. Returning to the board after two years of Presidency as the Immediate Past President, Dr. Haig Aintablian, resident at UCLA-Olive View, will be the liaison to YPS and the Workforce Committee. Other returning board members include Dr. Anika Turkiewicz, resident at Temple University and the liaison to Membership and Awards Committee, and Dr. Jordan Vaughn, resident at Louisiana State University-New Orleans and liaison to the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Alexandra Reed, resident at Jefferson Northeast, is our International Committee liaison. Dr. Loren Touma, resident at Jefferson Northeast, is our Education Committee liaison. Dr. Megan Daniels, resident at Temple University, is our Advocacy Committee liaison. Lastly, our Medical Student Council Chair and liaison to AEROS, Ms. Ashley Iannatone, will continue to advocate for the EM bound medical students. If you have any questions or concerns or are interested in learning more from AAEM/RSA, please let us know and we would be more than happy to help. Looking forward to a great year! Sincerely,
“AS A NEW RESIDENT AND THE NEW PRESIDENT OF AAEM/RSA, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS ”
“EMERGENCY MEDICINE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TEAM INITIATIVE, AND NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.”
Lauren Lamparter, MD AAEM/RSA President 2021-2022
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