SPOTLIGHT
ADVOCATING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH An Interview With Nehal Naik, MD, Resident Member, SAEM Board of Directors
SAEM PULSE | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2020
Nehal Naik (@NehalSN) is a third-year resident at the George Washington University in Washington DC. An immigrant to the United States and a Californian at heart, he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and received his MD from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Naik began his service to SAEM in 2017, serving on the inaugural board of SAEM RAMS (Resident and Medical Students) and creating a home for trainees as chair of the RAMS research committee. He continued as the RAMS president from 20192020 and currently serves as the immediate past president of RAMS. Through his leadership, Dr. Naik has led RAMS to become a preeminent organization for the advancement of the future of emergency medicine through the development of resident and medical students into academic leaders. In 2020 Nehal was elected as the resident member of the SAEM Board of Directors. He also served as the Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) Resident representative from 2019-2020 and has served on several SAEM committees, including the SAEM Virtual Presence, Program, and Membership committees. His academic interests include global emergency medicine development in prehospital systems, medical education, and innovative practice in emergency medicine.
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