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Academic Announcements
Dr. Tania Strout Promoted to Professor of EM at Tufts University School of Medicine
Tania D. Strout, PhD, RN, MS, was recently promoted to professor of emergency medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Strout is the director of research in the department of emergency medicine at Maine Medical Center. She
Dr. Tania D. Strout has been highly engaged with research, education, and quality improvement activities, serving on many departmental, institutional, medical school and national committees. In addition to her administrative and educational responsibilities, Dr. Strout’s scholarship has focused on areas such as expanding access to medications to treat opioid use disorder in the emergency department, uncertainty tolerance in medicine, professional burnout and health care workforce issues, diversity in academic medicine, integrating palliative medicine in the emergency setting, triage systems, and youth bullying.
Dr. Michael Pulia Awarded $2.4 Million Grant to Study Impact of COVID-19 on Antibiotic Prescribing and Bacterial Resistance
Michael Pulia, MD, MS, assistant professor and director of the emergency care for infectious diseases research program in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded a $2.4 million R01 grant from
Dr. Michael Pulia the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to examine the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic prescribing and bacterial resistance patterns in the acute care setting and develop an implementation toolkit highlighting strategies to enhance antibiotic stewardship resiliency during operational upheaval.
Dr. Pappal Recipient of 2022 ACEP/EMRA National Outstanding Medical Student Award
Ryan Pappal, a fourth-year student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been selected to receive a 2022 ACEP/EMRA National Outstanding Medical Student Award. The award recognizes fourth year emergency
Ryan Pappal medicine-bound medical students who excel in humanism/professionalism, leadership/service to medical organizations, community service, research, and academic excellence. Ryan is the 2021-2022 medical student representative on the SAEM RAMS (Resident and Medical Student) Board.
Dr. Samuel Francis Receives Duke Strong Start Award
Samuel Francis, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been awarded the Duke Strong Start award. This threeyear career development award identifies promising laboratory-based physician scientists and provides mentorship and
Dr. Samuel Francis training to facilitate their transition to research independence. A prior recipient of the SAEM Research Training Grant, Dr. Francis will investigate the mechanisms underlying platelet marker heterogeneity in both healthy donor and disease states under the tutelage of Gowthami Arepally, MD, professor of medicine and pathology in the Duke Division of Hematology.
Sree Natesan, MD, was promoted to associate professor at Duke University. She serves as associate program director, faculty within Duke School of Medicine, and cofounded the Duke GME Medical Education Leadership Track, a longitudinal
Dr. Sree Natesan multispecialty resident/fellow as teachers program. Dr. Natesan is dedicated to advancing justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (JEDI). She cofounded the Duke Emergency Medicine JEDI committee, leads monthly community outreach, and works on institutional and national committees for the advancement of diversity and education.
Dr. Christy Hopkins Named Interim Chair of New EM Academic Department at University of Utah
Christy Hopkins, MD, MPH, MBA, an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine, has been appointed interim chair of new emergency medicine academic department at the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of
Dr. Christy Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Hopkins joined University of Utah faculty in 2002 and was appointed medical director for clinical services in 2004. Since that time, she has also assumed the role of chief value officer and medical director of integrated emergency services. Dr. Hopkins is known for her collaborative leadership, administrative expertise, and commitment to education, service, diversity, and research. She is a current member of the 2022 SAEM/ Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine Chair Development Program (AACEM CDP).
Dr. Hassan Mohamed Appointed Assistant Director of Quality and Patient Safety for the Columbia Department of EM
Hassan Mohamed, MD, has been appointed assistant director of quality and patient safety for the Columbia University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mohamed has been an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Columbia since Dr. Hassan Mohamed 2019, leading the morbidity and mortality sessions for the emergency medicine residency conference and working on multiple quality initiatives and operational improvement processes for the emergency department sites.
Dr. Joan Bregstein Promoted to Professor at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Joan Bregstein, MD, has been promoted to the rank of professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Bregstein has been pediatric emergency medicine faculty at Columbia University for over 27 years, serves on numerous
Dr. Joan Bregstein committees, and teaches and mentors learners at all levels. As chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Dr. Bregstein has mentored many faculty to promotions. She has been active in community and public health initiatives including an annual health fair for neighboring public school children, voter registration, and COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Emergency Medicine Achieves Department Status at University of Utah School of Medicine
Emergency medicine is the newest department at the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. Previously a division within the Department of Surgery, the Department of Emergency Medicine becomes the 23rd department in the school. To transition from division to department status, Emergency Medicine successfully achieved specific requirements in education, research, and clinical care, and received formal approvals from the University of Utah School of Medicine Executive Committee, the academic senate, and the university’s board of trustees.
Helen Ouyang, MD, MPH, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Ouyang’s academic focus has been in narrative medicine, medical journalism, and global health, publishing
Dr. Helen Ouyang numerous publications in high profile print media. Her New York Times article, The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V., supported by a grant from The Pulitzer Center, was selected for The Best American Science and Nature Writing and was a National Magazine Award Finalist.
Rishi Goyal, MD, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University. With a PhD in English and Comparative Literature, his academic focus is in narrative medicine,
Dr. Rishi Goyal holding appointments in EM and at the undergraduate campus as the Founding Director of the Medical Humanities undergraduate major in the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society in the Columbia College of Arts and Sciences.
SAEM's Melissa McMillian Earns Certified Association Executive Credential
Melissa McMillian, CAE, CNP, SAEM Sr. Director of Foundation and Business Development, on achieving her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation. The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry.
Melissa McMillian Less than five percent of all association professionals have achieved this mark of excellence. The CAE is awarded by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). All those with the CAE designation have fulfilled prescribed standards (including education, professional development, and years in association leadership positions), passed a rigorous examination on all association management domains, pledged to uphold the ASAE's Standards of Conduct, and are committed to ongoing professional development in the practice of association management.
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