ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Elie Makes History as First Black Woman to be Named a Permanent Chair of an EM Department at a Major U.S. Medical School
Dr. Devjani Das Announced as the Clerkship Director and promoted to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University
Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, has been named chair of the department of emergency medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. She is the first Black woman to be named a full professor and permanent chair of an academic emergency medicine department Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie at a major U.S. medical school. Dr. Elie is currently an associate professor in the division of critical care, department of emergency medicine and the division of palliative care, department of medicine at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. She will officially assume the role of chair on June 1, 2021.
Devjani Das, MD, was promoted to associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Das is currently the director of undergraduate point-of-care ultrasound education. She was announced as the director of a new emergency medicine Dr. Devjani Das clerkship at Columbia University. She is the current president of SAEM’s Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM).
Dr. Nikhil Goyal Appointed to BOD for the National Resident Matching Program
Dr. Tiffany Murano Announced as the Vice Chair of Education for Columbia University Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Tiffany Murano
Tiffany Murano, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will be vice chair of education for Columbia University department of emergency medicine effective February 1, 2021. Dr. Murano is the president-elect of the Council of Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD).
Dr. Liliya Abrukin Announced as the Director of Quality and Patient Safety for Columbia University Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Liliya Abrukin
Liliya Abrukin, MD, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has been announced as the director of quality and patient safety for Columbia University department of emergency medicine effective January 1, 2021.
Dr. Nicholas Gavin Promoted to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University
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Nicholas Gavin, MD, MBA, MS, was promoted to associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Gavin is the vice chair of operations of the department of emergency medicine at Columbia University.
Dr. Nikhil Goyal
Nikhil Goyal, MD has been appointed to the board of directors for the National Resident Matching Program for a four-year term starting in July 2021. Dr. Goyal is director of medical education/DIO (Wyandotte) and senior staff physician in the departments of emergency medicine and internal medicine at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Ian Martin Appointed to the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health Ian B.K. Martin, MD, MBA has been appointed by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) to its public oversight body, the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health (Consortium). The Consortium provides oversight to AHW’s mission to improve health and advance health Dr. Ian B.K. Martin equity by supporting innovative and impactful work statewide. Dr. Martin is system chair of the department of emergency medicine and professor with tenure of emergency medicine and medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) School of Medicine. He is also emergency physician-inchief at the Froedtert and MCW Health Network. Dr. Martin is the immediate past-president of SAEM.
Dr. Taher Vohra Appointed Vice Chair of Education at Henry Ford Health System Taher Vohra, MD, has been appointed vice chair of education in the department of emergency medicine at the Henry Ford Health System. In his new role, he will oversee the educational mission of the department inclusive of all medical student, resident, and fellowship training programs. He will also Dr. Taher Vohra continue to serve as program director for the emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital.
