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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
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.
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 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.
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. Devjani Das Announced as the Clerkship Director and promoted to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University
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. 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
Dr. Ian B.K. Martin mission to improve health and advance health 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.
Dr. Sharon Chekijian Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Republic of Armenia for Emergency Systems and Curricular Development
Sharon Anoush Chekijian, MD, MPH, has received a J. William Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for her work in emergency systems and curricular development in the Republic of Armenia. Dr. Chekijian will base her work, conduct research and lecture at the School of Dr. Sharon Anoush Chekijian Public Health at the American University of Armenia (AUA), as part of a project to establish a postgraduate program in emergency medicine, to expand and develop emergency services, and to perform research capacity building in emergency services provision and evaluation. Dr. Chekijian is an assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at Yale Medicine. She is faculty member in the section of global health and international emergency medicine as well as in the section of administration.
Jill Zaheer Retires as System Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine for Administration and Finance at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jill Zaheer, MPH has retired as the system vice chair of emergency medicine for administration and finance at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, effective December 31, 2020. Ms. Zaheer is a senior executive leader with more than 30 years of outstanding financial
Jill Zaheer achievements in academic health center administration and was part of the administrative team who created the department of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 1994. She is one of the co-founding members of SAEM’s Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM).
Dr. Wallace A. Carter Appointed Full Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell
Wallace A. Carter, MD, has been appointed full professor of clinical emergency medicine at Weill Cornell. He is also vice chair of clinical and faculty affairs in the department of emergency medicine. He currently leads operational, patient experience and
Dr. Wallace A. Carter quality improvement initiatives within the department of emergency medicine; collaborates with ED nursing leadership, physicians and advanced practice providers to ensure the delivery of highquality emergency care; and oversees all faculty compliance for the department.
Uganda Graduates First EM Residents
Randall Ellis, MD, MPH, MBA, faculty of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), announced that in October 2020, MUST graduated five emergency medicine residents — the first emergency medicine residents for the entire country of Uganda. The five residency graduates will be mentored as faculty to lead the residency forward.
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