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Academic Announcements
Dr. Shayne Gue Appointed Director of Education at University of Central Florida
Shayne Gue, MD, was recently appointed director of education for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine/ HCA GME Consortium EM Residency Program of Greater Orlando. Dr. Gue is participating in the 2021 ACEP/CORD
Dr. Shayne Gue teaching fellowship and currently pursuing a Master's in medical education from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been recognized as the 2020 Faculty Member of the Year for the AdventHealth GME as well as the winner of the 2021 ACEP TF Microteaching Award.
Dr. David H. Jang Awarded an NIH High Priority, Short-Term Project
David H. Jang, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and medical toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, was recently awarded an NHLBI R56 for his project entitled, “The use of blood cells
Dr. David H. Jang as a biomarker in a porcine model of CO poisoning with evaluation of an engineered succinate-prodrug.” His project will specifically investigate the use of noninvasive optical measures of cerebral COHb and Complex IV redox states in a swine model of carbon monoxide poisoning as a surrogate measure of mitochondrial tissue function. This project is in collaboration with Drs. Todd Kilbaugh (CHOP), John Greenwood (Penn), Matthew Kelly (UAB), and Wesley Baker (Penn/CHOP).
Dr. David Brown Named President of Massachusetts General Hospital and Executive VP at Mass General Brigham
David F. M. Brown, MD, was named president of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and executive vice president at Mass General Brigham effective September 8. Dr. Brown currently serves as chair of the department of Dr. David F. M. Brown emergency medicine at MGH, interim president of Cooley Dickinson Health Care and the MGH Trustees Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has been recognized with multiple awards and currently also serves as the chair of the Executive Committee on Teaching and Education and as the academic head of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Mass General Brigham.
Alicia E. Genisca, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Brown Emergency Medicine, received an inaugural Brown Physicians Incorporated Minority Faculty Career Development Awards for her project,
Dr. Alicia E. Genisca “Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education.” This award supports junior faculty from underrepresented minorities in medicine who are committed to the pursuit of a career in academic medicine.
Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM, assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of diversity initiatives for Brown Emergency Medicine, was the recipient of an inaugural Brown Physicians Incorporated Minority Faculty Career
Dr. Taneisha Wilson Development Awards for her project, “Focused Assessment for Sickle Cell Crisis in a Triage Chair.” This award supports junior faculty from underrepresented minorities in medicine who are committed to the pursuit of a career in academic medicine.
