SAEM STAFF Chief Executive Officer Megan N. Schagrin, MBA, CAE, CFRE Ext. 212, mschagrin@saem.org
Manager, Business Development John Landry, MBA Ext. 204, jlandry@saem.org
Director, Finance & Operations Doug Ray, MSA Ext. 208, dray@saem.org Manager, Accounting Hugo Paz Ext. 216, hpaz@saem.org Manager, IT Dan San Buenaventura Ext. 225, DSanBuenaventura@saem.org Specialist, IT Support Simeon Dyankov Ext. 217, sdyankov@saem.org
Director, Membership & Meetings Holly Byrd-Duncan, MBA Ext. 210, hbyrdduncan@saem.org Sr. Manager, Membership George Greaves Ext. 211, ggreaves@saem.org Education Manager Andrea Ray Ext. 214, aray@saem.org Specialist, Membership Recruitment Berenice Lagrimas Ext. 222, blagrimas@saem.org Planner, Meetings Margaret Rivera Ext. 218, mrivera@saem.org Senior Membership & Meetings Coordinator Monica Bell, CMP Ext. 202, mbell@saem.org
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President’s Comments Stop the Stigma EM: A Call to Action and Commitment to Change
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Sex & Gender in EM Sex and Gender Differences in COVID-19
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Spotlight A Champion for Physician Well-Being and Gender Equity – An Interview with Michelle D. Lall, MD, MHS
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Social EM Hoops for Health: EM Residents Respond to Public Recreation Closures During COVID
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Clerkship Corner How COVID Changed Our Medical Education
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Virtual Realities Success at Every Level: How to Ace Virtual Recruitment Season
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Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces: Medical Education and Networking Through a Pandemic
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Wellness A Picture of a Smiling Face: Humanizing Front Line Workers During the Pandemic
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Searching for Healing and Understanding in a Time of Anti-Asian Violence
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Addressing the COVID-19 INFODEMIC
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SAEM’s Medical Student Ambassador Program: A One-of-a-Kind Opportunity
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Critical Care Medical Right to Repair: A Primer for Emergency Physicians
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The Cutting Edge Don’t Hesitate, Innovate! A MacGyver Solution to a Common Problem
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trans Patients, Trans Selves
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EM Education “Resident, Know Thyself:” The Challenge of Assessing Self-awareness and Well-being in Milestone 2.0
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Climate Change: A Guide for Optimizing the Learning Environment
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Teaching and Learning on the Job: Maximize Your Efficiency Using Learning Theories
Associate Editor, Pulse RAMS Section Aaron R. Kuzel, DO, MBA aaron.kuzel@louisville.edu
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Geriatric EM Transformation of the Digital Health Care Landscape — Older Adults Included
2021–2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Global EM 10 Years Later: The Effect of Egypt’s Revolution on Emergency Response Systems
Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD President Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Wendy C. Coates, MD Secretary Treasurer Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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The Formation of the First Student-Led EM Interest Group in Uganda
Angela M. Mills, MD President Elect Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
James F. Holmes, Jr., MD, MPH Immediate Past President University of California Davis Health System
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Health Policy Highlight The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
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EM Research 5 Questions Research-Bound EM Medical Students Should Ask Attendings: An Interview With Dr. James Paxton
Director, Governance Snizhana Kurylyuk Ext. 201, skurylyuk@saem.org Manager, Governance Michelle Aguirre, MPA Ext. 205, maguirre@saem.org Director, Publications and Communications Stacey Roseen Ext. 207, sroseen@saem.org Manager, Journals and Communications Tami Craig Ext. 219, tcraig@saem.org Director, Foundation and Business Development Melissa McMillian, CNP Ext. 203, mmcmillian@saem.org Senior Manager, Development for the SAEM Foundation Julie Wolfe Ext. 230, jwolfe@saem.org
AEM Editor in Chief Jeffrey Kline, MD AEMEditor@saem.org AEM E&T Editor in Chief Susan Promes, MD AEMETeditor@saem.org AEM/AEM E&T Manager Tami Craig Ext. 219, tcraig@saem.org AEM/AEM E&T Peer Review Coordinator Taylor Bowen tbowen@saem.org
Pooja Agrawal, MD, MPH Yale University School of Medicine
Ava Pierce, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Ali S. Raja, MD Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard
Jamie Jasti, MD, MS Medical College of Wisconsin Michelle D. Lall, MD Emory University
Jody A. Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW Stanford Medicine
Article titles appearing in red font in the table of contents have been identified as potentially being of particular interest to emergency medicine residents and medical students.
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SAEMF Grantees Make a Difference in the Understanding of COVID-19
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Your Gift to SAEMF Has Tangible Impact
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SAEMF Announces Challenge Winners
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Briefs and Bullet Points
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Academic Announcements
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