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Heatherlee Bailey, MD FAAEM FCCM
Dr. Bailey is an Emergency Medicine Intensivist, Dr. Bailey completed her Emergency Medicine Residency and a Faculty Fellowship in Critical Care at the Medical College of PA in Philadelphia. Her career is rooted in education, trainee development and mentorship. -
Mehruba Anwar Parris, MD FAAEM
Dr. Mehruba Anwar Parris is the Assistant Editor of Common Sense. She is currently the Associate Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Jackson South Medical Center in Miami, Florida. She completed medical school at Stony Brook University and her emergency medicine residency in 2014 at the New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She has also […] -
Leah Colucci, MD MS
Leah Colucci is a current PGY1 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She has been a part of AAEM/RSA since her first AAEM Scientific Assembly when she was an MS1 at the University of Miami. She served as the Vice Chair of the AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council, then the Membership and Awards Chair prior to running […] -
William T. Durkin, Jr., MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM
Dr. Durkin is a graduate of Georgetown University with a major in biology and a minor in theology. He is also a graduate of the medical school at Georgetown University. After completing a surgical internship at Georgetown University Medical Center, he returned to his native New England and did a residency at New England Deaconess […] -
Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM
Dr. Lisa A. Moreno is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research and Director of Diversity for the Section of Emergency Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans. She serves as Director of the Latino Scholars Program for the School of Medicine and Regional Faculty Advisor for the Southwestern Region of the Latino […] -
L.E. Gomez, MD MBA MPH FAAEM
L.E. Gomez, MD MBA MPH FAAEM, is our current Secretary-Treasurer and board liaison to our Ethics Committee and Social EM and Population Health. His clinical practice in emergency medicine is at the University of Maryland and in West Virginia for WVU Health. He has held various faculty positions including associate professor for Howard University College […] -
Keith Edwin Leap II, MD FAAEM
Dr. Keith Leap is the editor of Common Sense. Dr. Leap once saw an article about someone working as a ‘physician advocate.’ He commented to an emergency physician friend that he would like to have such a job. The friend responded, ‘I think that based on your writing, you’ve already been doing it.’ Dr. Leap has been an advocate for […] -
Stephen Hayden, MD FAAEM
Dr. Stephen Hayden graduated from the accelerated six-year biomedical program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College and was elected to the alpha omega alpha honor medical society. He did a General Surgery internship at the San Diego Naval Hospital, which was followed by a tour of duty as senior flight surgeon for the […] -
Mary Unanyan, DO
Dr. Unanyan is a dedicated and accomplished physician with a strong background in public health and emergency medicine. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, earning a degree in Public Health. She continued her medical education at Western University of Health Sciences, where she demonstrated her commitment to medical advocacy and leadership […] -
Haig Aintablian, MD FAAEM
Dr. Aintablian is an emergency physician and flight surgeon, as well as a co-founder and director of the UCLA Space Medicine Program, which houses the first emergency medicine-based space medicine fellowship in the U.S. He started college at 15 years old and completed a master’s degree in molecular genetics and biochemistry at 21 years old […] -
Kraftin Schreyer, MD MBA FAAEM
Dr. Kraftin E. Schreyer is an attending physician and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine. She holds a Certification in Medical Quality and a Master’s in Business […] -
Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM
Kevin C Reed, MD, FAAEM, is an attending physician working in the Emergency Department at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. He is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital & MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and medical degree from the University […] -
Bruce Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM
Dr. Bruce Lo, MD MBA FAAEM, is currently a partner with Emergency Physicians of Tidewater (EPT), a local, democratic group servicing southeast Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He then earned his Master of Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst […] -
Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM
Robert P. Lam, MD, FAAEM, is a senior partner at Emergency Physician Specialists, a democratic, independent group based in Colorado Springs. As the Director of Physician Wellness for UCHealth in the Southern Region, Dr. Lam spearheads the development and execution of comprehensive wellness programs. His innovative approach includes an individual resilience curriculum, peer support, and […] -
Fred E. Kency, Jr., MD FAAEM
Fred Earl Kency Jr, MD, FAAEM is a board-certified emergency physician and a native of Jackson, Mississippi who is passionate about men’s health. He received his Bachelors of Science in Biology from Alcorn State University and his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Kency proudly […] -
Frank L. Christopher, MD FAAEM
Colonel (Ret.) Frank L. Christopher, MD FAAEM practices community emergency medicine (EM) in rural North Carolina. He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1995 and subsequently completed a transitional internship and a PGY 2-4 EM Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center. Over a 20+ year Army career, he progressed through a succession of […] -
Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM
Dr. Bontempo is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University in 1994 and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She spent 5 years at Harvard University as the Associate Emergency Medicine Program Director and then was […] -
Kimberly M. Brown, MD MPH FAAEM
Kimberly M. Brown, MD, MPH, FAAEM is emergency physician serving the greater Memphis area. She graduated from Fisk University, then matriculated to the University of Florida, where she received her Master of Public Health degree in Management and Policy, Dr. Brown attended Ross University School of Medicine and completed residency at the University of Tennessee […] -
Heidi Best, MD FAAEM
Dr. Best is the President of the independent, democratic group Emergency Physicians of Tidewater (EPT) in Virginia. She has served in multiple roles within EPT including facility medical director and board member before being elected President in 2018. She has transformed the 50+ year-old partnership that provides services at 7 facilities with over 100 physicians. […] -
Tom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEM
Tom Scaletta, MD, has degrees from Loyola University in mathematics and computer science. Before entering medical school at the University of Illinois, he was a programmer for an actuarial firm. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Northwestern University. Tom is board certified in both emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Tom held academic leadership […] -
Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM
After working in academics for a decade, Dr. Jones now practices community emergency medicine in Jackson, MS. He previously served as Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. He is the recipient of the 2017 AAEM/RSA Program Director of the Year Award. […] -
Phillip A. Dixon, MD MBA MPH FAAEM CHCQM-PHYADV
Dr. Phillip A. Dixon currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University. He holds the position of Medical Director of Utilization Management as well as Fellowship Director for Administration within the Department of Emergency Medicine. His journey into emergency medicine leadership began during his Emergency […] -
Vicki Norton, MD FAAEM
Dr. Vicki Norton is a community emergency physician in Florida and is a partner in one of the few independent, democratic groups in the state. She has served as clinical affiliate faculty for Florida Atlantic University since 2021 and enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and scribes working in the emergency department. Dr. Norton graduated […] -
Robert Frolichstein, MD FAAEM
Bob Frolichstein, MD FAAEM is the President of Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians (GSEP) an independent, democratic group with 6 EDs and 47 emergency physician partners. Bob graduated from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville before entering medical school at the University of Missouri. He attended medical school on a military scholarship. After graduation he completed […]