AAEM/RSA Leadership
May 2010 - May 2011
President - Ryan Shanahan, MD
- Hometown: Grew up all over the country, eventually settling in the mid-Atlantic
- Undergrad: University of Virginia
- Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Residency Program: Johns Hopkins University
- Professional Interests: health policy, education and departmental management
- Hobbies: building a mental database of Baltimore happy hour specials; slowly working my way though every U.S. president's biography; outside of work I would most happily be found on a high alpine mountain or the tree covered valleys of the Appalachians hiking, though looking to pick up sailing given my current Baltimore address.

Vice President - Heather Jiménez, MD
- Hometown: Evansville, Indiana (actually Mt. Vernon)
- Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
- Medical School: Indiana University
- Residency Program: Indiana University Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics
- Professional Interests: pediatric emergency medicine, local advocacy, academics
- Hobbies: parenting, Spanish culture (for the in-laws), reading and ethnic foods
Secretary-Treasurer - Sandra Thomasian, MD
- Hometown: Tarzana, CA
- Undergrad: UCLA
- Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Residency Program: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Professional Interests: emergency medicine education, difficult airway management, clinical research
- Hobbies: weight training, indoor cycling, hiking, roller-skating

Immediate Past President - Michael Ybarra, MD
- Hometown: San Diego, CA
- Undergrad: Stanford
- Medical School: Georgetown Medicine
- Residency Program: Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center
- Professional Interests: the structure and business of health care in the U.S. and the policy making implications. My current dream job is a combination of working clinically in the ED and professionally in government affairs for AAEM, AMA or AHA.
- Hobbies: running, cooking, building things and visiting all of the cool (free) museums and neighborhoods in DC. I'm also a political junkie...I watch a lot of CNN.

Board Member, Advocacy Committee Chair - Melissa Halliday, DO
- Hometown: St. Charles, MO
- Undergrad: Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN
- Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
- Residency Program: Indiana University
- Professional Interests: medical toxicology, medical education, legislative and community advocacy, global health
- Hobbies: time with friends and family, time with my boxer puppy, Cardinals baseball, traveling, swimming/water sports
Board Member, Communications Committee Chair - Teresa Ross, MD
- Hometown: Baltimore, MD
- Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
- Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Residency Program: Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center
- Professional Interests: medical education, simulation, resident wellness
- Hobbies: running, cooking, wine, traveling, doing cultural things, eating

Board Member, Education Committee Chair - Zachary Repanshek, MD
- Hometown: Lebanon, PA
- Undergrad: University of Pittsburgh
- Medical School: Temple University
- Residency Program: Temple University
- Professional Interests: graduate medical education, resident wellness, procedures, ultrasound
- Hobbies: any kind of sport or physical activity, going to the beach, watching ESPN, sitting outdoors while drinking quality beer and eating delicious food
Board Member, Membership Committee Chair - Ketan Patel, MD
- Hometown: Roseville, CA
- Undergrad: University of California, San Diego, CA
- Medical School: Saint Louis University
- Residency Program:University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Professional Interests: education, SWAT/tactical medicine, international medicine
- Hobbies: running, snowboarding, lounging around my backyard or at the pool

Board Member, Publications Committee Chair - Leana Wen, MD
- Hometown: Shanghai, China
- Undergrad: California State University, Los Angeles, CA
- Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
- Residency Program: Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Brigham & Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
- Professional Interests: international health policy, medical education, global health care workforce, fiction and nonfiction writing
- Hobbies: dancing (competitive ballroom & latin), playing solo piano and chamber music, traveling and seeing the world
AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council President - Brett Rosen
- Hometown: Tarzana, CA
- Undergrad: Drexel University
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency Program: To Be Determined!
- Professional Interests: pediatric emergency medicine, international emergency medicine, child abuse prevention, resident/student education
- Hobbies: traveling, politics, Philadelphia Eagles football, Los Angeles Lakers basketball

AAEM Board Liaison - Joel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEM
- Hometown: Boyertown, PA
- Undergrad: Ursinus College
- Medical School: Drexel University
- Residency Program: Naval Medical Center, San Diego
- Fellowship: Christiana Care Health System
- Professional Interests: emergency ultrasound, resident education
- Hobbies: golf, reading, movies, fantasy sports, Philadelphia Phillies/Sixers/Eagles fan
Medical Student Council
May 2010 - May 2011
President - Brett Rosen
Vice President - Meaghan Mercer
Regional Representatives - Midwest - Taylor Burkholder & Tom O'Grady
Regional Representatives - Northeast - Yemi Adebayo & Patrick Thomas
Regional Representatives - South - Devin Bustin & Myles Jen Kin
Regional Representatives - West - David Markel & Tiffany Nelson
International Ex Officio Representative - Joshua Ramjist
Resident Section Board Liaison - Michael Ybarra, MD

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