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