President - 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, exploring DC

Vice President - 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, neurologic emergencies
• Hobbies: any kind of sport or physical activity, going to the beach, watching ESPN, sitting outdoors while drinking quality beer and eating delicious food

Secretary-Treasurer - Leana Wen, MD MSc

• 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, health care financing, medical education, fiction and nonfiction writing
• Hobbies: dancing (competitive ballroom & latin), playing solo piano and chamber music, traveling and seeing the world

Immediate Past President - Ryan Shanahan, MD

• Hometown: Honolulu, HI
• Undergrad: University of Virginia
• Medical School: Georgetown University
• Residency Program: Johns Hopkins University
• Professional Interests: Operations research and management, health informatics, health policy, implementation of best practice
• Hobbies: Reading (mainly biographies), keeping up with current events in print and on TV, biking, hiking and very occasionally mountain climbing and cooking

Board Member, Advocacy Committee Chair - Stephanie Gardner, MD

• Hometown: San Antonio, TX
• Undergrad: Baylor University
• Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center
• Residency Program: Indiana University
• Professional Interests: Medical education, patient and political advocacy, academic emergency medicine
• Hobbies: Traveling, snow-skiing and hanging out with my husband and two boys!

Board Member, Communications Committee Chair - Taylor McCormick, MD

• Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
• Undergrad: University of San Diego
• Medical School: Georgetown University
• Residency Program: Los Angeles County+University of Southern California
• Professional Interests: I just want to take good care of my patients, enjoy my job, and make a meaningful contribution to emergency medicine...more specifically, at least for now, it's peds & international EM, ultrasound and on the fence about research
• Hobbies: Playing at the beach, playing in the snow, traveling to far off places

Board Member, Education Committee Chair - Sarah Terez Malka, MD

• Hometown: Potomac, MD
• Undergrad: University of Maryland College Park
• Medical School: Ben Gurion Medical School for International Health
• Residency Program: Indiana University
• Professional Interests: Emergency medicine education and advocacy, wilderness, disaster and international medicine, pediatrics
• Hobbies: Anything outdoors: climbing, hiking, running, kayaking. Singing and songwriting, hugging my baby boy

Board Member, Membership Committee Chair - Ketan Patel, MD

• Hometown: Roseville, CA
• Undergrad: University of California, San Diego
• 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 - Ali Farzad, MD

• Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
• Undergrad: University of California, Irvine
• Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
• Residency Program: University of Maryland
• Professional Interests: Cardiovascular emergency medicine, international emergency medicine, procedures, diagnostic ultrasound, health policy
• Hobbies: Rooting for the Los Angeles Lakers, spending time with family and friends, snowboarding, basketball, martial arts and cooking

AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council President - Meaghan Mercer

• Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
• Undergrad: Colorado State University
• Medical School: Western University
• Residency Program: To Be Determined!
• Professional Interests: Medical education, international medicine, emergency ultrasound
• Hobbies: Anything involving the outdoors: skiing, rock climbing (trad/sport), hiking, scuba diving, kayaking, etc. Also, cooking, traveling, local cultural activities and Denver Broncos football

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