women in em

• FIX Scholarship Winner – Valerie Pierre

  Name: Valerie Pierre, MD Residency Program: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Graduation Date: June 2021 This photo highlights the importance of mentorship – an integral aspect of my journey in emergency medicine. As I reflect on my matriculation into emergency medicine residency, and the successes, triumphs and failures during my training, I can truly […]
• FIX Scholarship Winner – Natassia Buckridge

  Name: Natassia Buckridge, MD Residency Program: SUNY Downstate Medical Center Graduation Date: June 2023 There is something so exciting about sizing up a tree, mastering the climb, and looking out at the landscape from atop it. I like to envision my journey to emergency medicine as the ascent up a large, complex, identity-shaping tree. Reflecting […]
• The Wonder Women of WiEM: Why Do Female Superheroes Still Need Support Organizations?

  Image Credit: Common Sense Author: Ashely Alker, MD MScAAEM/RSA 2017-2018 President Whether it is Women in EM (WiEM), AWAEM, FeminEM or Shemergency, women in emergency medicine are uniting to advance shared goals, including equal pay and access to leadership opportunities. This comes at a time when women across many disciplines, from Hollywood actors to D.C. […]
• AAEM/RSA FIX Scholarship Winners – Women in EM: Essay Two

  Kimberly M. Brown, MD Author: Kimberly M. Brown, MD University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) RSA is proud to share the following essay from one of the 2017 FemInEM Idea Exchange (FIX) Scholarship winners, Kimberly Brown, MD. Congratulations, Dr. Brown!  Author Bio: Kimberly M. Brown, MD is a senior emergency medicine resident at the University […]
• AAEM/RSA FIX Scholarship Winners – Women in EM: Essay One

  Trisha Morshed, MD Author: Trisha Morshed, MD UCSD Department of Emergency Medicine RSA is proud to share the following essay from one of the 2017 FemInEM Idea Exchange (FIX) Scholarship winners, Trisha Morshed, MD. Congratulations, Dr. Morshed! Author bio: Trisha Morshed is an Emergency Medicine Resident at UC San Diego. She is originally from Portland, […]
• FemInEM

  RSA Board Member, Ashely Alker, MD speaks with Dara Kass, MD FAAEM. Drs. Alker and Kass discuss the journey of women physicians in emergency medicine, the creation and the mission of the advocacy organization FemInEM, gender equality in emergency medicine, and what can be done to obtain equal roles for men and women in EM.
• There’s a First for Everything: Surviving and Thriving Through Internship and Pregnancy

  Author: Faith Quenzer, DO PGY-1 Originally Published: Common Sense November/December 2016 July was a whirlwind. Fresh out of medical school, I moved to the desert in California to a brand new emergency medicine residency. I was one of five interns and the only female in our inaugural class. Five weeks into the program, I felt […]

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