Emory Emergency Medicine

Join Emory EM's Residency Team for Virtual Information Sessions on Monday, August 11 and Monday, September 1 at 7 p.m.

The #EmoryEM Residency Team is hosting 2⃣ virtual information sessions. The first one is this Monday, August 11 at 7 p.m. The next one is on Monday, September 1 at 7 p.m.

Join the August 11 virtual session here:
zoom.us/j/97162769301
#EMBound #Match2026

Dr. Mike Carr #EmoryEM launched PAVES: Prehospital and Ambulatory Virtual Emergency Services in 2021 to address disparities in medical care, support rural EMS teams and enhance access to high quality healthcare for rural patients. Read more below and here: med.emory.edu/departments/...

🚨Register today to join #EmoryEM for the @saemonline.bsky.social Virtual Residency and Fellowship Fair. Meet the Residency Team on Wednesday, July 23 from Noon to 1 p.m. Register and learn more here: saem.org/.../virtual-...
#Match2026 #EMBound

Emory physicians well represented in Atlanta magazine’s 2025 ‘Top Doctors’ issue | Emory University | Atlanta GA Nearly 32% of the physicians recognized in the 2025 “Top Doctors” issue of Atlanta magazine are physicians within Emory Healthcare, Emory Healthcare Network and medical staff credentialed at Emory hos...

The Atlanta Magazine's "Top Doctors" issue is out and the #EmoryEM team is excited to celebrate the nominations of Dr. Doug Chesson, Dr. Sheryl Heron and Dr. Nataisia Terry.
Physicians are nominated by their peers.

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Thank you to the Peachtree Road Race medical team including Emory EM's interns, residents, fellows, and faculty.

The #EmoryEM team (intern class, residents, fellows, & faculty) is proud to be a part of the annual July 4th
@ajc.com Peachtree Road Race.

Thank you Dr. Lekshmi Kumar (the race's Co-Medical Director & Medical Director for Grady EMS) and the medical volunteers/staff for helping with the 56th race🩺

Congratulations to all of the @saemonline.bsky.social grant recipients including #EmoryEM's Dr. Marta Rowh for her grant to "Identify Sex-Based Cardiovascular Health Inequities in Medical Education Using Natural Language Processing"🥳

Learn more here: www.saem.org/detail-pages...

Dr. Lucas Bouknight reflects on his favorite residency experience and advice for EM PGY-1 Residents.

Introducing the Chiefs! Dr. Lucas Bouknight attended medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Learn more about Dr. Bouknight here: med.emory.edu/departments/...

Emory EM Residency's Chief Residents from the Class of 2026: Dr. Vidhya Balasubramanian, Dr. Lucas Bouknight, Dr. Rachel Boxer, Dr. Marcus Gresham

Congratulations to the #EmoryEM Residency's Chief Residents from the Class of 2026🙌

Dr. Vidhya Balasubramanian, Dr. Lucas Bouknight, Dr. Rachel Boxer, and Dr. Marcus Gresham.

Learn more about their class here: med.emory.edu/departments/...

Happy Graduation to the Emory Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2025

Congratulations to the #EmoryEM Residency Class of 2025! We're proud of you and looking forward to seeing all that you will accomplish as leaders in Emergency Medicine. Happy Graduation🥳

Dr. Khiem Hoang offers advice for medical students and describes their experiences with EmoryEM.

For our third residency graduation spotlight, Dr. Khiem Hoang reflects on starting anew in Georgia and finding a new home.

Dr. McKenzie Eakin reflects on her time with the Emory EM Residency as she prepares for graduation.

As Dr. McKenzie Eakin prepares for graduation, she reflects on her time with the #EmoryEM Residency team. Congratulations to all of the Emergency Medicine residency graduates!

Dr. Antonio Jackson reflects on Dr. Eliot Blum's mentorship and what it has meant to him during the past three years.

We're celebrating #EmoryEM's PGY-3s as they approach graduation from the residency program. Dr. Antonio Jackson reflects on Dr. Eliot Blum's mentorship.

The 1st Annual Clinical Toxicology Update Conference marked 10 years of successful collaboration between American Univ of Beirut and EmoryEM. This event brought together experts to advance consultation, education & research for Lebanon’s healthcare system.

Georgia Poison Center welcomes Emory physician as new medical director | Emory University | Atlanta GA Emory University emergency medicine physician Brent Morgan, MD, will serve as the new medical director for the Georgia Poison Center.

Thank you to Dr. Robert Geller, Emory Pediatrics, for serving as the medical director for the GA Poison Center since 1984. Congratulations to Dr. Brent Morgan, #EmoryEM, who will serve as the new medical director.

news.emory.edu/stories/2025...

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Thank you to Dr. Alex Isakov, EmoryEM, and Wade Miles, Emory's Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, for helping lead this training.

Emory & PSHMC&CH are two of the 13 Level 1 RESPTCs in the National Special Pathogen System, a tiered network for high-consequence infectious diseases.

2025 Emory SOM Educator Appreciation Day. Recognizing Emory EM Faculty: Dr. Randi Connor Schuler, Dr. Nkele Davis, Dr. Paul DeSandre, Dr. Jeffrey Downen, Dr. Matthew Gittinger, Dr. Amanda Haan, Dr. Megan Henn, Dr. Rachel Koval, Dr. George Leach, Dr. Liang Liu, Dr. Kathleen O'Donnell, Dr. Komal Paladugu, Dr. Trey Robinston, Dr. Marta Rowh, Dr. Maurice Selby, and Dr. Anna Yaffee

For the Emory University School of Medicine's Educator Appreciation Day, we are thankful for the Emory SOM educators who share their passion and skills to educate, encourage and support scholars and learners.

Congratulations to all of the faculty recognized on Friday🥳
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✨MAY-JUNE PULSE SPOTLIGHT✨

2025-2026 SAEM President, Dr. Michelle Lall, MD, MHS from @emoryem.bsky.social on “leading with purpose and compassion.”

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@saemonline.bsky.social
#emergencymedicine #saem #agem #geriatricmedicine #emergencydepartment

Picture of an American flag: On Memorial Day, we remember and honor all who have served our country. Thank you for your bravery and service.

On Memorial Day, we remember and honor all who have served our country. Thank you for your bravery and service.

Dr. MIchelle Lall, 2025-26 SAEM President

Congratulations, Dr. Michelle Lall #EmoryEM 🥳 Dr. Lall is the 2025-26 President of @saemonline.bsky.social.

Dr. Lall is Emory EM's Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and she has been a faculty member at Emory University's School of Medicine since 2013.
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For more information on trauma-informed care: doi.org/10.1136/tsac...

Thank you to the panelists for today's event: Dr. James O'Shea, Emory EM; Dr. Vidhya Balasubramanian, Emory EM Resident, Jericho Brown, PhD, Emory Univ Interim Director of Creative Writing and Professor of English and Creative Writing; Dr. Lucy Deveaux Hart, Emory Surgery Resident; Dr. Christine Castater, Morehouse SOM Dept of Surgery; Dr. Randi Smith, Moderator, Emory Surgery; and Dr. Maurice Selby, Emory EM.

Fortunate to have @emoryuniversity.bsky.social Professor and acclaimed poet Jericho Brown @emorycollege.bsky.social during residency conference today for a special event with Emory School of Medicine's Department of Surgery on How Language Impacts Patient Care in Acute Care and Trauma Settings.

Dr. Bryan McNally, #EmoryEM and Executive Dir. of Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, collaborated with colleagues at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University on BASIC (Baseline Investigation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in China). It’s the first national OHCA registry in China
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Congratulations to Alexis Lynch #EmoryEM on her Exceptional APP Award!

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Telemedicine in ambulances speeds up care for patients in rural Georgia | Emory University | Atlanta GA Emory emergency physician Michael Carr has developed high-tech telemedicine tools that lets EMTs provide immediate diagnosis and care to patients while being transported to rural hospitals.

"Telemedicine in ambulances speeds up care for patients in rural Georgia." Read about the Prehospital and Ambulatory Virtual Emergency Services (PAVES) program and how
Dr. Michael Carr and #EmoryEM are using telemedicine to help rural communities.
news.emory.edu/stories/2025...

Dr. Rahel Gizaw #EmoryEM has joined the Annals of Emergency Medicine's Editorial Board as their Social Media Editor. Congratulations, Dr. Gizaw🥳

www.annemergmed.com/content/edbo...

We are incredibly thankful to Dr. Todd Taylor for creating this position and for his leadership these past four years.

Dr. Michael Zdradzinski will be Emory EM's new Director of Educational Innovation and Growth in May.

Starting in May 2025, Dr. Zdradzinski will be #EmoryEM's new Director of Educational Innovation and Growth. He will chair the team's Education Committee and be responsible for the department's teaching missions for UME, GME, APP, and Faculty.

She was also featured in Japan's Doctor’s Magazine and is the youngest female physician ever featured. Congratulations, Dr. Nakajima!

Dr. Yuko Nakajima is a Japan Woman of the Year and she was featured in the Nikkei Woman Magazine and Japan's Doctor's Magazine.

Dr. Yuko Nakajima, president of @msf.ca Japan and an #EmoryEM physician, is one of Japan's Women of the Year! There were 9 recipients for 2025. The annual award recognizes women who have had remarkable achievements throughout the year and honors them as role models for working women.

The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) has a new video describing their life-saving program led by #EmoryEM's Dr. Bryan McNally:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMqk...
Learn more about CARES: med.emory.edu/.../pre.../c...
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