The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) reaffirms its commitment to resident inclusion and contributions in Emergency Medicine through its Resident Ambassador Panel. ABEM is pleased to announce the newest members to its Resident Ambassador Panel as Aaron D’Amore, MD, and Sophie Nance, MD. They join Oladele Osisami, MD, who is entering his second year on the Panel.
Aaron D’Amore, MD, is an Emergency Medicine resident in the Mass General Brigham Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine residency program. Dr. D’Amore served on the Society for Academy Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Residents and Medical Students Board as a Member-at-Large this past year and continues to be involved on the SAEM Admin and Operations Committee. Additionally, he is passionate about Addiction Medicine and has experience working in this space at the National Institutes of Health. He hopes to one day work in hospital administration as a clinician leader.
Sophie Nance, MD, is an Emergency Medicine resident in the University of California, Los Angeles (Ronald Reagan/Olive View) residency program. Dr. Nance is passionate about medical education, and she frequently helps to teach and mentor medical students at UCLA in various settings, her favorite being the SIM lab. Her passion for education has extended abroad as well, and she is involved in teaching sessions for a program in Kenya to further the country’s emergency medicine services. In the future, she hopes to split her time between a community and university hospital settings.
Oladele Osisami, MD, is an Emergency Medicine resident in the New York Presbyterian – Columbia and Cornell residency program. He is currently President of Greater Influence, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to increase representation in medicine by improving access to resources. In addition to this role, he utilizes his medical subject matter expertise as a Cornell Tech Advisor to groups of innovative students. His future plans are to practice at an academic medical center.
Panel members will provide a resident perspective to certain ABEM activities, such as applying for certification, communicating with residents, and advising on the content of the Residency Visitation Program and the ABEM website.
ABEM looks forward to collaborating with these residents and benefiting from their contributions to ABEM activities.
The ABEM Board of Directors extends its sincere appreciation to Charles Sanky, MD, MPH, for his valuable contributions and dedicated service on the Resident Ambassador Panel. His term concluded on July 31, 2025. Additional information about the Resident Ambassador Panel is available on the ABEM website.
