Current Volunteers
ABEM volunteers are at the heart of what we do! Their work drives ABEM’s mission to ensure the highest standards in the specialty of Emergency Medicine by:
- Writing and refining every exam question
- Developing and reviewing Key Advances synopses
- Developing and administering Oral Exam and Certifying cases
- Standard setting
- Much more!
Emergency Medicine Exam Development and Administration
MyEMCert: Key Advances Panel
Curate topics submitted by the EM community and make recommendations for specific Key Advance topics to be included in MyEMCert modules. Members also develop synopses on selected topics that include clinical policy alerts, practice advances, and suggestions from literature.
Key Advances Panel and MyEMCert Editors
Samuel M. Keim, MD (Advisor only)
Ernest E. Wang, MD
John P. Marshall, MD, MBA
John L. Kendall, MD
Key Advances Panel Authors
Brit J. Long, MD
Stephen J. Wolf, MD
Sean M. Fox, MD
Rachel E. Bridwell, MD
John L. Kendall, MD (also an editor)
Technical Editors
Christopher R. Carpenter, MD
Stephen R. Hayden, MD
Clinical Pharmacy Editor
Christopher J. Edwards, PharmD
MyEMCert: Module Writers & Editors
Develop high-quality, psychometrically acceptable questions. Each question is reviewed by editors, who also develop individual modules based on clinically relevant EM topics.
Resuscitation Module Writers
Jayna Gardner-Gray, MD
Eric Alan Gross, MD
Jeffrey D. Ho, MD
Paul T. Ishimine, MD
Rita A. Manfredi, MD
Christopher S. Sampson, MD
Module Writer and MEC Writers
David S. Bullard, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM
John T. Finnell II, MD, MSc
Broderick J. Franklin, MD
Jeffrey D. Ho, MD
Derek R. Linklater, MD
Catherine A. Marco, MD
Tiffany E. Murano, MD
Kelly P. O’Keefe, MD
Ronald Rivera, MD
Richard D. Shih, MD
Anne Tintinalli, MD
Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Module Writers
Develop questions for the modules that help physicians meet DEA requirements for CME based on the topics of Opioid Use Disorder and Substance Abuse Disorders.
Subject Matter Experts/Content Developers
Melody J. Glenn, MD
Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Evan S. Schwarz, MD
Writers
Ciara J. Barclay-Buchanan, MD
Michael S. Beeson, MD
Fiona Gallahue, MD
Hina Z. Ghory, MD
Juliana Karp, MD
Patricia P. Nouhan, MD
Denise A. Whitfield, MD
Saralyn R. Williams, MD
Oral Examiners
Administer cases to candidates during the Oral Certification Exam. Examiners are trained in bias and fairness for testing and receive feedback during and after an exam to ensure consistency.
In-training and Qualifying Examinations
Board-certified physicians who develop high-quality, psychometrically acceptable questions for the In-training and Qualifying Exams. Item writers attend training before beginning and their work is regularly reviewed.
Editors
Felix K. Ankel, MD
Wallace A. Carter Jr, MD
Yvette Calderón, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD
Suzanne R. White, MD
Writers
Catherine E. Burger, MD
Jennifer J. Casaletto, MD
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO
Charles S. Graffeo, MD
Eric A. Gross, MD
Linda L. Herman, MD
Katherine M. Hiller, MD
Jolie C. Holschen, MD
Babak Khazaeni, MD
Martin D. Klinkhammer, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Kerri L. Mason, MD
Abhishek Mehrotra, MD
James Miner, MD
Steven Nazario, MD
Daria A. Pachovsky, MD
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Hope A. Ring, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Jody A. Vogel, MD
Certifying Exam Case Developers
Develop and refine cases to be administered at the Certifying Exam.
Felix Ankel, MD
Christine A. Babcock, MD
Ciara J. Barclay-Buchanan, MD
Kevin S. Barlotta, MD
Yvette Calderón, MD
Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD
Wallace A. Carter Jr, MD
Alexander Croft, MD
Sue Deaton, RN
Deborah B. Diercks, MD
Hala Durrah, MTA
Liza DiLeo Thomas, MD
Ugo A. Ezenkwele, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD
Kim M. Feldhaus, MD
John T. Finnell II, MD
David M. Foster, MD
Gretchen L. Fuller, MD
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO
Diane L. Gorgas, MD
Sally M. Graglia, MD
Eric A. Gross, MD
Jonah Gunalda, MD
Scott B. Gutovitz, MD
Danielle E. Hart, MD
Jeffrey D. Ho, MD
Sara M. Hock, MD
Lynne M. Holden, MD
Kate E. Hughes, DO
Ramon W. Johnson, MD
John L. Kendall, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Chadd Kraus, DO
Derek R. Linklater, MD
John P. Marshall, MD
Anthony S. Mazzeo, MD
Louis Mendoza
James Miner, MD
Sean G. Morgan, MD
Nur-Ain Nadir, MD
Jessica Neidhardt, MD
Jessie G. Nelson, MD
Jared D. Novack, MD
Laura Oh, MD
Daria A. Pachovsky, MD
Glenn M. Paetow Jr, MD
Salvatore R. Pardo, MD
Scott Pasichow, MD
Christopher W. Pergrem, MD
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Nicholas Pokrajac, MD
Dawn M. Prall, MD
Clifford A. Rice, MD
Hope A. Ring, MD
David H. Salzman, MD
Christopher S. Sampson, MD
Meenal D. Sharkey, MD
Kent T. Shoji, MD
Mary Tanski, MD
Brigham R. Temple, MD
James D. Thomas, MD
Christian A. Tomaszewski, MD
Larisa M. Traill, MD
Michael Ullo, MD
Andrew S. Ulrich, MD
Julie T. Vieth, MB, ChB
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Moshe Weizberg, MD
Suzanne R. White, MD
Henry W. Young II, MD
Bias & Fairness Advisory Panel
ABEM is committed to producing exams that are fair, valid, and reliable. To that end, unique groups of panelists are regularly convened to review potentially problematic questions and ensure the language used on the exam tests only those abilities that are related to the purpose of the test.
Qualifying Examination – January 2024
Dorian L.A. Alexander, MD
Mark J. Baskerville, MD
Ryan Chuang, MD
Manon Kwon, MD
Umarfarook Mirza, DO
Jumana F. Nagarwala, MD
Marianna J. Poulose, DO
Veronica C. Rios, MD
Rickquel P. Tripp, MD
Matthew Turner, MD
Richard Y. Wang, DO
In-training Examination – April 2024
Mirza U. Baig, MD
Heidi A. Best, MD
Shant Broukian, MD
Sangeeta G. Clarke, MD
Jamila Jamal, MD
Alex Y. Koo, MD
Rachel Le, MD
Paikin Leung, MD
Krishna R. Prasad, MD
Kenneth J. Shum, DO
Myiesha D. Taylor, MD
LLSA CME Task Force
Wallace A. Carter, MD – Chair
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Matthew N. Graber, MD, PhD – AAEM Liaison
Jeffrey A. Tabas, MD – ACEP Liaison
Reading Panel
Aaron N. Barksdale, MD
Michael J. Bono, MD
J. F. Conway, MB, BCh
Susan M. Cullunan, MD
Liudvikas, Jagminas, MD
Jillian M. McGrath, MD
Stimulus Collection and Review Panel
Christopher S. Sampson, MD – Editor
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM
John T. Finnell II, MD
Linda L. Herman, MD
Dick C. Kuo, MD
Neil Patel, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Mark A. Silverberg, MD
Todd Thomsen, MD
Jody A. Vogel, MD
Jason C. Wagner, MD
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Focused Practice Designation Volunteers
Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography
John L. Kendall, MD – Chair and Editor
Srikar Adhikari, MD, MS – Co-Editor
Tiffany C. Fong, MD
Meghan K. Herbst, MD
Timothy B. Jang, MD
Robert A. Jones, DO
Megan M. Leo, MD
Javier Rosario, MD
Michael Zwank, MD
Emergency Behavioral Health
ABEM Representatives on the Task Force
Samuel M. Keim, MD, MS – Chair
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Subspecialty Volunteers
Physicians who serve to help develop exams, review and approve the core content and exam blueprints for their subspecialty. They have specialized knowledge, board involvement, and are advocates for ABEM.
Emergency Medical Services
Subboard
Mohamud R. Daya, MD, MSc – Chair
Alexander P. Isakov, MD – Chair-Elect
Jane H. Brice, MD
K. Sophia Dyer, MD
William D. Fales, MD
Douglas F. Kupas, MD
Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH
Katie L. Tataris, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD – Director Liaison
Item Writers
Erica R. Carney, MD
Carol A. Cunningham, MD
Theodore R. Delbridge, MD
Vincent N. Mosesso Jr., MD
Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management
Advisory Committee
Suzanne R. White, MD, MBA – Chair and Editor
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD – Editor
David W. Price, MD – Editor
Christopher D. Sullivan, MD, MPH – Editor
Santhanam Suresh, MD – Editor
Assessment Committee
Carrie Baker, DO, MS
Keenan M. Bora, MD
Christian Diez, MD, MBA
Andrew C. Furman, MD, MMM
Paul E. Gourley, DO, MBA
Daniel A. Handel, MD, MBA, MPH
Abhishek Mehrotra, MD, MBA
Mohammed M. Minhaj, MD, MBA
Ronny M. Otero, MD, MHSA
Neil Patel, MD, MBA
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Vidya Raman, MD
Hugh W. Shoff, MD, MS
Michele Soltis, MD
Mary Tanski, MD, MBA
Andrew S. Ulrich, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Examination Committee
Jessica E. Stetz, MD
Medical Toxicology
Subboard
Andrew I. Stolbach, MD, MBA – Chair
Diane P. Calello, MD – Chair-Elect
Carl R. Baum, MD
Sean Bryant, MD
Michael I. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Robert G. Hendrickson, MD
Christopher O. Hoyte, MD
Tammi H. Schaeffer, DO
Evan S. Schwarz, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM – ABEM Director Liaison
Neurocritical Care
Examination Committee
Jordan B. Bonomo, MD
Evadne G. Marcolini, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
ABEM Representatives on the Subboard
Lance A. Brown, MD, MPH
David B. Burbulys, MD
Keri L. Carstairs, MD
Nathan W. Mick, MD
Ramon W. Johnson, MD, MBA – ABEM Director Liaison
Sports Medicine
Advisory Committee
Andrew D. Perron, MD
Assessment Committee
Anna L. Waterbrook, MD
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Exam Committee
Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD
Keith William Van Meter, MD
Other Volunteer Groups
ABEM Foundation
Ramon W. Johnson, MD, MBA
James D. Thomas, MD
Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MBA, MSc
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH
Louis J. Ling, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Hope A. Ring, MD
Coalition of Board-Certified Emergency Physicians
Kim M. Feldhaus, MD
Andra L. Blomkalns, MD
Resident Ambassador Panel
Resident panel that provides a resident perspective on ABEM activities. They support communication activities and participate in regular feedback sessions.
Charles Sanky, MD, MPH
Oladele Osisami, MD
Heather Friedman, DO
Stakeholder Advisory Group
Physicians, patient advocates, medical educators, and professionals from a variety of backgrounds who provide input and guidance into ABEM initiatives, programs, and processes.
Yvette Calderón, MD, MS – Chair
Linelle Campbell, MD
Ugo A. Ezenkwele, MD, MPH
Onyekachi T. Otugo, MD, MPH
Adedamola Ogunniyi, MD
Kimberly Richardson
Juliana Karp, MD
Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, MSW, MSCR
Christopher S. Sampson, MD
