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 Editors
Christopher R. Carpenter, MD
Christopher J. Edwards, PharmD
Stephen R. Hayden, MD
John L. Kendall, MD
John P. Marshall, MD, MBA
James Miner, MD
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Key Advances Panel Authors
Rachel E. Bridwell, MD
Sean M. Fox, MD
Brit J. Long, MD
Shyam Sivasankar, MD
Stephen J. Wolf, MD
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.
Writers
David Andonian, MD
Kevin S. Barlotta, MD
Mary L. Bing, MD
Mark F. Brady, MD
David S. Bullard, MD
Nicholas J. Connors, MD
Sarah M. Donlan, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM
Broderick Franklin, MD
Jayna Gardner-Gray, MD
Eric Gross, MD
Paul Ishimine, MD
Ramon W. Johnson, MD, MBA
Amie Kim, MD
John L. Kendall, MD
Catherine Marco, MD
Rita Manfredi, MD
John P. Marshall, MD, MBA
James E. Morris, MD
Tiffany E. Murano, MD
Megan B. Osborn, MD
Maegan S. Reynolds, MD
Jill R. Ripper, MD
Ronald Rivera, MD
Christopher S. Sampson, MD
Richard Shih, MD
Erica Simon, DO
James D. Thomas, MD
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Editors
John L. Kendall, MD
John P. Marshall, MD, MBA
Ernest E. Wang, 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.
In-Training Exam Writers
Catherine E. Burger, MD
Sarah C. Cavallaro, MD
Jeffrey P. Druck, MD
Varsha Goswami, MD
Sarah M. Greenberger, MD
Linda L. Herman, MD
Babak Khazaeni, MD
Martin D. Klinkhammer, MD
Daniel S. Morrison, MD
Steven Nazario, MD
Daria A. Pachovsky, MD
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Hope A. Ring, MD
Jeremy M. Rose, MD
Christopher E. San Miguel, MD
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Christian A. Tomaszewski, MD, MS, MBA
Jody A. Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW
In-Training Exam Editors
Felix K. Ankel, MD
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Qualifying Exam Writers
Joseangel D. Bedoya, MD
Matthew D. Bitner, MD
Jennifer J. Casaletto, MD
Douglas M. Char, MD
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH
Charles S. Graffeo, MD
Katherine M. Hiller, MD
Jolie C. Holschen, MD
Kelly K. Johnson-Arbor, MD
Juan Carlos Jones, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Kerri L. Mason, MD
Abhishek Mehrotra, MD, MBA
James Miner, MD
James H. Paxton, MD
Margarita E. Peña-Morris, MD
Sarah A. Sterling, MD
Qualifying Exam Editors
Yvette Calderón, MD, MS
Suzanne R. White, MD, MBA
Certifying Exam Case Developers
Develop and refine cases to be administered at the Certifying Exam.
Case Developers
Christine A. Babcock, M.D.
Ciara J. Barclay-Buchanan, MD
Kevin S. Barlotta, MD
Michael S. Beeson, MD
Nikki Binz, MD
David B. Burbulys, MD
Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD
Christopher Carey, MD
Wallace A. Carter, MD
Alexander Croft, MD
Sue Deaton, RN
Ugo A. Ezenkwele, MD
David M. Foster, MD
Gretchen L. Fuller, MD
Sally M. Graglia, M.D.
Eric A. Gross, MD
Duncan Grossman, DO
Jonah Gunalda, MD
Sara M. Hock, MD
Kate E. Hughes, DO
Kerin A. Jones, MD
Christopher Kao, MD
Eugene K. Lee, MD
Rachel Bo-ming Liu, MD
Stewart C. McCarver, MD
Anthony S. Mazzeo, MD
James E. Morris, MD
Sean G. Morgan, MD
Nur-Ain Nadir, MD
Jessica Neidhardt, MD
Jessie G. Nelson, MD
Jared D. Novack, MD
Laura Oh, MD
Kei Ouchi, MD
Jamiel Owens, MD
Glenn M. Paetow Jr., MD
Salvatore R. Pardo, MD
Christopher W. Pergrem, MD
Nicholas Pokrajac, MD
Gregory S. Podolej, MD
Dawn M. Prall, MD
Susan B. Promes, MD, MBA
Julie Rice, MD
David H. Salzman, MD, MEd
Christopher S. Sampson, MD
Evan S. Schwarz, MD
Meenal D. Sharkey, MD
Kent T. Shoji, MD
Liza D. Thomas, MD
Gerald Tolbert, MD
Christian A. Tomaszewski, MD, MS, MBA
Andrew S. Ulrich, MD
Michael Ullo, MD
Cynthia Vardaro
Julie T. Vieth, MB, ChB
Moshe Weizberg, MD
Henry W. Young II, MD
Team Leads
Felix K. Ankel, MD
Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MSc, MBA
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH
Danielle E. Hart, MD
Jeffrey D. Ho, MD
Ramon W. Johnson, MD, MBA
John L. Kendall, MD
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Derek R. Linklater, MD, MEd
John P. Marshall, MD, MBA
Daria A. Pachovsky, MD
Melissa A. Platt, MD
Clifford A. Rice, MD
Hope A. Ring, MD
Mary Tanski, MD, MBA
James D. Thomas, MD
Ernest E. Wang, MD
Suzanne R. White, MD, MBA
Case Development
Kim M. Feldhaus, MD
Diane L. Gorgas, MD
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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.
Bret T. Ackermann, DO
Arti Baskaran, MBBS
Joseangel D. Bedoya, MD
Ryan Chuang, MD
Carl Weathers Dobson, MD
Elizabeth Ann Droege, MD
Salma F. Gharib, MD
Luis E. Gomez, MD
Varsha Goswami, MD
Kenneth J. Shum, DO
Rachel Le, MD
Osama Loubani, MD
Nicholas G. Maldonado, MD
Carmen J. Martinez Martinez, MD
Marianna J. Poulose, DO
Rickquel P. Tripp, MD
Richard Y. Wang, DO
George Willis, 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
Linda L. Herman, MD
Dick C. Kuo, MD
Neil Patel, MD, MBA
Jeffrey Sankoff, MD
Mark A. Silverberg, MD
Todd Thomsen, MD
Jody A. Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW
Jason C. Wagner, MD
Focused Practice Designation Volunteers
Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography
Examination Committee
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
Item Writers
Rachel Bo-ming Liu, MD
Kristin Dwyer, MD, MPH
Gregory R. Snead, MD
Emergency Behavioral Health
Task Force ABEM Representatives
Ernest E. Wang, MD – Chair
Michael Barone, MD, MPH
Vera Feuer, MD
Michael J. Gerardi, MD
Benson S. Munger, PhD – ABEM Consultant
Sejal B Shah, MD
Junji Takeshita, MD
Tony Thrasher, DO
Michael Wilson, MD, PhD
Leslie S Zun, MD, MBA
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
Alexander P. Isakov, MD, MPH – Chair
Mohamud R. Daya, MD, MSc – Chair
K. Sophia Dyer, MD – Chair-Elect
Barry J. Knapp, MD – ABEM Liaison
Johanna C. Innes, MD
Douglas F. Kupas, MD
Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH
Katie L. Tataris, MD
Denise A. Whitfield, MD, MBA
Item Writers
Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH
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
Diane P. Calello, MD – Chair
Michael I. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Robert G. Hendrickson, MD
Christopher O. Hoyte, MD
Douglas F. Kupas, MD
Tammi H. Schaeffer, DO
Evan S. Schwarz, MD
Andrew I. Stolbach, MD, MPH
Susan E. Farrell, MD, EdM – ABEM Liaison
Christopher J. Ondrula, JD – ABPM Liaison
Suzanne K. Woods, MD – ABP Liaison
Neurocritical Care
Examination Committee
Jordan B. Bonomo, MD
Evadne G. Marcolini, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Subboard
Lance A. Brown, MD, MPH
David B. Burbulys, MD
Keri L. Carstairs, MD, MBA
Derek R. Linklater, MD, MEd – ABEM Liaison
Nathan W. Mick, MD
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
President
Diane L. Gorgas, MD
Treasurer/Secretary
Felix K. Ankel, MD
Members
Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MSc
Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH
Barry J. Knapp, MD
Louis J. Ling, 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 (2022 – 2025)
Oladele Osisami, MD, MBA (2024 – 2026)
Aaron D’Amore, MD (2025 – 2027)
Sophie Nance, MD (2025 – 2027)
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
