Eric Adkins, MD

Dr. Adkins is currently an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is the Medical Director of the Emergency Department on the Main Campus. He completed his medical degree at West Virginia University in 2002. He completed a 5 year residency program for both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at Christiana Care Health Services in Delaware in 2007, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. He then completed a 3 year fellowship training in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in 2010 having served as Chief Fellow. He is board certified in all 4 specialties. He completed a Masters Degree in Medical Science at OSU in 2010. He is also Co-Creator and Associate Program Director for the Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Adkins focuses his academic efforts on Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Critical Care and Ultrasound in the Emergency Department. He has a joint appointment with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine where he divides his clinical time 75% in the Emergency Department and 25% in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

Mark Angelos, MD

Mark G. Angelos, MD, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University School of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Angelos graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine with a MD degree. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Wright State University and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine. Dr. Angelos directs a research laboratory which is focused on myocardial ischemia and reperfusion and cardiac arrest.

Daniel Bachmann, MD

Dr. Bachmann earned a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry with a minor in Russian from Case Western Reserve University where he continued his education earning a medical degree. Following medical school, he served in the United States Navy as an Undersea & Diving Medical Officer. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University including his final year as Chief Resident. Dr. Bachmann has varied interests including hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, medical education, wilderness medicine and disaster preparedness. He loves to travel and is always looking for international medicine opportunities. He's done medical mission work on four of the seven continents (and has a goal to serve all seven). Dr. Bachmann is a licensed physician with the Ohio Athletic Commission and serves as the Medical Team Manager for Ohio Task Force One, a FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Team. He always enjoys spending time with his wife, two daughters and his son.

David Bahner, MD

Dr. Bahner graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1995. He completed a residency in emergency medicine from the Ohio State University in 1998. During his residency he became very active in ultrasound and completed his RDMS certification in 2000. Since then he has taken an active role in ultrasound education and systemizing training across undergraduate and graduate medical education. Besides developing asynchronous learning aids as applications, websites or twitter feeds, he has developed the role of ultrasound in simulation at Ohio State and integrated it into medical student, resident and fellow training. He has been active at the national level serving as the inaugural emergency ultrasound section leader at the AIUM and the first emergency physician to sit on its Board of Governors. He is the inaugural chair of the AIUM's medical student ultrasound education interest group and champions the integration of ultrasound throughout medical school. He continues to champion ultrasound education and has established an Ultrasound Academy at Ohio State with multiple opportunities for medical students, residents and faculty to learn sonographic techniques in simulated environments and during clinical cases. He has lectured and written multiple papers on ultrasound education, simulation, social media, wireless ultrasound, and shock. He continues to advocate for the safe and early use of ultrasound in the medical encounter and the requisite benefits from the portable focused use of bedside ultrasound.

Michael Barrie, MD

Dr. Michael Barrie is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Raised in Oklahoma, he moved to Columbus, Ohio in high school and has stayed in the state for training ever since. He studied biology at Case Western Reserve University, and he then came home to The Ohio State University for medical school and residency which he completed in 2015. Michael is interested in how mobile technology interfaces with medical education and patient care. He is planning on working with the program leadership to develop innovative ways for students and educators to collaborate, and to integrate mobile technology into the daily clinical workflow to improve the patient care experience. In his personal life he spends time with his family - wife Elizabeth and daughter Charlotte. His hobbies include cycling, vegetable and bonsai gardening.

Creagh Boulger, MD

Dr. Boulger was born and raised in central Ohio and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry and Childhood Studies from Case Western Reserve University. She continued her education in Dayton, Ohio earning a medical degree from Wright State University. Following medical school she did her residency here at Ohio State. Dr. Boulger's area of interest include trauma, EMS, and ultrasound. She currently serves as Assistant Medical Director for the Paramedic Training Program at Columbus State Community College. She loves travel and any outdoor adventure especially backpacking and boating. She and her husband Nick have a very spirited daughter Rowan and dog Cooper.

Jeffrey Caterino, MD

Jeffrey M. Caterino, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and is Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies with a B.A. in History at Dartmouth College and attended medical school at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Caterino completed a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital where he served as Chief Resident. He completed his MPH in Clinical and Translational Sciences at The Ohio State University. He is board certified in both emergency and internal medicine and serves clinically as an attending physician in the ED and the observation unit. His primary research interest is in geriatric emergency medicine with a specific focus in diagnosis and treatment of geriatric infectious diseases. In 2010, Dr. Caterino received an NIH K23 Paul B. Beeson Patient-Oriented Research Development Award in Aging from the National Institute on Aging, John A. Hartford Foundation, and American Federation for Aging Research. Dr. Caterino is also the recipient of a 2007 American Geriatrics Society Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award. He is a past-chair Chair of SAEM'S Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine and serves as Chair of the OSU Wexner Medical Center's Evidence-Based Practice Committee.

Mark Conroy, MD

Mark J Conroy, MD, completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame in Biology and started his career as a high school math and science teacher in New Jersey. He returned to school and earned a masters degree from Boston University and then worked as a consultant in medical device research. He completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College and trained in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he served as Chief Resident. Before moving to Columbus he completed a one year fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He will be working in the departments at East and Main, as well as in sports medicine clinic at Fayette County Memorial Hospital. His professional interests include musculoskeletal residency education and the acute management of athletic injuries, in particular heat illness. He enjoys spending time with his wife and son, college football, running, and cooking.

Robert Cooper, MD

Dr. Cooper is the current Medical Director of the OSU Health Plan. After completing his residency at Ohio State, during which he was Chief Resident, Dr. Cooper chose to spend another 2 years at Ohio State as the Administrative Fellow while pursuing his MBA at the Fischer College of Business. Dr. Cooper's ED interests include population health, optimizing the emergency department EHR and helping streamline ED flow. Additionally he has a keen interest in social justice and helping the under served as a board member of the Columbus Free Clinic, through his church, and by working on numerous political campaigns. In his free time he participates in all things hipster and swing dance.

Luca Delatore, MD

Luca DeLatore is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kentucky, earning a degree in biology, before attending medical school at Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He completed residency in emergency medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Prior to joining OSU in 2014, he worked at Hilton Head Hospital in South Carolina. Prior to that he served as Medical Director at Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. His interests include residency education, cardiac care in the Emergency setting, patient flow managment and administration.

Michael Dick, MD

Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine Residency: Emergency Medicine, Ohio State Medical Center Medical School: Ohio State University Undergraduate: University of Colorado Board Certification: Emergency Medicine Academic/Research Interests: EM critical care.

Phillip Dixon, MD, MPH

Phillip Dixon is the current Administration Fellow for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Dixon completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University while playing 4 years of football. He then went to St. George's University for both his MPH and MD degrees. Following medical school, Dr. Dixon completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and was elected as a chief resident in his final year of residency. Throughout residency, Dr. Dixon became interested in advocacy, physician leadership, and administration. He was elected as the national secretary- treasurer for the Resident-Student Association of the American Academy of Emergency Physicians, as well as elected the resident representative for the Mississippi State Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He also was one of two chief residents among all specialties to co-chair the Chief Resident Committee and represented residents on multiple hospital administration committees. He currently is an at-large board member for the Young Physician Section of the American Academy of Emergency Physicians. His professional interests include creating a more efficient and effective emergency department, as well as national/state health policy, advocacy and leadership, and physician wellness. His personal interests including gym/fitness, sports, outdoor activities, and community events.

Emile El-Shammaa, MD

Emile El-Shammaa, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and medical school at Duke University, followed by emergency medicine residency at the Ohio State University. He then completed a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is currently dual clinical faculty at the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital emergency departments, as well as the ACLS Medical Director at OSU. His clinical interests include education, pediatrics, emergency ophthalmology, and ultrasound.

Geremiha Emerson, MD

Geremiha was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry with a minor in Anthropology from Kenyon College. He graduated AOA from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received his residency training at Vanderbilt University, where he served as a chief resident. His academic interests include resident education and development. In his free time, Geremiha enjoys spending time with his wife Angela, weight lifting, reading nonfiction, and watching ice hockey.

Andrew Gathof, MD

Andrew Gathof is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, practicing at The Ohio State University East hospital. He completed his undergraduate study in chemistry at the University of Notre Dame in 2008 before graduating from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2012. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, graduating in 2015. His personal interests include Notre Dame football, craft beer, home-brewing, travel, hiking, and socializing in general. Academic interests include organized medicine, bedside clinical graduate medical education, physician wellness, and bedside emergency ultrasound.

Diane Gorgas, MD

Diane Gorgas is a 1990 graduate of Case Western University College of Medicine. She completed a residency in Emergency Medicine in 1994 at the University of Cincinnati, serving as chief resident from 1993-1994. Dr. Gorgas joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in 1994 and has since been involved with Residency Education and Administration. Initially serving as Associate Residency Director, her areas of interest stemmed from Resident didactic education and clinical bedside teaching. In 1998 she became Co-residency Director along with Dan Martin, and in 2010 assumed the Residency Director position. Her contributions to the program have included developing a small group forum for the didactic sessions as well as a monthly skills lab curriculum. Current areas of interest and research include individualized residency education, testing preparation, and clinical research in body mass index in relation to ED length of stay and utilization. She received the Ohio State University College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Teacher of the Year Award in 2005 and the Courage to Teach Award in 2010. She is a national lecturer for American College of Emergency Physicians, specializing in Life Long Learning and Self-Assessment, and has been an American Board of Emergency Medicine Oral Examiner since 2001 and an ABEM item writer since 2010.

Ann Haynes, MD

Dr. Haynes completed a 6 year combined BS/MD program at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). Her residency in emergency medicine was at The Ohio State University. She then worked for several years in community hospitals before returning to OSU as an attending in the ED at OSU East. She lives on Buckeye Lake with her husband Bill and son John.

Daralee Hughes, MD

Dr. Hughes completed her undergraduate training at the University of Notre Dame majoring in biology with a minor in anthropology. Her initial interests were in DNA/blood disorder research but didn't like being stuck in a research lab prompting her to pursue medicine as a career. She completed her medical school training at The Ohio State Univeristy College of Medicine where she became interested in bedside physician performed ultrasound. She then completed her residency training at The Ohio State University and stayed as an attending at OSU East.

Colin Kaide, MD

Colin Kaide is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. As a native of Chicago, Illinois, he completed Undergraduate Studies and Medical School at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University (1993-1996). After residency, he served as the assistant director of the emergency department in Lima, Ohio for 3 years while serving as part-time faculty at OSU. In 2000 he joined the department at OSU as a full-time faculty member. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. In addition to emergency medicine and hyperbarics, he completed advanced training in wound care and is certified by the Council for Medical Education and Testing.

His academic interests include: Medical education, Rapid-Sequence Intubation and the Advanced Management of the Difficult Airway, Hematological and Oncological Disorders, Anticoagulation and its Reversal, Procedural Sedation, and Hyperbaric Medicine. He was honored as "Teacher of the Year" for the Department of Emergency Medicine (2008) and has received both the OSU College of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award (2004) and Outstanding Teaching Award (2008). At the 2017 American College of Emergency Physicians 2017 Scientific Assembly, he was presented with the 2016-17 Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award. This award is designed to recognize a single faculty member who has consistently demonstrated teaching excellence through performance, versatility, and dependability during ACEP educational meetings throughout the year. He is core faculty in the Emergency Medicine residency program at OSU.

One of his outside interests is martial arts. He has participated in the combative arts since 1978 and holds a 3rd-degree black belt in Goshin Jitsu. He has been a teacher of self-defense since high school and has developed a specialized course for EMS providers and healthcare professionals. He has also been a principal developer and Chief Medical Editor for a medical software company that produces a computer-based electronic medical record product that creates computerized ED and inpatient discharge instructions, prescriptions, and work excuses with over 800 hospitals using the software and instructions.

Emily Kauffman, DO

Dr. Kauffman received her undergraduate degree in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego; her Master of Public Health degree from The Ohio State University; and her medical degree from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she completed a predoctoral fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy. Dr. Kauffman completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she served as Chief Resident for one year. Dr. Kauffman's professional interests include sepsis guidelines, HIV in Latino populations, community development in underserved areas, and international public health. Her hobbies include international travel, all outdoor activities, gardening, reading, cooking, playing with her pups, binge online shoe shopping, and watching a movie in a cold theater on a hot day.

Craig B Key, MD

Dr. Craig Key's undergraduate education led to a degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University. He obtained his Medical Doctorate from The Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo Medical School). Following medical school, Dr. Key completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. After residency, Dr. Key went to Houston to participate in an Emergency Medical Services Fellowship under the direction of Dr. Paul Pepe and remained there for five years as Associate Medical Director of the Houston Fire Department. Currently, Dr. Key is on faculty with The Ohio State University as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. He enjoys teaching residents and participating with local EMS agencies. Among his academic activities, he has authored or contributed to many publications and professional presentations concerning the subject of out-of-hospital cardiac care and the need for early recognition, response and treatment of heart attacks. He has also developed and implemented research concerning the subject of out-of-hospital resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch. Dr. Key is now drawing on his undergraduate training in Electrical Engineering as he becomes more interested in the application of technology to medicine and EMS. He has developed numerous websites and written iPhone apps dealing with teaching and practicing medicine.

Sorabh Khandelwal, MD

Sorabh Khandelwal, MD, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Program Director of the EM Residency Program. He is a proud member of Buckeye Nation having completed his undergraduate and medical school studies at Oho State. He completed an EM residency at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been on faculty at Ohio State since 1998. Since arriving at Ohio State, he has served as Clerkship Director of the mandatory 4th year EM clerkship, directed a required 3rd year clinical procedural course, and served as Assistant Dean of Clinical Sciences in the College of Medicine where he helped develop Ohio State's Lead.Serve.Inspire medical school curriculum. In addition to his primary role as PD, he also serves as Director of the Patient Care Competency in the College of Medicine. He has received the EM Teacher of the Year on numerous occasions, Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Medicine, ACEP National Teaching Award, Ohio State Faculty Alumni Award, and most recently was designated a Master Teacher by the College. He has been very active in CDEM (ie., previous CDEM President), SAEM, CORD, ABEM (i.e., item writer, oral examiner) and NBME (i.e., multiple committees). His scholarly interests focus primarily on medical education.

Samuel Kiehl, MD

Samuel Kiehl, MD was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1946. His family was among the first settlers of Franklin County, Ohio in the early 1800's. He currently lives on the family farm where many of the original settlers are buried. He did his undergraduate training at The Ohio State University, where he majored in Mathematics and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1967. He then attended medical school at OSU and graduated in 1971. He did a year of internal medicine residency at York Hospital in York, PA. In 1972 he was drafted as a military physician and served 2 years in the Navy at the end of the Vietnam war. He returned to Columbus in 1974 where he worked as a full-time emergency physician at Riverside Methodist Hospitals. In 1980, he became the director of the ED at RMH. Shortly thereafter, with Dr. Rund and OSU ED, he and RMH ED cofounded the EM residency program that is now at OSU. The RMH ED became a national model for many of our processes and he was asked to present at several national symposia on some of these. He started a billing company in 1980, which he still owns. It provides services to 20 clients in states east of the Mississippi. We have 100 employees, half of which are in India. He has been a prolific reviewer of medical malpractice cases. He has reviewed over 1000 cases and has testified at trial or deposition 400 times. He is a partner in many business ventures which are interesting and fun. I was an officer and board member at Ohio ACEP for 10 years and was the state reimbursement chairman during that time. One of those years, he was selected as the Ohio Emergency Physician of the year. He is married to a high school friend and just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They have 6 children, all of whom are married and they have 17 grandchildren. He does a lot of volunteer work in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have served as a priesthood leader in that organization for over 30 years. For recreation, he enjoys golf and spending time with his family.

Andrew King, MD

Andrew King, MD is currently an Assistant Residency Program Director and Medical Education Fellowship Director. He completed his undergraduate studies at Youngstown State University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in combined sciences. He received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Medical University and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University. After completing residency, Dr. King spent a year working in the Wake Forest University Health System before returning as an attending physician. His professional interests include: graduate medical education, curricular development, program evaluation, professional development, assessment, and ultrasound. He has been the recipient of the Ohio ACEP medical education award after a nomination developed by several residents, the OSU EM Teacher of the Year award, and the CORD Faculty Teaching Award. As an educator he has developed several successful curricula, including the flipped classroom didactic and longitudinal track curricula. His scholarly interests primarily focus on curriculum development, the flipped classroom teaching method, and professional development. Dr. King and his wife Erin have two children, Bentley and London. He enjoys sports, outdoors, and spending time with his family.

Nicholas Kman, MD

Dr. Nicholas Kman earned his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and his MD from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Kman trained at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where he was a Chief Resident. Currently, his research interests include Medical Student Education and Emergency Preparedness. He the Director of Part 3 of the LSI Curriculum for the College of Medicine (Med 4 year, http://medicine.osu.edu/students/lsi_curriculum/pages/index.aspx). Dr. Kman is the Past President of Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM). He is also a Medical Manager for Ohio Task Force 1 which is Ohio's Urban Search and Rescue Team. He is a Co-Chair of the Emergency Preparedness Committee at Ohio State and has a special interest in Disaster Preparedness. Check him out on twitter @DrNickKman.

Ashley Larrimore, MD

Ashley Larrimore, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and the Medical Director of the Center for Emergency Medical Services. She completed her undergraduate degrees at The George Washington University with dual majors in Biology and Religion. Dr. Larrimore received her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine followed by a residency in Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center and a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at the University of Cincinnati. She has a particular interest in air medical transport and has previously flown as a flight physician with UMass Memorial Life Flight and University of Cincinnati AirCare and is an assistant medical director at MedFlight of Ohio.

Cynthia Leung, MD

Dr. Leung earned a Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago where she continued her education earning a PhD in Neurobiology. She then pursued a medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Case Western Reserve University.

Sommer E Lindsey, MD

Dr. Lindsey completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Chicago in Psychology and her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She trained in emergency medicine at UCSF Fresno in Fresno, CA where she served as Chief Resident. She worked as clinical faculty at UCSF Fresno for a year before moving to Columbus. Dr. Lindsey's professional interests include clinical work and women's health. She enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with her husband, daughter and 110-pound labrador.

Daniel Martin, MD

Daniel R. Martin, M.D. is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is the Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program and he is the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Martin served as the Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Categorical Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center from 1990 to 2010. Dr. Martin received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and then completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin serving as Chief Resident during his final year. His clinical interests include the treatment of infectious diseases in the emergency department, trauma management, emergency medicine education and patient satisfaction. His research interests are the ED treatment of infections, such as pneumonia and respiratory infections as well as medical education research. Dr. Martin is Chair of the SAEM Medical Education Research Interest Group and has serves as an ACEP Councilor. Dr. Martin serves on a number of committees in our Department of Emergency Medicine, the College of Medicine and the Medical Center along with being an active member in national organizations such as SAEM, the Council of Residency Directors (CORD) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to name a few. He has lectured as a Visiting Professor both regionally and nationally on topics such as Respiratory Infection, Case Studies of Infectious Emergencies, Recognizing and Reducing Cognitive Errors in Medicine and Applying Leadership Literature to Emergency Medicine.

Jillian McGrath, MD

Jilian McGrath, M.D. is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. She completed her undergraduate training at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her medical school Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. McGrath completed emergency residency at The Ohio State University.

Jennifer Mitzman, MD

Dr Mitzman is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and of Pediatrics. She completed an Emergency Medicine residency in Cleveland, Ohio followed by a fellowship in Pedatric Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Her professional interests include curriculum development and simulation in pediatric emergencies.

Irene Mynatt, DO

Irene Mynatt went to medical school in Phoenix, Arizona and did residency in emergency medicine at Drexel/Hahnemann in Philadelphia. After completing residency she practiced in Austin, Texas in the community for one year. Dr. Mynatt then returned to Ohio where she grew up to do an ultrasound fellowship at OSU. She is continuing on as faculty. Her interests lie in community medicine, global health and integrating ultrasound into underserved areas. In her spare time Irene loves to travel and is an avid concert attender.

Richard Nelson, MD

Dr. Nelson is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at Summa Akron City Hospital. He has served as President of the Ohio Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians, President of the Columbus Medical Association, and Delegate from Ohio to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He was President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine in 2011-2012 where he also chaired the Initial Certification Task Force and the Test Development Committee. He served as OSU Department of Emergency Medicine Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for many years. He retired in 2014 and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He currently works in the AfterHours Care Clinics as well as the Physician Advisor program. His academic and research interests include environmental emergencies, disaster preparedness, hyperbaric medicine, testing and simulation technology, and medical-legal and legislative issues in emergency medicine.

Kurt Neltner, MD

Dr. Neltner graduated from Thomas More College with a Biology degree in 1991. He then graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 1995. Next, he completed emergency medicine residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria in 1998. He worked 1 year in community emergency medicine prior to coming to OSU in 1999. He is married with 2 children.

Benjamin Ostro, MD

Benjamin Ostro was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in European History from Middlebury College. He graduated AOA from Rutgers Medical School. He received his residency training at University of Cincinnati. His academic interests include both resident and medical student education and serves as the M3 clerkship director. In his free time he enjoys traveling and golf.

Ashish Panchal, MD

Dr. Panchal began his career as a researcher completing a Ph.D at Case Western Reserve University. Following this, he went to The Ohio State University College of Medicine for medical school and residency where he was elected as Chief Resident. Dr. Panchal is a board certified Emergency Physician having practiced at the University of Arizona prior to joining The Ohio State University. His interests include undergraduate medical education, Emergency ultrasonography and cardiovascular research focusing on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Dr. Panchal teaches in the College of Medicine as a longitudinal group leader for the Lead. Serve. Inspire. Curriculum and is the Assistant Fellowship Director for Ultrasound. He is a member of the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Scientific Subcommittee responsible for guideline writing and literature evaluation for cardiac arrest care.

Michael Prats, MD

Dr. Prats is currently one of the ultrasound faculty in the department of emergency medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, with dual majors of neuroscience and philosophy, before attending medical school at the Ohio State University. He subsequently completed his residency in emergency medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His academic interests include ultrasound, social media, and medical education.

Donald Rucker, MD

Don Rucker, MD is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Rucker is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with Board Certifications in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He holds a Masters in Medical Computer Science and an MBA, both from Stanford. Dr. Rucker has practiced emergency medicine at Kaiser in California, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where he was the first full-time Emergency Department attending and at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Presbyterian and Pennsylvania Hospitals. Dr. Rucker has also worked extensively in corporate settings building and bringing products to market. At Datamedic Corporation he co-developed the world's first Microsoft Windows based electronic medical record. He came to OSUMC from Siemens Healthcare USA where he served as Chief Medical Officer for 13 years. Dr. Rucker led the team that designed the computerized physician order entry workflow that, as installed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, won the 2003 HIMSS Nicholas Davies Award for the best hospital computer system in the US. Dr. Rucker recently served terms on the Board of Commissioners of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and Medicare's Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) and has extensive healthcare policy experience representing healthcare innovations before Congress, CMS, AHRQ, OMB, MedPAC, ONC, and MEDCAC.

Douglas Rund, MD

Dr. Rund is a graduate of Yale University and the Stanford College of Medicine. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and has interests in emergency medical services, emergency psychiatry and medical education.

Dr. Douglas Rund is the founder of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State. He served as Departmental chair from 1990 to 2011. He resigned as chair in 2011 to continue teaching and academic work within the department.

Dr. Rund became the Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State in 1978. When the Division became a full Department in 1990, he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department. During his tenure at Ohio State he has also been named Interim Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine on two occasions. He was named Associate Dean for Hospital Based Services in 2003. He was elected President of the Faculty Practice Plan, OSU Physicians, in 2003 and served in this capacity until his recent retirement as Chair. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the OSU Hospital System and Board of Directors of the OSU Health Plan.

Under his leadership the Department of Emergency Medicine grew to 40 faculty members with 36 residents in the EM Program. The department has also developed fellowships in Pediatrics, Toxicology, Sports Medicine, Ultrasound, Research, Administration and Education.

Rund became a member of the Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine in 1990 and served as President of the organization in 1992. He was selected to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award from ACEP in 1992. He served on the Board of Directors of The American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1988 to 1997; and as President in 1995-96. He was a member of the RRC for Emergency Medicine from 1997 to 2002. He has been active as consultant and site reviewer for new and established EM programs for many years. He has authored and edited many scientific and educational articles and texts including Essentials of Emergency Medicine with Drs. Rosen, Barkin and Sternbach.

Lydia Sahlani, MD

Dr. Sahlani is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and former ultrasound fellow at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She graduated from Miami University with a degree in Zoology and minor in Neuroscience and continues to be active in undergraduate recruitment activities for the university. The next part of her education was completed at The University of Toledo College of Medicine, where she earned her MD. Dr. Sahlani completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University, where she was one of three residents from the medical center honored with The OSU House Staff Excellence in Teaching Award (2013) by the OSU College of Medicine Class of 2013, and one of six residents from the medical center honored with a Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award (2013) chosen by 3rd and 4th year medical students. She was also awarded the House Staff Collegiality Award (2013) for being well known by her peers for routinely exhibiting attributes of collegiality and professionalism. Dr. Sahlani's professional interests include ultrasound applications in procedures, medical education, and social media. Dr. Sahlani enjoys mentoring medical students and residents through the residency application process as well as career choices. Her hobbies include travel, photography, recreational sports participation, and being a Cleveland sports enthusiast.

Sondra Shellman, MD

Dr. Shellman is from Fairfield, Ohio. She completed undegraduate at The Ohio State University with a BS in Human Nutrition. She then attended medical school at The Ohio State University. She completed residency training at North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She has been at OSU East since March of 2000. She has two children and lives in Dublin, Ohio.

Lauren Southerland, MD

Dr. Southerland completed her medical training and residency at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina. She then did a fellowship in geriatrics and emergency medicine at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan. Her interest in Geriatrics led her to Ohio State where she is currently collaborating with other faculty to improve the care of the elderly in our Emergency Department. Her research interests include fragility fractures, transitions of care, and resident education in geriatrics. She also enjoys gardening, baking, and chasing after her kids.

Thomas Terndrup, MD

Dr. Terndrup is an Emergency Medicine specialist with over 30 years of clinical, educational, and research experience in the provision of emergency medical care, with venues ranging from remote rural, to suburban community, and large urban academic hospital facilities. He founded the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a full academic department at the School of Medicine. He also established the Center for Emerging Infections and Disaster Preparedness (CEIEP) in order to address issues associated with emerging infections and disaster preparedness through multidisciplinary research, training and service programs. He transitioned to Penn State University (PSU), his alma matter (COM class 1981), in October, 2006. At PSU, he directed approximately 220 full time employees in their pursuit of high quality emergency medical care and education. At Penn State he was instrumental in developing interdisciplinary groups to focus on systemic hypothermia, sepsis improvements, and emergency care clinical trials. As an example, Penn State leads the national in enrollment in the Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS), reduced the observed to expected mortality for sepsis patients by 36%, and an ongoing contributor to the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials group.

Howard Werman, MD

Howard Werman, MD is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and an Attending Physician at both OSU Medical Center and OSU East Hospitals. In addition, he is on Courtesy Staff at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Werman graduated Duke University and attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He was a member of the first three-year residency class in Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He did a one-year Research Fellowship in Resuscitation under the mentorship of Charles Brown, MD. He has been a member of the faculty since 1984. In addition, Dr. Werman serves as Medical Director for MedFlight of Ohio, the critical care transport service in central and southeast Ohio.

Jennifer Yee, DO

Jennifer Yee is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the emergency medicine simulation director. She is an Akron, Ohio native and earned her bachelor degree in biological sciences Ohio University, then stayed in Athens to receive her medical degree through Ohio University College of Medicine. Her emergency medicine residency was completed through Summa Akron City Hospital. After serving as chief resident, she completed a simulation medicine fellowship at Summa. Her professional interests include simulation, medical education, and patient safety. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, baking, and biking.