Alex Koyfman MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Attending Physician at Parkland Memorial Hospital

Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) is a board-certified emergency physician and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He serves on the Education subcommittee for ACEP. Dr. Koyfman has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in a diverse set of areas within Emergency Medicine. His main interests include resident/faculty education & development, EM decision making / mindset, ED critical care, high-risk/low-prevalence diseases, and medical entrepreneurship. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of www.emdocs.net and co-writes a monthly column for Emergency Physicians Monthly.

Over 400 applications were reviewed by the selection committee, comprised of Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP, Zach Jarou, MD, Omar Z. Maniya, MD, MBA, Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA, Ven Subramanyam, MD, Erin Karl, MD, and Jazmyn Shaw.

The selection committee was blinded to EMRA and/or ACEP membership status. Care was taken to ensure both a diverse applicant pool and awardee group. For any questions, contact Cathey Wise at cwise@emra.org

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