Presidential Leadership Award

Purpose

The EMRA Presidential Leadership Award is annually awarded by the EMRA President to select leaders for outstanding service to EMRA and on behalf of EM physicians-in-training.

Eligibility

EMRA member

Selection Criteria

Each year, the EMRA President selects recipients based on service to EMRA.

Date of Inception

2019

The 2022 awardee is:

  • Michael Galuska, MD, FACEP for his years of anonymous service to medical students, fierce advocacy for equity among all EMBound medical students, and examplary example of compassion, empathy, hard work and humility.

The 2020 awardees are:

  • Erik Blutinger, MD, MSc for his role on two boards, his fierce advocacy, and for increasing opportunities for residents to have a seat at the table with ACEP task forces and committees.

  • Angela Cai, MD, MBA for her policy work in the era of COVID, and for facilitating the first virtual EMRA conference with short notice.

  • Josh Davis, MD for expanding Case-Con to residents, for making research more accessible to members through innovative programming, and for helping members get published.

  • Omar Maniya, MD, MBA for leading the creation of our new strategic plan and for expanding leadership opportunities.

  • Ashley Penington for responding to the COVID pandemic with more EMRA Hangouts than ever before which generated record attendance.

  • Karina Sanchez, MD for innovating RepCo, Virtual RefCom, Virtual Public Hearing, Basecamp, and for her steadfast review of minutes and our governing documents.

  • Jazmyn Shaw for being a fierce advocate for medical students during the changing landscape during COVID to support them matching in emergency medicine through consensus statements, and for her personal guidance.

  • Greg Tanquary, DO, MBA for keeping members first.

The 2019 awardees are:

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