Christina Brown, MD, Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: ChristianaCare

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To empower residents and students to make changes and get involved in making healthcare better for all

Why get involved with a professional society? I joined EMRA as a medical student and loved all the leadership opportunities and resources it provides

Favorite life hack for night shifts: Snacks are your best friend

What's on your playlist? Olivia Rodrigo, Fall Out Boy, all the major Broadway musical soundtracks

Andrew Luo, MD, MBA, Chair-Elect of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital

Why get involved in a professional society? Work with the future leaders of Emergency Medicine and healthcare!

Top 3 traits of a great leader: Vision, empowering other, glass-half-full mindset

Karan Bains, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: UCSF

Your goal as an EMRA leader: As part of the leadership team for the Admin & Ops committee, I want to make information and networking related to operations, innovation, and technology accessible and digestible for any emergency medicine physician to use in their personal and professional lives.

What is the best advice you've ever received? Failure is infinitely better than not having tried.

What is something people don't know about you? The sound of styrofoam terrifies me.

Savanah L. Harshbarger, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: Harvard (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Your goal as an EMRA leader: Empower residents to explore opportunities beyond the hospital and make connections between the worlds of medicine, leadership, and business

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: A group fitness instructor!

Carly Rosen, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: Mount Sinai Morningside-West

Your goal as an EMRA leader: to help residents discover their passions and make connections with leaders on a local and national level

What's the last non-textbook you read? Verity

Richard Ngo, DMD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: University of California - San Francisco 

Your goal as an EMRA leader: Build our community of residents and medical students nationally.

Favorite life hack for night shifts: Caffeine naps are the way to go.

Linsay Ling, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: Magnolia Regional Health Center

Your goal as an EMRA leader: As an EMRA leader, I hope to positively impact rural communities by mitigating barriers to care and establishing a network of dedicated physicians to serving the rural population

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: a storm chaser with NOAA

Favorite life hack for night shifts: lots of snacks & a hot beverage

What's the last non-textbook you read? The Stalker by Lars Kepler

Shanesse Spratt, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2023-2024

Program: Magnolia Regional Health Center

Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal as an EMRA leader is to help establish a robust Rural EM Residency alliance within EMRA.

Number of apps on my phone: 107

What's the last non-textbook you read? Medical Apartheid

What's on your playlist? Beyonce