2024 Administration & Operations Committee Leader Spotlight

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

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

Why get involved in a professional society? Learn the latest developments in Emergency Medicine and help develop the next generation of physician leaders.

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

What is your favorite hack for night shifts? Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies at 3am is rocket fuel for the mind & soul
 
What is the last non-textbook you read? Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
 
Favorite channel on social media? Outdoor Boys - YouTube Channel. I will (probably) never camp out in the Alaskan wilderness but I sure like to watch it! 
 

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

Savanah Harshbarger

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

What is 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

Top 3 traits of a great leader: Adaptability, decisiveness, resilience

What is something that people don't know about you? I recently passed my Level I Sommelier exam!

If you weren't an emergency physician, what would you be?I would love to be a perfumer!
 

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

Karan Bains.jpgProgram: UCSF

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To provide trainees with more exposure to important topics in EM administration and operations, and to generate new ideas with others interested in the topic

What is the best advice you've ever received? If you lift others up you'll rise with them

What is something people don't know about you? I hate the sound of styrofoam with a passion

If you weren't an emergency physician, what would you be?Healthcare economist
 
What is the last non-textbook you read? On the Move by Oliver Sacks
 
Favorite channel on social media? JJ Redick and Jeff Teague podcasts, Dr. Glaucomflecken

Puja Singh, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2024

Puja Singh, MDProgram: Mount Sinai Morningside West

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To help support the education of members and help grow the various resources we have to advance the flame of emergency medicine that I know we all share.

What do you think are the top three traits of a great leader? 1. Self-aware, 2. Good communicators, 3. Empathy
 
What is something that people don't know about you? I can speak 6 languages

What is your favorite hack for night shifts? snacks and vibes

What is the last non-textbook you read? Verity by Colleen Hoover

 

Neha Gupta, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Admin and Ops Committee, 2024

JessieCable.jpgProgram: George Washington University Emergency Medicine 

 

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

Richard Ngo.jpgProgram: University of California - San Francisco 

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

Why did you get involved in a professional society? To connect with and learn from others from various backgrounds and institutions.
 
What do you think are the top three traits of a great leader? Empathetic, Communicative, Proactive
 
If you weren't an emergency physician, what would you be? Would love to be a dancer!

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

Josue Minaya, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Administration & Operations Committee, 2024

Josue MinayajpgProgram: Yale New Haven

Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal as an EMRA leader is to be able to explore various avenues to address some of the most concerning issues in Emergency Medicine including the perceptions of our patients seeking care in the emergency departments during their visits.

Why did you get involved in a professional society? I had been a part of EMRA since medical school and wanted to expand the role I played in helping advance the field of Emergency Medicine Administration and Operations. 

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: I was very interested in biomedical engineering during my undergraduate studies. 

Favorite life hack for night shifts: A very comfortable eye mask and blackout curtains!

What's the last non-textbook you read? The Lightning Thief, again...

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