2023 - 2024 Critical Care Committee Leader Spotlight
Brian Sumner, MD, Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program:Critical Care Fellow - Mount Sinai Health System
Your goal as an EMRA leader: Utilizing the strong foundation of the critical care committee to motivate and empower new leaders who will expand the emergency medicine footprint within critical care medicine
What is the best advice you've ever received? Use adversity as an opportunity. Embrace your reality.
What is something people don't know about you? I was once in shape and ran the Broad Street Run in Philadelphia
If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: Owner of a bagel shop
Dustin Slagle, MD, Chair-Elect of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: ChristianaCare
Your goal as an EMRA leader: Spread awareness about EM doctors in critical care so residents can consider it as a career option, to learn as much as I can, and contribute to the EM critical care education literature.
What is the best advice you've ever received? Maybe a bit cliche, but I also find it to be true, “showing up is half the battle”.
Favorite life hack for night shifts: 2 hour pre-nap before the first shift in a string and lots of Redbull
Kunj Bhatt, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Mount Sinai Hospital
Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal as EMRA leader is to increase the accessibility of critical care educational resources and work as a mentor/leader to those who are considering a career in critical care
If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: GM of a basketball team
What's the last non-textbook you read? Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Christian Kasianko, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: ChristianaCare
Your goal as an EMRA leader: Building an environment of camaraderie not just with my team, but among the specialty - I want to be a part of a flow of ideas that allow us to continue improving the education, wellness, and future of Emergency Medicine.
Favorite life hack for night shifts: Celsius + a portable speaker of 80s rock.
Christine Yang, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal is to empower all EM residents to practice their best, evidence based critical care downstairs in the ED before their patients reaches upstairs in the ICU. I want to help make educational content that is easily readable and accessible as a reference to anyone beginning their ICU rotation.
Top 3 traits of a great leader: Humility, confidence, and a good work ethic
Alexandra Hallagan, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Maricopa County/Creighton University Emergency Medicine
Gabriel Colon, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Mount Sinai Morningside/West
Your goal as an EMRA leader: To contribute to the Critical Care community!
What's the last non-textbook you read? Target Acquired by Tom Clancy
Brendan Innes, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Brown Emergency Medicine
Your goal as an EMRA leader: I want to help us take outstanding care of critically ill patients in the emergency department through the creation of high quality educational materials. I aim to empower medical students and residents to pursue a career in critical care through community engagement and mentorship.
Favorite life hack for night shifts: Early shift caffeine, mid shift snack, music on during the entire shift. Go home to sleep in a cold, dark, and quiet room. Try to do something normal that day and catch a glimpse of the sun. Celebrate the end of a stretch with a post-shift breakfast with the team.
Alex Lucas, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Advocate Christ Medical Center
Your goal as an EMRA leader: I hope to continue putting out critical care FOAMed, dive into crit care technology, and help promote critical care as a fellowship and career. I also hope to improve my own critical care knowledge and share this with fellow residents and medical students along the way.
Top 3 traits of a great leader:
1. Driven 2. Inspirational 3. Good communication skills
What is the best advice you've ever received? Always dream big.
Erin Bell, MD, Assistant Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: University of Virginia Health
Your goal as an EMRA leader: To help connect interested students, current residents, and faculty members who are interested in Critical Care.
Top 3 traits of a great leader:
1. Communication
2. Humility
3. Confidence
Favorite life hack for night shifts: That midnight coffee is necessary! La Colombe canned lattes hit the spot.
What's on your playlist? Anything from the 90s or Classic Rock
Evan McMurray, MD, Asst. Vice Chair of the EMRA Critical Care Committee, 2023-2024
Program: Mount Sinai Morningside-West
Your goal as an EMRA leader: To make critical care topics accessible for EM residents and to provide resources and mentorship for those interested in pursuing this path for fellowship
Top 3 traits of a great leader:
1. Hard-work
2. Integrity
3. Humility
What is the best advice you've ever received? The journey is the destination
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