Government Services Committee
Government Services Leaders

Chair
Kyler Osborne, MD

Chair-Elect
Evan Miller, DO

Vice Chair
Ryan Leone, MD

Vice Chair
Tyler McGuire, MD

Assistant Vice Chair
Christopher Heins, MD

Speaker of the Council
Jacob Altholz, MD
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Committee Videos
Highly Reliable ED Operations w/ COL (Dr.) Martin Lucenti
In this collaborative event with the EMRA Government Services and the EMRA Administration and Operations committees, hear from Dr. Martin Lucenti, the Chief Medical Officer for Vizient and State Surgeon for Vermont. This talk will pull from his decades of experience working in healthcare operations after pursuing an MD/PhD focused on industrial engineering. Topics will include queuing systems in the ED, highly reliable stochastic systems operations, errors of omission, and other issues pertinent to optimizing EDs in the civilian and military sectors.
Watch Now!AI In Military and Emergency Medicine
held virtually on Tuesday, November 19: presented by COL (Dr.) Benjamin Donham, COL (Dr.) Jeremy Pamplin, Lt Col (Dr.) Josh Stierwalt, and CDR (Dr.) Darshan Thota and EMRA's Government Services and Technology, Telehealth, and Informatics committees
Watch Now!Undersea & Dive Emergencies with Dr. Steven Portouw
held virtually on Tuesday Sep 19: presented by Dr. Steven Portouw and EMRA's Government Services and Wilderness committees
Watch Now!Forward Resuscitative Medicine: Where Do We Go From Here?
from June 2023: presented by Dr. Fontenette and EMRA's Government Services and Critical Care committees
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Lessons Learned from the Miami Building Collapse CORD23 Programming
from March 2023: Dr. Yee presenting our CORD programming, Lessons Learned from the Miami Building Collapse
Watch Now!Fem in EM Perspectives from the US Navy
from March 2023: Dr. Kat Landa discussing Fem in EM: a US Navy Perspective.
Watch Now!From the Battlefield to the Streets: The Changing Landscape of Blood Transfusions in the Field
from August 2022: Dr. Kennen Less discussing the US Marine Corps Valkyrie Emergency Whole Blood Transfusion Program (co-hosted with Wilderness Committee)
Watch Now!Quarterly Collaborations III Use of Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) During an Emergency Resuscitation
from December 2021: Dr. John Seifert reviewing TEE during a code (co-hosted with Ultrasound Committee)
Watch Now!Deployed Medicine: Toxicology Cases
EMRA's Government Services leadership team is excited to announce Part III of our 2022-23 Quarterly Collaborations lecture series, as the EMRA Toxicology Committee joined us to host Dr. David Tanen, MD, FAAEM, FACMT on Tuesday, December 06, 2022. Dr. Tanen is a fellowship-trained medical toxicologist and emergency medicine attending physician at Harbor-UCLA who had a prolific medical career in the US Navy before transitioning to civilian EM. He gave a wonderful talk covering unique and interesting toxicology cases encountered while deployed around the world.
Watch NowGovernment Services + EMS Committees
Yev Maksimenko, MD, NRP
Capt, USAF, MC
EMRA Director of Leadership Development
Incorporating Civilian EMS Lessons Into a Vision for the Future of EMS Medical Direction in the US Military
Watch NowEMRA Admin & Ops + Government Services Collaboration: June 2021
EMRA's Administration & Operations and Government Services Committees collaborate for a power session with Dr. Gillian Schmitz.
Sponsored By:
EMRA Administration & Operations Committee
EMRA Government Services Committee
Speakers
Dr. Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP
ACEP President-Elect
Overview
Through EMRA’s Government Services Committee, we are establishing a sustainable network between all military service emergency medicine residents to help civilian residents transition to military careers and foster academic collaboration among all the armed services.
This committee is for you if you are interested in:
- Learning more about military emergency medicine as a student, resident or civilian physician.
- Developing a nationwide network to collaborate and mentor across all armed services, medical schools and residencies.
- Showcasing the unique and important contributions military medicine offers emergency medicine.
Government Services Committee Objectives
- Establish a support network to promote mentorship, research, and leadership between civilian and military emergency medicine residency programs.
- Broadcast military medicine and our unique contributions to emergency medicine by increasing the presence of military medicine academic topics in EMRA.
- Provide resources to prepare medical students and civilian residents’ for the transition to military careers.

Military Match Topics
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Mentorship Opportunities
GS ACEP has developed a robust resource for all things EM military mentorship. No matter where you are in your career this program will help you navigate your current station to help you get to where you want to be. This platform can either give you quick mentorship advice or set you up with a long term mentor - whatever you need, you can find it here.
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Government Services Chapter of ACEP
GSACEP is the Government Services Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The GS chapter was formed in 1977 by ACEP to give military physicians a chapter “home” to build networking and leadership opportunities that would be consistent despite frequent military moves. GSACEP has expanded to represent the unique practice situations encountered by active duty, National Guard, and Reserve members, as well as physicians in federal service in the Veterans’ Administration, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, and Public Health Service.
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Feb 06, 2020
Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered ED patient volumes, resulting in decreased hours for emergency physicians and a difficult job market. Could the current fee-for-service reimbursement model have been a contributing factor? The Health Policy Journal Club examines this issue.


Nov 29, 2021
Program Director Interview Series: Laura Smylie, MD | EM Residency Assistant Program Director at Wayne State University Detroit Receiving Hospital
In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we got to chat with Laura Smylie, MD, to learn about the Wayne State University Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Smylie tells us more about residency in the amazing Motor City.