EMRA Health Policy Academy

The EMRA Health Policy Academy is a highly selective year-long academy that will train you to be a policy advocate in emergency medicine. It’s designed to give passionate residents like you the opportunity to impact policy within Emergency Medicine at a local and national level and set you up for a lifetime of advocacy and national involvement.

What is the EMRA Health Policy Academy?

You’ll start by writing resolutions for and helping run the policy portion of the EMRA meetings at ACEP. Then, you’ll get training in resolution writing, parliamentary procedure, specific issues affecting Emergency Medicine and how to advocate for them. Later, you’ll get to lobby on Capitol Hill with ACEP at the Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) and attend unique leadership training and in-depth talks from policy leaders. Finally, you’ll get the unprecedented opportunity to advocate at the ACEP Council, where Emergency Physicians from across the country debate and vote on ACEP policies that affect all of our patients. And in the process, you’ll create a valuable network of advocates to learn from, starting with your co-fellows.


Welcome, 2026 HPA Fellows!

  • Sydni Iman Williams

    Sydni Iman Williams

    MD, University of Chicago

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

  • Joanna Dehghani

    Joanna Dehghani, DO

    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

  • Nicholas Sebastian Imperato

    Nicholas Sebastian Imperato

    DO, MPH, Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

  • Jacqueline King, MD

    Jacqueline King, MD

    MD, Christiana Care Health Services

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

  • Kirstin W Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD

    Kirstin W Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD

    MD, MPhil, PhD, University of Washington

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

  • Miranda Teixeira

    Miranda Teixeira

    MD, University of Tennessee College of Medicine (Memphis)

    Health Policy Academy Fellow

Liaison

  • Katarina Jones

    Katarina Jones, MD

    Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School

    Board Liaison