EMRA Spotlight, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Committee

Meet Kristen Kelly, MD

We're pleased to introduce Kristen Kelly, MD, chair of the EMRA Prehospital & Disaster Medicine Committee, 2020-2021.

Kristen KellyProgram: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To bring more awareness to the natural and manmade disasters facing our generation and to highlight the importance of integrating prehospital care into our work.

What is something people don't know about you?
I taught salsa dancing in college.

If I weren't an emergency physician I would be: An architect 

Favorite life hack for night shifts: Brunch with coresidents in the morning

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