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The GW Department of Emergency Medicine provides emergency patient care to four hospitals, educates the next generation of health professionals and provides a wide range of innovative emergency medicine consulting services.

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) of The George Washington University is actively involved in a wide range of Emergency Medicine-related clinical, educational, research, and consulting programs. In support of our medical student, resident, and fellowship education programs and clinical research programs, the DEM staffs the ED’s of four hospitals including one hospital-based Hyperbarics / Wound Care program. The DEM also offers a wide range of Emergency Medicine consulting activities including: medical support for the travel assistance and commercial shipping industries, staffing solutions for remote clinics, telemedicine-related services, community-oriented emergency care programs.

Our mission is to provide excellent emergency patient care, train the next generation of health professionals, create new knowledge in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Emergency Management, and continually innovate.

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Faculty Professors Name Title Robert Shesser, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine James Scott, MD Former Dean, George Washington University School of Medicine Mary Pat McKay, MD Chief, Sections of Injury Prevention/Toxicology and Clinical Research Anthony Mcintyre, MD Co-chief, Section of Emergency Management Associate Professors Name Title Keith Boniface, MD Chief, Section of Emergency Ultrasonography Jeremy Brown, MD Section of Clinical Research Cathleen Clancy, MD Co-Chief, Section of Injury Prevention and Toxicology Yolanda Haywood, MD Associate Dean for Curricular & Student Affairs, George Washington University School of Medicine Raymond Lucas, MD Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Chief, Section of Educational Methodology Melissa McCarthy, PhD Section of Health Policy Jesse Pines, MD Director, Center for Health Care Quality, Department of Health Policy Jeffrey Smith, MD Co-Director, Ronald Reagan Institute, Chief, Section of International Emergency Medicine Assistant Professors Name Title Mahshid Abir, MD Section of Emergency Management Janice Blanchard, MD Chief, Section of Health Policy  Meher Chaudhry, MD Site Director, Washington VA Hospital Emergency Department Griffin Davis, MD Chair, Prince George's Hospital Center Emergency Department Steven Davis, MD Section of Health Policy Annette Dorfman, MD Section of Educational Methodology Katherine Douglass, MD Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Malika Fair, MD Director, Medical Student Clerkship Program Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD Co-chief, Section of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Andrew Meltzer, MD Section of Clinical Research  Christopher Lang, MD Co-chief, Section of Innovative Practice Kris Lehnhardt, MD Medical Director, EMERG, Director Fellowship in Extreme Environmental Emergencies Jennifer Lee, MD Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine  Yiju "Teresa" Liu, MD Director, Ultrasonography Fellowship Gary Little, MD Medical Director, George Washington University Hospital Larissa May, MD Assistant Chief, Section of Clinical Research Ryanne Mayersak, MD Section of Educational Methodology Jim McLester, MD Vice Chair, Prince George's Hospital Center Emergency Department Bruno Petinaux, MD Co-chief, Section of Emergency Management, Site Director, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Emergency Department Ali Pourmand, MD Director, Digital Media, Section of Educational Methodology Claudia Ranniger, MD Director, Simulation Center, George Washington University, School of Medicine Colleen Roche, MD Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Mehdi Sattarian, MD Director, ED Metrics, Section of ED Administration and Operations Research Kari Scantlebury, MD Medical Director, Emergency Health Services Program Hamid Shokoohi, MD Section of Emergency Ultrasonography Neal Sikka, MD Co-chief, Section of Innovative Practice Michael Ward Administrative Director, Emergency Health Services Program Amie Woods, MD Section of Emergency Ultrasonography Kabir Yadav, MD Director, Clinical Research Fellowship Instructors Name Title Mark Byrne, MD Section of Emergency Ultrasonography Michael Pirri, MD Section of Innovative Practice Clinical & Adjunct Name Title Sol Edelstein, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Co-chief, Section of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Dan Hanfling, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine John Howell, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Toby Litovitz, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Thom Mayer, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine John Shriver, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Keith Ghezzi, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Brantley Tilman "Til" Jolly, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Nathan Janusz, PA-C Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Amy Keim, PA-C Director of International Physician Assistant Development, Assistant Clinical Professor Rita Manfredi, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Drew Maurano, PA-C Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Susan Owens, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine E. Reed Smith, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Ryan Strauss, PA-C Administrative Director of Physician Assistants, Assistant Clinical Professor James D’Orta Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine Steven Hatfil Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Cecil James , Holliman, MD Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine Jim Marinucci Director, International Programs, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Fellows Name Title Jameel Abualenain, MD ED Operations Fellow Heather Brown, MD International Emergency Medicine Fellow Cathy Chung, MD Emergency Ultrasonography Fellow Joanna Cohen, MD Emergency Ultrasonography Fellow Brandon Cole, MD International Emergency Medicine Fellow Joneigh Khaldun, MD Health Policy Fellow Brijal Patel, MD International Emergency Medicine Fellow Neha Puppala, MD Emergency Management Fellow Rachelle Pierre-Mathieu, MD Health Policy Fellow Maryann Mazer, MD Toxicology  Fellow Amelia Pousson, MD International Emergency Medicine Fellow Amanda Williams, MD International Emergency Medicine Fellow