2024-2025 AAEM Board of Directors
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Robert Frolichstein, MD FAAEM
President , AAEM
Bob Frolichstein, MD FAAEM is the President of Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians (GSEP) an independent, democratic group with 6 EDs and 47 emergency physician partners. Bob graduated from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville before entering medical school at the University of Missouri. He attended medical school on a military scholarship. After graduation he completed […] -
Vicki Norton, MD FAAEM
President-Elect , AAEM
Dr. Vicki Norton is a community Emergency Physician in Florida and is a partner in one of the few independent, democratic groups in the state. She has served as clinical affiliate faculty for Florida Atlantic University since 2021 and enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and scribes working in the Emergency Department. Dr. Norton graduated […] -
Phillip A. Dixon, MD MBA MPH FAAEM CHCQM-PHYADV
Secretary-Treasurer , AAEM
Phillip Dixon is currently an Assistant Professor for the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University and was elected YPS Director of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine in March of 2019. Dr. Dixon completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University while playing 4 years of football. He then went to St. […] -
Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM
Immediate Past President , AAEM
After working in academics for a decade, Dr. Jones now practices community emergency medicine in Jackson, MS. He previously served as Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS. He is the recipient of the 2017 AAEM/RSA Program Director of the Year Award. […] -
Tom Scaletta, MD MAAEM FAAEM
Past Presidents Council Representative , AAEM
Tom Scaletta, MD, has degrees from Loyola University in mathematics and computer science. Before entering medical school at the University of Illinois, he was a programmer for an actuarial firm. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Northwestern University. Tom is board certified in both emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Tom held academic leadership […] -
Heidi Best, MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Dr. Best is the President of the independent, democratic group Emergency Physicians of Tidewater (EPT) in Virginia. She has served in multiple roles within EPT including facility medical director and board member before being elected President in 2018. She has transformed the 50+ year-old partnership that provides services at 7 facilities with over 100 physicians. […] -
Kimberly M. Brown, MD MPH FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Kimberly M. Brown, MD, MPH, FAAEM is emergency physician serving the greater Memphis area. She graduated from Fisk University, then matriculated to the University of Florida, where she received her Master of Public Health degree in Management and Policy, Dr. Brown attended Ross University School of Medicine and completed residency at the University of Tennessee […] -
Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Dr. Bontempo is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University in 1994 and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She spent 5 years at Harvard University as the Associate Emergency Medicine Program Director and then was […] -
Frank L. Christopher, MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
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Fred E. Kency, Jr., MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Fred Earl Kency Jr, MD, FAAEM is a board-certified emergency physician and a native of Jackson, Mississippi who is passionate about men’s health. He received his Bachelors of Science in Biology from Alcorn State University and his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Kency proudly […] -
Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Robert Lam, MD FAAEM is a partner with Emergency Physician Specialists a democratic independent group in Colorado Springs. Dr. Lam also serves as the Director of Physician Wellness for UCHealth in the Southern Region. He launched an organizational wellness program for physicians that includes an individual resilience curriculum, peer support program, social connectedness and collegiality […] -
Bruce Lo, MD MBA RDMS FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Dr. Bruce Lo, MD MBA FAAEM, is currently a partner with the Emergency Physicians of Tidewater (EPT), a democratic group servicing southeast Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia school of medicine and did his residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He then completed his Master of Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst […] -
Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
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Kraftin Schreyer, MD MBA FAAEM
At-Large Board Member , AAEM
Dr. Kraftin E. Schreyer is an attending physician and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine. She holds a Certification in Medical Quality and a Masters in Business […] -
Haig Aintablian, MD FAAEM
YPS Director , AAEM
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Mary Unanyan, DO
AAEM/RSA President , AAEM
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Stephen Hayden, MD FAAEM
Journal of Emergency Medicine Editor, Ex-Officio Board Member , AAEM
Dr. Stephen Hayden graduated from the accelerated six-year biomedical program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College and was elected to the alpha omega alpha honor medical society. He did a General Surgery internship at the San Diego Naval Hospital, which was followed by a tour of duty as senior flight surgeon for the […] -
Keith Edwin Leap II, MD FAAEM
Common Sense Editor, Ex-Officio Board Member , Common Sense
Dr. Keith Leap is the editor of Common Sense. Dr. Leap once saw an article about someone working as a ‘physician advocate.’ He commented to an emergency physician friend that he would like to have such a job. The friend responded, ‘I think that based on your writing, you’ve already been doing it.’ Dr. Leap has been an advocate for […]