Critical Care Speakers Exchange

The CCMS-AAEM Critical Care Speakers Exchange is a resource for conference organizers to recruit top-quality speakers in critical care medicine. Learn more about our speakers, and contact them for your next conference.

Heatherlee Bailey, MD FAAEM MCCM

Faculty , Durham VA Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 1997
Year of Fellowship Completion: 1998
State: North Carolina
Facility/School: Durham VA Medical Center
Position: Faculty
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 25 years
Areas of Interest: Resuscitation, CPR, Heat Stroke, PICS, Gender Equity, Safety, Sepsis

Biography

Dr. Bailey is an Emergency Medicine Intensivist, Dr. Bailey completed her Emergency Medicine Residency and a Faculty Fellowship in Critical Care at the Medical College of PA in Philadelphia. Her career is rooted in education, trainee development and mentorship. Her dedication and expertise have been nationally recognized with awards from both SCCM and the AMA. Dr. Bailey also serves as a Senior Oral Board Examiner and Team Leader for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Bailey’s path of volunteerism, mentorship and leadership led her to be the first Emergency Medicine trained President of SCCM. She was awarded the designation of Master of Critical Care Medicine by the American College of Critical Care Medicine in 2024.

Speaking Engagements

2025 Speaking Engagements
- Bailey H. Guidelines for the Management of Heat Stroke: Research Gaps: What do we want to know? Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress; Feb 23-25, 2025: Orlando, Fl.
- Bailey H. Trauma and Burn Management. FCCS Course, 15^th FEPIMCTI Panama International Critical Care FCCS Surgical Pre Course; April 8^th, 2025: Panama City, Panama
- Bailey H. Abdominal Emergencies part 2. FCCS Course, 15^th FEPIMCTI Panama International Critical Care FCCS Surgical Pre Course; April 8^th, 2025: Panama City, Panama
- Bailey H. Multimodal strategies for management pain in the ICU in the critically injured trauma patient. 15^th FEPIMCTI Panama International Critical Care; April 10-12, 2025: Panama City, Panama
- Bailey H. Identifying and treating withdrawal in the ICU in the critically injured trauma patient. 15^th FEPIMCTI Panama International Critical Care; April 10-12, 2025: Panama City, Panama
- Bailey H. Trauma from drowning: How to keep your head above water! NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. May 7-8, 2025.
- Bailey H. The Grey Tsunami: Injury in the Geriatric Patient. NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. May 7-8, 2025.
- Bailey H. Pediatric Trauma: Are they just little adults? NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. May 7-8, 2025.
- Bailey H. Status Epilepticus: When it is not just a seizure. NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. May 7-8, 2025.
- Bailey H. What happens in the ED…Doesn’t stay in the ED. NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. May 7-8, 2025.
2024 Speaking Engagements
- Bailey H. Barletta J. Beyond the basics: A Comprehensive Session on Heat Management; Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress; Jan 21-23, 2024; Phoenix, Az.
- Bailey H. Round Table 2024 on Artificial Intelligence in Acute Medicine. (Invited delegate) What is stopping us: Integrating AI in acute medicine practice. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 16-18, 2024
- Bailey H. (Moderator) Extracorporeal CO2 Removal. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22,2024.
- Bailey H. Heat Stroke. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22, 2024.
- Bailey H. The emergency room – How I Imagine the Future. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22, 2024.
- Bailey H. Toxidromes. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22,2024.
- Bailey H. Antibiotic Stewardship should be improved in the emergency room. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22, 2024.
- Bailey H. Novel strategies to decrease hospital admission. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22, 2024.
- Bailey H. How to care properly for the geriatric patient in the emergency room. 43^rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual Clinical Congress; Brussels, Belgium; March 19-22, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) What happens in the ED…Doesn’t stay in the ED. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) What Pediatric Trauma: Kids are not just little adults. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) Bundles, Guidelines, and Metrics: What’s new in Sepsis? Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) Status Epilepticus: When it is not just a seizure. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) From CPR to eCPR: It is not just ABC. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. Topics in Emergency Medicine. Northwest Seminars. (CME course/Program Coordinator/Faculty) Trauma from Drowning: How to keep your head above water. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah; May 5-10, 2024.
- Bailey H. (Keynote Speaker) Safety and Quality Issues in Critical Care Settings. 9^th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting. Intensive and Critical Care Society of Nigeria;(virtual) July 10, 2024
- Bailey H. Two patients in one: Trauma in the pregnant patient. NWS Live Webinar – Topics in Emergency Medicine. August 6, 2024
- Bailey H. Pediatric Trauma: Kids are not just little Adults. NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. August 6, 2024
- Bailey H. Trauma from Drowning: How to keep your head above water. NWS Live Webinar- Topics in Emergency Medicine. August 6, 2024
- Bailey H. Bundles, Guidelines and Metrics: What’s new in Sepsis? NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. August 7, 2024
- Bailey H. What happens in the ED….Doesn’t stay in the ED. NWS Live Webinar -Topics in Emergency Medicine. August 7, 2024
- Bailey H. Trouble in the Environment – Temperature, Drowning and Burns. Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course- Adult. Chicago, Il. August 14-16, 2024.
- Bailey H. Toxicology and Drug Overdoses. Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course- Adult. Chicago, Il. August 14-16, 2024.
- Bailey H. Bundles, Guidelines and Metrics: What’s New in Sepsis? NWS Live Webinar – Critical Care: The Team Approach. August 26, 2024.
- Bailey H. ICU Implications for the Management of Unusual Intoxicants and Poisons. NWS Live Webinar – Critical Care: The Team Approach. August 26, 2024.
- Bailey H. Pick your Syndrome: PICS or PIICS. NWS Live Webinar – Critical Care: The Team Approach. August 26, 2024.
- Bailey H. Defining the Boundaries of Patient and Family-Centered Care in the ICU. NWS Live Webinar – Critical Care: The Team Approach. August 27, 2024.
- Bailey H. Effective Strategies to Mitigate Burnout Syndrome in the ICU. NWS Live Webinar – Critical Care: The Team Approach. August 27, 2024.
- Bailey H. The Crucial Role of ED Response in Sepsis Treatment Dynamics. The Silent Threat of Sepsis: Early Treatment and Resuscitation. Baxter International Sepsis Expert Event. September 19, 2024.
2020 Speaking Engagements
- Bailey, H (Dec 2020). From CPR to eCPR. ESICM Lives Digital 2020, Madrid, Spain (virtual)
- Bailey, H (Nov 2020). Offloading the ICU: The Role of the ED ICU and why you want one. XX Curso International de Medicina Intensive, Lima, Peru (virtual)
2019 Speaking Engagements
- Bailey, H (Jan 2019)Telemedicine, Machine Learning…Where are the Humans? 2nd Milan Critical Care Datathon and ESICM’s Big Datatalk. Milan, Italy
- Bailey, H (Nov 2019) EM Critical Care:What Happens in the ED…Doesn’t Stay in the ED. CBMI, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Bailey, H (Nov 2019). Medical Tourism. CBMI, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Bailey, H. (Nov, 2019)The Continuum of Care: It’s not a puzzle, it’s a cycle. COMMEC, Leon Guanajuato, Mexico
- Bailey, H (Oct 2019) Clinician Safety During Pandemics. World Congress of Intensive Care, Melbourne, Australia
- Bailey, H (April, 2019) PICs vs PIICS – Pick your Syndrome. Panama International Critical Care Congress 2019. Panama City, Panama
- Bailey, H Guidelines, Bundles, and Metrics in Sepsis: How did we get here and where are we going. XI Congress LatinoAmericano Infectiones Quirurgicas, Panama City, Panama
Harman S. Gill, MD FAAEM

Director of Education and Academic Development , NYU GLISOM
Year of Residency Completion: 2014
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2016
State: New York
Facility/School: NYU GLISOM
Position: Director of Education and Academic Development
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 10
Areas of Interest: Respiratory Failure, Cardiac Arrest and Procedural Education

Biography

I am Indian by ethnicity, Sikh by religion, a proud father to a beautiful daughter, a doting brother to two gifted younger sisters and an inspired son to a set of parents who have given me so much. I am trained in both Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and have research/academic interests in topic areas such as respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and procedural education that sit at the juncture of care transitions in both Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

Speaking Engagements
- Plenary speaker – MEMC 2025, AAEM 2025, Grand Rounds – St. Louis Washington, NYU GLISOM.
- Vent workshop faculty – AAEM 2023, 24,25
- Meeting of the Minds creator and speaker: 2021-25
- Multiple track talks – 2017-2025 across conferences such as AAEM, SAEM, ACEP, ESICM, SCCM, CHEST
- Cardiac Arrest: a new ED treatment paradigm in the COVID Era. ACEP Virtual Grand Rounds, Dec 2020.
- The four airways that absolutely scare me. University of California, EM Residency lecture series, Dec 2020.
- Airway foreign bodies & tracheostomy emergencies. University of Massachusetts, EM residency lecture series, Nov 2020.
- Tandem led codes: a novel cardiac arrest paradigm. Red Sea Emergency Medicine Conference, Oct 2020.
- COVID and priorities for the EM physician. CREST foundation annual regional conference, March 2020.
- Does your institution need an ED based ICU? Grand rounds speaker at Case Western Reserve Medical University, Jan 2020.
- Errors of Omission and Commission in Cardiac arrests in the ICU setting. Invited speaker and Research Presentation at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Annual Congress – LIVES, Oct 2019.
- The physiologically difficult airway. Invited speaker at Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, September 2019.
- Conquering the Ventilator in Life threatening Asthma. Invited speaker at the Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, September 2019.
- Critical Care Literature you need to know. Invited speaker at managing medical emergencies, DHMC regional conference, May 2019.
- Shock, Respiratory, AMS and the undetectably high lactate. Invited speaker and faculty presenter at the Council of Residency Directors, CPC semi-final competition, Apr 2019.
- Intubation stories from Friday the 13th. Invited speaker at Crest Foundation meeting, Oct – 2018.
- Obstructive respiratory catastrophes in the Emergency Department. Invited speaker at annual respiratory therapy conference at DHMC, Oct – 2018.
- ARDS and what the Emergency clinician needs to know. Invited speaker at managing medical emergencies, DHMC regional conference, May 2018.
- When Vasopressors are not enough. Invited speaker at American Academy of Emergency Physicians, Annual Scientific Assembly – April 2018.
- Critical Care Skills lab. Teaching faculty at annual skills lab course, at CREST foundation annual meeting, Oct 2017.
- GI bleeding and what the intensivist needs to know. Invited speaker for the AVERA tele-ICU annual education symposium, July 2017.
- The story of the toxins. Invited speaker at the Internal medicine, inter-disciplinary lecture series, Department of Medicine, DHMC, Apr 2017.
- Pitfalls in CPA resuscitation in the ED. Invited speaker at inter-disciplinary lecture series, section of Emergency Medicine, DHMC, Feb 2017.
- Diagnostic and management priorities in occult shock. Grand Round presentation at the Metro Health Emergency Medicine Residency discussing diagnostic and management priorities of varying etiologies of occult or cryptogenic shock when originating from thoracic pathologies – Jan 2015.
- The beauty of the PA catheter and the value of point of care Ultrasound. A case based comparison of the use of swan ganz catheter vs point of care ultrasound in the modern day multi- disciplinary ICU. Departmental talk at Critical Care Conference – Jan 2015.
- Radiology and its implication in a trauma patient. A review of CT, X-ray, MRI and ultrasound modalities in the evaluation of the acute trauma patient and their respective benefits and weakness in forming a efficient and safe diagnostic algorithm. Departmental talk given to the Metro Health EM residency – Cleveland, Oct 2014.
- A evidence based evaluation of alpha Stat vs ph-Stat modes of ventilation in therapeutic hypothermia.
David H. Gordon, MD

Fellow , University of Maryland Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 2018
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2021
State: North Carolina
Facility/School: University of Maryland Medical Center
Position: Fellow
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 3
Areas of Interest: Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest, Sepsis, Fluids, Lactate, Ultrasound, Mechanical Ventilation, No-Invasive Respiratory Support

Biography

Dr. Gordon is an Emergency Medicine / Critical Care physician with an additional year of advanced resuscitation training. He has spoken at multiple resident lectures as contributed to the Maryland Critical Care Project, The Crashing Patient Conference, and the Critical Care Symposium. He has been recognized with multiple awards for teaching. He has lectured on topics including, lactate, mechanical ventilation, cardiac arrest, awake proning, fluid resuscitation, and COVID-19.

Speaking Engagements
- Gordon DH (June 2020) Lactate: Love it or Leave it. Featured Speaker, Critical Care Symposium.
- Gordon DH (May 2020) Awake Proning in Covid. Featured Speaker, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency, Alumni Day.
- Gordon DH (April 2020) Covid-19 Respiratory Therapeutics and Coagulopathy. Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds – UT Health San Antonio Grand Rounds.
- Gordon DH (April 2020) Covid Controversies – Part 2. Maryland Critical Care Project.
- Gordon DH (April 2020) Covid Controversies- Part 1. Maryland Critical Care Project.
- Gordon DH (December 2019) Ventilatory Basics. University of Maryland Midtown Internal Medicine, Conference Lecture.
- Gordon DH (December 2019) Ventilatory Basics for the EM Physician. University of Maryland Emergency Medicine, CME Conference Lecture.
- Gordon DH (October 2019) The Fallacy of Fluids. Featured Speaker, The Crashing Patient Conference.
- Gordon DH (April 2018) Mise En Place – The Recipe for the Perfect Code, Code Blue. Dr. Ken Butler- Supervisor.
- Gordon DH (November 2017) Riding the Wave. University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Senior Lecture, Dr. Michael Winters- Supervisor.
Maxwell Hockstein, MD MS FAAEM FCCP FASE

Assistant Professor , Georgetown University School of Medicine
Year of Residency Completion: 2018
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2020
Facility/School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Position: Assistant Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 5
Areas of Interest: Cardiovascular Critical Care

Biography

Max Hockstein is an assistant professor at Georgetown University and practices both emergency medicine and surgical critical care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He earned a bachelor’s degree in pure and applied mathematics and a master’s degree in clinical and translational research. He completed his emergency medicine residency at UT Southwestern/Parkland Hospital, serving as chief resident of education, and went on to a critical care fellowship at Emory University. Boarded in critical care echocardiography, Dr. Hockstein currently serves as research director for the Georgetown University emergency medicine residency program, where he mentors trainees in developing their research interests. His clinical and academic interests include hemodynamics, mechanical circulatory support, and advanced heart failure.

Speaking Engagements
- American College of Emergency Physicians 2021 Faculty, Boston, MA. October 26th 2021. Lectures: Rescue Strategies for Severe Hypoxia in the ED, Tummy Time or Tube?
- American College of Emergency Physicians 2020 Faculty, Online Session. Sessions: Sepsis Metrics – Quality Care or Unproven Mandate?, Rescue Strategies for Severe Hypoxia in the ED
- CHEST 2021 Faculty, Online. October 20th 2021. Lecture: Beyond AC/VC âEUR” Airway Pressure Release Ventilation.
- PERT Consortium Conference 2021 Faculty, Online. October 15th 2021. Lecture: Point of care ultrasound in pulmonary embolism.
Allyson M. Hynes, MD

Assistant Professor , Medical College of Wisconsin
Year of Residency Completion: 2019
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2021
State: Wisconsin
Facility/School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Position: Assistant Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 6
Areas of Interest: Trauma, Transplant, Surgical Critical Care, Hemorrhagic Shock

Biography

Dr. Aly Hynes is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin after completing her sub-specialty training in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 2021. While at the University of Pennsylvania, she was appointed as the Chief Surgical Critical Care Administrative fellow and also concurrently obtained a research certificate for the Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and is since in the process of pursuing a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology. Her clinical, educational, and research interests revolve around the care of critically ill and injured patients. She has the privilege of collaborating with professionals from outside institutions and across the health system. As a mentor, she has guided several trainees, and their work has been published in various prestigious medical journals. Furthermore, she has presented their findings at numerous national and international conferences and meetings. She is the current chair of the AAEM Critical Care Medicine Section.

Speaking Engagements
- Hynes A. (September 2025). Don’t Forget the Cryoprecipitate: The Impact of the 2019 Joint Trauma System Damage Control Resuscitation Clinical Practice Guideline on Mortality. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Boston, MA.
- Hynes A. (January 2024). Avoiding a Second Hit: Resuscitation Adjuncts to Prevent Post- Intubation Hypotension in Patients with Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2024 Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL (Invited Discussant)
- Hynes A. (January 2024. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Scientific Assembly in the Arena, The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2024 Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL (panelist).
- Hynes A. (December 2023). Unique Trauma Practices with EAST Educational Resources Committee and EAST, In the Arena, Virtual (panelist)
- Hynes A. (March 2023). Funding the war in America: A look in the mirror. Western Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Lake Louise, Alberta (Canada).
- Hynes, A. (January 2023). Moving the Needle on Time to Resuscitation: An EAST Prospective Multicenter Study of Vascular Access in Hypotensive Injured Patients Using Trauma Video Review. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2023 Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL (Invited Discussant)
- Hynes, A. (January 2023). The Dark Side of the ICU: ICU Implications of the Mental Health Crisis. Society of Critical Care Medicine 2023 Critical Care Congress, San Franciso, CA,
- Hynes A. (February 2022). What Happens After They Survive? The Role of Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets in IVC Injuries. Western Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Big Sky, MT.
- Hynes A. (July 2021). Q Fever Masquerading as Legionnaires’ Disease in an Endovascular Stent Infection. Surgical Infection Society 40th Annual Meeting, Virtual.
- Hynes, A. (June 2021) Perioperative Cardiac Arrest. Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit Lecture Series. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
- Hynes, A. (April 2021). Staying on Target: Maintaining a Balanced Resuscitation During Damage Control Resuscitation Improves Survival. Penn Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine: The 9th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Day, Virtual.
- Hynes, A. (March 2021). Characteristics of Procedures During an Airway Rapid Response. Philip Drinker Philadelphia Critical Care Society, Philadelphia, PA.
- Hynes, A. (February 2021). Staying on Target: Maintaining a Balanced Resuscitation During Damage Control Resuscitation Improves Survival. Western Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
- Hynes, A. (January 2021) Surgeons Play a Vital Role in Airway Rapid Responses-Especially with the High Incidence of Tracheostomy Related Complications. 50th Annual Society of Critical Care Medicine Scientific Assembly, Virtual.
- Hynes, A. (Jan 2021). Euglycemic DKA. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Interdisciplinary Pulmonary Conference Lecture Series. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
- Hynes, A. (January 2021). ARVD Work-Up in a Trauma Activation. University of Pennsylvania SCC Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA.
- Hynes A. (August 2020). Managing Reduced Platelet Function in Spontaneous ICH. University of Pennsylvania SCC Lecture Series. Philadelphia, PA.
- Hynes, A., et al. (June 2020). Surgical Critical Care Interesting Cases. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). Presented with Dr. James Byrne, Dr. Lane Frasier and Dr. Mark Seamon. Virtual Grand Rounds.
- Hynes, A. (May 2019). Board Review: Hemorrhagic Shock. Oregon Fire Department, Oregon, OH
- Hynes, A. (May 2019). Board Review: Difficulty Breathing. Oregon Fire Department, Oregon, OH
- Hynes, A. (May 2019). Board Review: Trauma in Special Populations. Oregon Fire Department, Oregon, OH
- Hynes, A. (May 2019). Board Review: Neurological Emergencies. Oregon Fire Department, Oregon, OH
- Hynes, A. (May 2017). Assessment of Internet Videos of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Reduction Techniques. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting 2017, Orlando, FL.
- Hynes, A. (May 2017). Assessment of Internet Videos of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Reduction Techniques. 17th Annual Mercy Health-Toledo Regional Research Symposium, Toledo, OH.
- Hynes, A. et al. (September 2016) Assessment of Internet Videos of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Reduction Techniques. Presented with Dr. Courtney Keel at Society for Academic Emergency medicine Midwest Regional Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP RDMS

Associate Clinical Professor , Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, UCSF-Department of Emergency Medicine

Year of Residency Completion: 2011
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2012
State: California
Facility/School: Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, UCSF-Department of Emergency Medicine
Position: Associate Clinical Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 13
Areas of Interest: Trauma, Ultrasound, Critical Care, Education, Global Health

Biography

Trying to understand the lifelong lesson that is the art of medicine is an ongoing and daily practice. As an emergency physician with a hankering for trauma critical care and emergency ultrasound with a sprinkling of global health and simulation curricula, Ashika continues to take the opportunity to combine passions.

Speaking Engagements

08/25 Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH, *Invited Grand Rounds Speaker:

Don’t be Shocked: Making Sense of Hemodynamic Instability

01/25 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education Critical Care Block

Small group sessions- Neurological and Psychiatric emergencies

12/24 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education Critical Care Block

Small group sessions- Critical Care Jeopardy

09/23 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education Critical Care Block

Small group sessions- Introduction to and troubleshooting Ventilator pressures

08/23 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education

When and how to use fiberoptics for intubation.

09/22 MEMC- Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, St Julian, Malta. *Invited Speaker

Critical Care Track leader and moderator

09/22 MEMC- Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, St Julian, Malta. *Invited Speaker

POCUS for the Crashing Patient

09/22 MEMC- Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, St Julian, Malta. *Invited Speaker

Pro(ning)s and Cons: Is Early Proning All that it’s Cracked Up to Be

06/22 ICEM- International Congress of Emergency Medicine, Sydney, Australia- virtual attendance- * Invited Speaker, Critical Care Ventilator Market Place

05/22 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education Critical Care Block

Small group sessions- Hematology Emergencies

04/22 American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly 2022- Resuscitation Track

Trauma Updates, Baltimore MD

04/22 American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly 2022- Resuscitation Track

Just another BLOODY lecture: Review of blood products and transfusions, Baltimore, MD

01/22 NYU Ronald O Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Education Trauma Block

10/21 MEMC- Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, Taste of 2021. Virtual Conference *Invited Speaker

Pro(ning)s and Cons: Is Early Proning All that it’s Cracked Up to Be

06/21 American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly 2021- Resuscitation Track

Trauma Updates, St Louis, MO & Virtual

06/21 American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly 2021- Resuscitation Track

POCUS Pearls for the Busy Emergency Physician, St Louis, MO & Virtual

06/21 ICEM- International Congress of Emergency Medicine, Dubai, UAE- Virtual Conference-*Invited Speaker

Jain, A (September 2020) I love it when a plan comes together: Difficult Airway Plan. ResusX 2020, Virtual Conference

Jain, A (September 2020) Salty vs Sweet: Elevated ICP Management, ResusX 2020, Virtual Conference

Jain A (September 2020) Understanding the Ventilator. NYU Resident Conference. NY, NY

Jain, A (March 2019) Code Dynamics. AAEM Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV

Jain A (September 2019) Oh the things you’ll see: Critical Care POCUS in the ED. Grand Rounds:Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY,NY

Jain A (December 2018) Oh the things you’ll see: Critical Care POCUS in the ED. Grand Rounds: Miami Regional Joint Education Day. Miami, FL

Jain, A (April 2017) Ultrasound for Volume Status, AAEM Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL

Jain, A (April 2017) Sweet vs Salty: Elevated Intracranial Pressure Management, AAEM Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL

Jain A (October 2017) Can’t Believe You Almost Missed That: Can’t miss bedside diagnoses in Trauma Patients. INDUSEM/WACEM- Indo-US Emergency Medicine/World Academic Congress of Emergency Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Jain A (October 2017) Sepsis Bundles-Show me the Evidence! INDUSEM/WACEM- Indo-US Emergency Medicine/World Academic Congress of Emergency Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Skyler A. Lentz, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor , University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine

Year of Residency Completion: 2016
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2018
State: Vermont
Facility/School: University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine
Position: Assistant Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 2
Areas of Interest: Ventilator Management, Procedural Training, Transport of the Critically Ill, Medical Education, Critical Care in Emergency Medicine, Non-invasive ventilation

Biography

Skyler Lentz, MD, FAAEM is a board-certified emergency and critical care physician. He regular speaks locally, regionally and nationally on mechanical ventilation and other critical care topics. He is invited every year to speak at regional conferences and other residency programs. He led a small group clinic at the AAEM 2019 SA and was invited back to speak in 2020, before the pandemic. He recently lectured at the June 2020 national ACEP virtual grand rounds.

Speaking Engagements

Lentz S (June 2020) Mechanical Ventilation for the Emergency Physician. American College of Emergency Medicine June Virtual Grand Rounds.

Lentz S A Non-Invasive Approach to Respiratory Failure. Remote Live Lecture. Boston Medical Center Emergency Medicine Didactics. Invited Lecture.

Lentz S (2020) Everything you need to know about mechanical ventilation. University of Vermont EM Update, Annual Regional Conference.

Lentz S (2020) ED Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Liver Disease. University of Vermont Division of Emergency Medicine.

Lentz S (2019) Controversies in Septic Shock Emergency Medicine. University of Vermont Division of Emergency Medicine.

Lentz S (March 2019) Hands-on ED Ventilator Management. 25th Annual Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, Small Group Leader.

Lentz S (2019) An Approach to Shock. University of Vermont Division of Emergency Medicine.

Lentz S (2017) Short of Breath: Reach for High-Flow Nasal Cannula. The New Speakers Forum of the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly.

Lentz S (2020) Managing the Sick Covid-19 Patients: The Pathway to Critical Care. Emergency Care Society of Uganda. Expert Panel Discussant. International Virtual Lecture.

View sample speaking video here.
Tsuyoshi Mitarai, MD FAAEM FACEP

Clinical Professor, Founder of Emergency Critical Care Program , Stanford University School of Medicine

Year of Residency Completion: 2007
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2009
State: California
Facility/School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Position: Clinical Professor, Founder of Emergency Critical Care Program
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 18
Areas of Interest: Emergency Critical Care, Resource Optimization for the Critically ill in the ED, High Risk PE/RV Failure, Physiologically Difficult Intubation, Approach to Shock, Approach to Elevated Lactate, Approach to Hypercarbia

Biography

Dr. Tsuyoshi Mitarai was born and grew up in Japan until he was 17. He graduated from University of Rochester School of Medicine in 2002 and completed his combined internal medicine/emergency medicine residency at University of Maryland in 2007. He finished his critical care fellowship at Stanford University in 2009, and stayed on as a faculty to attend in emergency department as well as medical ICU. He created Emergency Critical Care Program in 2017 to improve the quality of care for critically ill patients in emergency department (https://www.acep.org/how-we-serve/sections/critical-care-medicine/news/july-2018/stanford-emergency-critical-care-program-eccp/). He earned multiple teaching awards including Outstanding Educator Award (2019, 2021, Stanford University, CA), The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, (2015, 2019, Stanford University, CA), and American College of Emergency Medicine National Emergency Medicine Excellence in Bedside Teaching Award (2024, Las Vegas, NV). His hobbies are traveling, singing Karaoke, watching movies, and eating good food.

Speaking Engagements

Mitarai, T. (May 2025) Critically ill ED Boarders, the Struggle is Real! Tackling Current State and Brainstorming Innovative Solutions, panel speaker, 2025 SAEM Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Mitarai, T. (January 2024) If Patients Cannot Come to the ICU, the ICU Will Come to the Patients: Tales of ICU Without Borders, panel speaker, 2024 Critical Care Congress, SCCM, Phoenix, AZ

Mitarai, T. (October 2023) Saving Lives and Saving Beds: Insights from an Emergency Critical Care Program, Grand Rounds, The Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (Virtual)

Mitarai, T. (September 2023) Emergency Critical Care and Survival/Downgrades, Critical Care Grand Rounds, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (Virtual)

Mitarai, T. (May 2023) Utilization of an ED Observation Unit for Delayed Comfort Care of ED Patients on Life Support, Ignite!, SAEM, Austin, TX

Mitarai, T. (April 2023) Saving Lives and Saving Beds: Insights from an Emergency Critical Care Program”, Grand Rounds, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Mitarai, T. (February 2021) You’re an EM-Intensivist…Now What?”, panel presentation, Annual SCCM EM section meeting, (zoom)

Mitarai, T. (May 2020) Help! ICU boarding: Implementing the Best Model for Delivering Critical Care in the ED”, SAEM critical care panel presentation, Denver, CO, (zoom)

Mitarai, T (October 2019). Too Hot to Handle! Resuscitation and Management of the Critical Burn Patient. Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physician, Denver, CO

Mitarai, T. (September 2018). Establishing Emergency Medicine Critical Care Within the House of Critical Care. ACEP pre-conference, Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, San Diego, CA

Mitarai, T. (July 2018). What is the Remaining Role of tPA in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism?”, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan

Mitarai, T. (January 2018). Ultrasound as a stethoscope to care for patients with circulatory shock. 40th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference in Yosemite, American College of Emergency Physicians California Chapter Yosemite, CA

Mitarai, T. (January 2016). Prevention and Treatment of Decompensation from Endotracheal Intubation & Mechanical Ventilation”, 39th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference in Yosemite, American College of Emergency Physicians California Chapter, Yosemite, CA

Mitarai, T. (January 2016). Prevention and Treatment of Decompensation from Endotracheal Intubation & Mechanical Ventilation”, 39th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference in Yosemite, American College of Emergency Physicians California Chapter, Yosemite, CA

Mitarai, T. (January 2018). Ultrasound as a stethoscope to care for patients with circulatory shock. 40th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference in Yosemite, American College of Emergency Physicians California Chapter Yosemite, CA

Mitarai, T. (July 2018). What is the Remaining Role of tPA in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism?”, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan

Mitarai, T. (September 2018). Establishing Emergency Medicine Critical Care Within the House of Critical Care. ACEP pre-conference, Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, San Diego, CA

Mitarai, T (October 2019). Too Hot to Handle! Resuscitation and Management of the Critical Burn Patient. Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physician, Denver, CO
Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM

Chief Quality Officer, ECMO Medical Director , DHR Health

Year of Residency Completion: 2015
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2017
State: Texas
Facility/School: DHR Health
Position: Chief Quality Officer, ECMO Medical Director
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 8
Areas of Interest: ECMO, MCS, Leadership, Quality, How We Learn, Survey Design

Biography

Dr. Phillips is a former junior high teacher turned emergency physician and intensivist. He graduated medical school from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and went on to do both an emergency medicine residency at the Stanford University/Kaiser EM program and an anesthesia critical care fellowship at Stanford University. His research focuses on health professions education, which culminated in his first book, Survey Methods in Medical and Health Professions Education. In addition to his own research, he is an associate editor for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. He the editor-in-chief and founder of EM Coach (www.emcoach.org), the first and only artificial intelligence-driven emergency medicine written board review program. He continues to work clinically in the ICU and ER and is the founding ECMO director, founding Women’s Hospital ICU medical director, and chief quality officer at DHR Health. But his most auspicious and treasured title is, “Dad.”

Speaking Engagements

Extensive international, national, and local speaking engagements including AAEM, CORD, Teaching Fellowship, invited grand rounds, and other engagements covering all critical care topics including ECMO, learning and medical education, and survey design.

Phillips AW (Mar 2020). Why games are worth it. Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Academic Assembly, NY, NY.

Phillips AW and Jordan J (Apr 2019). Common survey pitfalls. Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Academic Assembly, Seattle, WA.

Phillips AW (Mar 2019) LVAD practicum. American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV.

Phillips AW (Mar 2019) Lies, damn lies, and lab tests. American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV.

Phillips AW (Apr 2018) Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome: coming to a state near you. American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, San Diego, CA.

Phillips AW (Apr 2018) VADs for the emergency physician. American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, San Diego, CA.

Phillips AW and Pillow T (Apr 2017) Teaching to learning styles: Are there effective methods to herd cats? Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Phillips AW (Mar 2017) I put her on the vent and she got worse. Trouble-shooting post-intubation deterioration. American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL.

View sample speaking video here. (must be an AAEM member or an AAEM Online subscriber to view.)
Joseph Shiber, MD FAAEM FACP FCCM FNCS

Professor of EM, Surgery, and Neurology , UM SOM/R Adams Cowley STC
Year of Residency Completion: 2001
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2009
State: Maryland
Facility/School: UM SOM/R Adams Cowley STC
Position: Professor of EM, Surgery, and Neurology
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 25
Areas of Interest: ARDS, ECMO, Resuscitation, Neuro, Trauma

Biography

I completed my undergraduate degree and further graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, and then medical school at U. of Maryland. I was the first graduate of the combined EM-IM Residency at U. Maryland Medical System (UMMS) where I was Chief Resident. I completed my Fellowship in Critical Care at UMMS/Shock Trauma Center and later did an Advanced Fellowship there in Extracorporeal Organ Support. I was a faculty member in EM and IM at East Carolina U. where I developed and directed the EM-IM residency program and was Medical Director of the ICU Consult Service. After moving to Houston, I was an Associate Professor of EM and IM at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of ED Critical Care. For the last 10 years, I have been at U. FL College of Medicine -Jacksonville where I am a Professor of EM, Neurology and Surgery, and am the Director of the Advanced Lung/ECLS Service, Director of the Med-Surg ICU, and Co-Director of the NSICU. I have lectured and directed and taught procedure workshops at state, national and international conferences over the last 20 years of my career.

Speaking Engagements
- East Carolina U. Critical Care Grandrounds “APRV-TCAV for Lung Recovery” Greenville, NC 4/25/25
- Mayo Clinic: Critical Care Grand Rounds “APRV-TCAV in the NSICU”, Jacksonville, FL
- Northwest Seminars Critical Care The Team Approach: “EKG’s in the ICU”, “The Critically Ill IVDA”, “Trauma Airway Management”, “Post Cardiac Arrest Management”, “Cardiac Devices in the ICU” Orlando, FL
- AAEM Scientific Assembly: Resuscitation for the EP Course “Neuro Pearls for the Busy EP”, “Trauma Resuscitation”. And MV Panel “Rescue Strategies for Severe Hypoxia” Miami, FL
- Bouncebacks Critical Care Journal Club (international on-line presentation) “Hypertension Case” 5/5/25
- Bouncebacks Critical Care Journal Club (international on-line presentation) “Diabetic Case” 4/7/25
- Case Western University Hospital: ICU Grand Rounds: “Literature Supporting or Refuting Strategies for Rescue of ARDS”; April, 2024, Cleveland OH via ZOOM
- ICON: “Evidence for the Strategies & Adjuncts for ARDS” October 2023: On-Line w/ ~1000 participants
- AAEM Resuscitation for EM Course: “Neuro Pearls for the Busy EP”, “ECMO in the ED” and “Trauma Tips”; April 2024, Austin, TX
- Mayo Clinic Current Concepts in ECLS: “Circuit Emergencies” November 2024, Jacksonville FL
- Mayo Neuro and Intensive Care Review: “MV Workshop” May 2024, Orlando FL
- Neurocritical Care Society Meeting: “Optimizing MV in the Neuro ICU”. October 2024, San Diego, CA
- Visiting Professor at NY Medical College “APRV-TCAV for Lung Recovery”, Valhalla, NY (given via remote on-line)
- Northwest Seminars – Critical Care The Team Approach: “NIPPV”, “TBI Update”, “Post-Cardiac Arrest Care”, “Trauma Airway Management”, “ICU Stroke Care”, “History of Resuscitation”; March 2023, Key West FL
- AAEM Resuscitation for EM Course: “Trauma Tips” and “Transfusion in the ED” April 2023, New Orleans LA
- Mayo Clinic Current Concepts in ECLS: “Circuit Emergencies” December 2023, Jacksonville FL
- AAEM Scientific Assembly: Risk Reduction During Resuscitation”; April 2022 Baltimore, MD
- Mayo NCC Conference: MV Workshop; May 2022 Orlando, FL
- ICON Spring Seminar “APRV for COVID-19 ARDS” May 2022
- FL AAEM S.A. “ECMO for Trauma”; June 2022 Miami, FL
- FCEP Annual Meeting “ED ECMO”; July 2022 Bonita Springs, FL
- ICON RT Week Conference: “MV Strategies for Trauma Patients”; September 2022: On-Line w/ ~1000 participants
- Mayo ECMO Course “Circuit Emergencies” November 2022, Jacksonville FL
- MEMC: “Rescue Strategies for Severe Hypoxemia” and “High-Risk PE Treatment” October 2022, Malta
- Case Western University Hospital: ICU Grand Rounds: “Approach to Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: ARPV”; October, 2022, Cleveland OH
- FL Chapter of SCCM: Multiprofessional Critical Care Review; September 2022, Orlando FL
- Florida Respiratory Care Society – River City Symposium: “Rescue Strategies for Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Therapy” September 2023, St. Augustine FL
- EMCRIT Podcast with Scott Weingart “10 Tips for EM-CCM” May 2022
- EMCrit 340 – End of Year Round-Up on Surgical Critical Care Tips with Joe Shiber December 29, 2022
- AAEM Podcast: Critical Care in Emergency Medicine “Post-Arrest Care” 2015
- Shiber J (2020) “Evaluation of Dyspnea in the ED” and “FAST FACTS: Acute PE Evaluation and Management.” ACEP Scientific Assembly.
- Shiber, J (2020) “EKGs in the ICU & ED”, “Trauma Airway Management,” “Approach to Undifferentiated Shock,” “Cardiac Devices,” and “NPPIV in the ICU and ED.” Critical Care the Team Approach, Duck Key, FL.
- Shiber J (2013-2020) I was the Conference Director from 2013-2020 held in Miami, FL annually. I moderated many panel discussions, CPCs, and Pro-Con debates that I developed. I also gave one lecture each year. FLAAEM Scientific Assembly, Miami Beach, FL.
- Shiber J (2019) “Hemodynamic Monitoring in the NSICU: Time to bring back the Swan-Ganz Catheter?” Neurocritcal Care Society (NCS), Montreal, Quebec
- Shiber J (2019) “Clotted Controversies: PE Management in the ED” and “Rescue Techniques for Severe Hypoxemia.” ACEP SA, Denver, CO
- Shiber J (2019) “REBOA Panel Discussion” and Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Orlando, FL
- Shiber J (2019) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. Social Media and Critical Care (SMACC), Sydney, Australia.
- Shiber J (2019) “REBOA – Coming to the ED” “Risk Reduction during Resuscitation” and “Rescue Techniques for Severe Hypoxemia.” Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference (MEMC), Drubovnic, Croatia.
- Shiber J (2018) Rescue Techniques for Severe Hypoxemia. FL CEP (FCEP) Symposium by the Sea, Ft. Myers, FL.
- Shiber J (2018) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. ASA, San Francisco, CA
- Shiber J (2018) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. ACEP SA, Denver, Colorado.
- Shiber J (2017) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. ASA, Boston, MA.
- Shiber J (2017) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. SMACC, Berlin, Germany.
- Shiber J (2017) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. ACEP SA, Washington, DC.
- Shiber J (2017) “Risk Reduction During Resuscitation” and “TIA and Stroke Care.” FCEP, Boca Raton, FL.
- Shiber J (2016) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. ACEP SA, Las Vegas, NV.
- Shiber J (2015) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab and Instructor for REBOA Workshop. ACEP SA, Boston, MA.
- Shiber J (2015) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab. SMACC, Chicago, IL
- Shiber J (2015) Co-Director of Cadaver Procedure Lab. SCCM, Phoenix, AZ.
- Shiber J (2015) “Non-Invasive Ventilation Strategies” and “Risk Reduction during Resuscitation.” MEMC, Rome, Italy.
- Shiber J (2014) Co-Director of Cadaver Procedure Lab. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), San Francisco, CA.
- Shiber J (2014) Master Instructor for Cadaver Procedure Lab and “History of Resuscitation.” ACEP SA, Chicago, IL.
- Shiber J (2010) “Traumatic Brain Injury Update”, “HIV Emergencies” “Challenging EKGs.” TX CEP, Frisco, TX.
- Shiber J (2007) Conference Director and lectured “Visual Images in the ED” and “The Critically Ill IVDA.” NC CEP, Atlantic Beach, NC.
- Shiber J EKG Interpretation. TX Medical Society, Dallas, TX.
Elias Wan, MD FAAEM

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine , SUNY Downstate and Intensivist (Department of Surgery), Maimonides Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 2017
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2019
State: New York
Facility/School: SUNY Downstate and Intensivist (Department of Surgery), Maimonides Medical Center
Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 8
Areas of Interest: Valvular Disorders, ECMO, LVAD, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pre and Post Cardiac surgical care, Hemodynamics and resuscitation, Airway

Biography

Elias Wan, MD FAAEM completed medical school at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2014 and Emergency Medicine Residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 2017. He went on to finish a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center in 2019, of which he was the Chief Academic Fellow of the program in his second year. Elias Wan, MD currently is an attending intensivists for the Cardiothoracic ICU at Maimonides Medical Center and the Critical Care track director for the Emergency Medicine residency at Maimonides. He has served as a committee member in the Educational Committee at EMRA, MD calc fellow during residency and fellowship, and the Past Chair for the Critical Care Medicine Section Council at AAEM. He has lectured on ECMO, resuscitation, LVAD, cardiogenic shock and mechanical ventilation in regional and national conferences. He is passionate about educating on subjects regarding Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVAD, ECMO, impella), cardiogenic shock resuscitation, care of the dynamic post cardiac patients and hemodynamically unstable critically ill patients.

Speaking Engagements
- Wan, E.E. When Meds are Not Enough for the Heart: LVAD and Mechanical Circulatory Support. St. Louis University School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds. Presenter. (6/4/2025).
- Wan, E.E., Chukwuanu, K.. Pipe Dreams & How to Clog Leaky Valves: Managing Acute Valvular Disorders in the ED. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/08/2025).
- Wan, E.E.. What Happens After Epi/Dobutamine for My Failing Cardiogenic Shock Patient. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Breve Dulce Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/09/2025).
- Wan, E.E., Chukwuanu, K.. Not All Cardiogenic Shock is Acute Heart Failure. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/30/2024).
- Wan, E.E.. Taming the Crashing LVAD. How to Resuscitate Your Mechanical Patient. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/30/2024).
- Wan, E.E., Lentz, S., Philips, A., Gill, H.. RV Catastrophes in the ED. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/29/2024).
- Wan, E.E. When Meds are not enough for the Heart. Nassau University Medical Center, Multidisciplinary Critical Care Conference. Guest Lecturer. (11/15/2023).
- Wan, E.E. Taming the LVAD: What You Need To Know. WellSpan York Hospital, Emergency Medicine Residency Vickrey Lecture Series. Guest Lecturer. (7/20/2023).
- Wan, E.E. Juggling Hemodynamics in the Sick Patients. WellSpan York Hospital, Emergency Medicine Residency Vickrey Lecture Series. Guest Lecturer. (7/20/2023).
- Wan, E.E., Lentz, S., Philips, A., Gill, H., Gordon, J.. When Norepinephrine Isn’t Working. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/23/2023).
- Wan, E.E., Lentz, S., Philips, A., Gill, H., Gordon, J.. Preventing the Post-ROSC Arrest. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. (4/23/2023).
- Wan, E.E.. Emergency Medicine Airway Day: Mechanical Ventilation Basics and troubleshoot for the ED/ICU. Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Airway Day. Presenter and Facilitator. (6/8/2022).
- Wan, E.E.. Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) – the Nitty-Gritty. St. Joseph’s Health Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. (2/10/2021).
- Wan, E.E.. Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: ICU ventilation: Mechanical Ventilation Basics for the ED/ICU. Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. (10/21/2020). Wan, E.E.. Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds: Best Practice when Patient Arrests: New Trends in Cardiac Resuscitations. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. (1/16/2019).
- Wan, E.E. (February 2021) Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) the Nitty-Gritty. St. Joseph’s Health Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Paterson, New Jersey. (Virtual)
- Wan, E.E. (October, 2020) Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: ICU ventilation: Mechanical Ventilation Basics for the ED/ICU. Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Brooklyn, NY. (Virtual)
- Wan, E.E. (January 2019) Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds: Best Practice when Patient Arrests: New Trends in Cardiac Resuscitations. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Bronx, New York.
- Wan, E.E. (December 2018) Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Arterial hemodynamic monitoring complications. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Fellowship – Fellows Conference. Bronx, NY.
- Wan, E.E. (June 2018) Journal Club: SMART Trial. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Fellowship – Fellows Conference. Bronx, NY.
- Wan, E.E. (March 2018) Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Missed pneumothorax. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Fellowship – Fellows Conference. Bronx, NY.
- Wan, E.E. (February, 2018) “Case of Shock” Montefiore Medical Center Department of Critical Care and Jacobi Department of Emergency Medicine Joint Conference. Montefiore Medical Center. Bronx, NY.
- Wan, E.E. (November, 2017) Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Cardiac Tamponade after LVAD placement. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Fellowship – Fellows Conference. Bronx, NY.
Gregory Wu, MD FAAEM FACEP

Associate Professor , Albany Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 2017
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2019
State: New York
Facility/School: Albany Medical Center
Position: Associate Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 6
Areas of Interest: COVID-19, pulmonary emboli, alcohol withdrawal, DKA, bronchoscopy, mechanical ventilation

Biography

Greg is an Emergency and Critical Care Medicine physician who grew up in the Boston area but has spent most of his adult life wandering up and down the I-90 corridor. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical Center in 2017, serving as chief resident. He then completed a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2019. Since then he has returned to Albany, working as an Emergency physician and Medical intensivist. He is also the Clerkship Director for Critical Care for the 4th year medical students at Albany Medical College. He also is the associate fellowship director for the Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care fellowship. His interests include COVID-19, PEs, bronchoscopy, process improvement, and griping about the Patriots.

Speaking Engagements
- “The Hunger Games: Starvation Physiology.” (2018) Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
- “Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks: New Paradigms in Alcohol Withdrawal.” (2019). ACEP Scientific Assembly.
- “Bringing the Bronchoscope to the Bedside.” (2021) AAEM Scientific Assembly.
- “Love in a Time of Coronavirus: COVID Lung and Ventilation.” (2021) Albany Health Systems.
- “Grand Rounds: Building the Airplane as We Flew It: Treatments and Lessons in the COVID-19 Pandemic.” (2021). Ellis Hospital.
- “Every Breath You Take: Management of the Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient.” Stratton VAMC.
- “COVID-19 Hot Topics.” (2022). AIDS Education and Training Center.
- “Pathways to Critical Care Webinar: Critical Care Medicine.” (2022). AAEM CCMS.
- “Grand Rounds: COVID-19 Updates.” (2022) Sunriver Health.
- “When Trachs Go Bad: Tracheostomy Emergencies (2023). St. Louis University Emergency Medicine.
- “The Post-Intubated Patient.” (2023) St. Louis University Emergency Medicine.
- ““Old Drugs, New Tricks: Mastering Delirium Tremens.” (2024) AAEM Scientific Assembly.
- “You’ve Got This! Best Practices in the Care of the Critically Ill Boarding Patient.” (2024) SAEM National Meeting.
- “3 Things You Wish Your Intensivist Did.” (2024) SAEM national Meeting.
- “Disorders of Sodium.” (2024) Jefferson University Critical Care Medicine.
- “Expiratory Mechanics.” (2024) AdventHealth Critical Care Medicine.
- “Critical Care Ventilation.” (2025) AAEM Scientific Assembly.
- Wu, G. (June 2021). “Bringing the Bronchoscope to the Bedside.” AAEM 2021, St. Louis, MO.
- Wu, G (June, 2021). “Every Breath You Take: Management of the Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient.” Albany VA Grand Rounds, Albany, NY.
- Wu, G (May, 2021). “Building the Airplane As We Flew It: Treatments and Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Ellis Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Schenectady, NY.
- Wu, G. (April, 2021). “Love in a Time of Coronavirus: Management of the COVID-19 Lung.” First Annual Albany Medical Center Respiratory Teaching Day, Albany, NY.
- Wu, G. (October, 2019). “Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks: New Paradigms in Alcohol Withdrawal.” ACEP 2019, Denver, CO.
- Wu, G. (November, 2018). “Rash Decisions.” 3rd Annual Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA.
- Wu, G. (October, 2018). “A Better Mousetrap: Airway Management in the 21st Century.” Faculty Applicant Lecture, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
- Wu, G. (July 2018). “The Hunger Games: Starvation Physiology.â€ Brigham and Women” Hospital, Boston, MA.
Luke Duncan, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor , Albany Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 2013
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2015
State: New York
Facility/School: Albany Medical Center
Position: Associate Professor
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 9 years
Areas of Interest: NeuroCritical Care, Post Cardiac Surgery and ECMO Care

Biography

Luke Duncan is the division chief of Emergency Critical Care at Albany Medical Center. He holds appointments in both the departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery. He is the founding director of the institution’s Extracorporeal Life Support Service and serves as the medical director of the CVICU. His academic interest include mechanisms to address ICU boarding, quality improvement in ECLS and cardiac surgery, hemodynamic monitoring, and trauma care.

Speaking Engagements
- Should They Stay or Should They Go: Using Computed Tomography Angiography and Perfusion to Determine Disposition for Stroke Patients in the ED AAEM 2025
Sean Geary, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care , Albany Medical Center
Year of Residency Completion: 2014
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2016
State: New York
Facility/School: Albany Medical Center
Position: : Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 9 years
Areas of Interest: ECMO, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, Transfusion Practices, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Continuous Quality Improvement, ED Boarding, ED-ICU Design and Systems

Biography

Sean Geary, MD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care at the Albany Medical Center Hospital where he also serves as the Residency Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Geary works is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Surgical Critical Care and NeuroCritical Care and works clinically in the ED, SICU, CVICU and Neuro-ICU at AMC.

Speaking Engagements
- Geary, S (August 2025) Speaking Vascular: An approach to the vascular surgery patient. Emergency Medicine Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S. (April 2025) Should they stay or should they go: CT Perfusion to determine disposition in the ED. AAEM 2025 Miami, FL
- Geary, S (Jan 2025) A story of fire and ice: Thermal Injuries. General Surgery Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (Sept 2024) Doc they can’t breath: Respiratory Distress Initial Approach and Management. General Surgery Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (Sept 2024) Bad blood: ITP/TTP/MAS/OMG. Emergency Medicine Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (July 2024) Make the shaking stop: Status epilepticus in the ED Emergency Medicine Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (April 2023) Holes Everywhere: Perforations from top to bottom. Emergency Medicine Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (October 2022) Non-invasive oxygen Strategies Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
- Geary, S (Sept 2022) ARDS It’s the pirates life for me: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. General Surgery Residency Lecture Series, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY