Dr. Hypes, originally from Ohio, started his medical journey at The Ohio State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree followed by a combined MD/MPH. It was during his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, that he discovered his keen interest in critical care medicine, prompting him to pursue Critical Care fellowship at the University of Arizona.

Currently, Dr. Hypes is a faculty member at the University of Arizona, where he practices both Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. His focus within critical care lies primarily in the medical and neurosciences ICUs. His research interests encompass various aspects of critical care, including airway management, respiratory failure, sepsis, cardiac arrest, and clinical trials that bridge the gap between the emergency department and ICU settings. He also actively participates in COVID-19 related clinical trials and serves as a local principal investigator for studies from the PETAL and SIREN research networks.

Outside of work, Dr. Hypes enjoys traveling, SCUBA diving, and spending quality time with his family.

Dr. Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli is a Distinguished Physician and Assistant Professor at Emory University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and she completed emergency medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Emeli has an expertise and background in medical informatics and holds a masters degree in applied public health informatics from Emory University. She is part of a working group at Emory tasked with developing virtual acute unscheduled care models. In 2021, she was named an Innovation and Discovery in the Emergent and Acute Science (IDEAS) Scholar. She serves on the executive committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Telehealth Section.

Dr. Emeli has worked as a clinician and educator for over 20 years. She has worked in underserved communities both in the United States and internationally (in Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Sierra Leone). Her particular interest is the unique and under-utilized role of technology in resource poor environments.

Dr. Emeli is also a short story writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Eclectica Magazine, Midnight & Indigo Magazine and the Examined Life Journal. She also serves as newsletter editor for ACEP Medical Humanities section.

Benjamin Wyler, MD, MPH, FACEP is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at LAC+USC Medical Center and his fellowship in International Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University. He received a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University, a diploma in Tropical Medicine at Hygiene from the Gorgas School in Lima, Peru, and a Certificate in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from ASTMH. He serves at the Site Director, New York West, for GeoSentinel, an organization supported by CDC to conduct global surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in international travelers. He is the principal investigator for two studies sponsored by the International Society of Travel Medicine that focus on immunological response and viral infectivity in mpox. He has also conducted original research on serum markers of severity in COVID-19, clinical presentations of Legionnaire’s Disease, and errors in ED triage screening for recent international travelers.

Dr. Shappell is the associate program director of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Shappell earned his doctor of medicine degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed his residency and Medical Education Fellowship at the University of Chicago. In 2018, he earned his Master of Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Shappell’s education research interests focus on the development and validation of novel assessment measures, particularly as applied to repeated assessments, clinical performance, and recruitment.

Dr. Akhter is associate professor of emergency physician at Penn State Hershey. Prior, Dr. Akhter’s lab at University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix (UACOM-P) studied neurological emergencies – including traumatic brain injury and intracerebral hemorrhage. In particular, Dr. Akhter assessed the role of microglia – specifically rod microglia – after brain insult. Since moving to Miami and then Hershey, Dr. Akhter’s focus has moved towards translational research – and in particular, for posterior circulation ischemia. These presentations can be very vague, and often mimic alternate causes of dizziness. While all dizziness is debilitating, posterior stroke is particularly deadly. However, performing an MRI on every dizziness patient is completely impractical. Dr. Akhter’s research focuses on improving physical exam maneuvers on these patients and also assessing for novel diagnostic methods – including biomarkers. Additionally, Dr. Akhter is also investigating the use of nonmydriatic fundoscopy to catch markers of stroke or potential stroke. While fundoscopy is supposed to be performed frequently on patients – and always in those with neurological complaints – it is almost never done in the emergency department. This is partially due to the challenges of obtaining good views (without dilation) and also due to difficulty with interpretation in real time. Nonmydriatic fundoscopy along with artificial intelligence can potentially solve both of these issues.

Alice was born in Taiwan and immigrated to sunny southern CA at the age of 9. She pursued a major in Microbiology and a minor in Flute Performance at UC San Diego. As an undergrad, she delved into translational research, kick-starting a journey that would shape her career.

Working as a lab assistant in a hypertension genomic lab, she meticulously recruited patients at the hypertension clinic and skillfully extracted DNA from their mouth buccal cells, laying the groundwork for her interest in translational research.

Alice’s research interests crystallized around finding a more accurate diagnostic tools for sepsis, with a focus on microcirculation. She is particularly intrigued by the interplay between sepsis and cardiovascular disease, recognizing the common thread of endothelial cell dysfunction in both pathologies.

Beyond her professional pursuits, Alice finds solace and joy in running, cooking, and spending time with family and friend. Additionally, Alice finds tranquility in playing the piano, indulging in melodies that soothe the soul.

Dr. Ashley Foster is from Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her medical education at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota and emergency medicine residency at University of California, San Francisco. She then completed a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is currently an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a health services researcher with interest in improving the care of children and youth with mental and behavioral health emergencies.

Martin F Casey, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed his medical school and residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital/Elmhurst Hospital in New York City in 2020. He further obtained an MPH with a focus on outcomes research from Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He is a clinician-researcher with an interest in leveraging the unique setting in which emergency medical care is provided to identify inappropriate medications/polypharmacy and initiate deprescribing interventions in older adults. Dr. Casey’s prior research has been supported by a number of foundations and agencies including the US Deprescribing Research Network, National Foundation for Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation, and National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Dr. Salerno is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland. She is also the AEMUS Fellowship Director. She is actively involved in POCUS education at both the local and national level with numerous national lectures and teaching activities. She recently won the ACEP EUS Future Leader in Education Award in 2023. She has published on multiple ultrasound related topics and is currently the co-editor for the EUS-AAEM POCUS report. Nationally she serves as the EUS-AAEM Section Chair, the AAEM EUFAC board representative as well as the ACEP EUS Fellowship Education Subcommittee Chair. She has a special ultrasound interest in advanced techniques and ultrasound research. In her free time, she enjoys spending time training for triathlons, becoming a wine snob and playing with her 110 lb German Shephard.

Dr. Supples is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and dual board certified in Emergency Medicine and Emergency medical Services. After completing Emergency Medicine Residency at Wake Forest, he completed a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Indiana University. His research focus area is cardiovascular health, health-promoting behaviors and health behavior change interventions among EMS clinicians. He has also contributed considerably to prehospital patient care optimization research, including facilitating the implementation of a prehospital ultrasound to evaluate patients for acute heart failure and implementation of a prehospital process to reduce time to thrombectomy for patients with large vessel occlusions. He additionally serves as a core faculty member in the Emergency Medical Services fellowship and as the Assistant Medical Director for Quality and Data Analytics at Forsyth County Emergency Medical Services (Winston-Salem, NC).