Meet the Team Michelle Lin, MD 2017-11-10T09:38:07+00:00

Executive Team

Michelle Lin, MD

CEO, Editor in Chief

Endowed Chair for EM Education
Professor of Emergency Medicine
UC San Francisco / Zuckerberg San Francisco General

Nikita Joshi, MD

Chief People Officer

Assistant Professor
Assistant Clerkship Director
Department of EM
Stanford University

Adaira Chou, MD MPH

Chief Administrative Officer

Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
Department of EM
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Derek Sifford, FP-C, CCP-C

Chief Technology Officer

Paramedic
Undergraduate Student
Wayne State University

Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD

Chief Science Officer & Capsules Series Editor

Attending Pharmacist, EM & Toxicology
Assistant Professor of EM
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital

Teresa Chan, MD MHPE

Board Member & Faculty Incubator CAO

Emergency Physician and Base Hospital Physician
Hamilton Health Sciences;
Assistant Professor
McMaster University

Core Leadership Team

Nicole Battaglioli, MD

Wellness Think Tank Chief Operating Officer

Clinical Associate
Department of EM
Mayo Clinic Health System

Jonathan Bronner, MD

ALiEMU Education Design Officer

Assistant Residency Director
Department of EM
University of Kentucky

Arlene Chung, MD

Wellness Think Tank Chief Strategy Officer

Assistant Residency Director
Department of EM
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai

Chris Gaafary, MD

ALiEMU Chief of Design & Development

Emergency Physician,
Greenville Health;
University of South Carolina SOM, Greenville

Michael Gisondi, MD

EM Match Advice Series Editor

Vice Chair of Education
Department of EM
Stanford University

Michael Gottlieb, MD

Faculty Incubator Chief Operating Officer

Emergency Physician
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Rush University Medical Center

Andrew Grock, MD

AIR Series Co-Founder and Editor

Assistant Professor
Department of EM
UCLA-Olive View Medical Center

Mary Haas, MD

IDEA Series Editor

Emergency Medicine Chief Resident
Department of EM
University of Michigan

Scott Kobner, MD

ALiEM New Submissions Editor

Emergency Medicine Resident
LA County-USC
2014-15 ALIEM-EMRA Virtual Fellow

Tamara McColl, MD

MEdIC Series Co-Editor

Academic Lead, Education Scholarship
Department of EM
University of Manitoba

Glenn Paetow, MD

2016-17 Fellowship Incubator COO

Medical Education/Simulation Fellow
Department of EM
Hennepin County Medical Center

Zafrina Poonja, MD

Healthy in EM Series Editor

Emergency Medicine Resident
Department of EM
University of Saskatchewan

Jeffrey Riddell, MD

IdeaLab Podcast Series Editor

Assistant Professor
Department of EM
LA County-USC

Sam Shaikh, MD

60 Second Soapbox Series Editor

Emergency Physician
UC Health-Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs
2014-15 ALiEM-CORD Virtual Fellow

Maggie Sheehy, MD

Chief Resident Incubator Senior Advisor

Global Health Fellowship
Department of EM
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeff Shih, MD RDMS

Ultrasound for the Win Series Editor

Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program
The Scarborough Hospital;
Lecturer, University of Toronto

Taku Taira, MD

Book Club: Beyond the ED Series Editor

Assistant Professor of Clinical EM
Associate Program Director
LAC + USC EM Residency

Jeremy Voros, MD

ALiEM Cards Lead Developer

Emergency Physician
St. Marks Hospital (Salt Lake City, UT)
2015-16 ALiEM-AgileMD Fellow

Lainie Yarris, MD MCR

Faculty Incubator Chief Scholarship Officer

Residency Director
Department of EM
Oregon Health & Sciences University

Fareen Zaver, MD

Chief Resident Incubator COO & AIR-Pro Series Lead

Clinical Lecturer
Department of EM
University of Calgary

Superstar Technology Team

Hari Bhatt

Intern & Podcast Editor

Undergraduate Student
San Francisco State University

David Yang, BS

Podcast Editor

Medical Student
Louisiana State University HSC

Advisory Board

Felix Ankel, MD

Senior Advisor

VP, Health Professions Education
HealthPartners Institute;
Assistant Dean and Professor of EM
University of Minnesota