Executive Team

Michelle Lin, MD

CEO and 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 Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

Adaira Chou, MD

Chief Administrative Officer
Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Derek Sifford, FP-C, CCP-C

Chief Technology Officer
Paramedic
Undergraduate Student
Wayne State University

Bryan Hayes, PharmD

Chief Science Officer & Capsules Series Editor
Clinical Pharmacist, EM & Toxicology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of EM, Harvard Medical School

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 Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic Health System

Jonathan Bronner, MD

ALiEMU
Education Design Officer
Assistant Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky

Arlene Chung, MD

Wellness Think Tank
Chief Strategy Officer
Assistant Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai

Chris Gaafary, MD

ALiEMU
Chief of Design & Development
Emergency Physician,
Greenville Health;
Univ. of S. Carolina SOM, Greenville

Michael Gisondi, MD

EM Match Advice Series
Series Editor
Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Northwestern University

Michael Gottlieb, MD

ALiEM Faculty Incubator
Chief Operations Officer
Emergency Physician
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Rush University Medical Center

Andrew Grock, MD

AIR Series
Co-Founder and Series Editor
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UCLA-Olive View Medical Center

Mary Haas, MD

IDEA Series
Series Editor
Emergency Medicine Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan Health System

Scott Kobner, MD

ALiEM
New Submissions Editor
Medical Student
New York University SOM
2014-15 ALIEM-EMRA Virtual Fellow

Tamara McColl, MD

MEdIC Series
Series Co-Editor
Academic Lead, Educat’n Scholarship
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Manitoba

Glenn Paetow, MD

ALiEM Fellowship Incubator
Chief Operations Officer
Medical Education/Simulation Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center

Zafrina Poonja, MD

Health in EM Series
Series Editor
Emergency Medicine Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Saskatchewan

Jeffrey Riddell, MD

ALiEM Fellowship Incubator
Chief Scholarship Officer
Medical Education Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Washington

Sam Shaikh, DO

60 Second Soapbox Series
Series Editor
Emergency Physician
UC Health – Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs
2014-15 ALiEM-CORD Virtual Fellow

Maggie Sheehy, MD

ALiEM Chief Resident Incubator
Chief Operations Officer
Global Health Fellowship
Department of Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeffrey Shih, MD RDMS

Ultrasound for the Win Series
Series Editor
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program, The Scarborough Hospital;
Lecturer, University of Toronto