Faculty & Disclosures

Dr Blackwood is an Assistant Professor at EVMS School of Health Professionals and a core faculty member of the Emergency Medicine Residency.

William Brady, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is a practicing emergency physician at the University of Virginia (UVA); he is residency trained in both emergency medicine and internal medicine. He is a tenured professor of Emergency Medicine, Medicine (Cardiovascular), and Nursing, Executive Vice Chair, and the David A. Harrison Distinguished Educator at the UVA Health System. He is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Educators at the UVA School of Medicine and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the UVA School of Medicine’s David A. Harrison Distinguished Educator Award, the All-University UVA Faculty Teaching Award, and the American College of Emergency Physicians National Faculty Teaching Award. At UVA, he serves as the chair of the Medical Center’s Resuscitation Committee and Medical Advisor to UVA’s Department of Safety and Security; in the community, he functions as the operational medical director of Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Medical Advisor to the Charlottesville-Albemarle-UVA Emergency Communications Center. He is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine and an examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Brady is actively involved in the instruction of healthcare providers on many topics, with a particular focus on the electrocardiogram and cardiac arrest with lectures given regionally, nationally, and internationally. He has also published numerous scholarly works (original research, reviews, annotated bibliographies, invited editorials, guidelines, and textbook chapters), addressing the electrocardiogram, travel medicine, and mass gathering medicine; in addition, he has written and / or edited multiple textbooks focusing on these subjects. He has contributed to clinical policy guidelines for both the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Heart Association involving acute coronary syndromes. Dr. Brady lives in Charlottesville, VA with his family; he is active in the community, working in volunteer capacities in public safety.

Dr. Louis Anthony “Tony” Cirillo began his term as President of the American College of Emergency Physicians in September 2025. Dr. Cirillo has served on the ACEP Board of Directors for 8 years and served as Chair of the Board from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Cirillo has been a practicing emergency physician for over 30 years, and in addition to clinical practice, serves as the Director of Government Affairs for his physician group, US Acute Care Solutions. In this professional role he has been deeply engaged in advocacy efforts related to all aspects of EM practice, especially legislative and regulatory activities that affect emergency physicians and the patients we care for. Dr. Cirillo is also a passionate advocate for improving the care of patients with behavioral health emergencies. Dr. Cirillo earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed his residency in emergency medicine at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester, MA where he served as a Chief Resident.

Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine Samford University MPH EVMS Resident

Rachelle Dykstra is Pediatric Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic. She serves as a core faculty member for Virginia Tech Carilion EM residency. Her passions include training EM residents in the care of sick and injured children and pediatric quality improvement.

Dr. Christopher Fahlsing is an Emergency Medicine Chief Resident at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He earned his MD from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and an MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. His interests include airway management, critical care, and medical education. He is a member of the Defense Health Agency’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine Working Group and contributes to curriculum development and healthcare simulation at NMCP and USUHS. He also serves as Resident Lead of the NMCP Cardiac Arrest Subcommittee. Dr. Fahlsing has published in Military Medicine and Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine. His presentation at VACEP25 will explore the effectiveness of high-flow nasal oxygen versus noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure, emphasizing clinical applications for emergency physicians.

I serve as the Associate Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, and academic faculty for the emergency medicine residency program, at Eastern Virginia Medical School. I have a special interest in echocardiography, and have built and presented several ultrasound friendly pericardiocentesis research models.

Dr. Elena Garrett is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Riverside Health System and the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia. She obtained her undergraduate degree at The College of William and Mary and began her emergency medicine exposure in EMS. She continued her education receiving a Master’s of Science from Virginia Commonwealth University and stayed to earn her medical degree from The Medical College of Virginia at VCU. Dr. Garrett remained at MCV/VCU for her residency in Emergency Medicine. She has been involved on multiple quality and operational committees during her career and moved into leadership as the director of Emergency Department Quality and then Assistant Medical Director of the ED at Riverside Regional before taking on her current roles. She served on the board of directors for Riverside Medical Group and remains focused on clinical quality, emergency department operations and the unique challenges of trauma and pediatric care. Most recently she has worked with interdisciplinary teams on a system-wide approach to hospital throughput related to ED flow and inpatient boarding.

Bruce came to the Trust in 2007 after eleven years of private practice defending physicians in Kentucky and Virginia. His expertise in defending medical malpractice claims was well recognized in private practice and is the backbone of the Trust’s management. As Chief Executive Officer, Bruce is responsible for overseeing the Trust's day-to-day operations, including claims and risk management, as well as financial and underwriting management. Bruce continues to provide advice and counsel to Trust insureds and directs Trust educational programming for insureds.

Interim Chair of Emergency Medicine Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Paul Haskins, MD is an Emergency Physician with 27 years of clinical experience. He has been practicing at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, a Level 1 Trauma Center and Pediatric Emergency Department since 1997 as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. He holds a medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at SUNY Buffalo. Dr. Haskins is a Senior Vice President, member of the Board of Directors of Carilion Medical Center and Medical Director for Carilion Operations Center(CTAC). Involved in system level hospital flow and operations including transfer and auto-acceptance policies.

Grace Hickam completed her undergraduate studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona before moving across the country to Richmond, Virginia where attended Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU). Grace was fortunate enough to also complete her residency training in emergency medicine at VCU as well as her Fellowship training in Medical Education. During her fellowship training, she completed her Masters in Education for Health Professions through John Hopkins University. Her interests are in adult learning theory, educational theory, gender equity in residency training, medical education innovation/simulation, and patient quality and safety. She currently serves as an Assistant Program Director and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at VCU.

Dr Jones is the current director of the Ultrasound Fellowship at EVMS/ODU. He has served as ultrasound faculty within the Department of Emergency Medicine at EVMS/ODU since 2016 and specializes in critical care point-of-care ultrasound.

Dr. Kazi "Imran" Kabir is Core Faculty in the Riverside Emergency Medicine Residency Program, where he has served since 2023. He currently holds the roles of Assistant Program Director and Co-Curriculum Director, with a focus on resident education, curriculum development, and clinical excellence. Over the past year, Dr. Kabir has worked closely with Dr. Knoop to train residents in critical ophthalmologic and eye-saving procedures, emphasizing hands-on skill development and high-stakes decision-making. He is deeply committed to bedside teaching, simulation, and preparing residents for independent practice in emergency medicine.

Meg Keswani is a PGY-3 Emergency Medicine Resident at the University of Virginia. She will be pursuing a disaster medicine fellowship this fall at the George Washington University. Her interests include procedural competency, prehospital care and resuscitation, morbidity and mortality review, and medical education.

Andrea L. Klein, MD, MPH earned her BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology with honors from UC San Diego and completed her dual MD/MPH at The George Washington University, graduating with AΩA, ΔΩ, and distinction in Clinical and Translational Research. She is a third-year Emergency Medicine resident at Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC), where she serves as Education Chair and Co-Principal Investigator on several studies evaluating stroke systems of care. Her work focuses on geospatial stratification of medical and social risk factors for first-time stroke, with numerous national and international presentations and publications in emergency care of neurological patients. Dr. Klein is an NIH Neuro-EM Pipeline Scholar and has been selected for the Annals of Emergency Medicine Resident Editorial Fellowship, the SAEM Resident Medical Education Fellowship, and the SAEM ARMED research program. She will continue her training as a T32-funded dual clinical and research Critical Care Fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego, advancing toward board certification in EM, Critical Care, and Neurocritical Care.

Dr Knoop completed residency training at the University of Cincinnati. His academic career includes Program Director and DIO positions at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, and more recently, Founding Program Director at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA. He has authored over 40 publications and is a recognized international speaker in Emergency Medicine. His passion for medical education is best illustrated in his Emergency Medicine textbook; The Atlas of Emergency Medicine (McGraw-Hill) which he began as a resident and is now in its 5th edition published worldwide in 6 languages. He has a longstanding interest and expertise in eye conditions and ocular injuries, serving as author of the "Ophthalmologic Procedures" chapter in the last several editions of the Roberts and Hedges Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine textbook .

Dr. Jondavid "JD" Landon is a board-certified emergency physician and Junior Faculty at Eastern Virginia Medical School @ Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is also a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserves, serving on the Expeditionary Resuscitation Surgical System Team 20. Dr. Landon completed his Emergency Medicine Residency and Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School where he passed the Critical Care Echo exam (CCeXam) of the National Board of Echocardiography. Dr. Landon is actively involved in teaching and research, with a focus on resuscitative echocardiography, cardiac arrest, and critical care. Additionally, he co-host's a podcast titled EP Talk with Dr. Mark Plaster published by Emergency Physicians Monthly Magazine.

Dr. Mayz is the Chair of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Saint Francis Children’s Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Oklahoma State University. He is board certified in both emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine. He has worked in several emergency and pediatric emergency departments around the country, encompassing a variety of different practice settings. His experience includes both administrative and clinical practice. In addition to his work as a practicing clinician, Dr. Mayz has served on multiple ACEP committees most recently on bylaws and medical legal and is a member of the Oklahoma College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors. He is also actively involved in risk and claims management with United States Acute Care Solutions. Dr. Mayz is a Registered Parliamentarian and a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians and is an attorney admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and the Federal District Court of New Jersey. He lectures nationally on medical-legal issues in emergency medicine and is the owner of Medical Legal Mayz Consulting LLC.

Dr. Peter Moffett is a physician educator in Emergency Medicine. He serves as the Residency Program Director and an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine. After earning his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Medical College in 2007, Dr. Moffett completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center. Following his residency, he served in the U.S. Army as the Director of Research at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. His focus on medical education is reflected in his participation in a Teaching Fellowship and a Basic Research Skills Fellowship through the American College of Emergency Physicians. At VCU, Dr. Moffett has taken on multiple leadership roles, including Associate Program Director and Assistant Program Director, before becoming the Residency Program Director in 2022. He has received several teaching awards, such as the Golden Apple Teaching Award and the Tim Evans Faculty Teaching Award. Additionally, he is a Senior Reviewer for the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Moffett’s research interests include emergency medicine education, resident remediation strategies, and the impact of hospital systems on patient outcomes. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

After 15 years in academic Emergency Medicine, I took a leave of absence to work in New Zealand for 12 months, creating the best personal and professional year of my life. Given the increasingly stressful landscape of Emergency Medicine since 2020, I believed that my personal plan for wellness started with a 12-month hiatus from the American healthcare system. However, in the end what made all the difference was a new (Kiwi) lens through which to view our own healthcare system and an opportunity to be reinvigorated by a different style of practice.

Amanda Polsinelli, M.D., the program director of Riverside’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech earning a degree in chemical engineering and began her career at ExxonMobil in Fairfax, VA. She later earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. In 2019, Dr. Polsinelli joined the team that established the EM residency program at Riverside and served as a Clerkship Director and Associate Program Director before assuming the role of Program Director in 2023.

As a now not-so-new intern in the Emergency Department at UVA, I am still finding ways to utilize and gather data to best guide my judgement and make critical decisions early in the ED course. While I have seen ETCO2 used frequently in the context of resuscitation, I am excited to explore its value in separating critically ill patients from the general populace.

Dr. Gavin Rogers is a nationally recognized educator, award-winning teacher, and accomplished ultrasound instructor at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), where he serves as Co-Director of Ultrasound Education and Assistant Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship. With over a decade of experience in emergency medicine, ultrasound, and clinical education, Dr. Rogers holds specialized certifications in critical care echocardiography, advanced emergency ultrasound, and diagnostic cardiac and medical sonography (CCEeXAM, AEMUS-FPD, RDCS, RDMS). In his roles at EVMS, Dr. Rogers is deeply committed to delivering comprehensive ultrasound education that encompasses both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience. Dr. Rogers’ dedication to advancing medical education, coupled with his national-level teaching award, underscores his commitment to innovation in ultrasound and emergency medicine. His career reflects a holistic approach to teaching, research, clinical care, and service, driving the future of medical education and supporting the development of future healthcare leaders.

Jordan H Rosen, MD is the director of the psychiatry consultation-liaison service and the director of the psychiatry residency program at the University of Virginia. He previously directed the critical care psychiatry service at the Brigham and Women's Hospital where he was on faculty at Harvard Medical School. He completed his Consultation-Liaison psychiatry fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine and his residency at the University of Virginia where he served as chief resident. His clinical and research interests are in managing psychiatric conditions in the critically ill and mitigating effects of delirium.

I have been teaching procedures and simulation for about 10 years. Former simulation director for the Brooke Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency. Former simulation director at Sunrise Health Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency in Las Vegas, NV.

Dr. Shoemaker, an ABEM board-certified emergency physician, is a partner in the democratic EM group Elite Emergency Physicians Inc., where he practices clinically and has served as past ED Chairman and currently serves as their Director of Quality. He received his master's degree in physiology before matriculating to medical school at Indiana University. He completed EM residency training at Western University (formerly MSU/KCMS) in Kalamazoo, MI. Among his organized medicine leadership positions, he is past president of the Indiana chapter of ACEP, an Indiana ACEP councilor, a member of multiple national and state ACEP Committees, serves as volunteer clinical faculty for the Indiana University School of Medicine EM Clerkship and multiple other endeavors. Currently, he serves on the National ACEP Board of Directors where he has served as Vice President of Membership and Treasurer, and is current Board liaison to the Reimbursement Committee as well as Coding and Nomenclature Committees . An inaugural ACEP David McKenzie Reimbursement and Leadership Development Program Fellow, Dr. Shoemaker now serves as ACEP's Alternate RUC Representative at the AMA where RVU valuation for the House of Medicine is proposed for CMS. He is intimately involved at the local, state and national level dealing in EM advocacy for his patients and colleagues, fighting for fair EM reimbursement, and tackling health care insurer tactics that negatively impact patients and colleagues. Dr. Shoemaker is the course co-director and innovator for the ACEP/EMBC Independent EM Group Master Class. Additionally, he serves as EM Strategic Advisor for Ventra Health. Dr. Shoemaker lives in northern Indiana with his wife, Kaili, and two sons, Keegan and Aidan.

Dr. Shuck is the APP Physician Director for Emergency Physicians of Tidewater (EPT), leading a team of over 95 Advanced Practice Providers. He oversees all aspects of the APP program, including personnel management, recruitment, strategic planning, scheduling, and education, with a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning and ensuring APPs are equipped to deliver quality patient care in the Emergency Department. Dr. Shuck also serves as a member of the EPT Board of Directors, the Operational Medical Director for several local EMS agencies and an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University (ODU).

Michael Silverman, MD FACEP is chair of emergency medicine at VHC Health in Arlington, VA. He has authored numerous textbook chapters and original research papers and has lectured at ACEP’s Scientific Assembly and Director’s Academy. He and his EDs have won several awards for quality and patient satisfaction. Dr. Silverman is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he served as chief resident. He is the author of Director’s Corner: Lessons in Emergency Medicine Leadership and Management (Plaster Publishing 2014). His book is based on his popular monthly column, “Director’s Corner,” that he’s been writing for Emergency Physician’s Monthly since 2008. He also serves as an executive editor for Emergency Physician’s Monthly. Dr Silverman is the immediate past president of Maryland ACEP and also is a certified executive and leadership coach.

Lauren Smaltz is an emergency medicine physician and a second-year administrative, operations, and quality fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. She is also a fellow with Access Bridge, a national initiative dedicated to increasing access to evidence-based reproductive health services by building the capacity of emergency departments (EDs) to function as safety nets for reproductive care. Lauren’s work within Access Bridge focuses on developing and implementing ED protocols for early pregnancy management, early pregnancy loss, and contraceptive care, combining her background in emergency medicine and interests in women's health with an emphasis on practical improvements in patient care.

Dr. Webb is a board-certified emergency physician with over a decade of experience practicing in southwest Virginia. He completed his residency training at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Webb specializes in bedside ultrasound, particularly critical care echocardiography, which he utilizes to improve the care of high-acuity patients in the emergency department. To further pursue his interests, he completed the year-long Ultrasound Leadership Academy program and is a NBE Critical Care Echocardiography Testamur. In addition to his clinical work, he runs a clinical ultrasound rotation and an advanced echocardiography elective at his teaching site, further enhancing the training of medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. Dr. Webb is a founding faculty member and the current Associate Program Director of the LewisGale Emergency Medicine Residency in Salem, VA, where he is passionate about mentoring and educating the next generation of emergency physicians.

Winston Wu is an emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at Virginia Tech Carilion. He completed residency at the University of Virginia, where he later served as the Residency Leadership and Education Fellow. His clinical work spans high acuity emergency care with a focus on bedside teaching and clear, practical communication. He is deeply engaged in residency education, including curriculum design, procedural teaching, and coaching.

Dr. Zydron possesses over 20 years of experience in emergency department operations, documentation, and coding. Dr. Zydron was part of the first class of MD/MBA graduates from Darden School of Business and led the initiative to establish a dual degree program at the University of Virginia. Prior to medical school, she worked as a consultant with Practice Management Associates, a local vendor providing Emergency Medicine professional and facility coding and billing services in the mid-Atlantic region. In this role she provided analysis on the impact potential for scribe services on coding and billing based on existing operating models for provider staffing groups, as well as developed the strategic framework for launching successful scribe programs. Dr. Zydron established the business case and launched the first academic emergency department scribe program at the University of Virginia in 2007 in partnership with leadership at UVA Department of Emergency Medicine. The program continues to operate independently and has successfully trained hundreds of pre-medical students in provider documentation in Emergency Medicine and many other subspeciality clinics. After residency at Vanderbilt Medical Center in 2012, she joined a Virginia based democratic emergency medicine practice in Chesapeake, VA while also servicing as the Chief Medical Officer for eScribe Management Services, aiding in the rapid growth of the company from a local to a national scribe service vendor prior to acquisition by Scribe America in 2015. Dr. Zydron joined Williamsburg Emergency Physicians, Inc in Williamsburg, VA in 2016, serving as Operations Director from 2018-2000 and President since 2020. Dr. Zydron also served as the Chief Medical Officer for CareTeam from 2017-2019, a mid-Atlantic employer sponsored health clinic vendor providing on site and near site primary care and urgent care services. Dr. Zydron joined the Virginia Chapter of the American College Emergency Medicine (VACEP) Board of Directors in 2021 and elected to Executive Board in 2024. Dr. Zydron also serves VACEP a co-Chair of Reimbursement Committee and represents Virginia on the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Reimbursement Committee. Dr. Zydron served on the Virginia Advisory Workgroup for Commercially Reasonable Payments Data Set during the implementation of Virginia’s Out of Network Billing from 2000-2022. Dr. Zydron serves as the Medical Staff Past President at Sentara Williamsburg Medical Center after joining the Executive Council in 2021. She is also Co-Founder of a Concierge Occupational Medicine and Work-Related Injury Clinic in 2023, WorkersFirst, LLC. She is passionate about educating physicians on the critical issues that impact the practice of medicine including medical reimbursement, strategic operational optimization, and the impacts of state and federal policies. She is an active emergency medicine physician working clinically in a mid-size community hospital serving the needs of the greater Williamsburg Area in Virginia.