Innovations in ED Management

Faculty

The award-winning faculty participating in the 2025 Innovations in ED Management Conference have been specifically chosen for their in-depth knowledge of ED operations and their ability to present information with passion and energy.

Shari Welch, MD, FACEP – Course Director

Shari Welch, MD, FACEP –
Course Director

    • Principal
      Quality Matters Consulting
    • Former ED Quality Improvement Director
      Intermountain Healthcare
    • Author, Quality Matters: Solutions for a
      Safe and Efficient Emergency Department
    • Phoenix, Arizona
W. Richard Bukata, MD – Course Co-Director

W. Richard Bukata, MD –
Course Co-Director

    • Medical Director
      The Center for Medical Education, Inc.
    • Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
      Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center
    • Los Angeles, California
Jim Augustine, MD

Jim Augustine, MD

  • Vice-President
    ED Benchmarking Alliance
  • Clinical Professor
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Wright State University
    Dayton, Ohio
  • Chair, EMDI Innovation Advisory Group
    American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • Medical Director
    Lee County EMS
    Fort Myers, Florida
  • Medical Director
    International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
Ed Banos, MHA

Ed Banos, MHA

  • President and Chief Executive Officer
    University Health
    San Antonio, Texas
  • Former President and CEO
    Duke Lifepoint Upper Peninsula Health System
  • Former CEO
    Good Shepherd Health System
    Longview, Texas
  • Former Chief Operating officer
    Allegheny General Hospital
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mike Gibbons, RN, MBA

Mike Gibbons, RN, MBA

  • Executive Director
    ED Benchmarking Alliance
  • Independent Healthcare Consultant
  • Former Director of Emergency Services
    Swedish American Health System
  • Former Nursing Director
    University of Utah
  • Former ED Nursing Director
    Intermountain Healthcare
  • Minocqua, Wisconsin
Michael Granovsky, MD

Michael Granovsky, MD

  • President
    LogixHealth
  • Founder
    Greater Washington Emergency Physicians
  • Director
    ACEP’s Coding and Reimbursement Course
  • Editor
    ED Coding Alert
  • Washington, D.C.
Kathy Hochman, MD, MBA

Kathy Hochman, MD, MBA

  • Associate Professor
    Department of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Associate Chair of Quality of Care
    Department of Medicine
  • Division Director
    Hospital Medicine
    NYU Langone Health
    Tisch Hospital
  • New York, New York
Steve Jameson, MD

Steve Jameson, MD

  • Past Chair
    ACEP Rural Emergency Medicine Section
  • Member
    ACEP Rural Task Force
  • Author Chapter "Rural EDs" in Strauss and Mayer's Emergency Department Management
  • Principal
    Jameson Teaching and Consulting Services
  • St. Cloud, Minnesota
Nick Jouriles, MD

Nick Jouriles, MD

  • President
    ED Benchmarking Alliance
  • Past President
    American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • Professor & Chair
    Emergency Medicine
    Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Vice Chair
    Faculty Development
    US Acute Care Solutions
  • Canton, Ohio
Anthony Napoli, MD, MHL

Anthony Napoli, MD, MHL

  • Executive Vice Chair
    Brown Emergency Medicine
  • Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
    Professor of Emergency Medicine
    Brown Emergency Medicine
  • Professor of Health Service, Policy, and Practice
    School of Public Health
  • Providence, Rhode Island
Gillian Schmitz, MD

Gillian Schmitz, MD

  • Past President
    American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • Vice Chair of Education
    Naval Medical Center
    San Diego, California
  • Faculty
    Emergency Medicine Residency
    Naval Medical Center
    San Diego, California
  • Associate Professor
    Uniformed Services University
    Bethesda, Maryland
  • Nationally Recognized Researcher, Speaker, and Educator
David Seaberg, MD

David Seaberg, MD

  • Executive Vice President
    Academic Emergency Departments
    US Acute Care Solutions
  • Past President, ACEP
  • Chairman, Emergency Medicine
    Summa Health
    Akron, Ohio
  • Inaugural Dean
    University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Amy Sechrist, MSN, RN

Amy Sechrist, MSN, RN

  • Board Member
    ED Benchmarking Alliance
  • Director of Nursing
    Emergency Services, Observation Unit, CWIC, Interventional Psych, LGH Transport Operations Center
    Penn Medicine - Lancaster General Health
  • 23 Years of Experience in Emergency Medicine
  • Experience in ED Renovation Planning and Design Including Data Analytics Assessment to Optimize ED Patient Flow
Pam Turner, RN, MBA

Pam Turner, RN, MBA

  • Independent Consultant
  • Former Vice-President
    Emergency & Trauma Services, HCA
  • Former ED Nursing Director
    Valley Hospital
    Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Former Principal
    Rudder Consulting
  • Scottsdale, Arizona
John Vazquez, MD

John Vazquez, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Director of Operations
    Division of Hospitalist Medicine
    Emory Healthcare
  • Medical Director
    System Transfer Service and Patient Flow
    Emory Healthcare
  • Writer
    Hospitalist Operations Blog
    Emory Healthcare
  • Nashville, Tennessee

Faculty Disclosure

It is the policy of the Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities; that all contributors present information in an objective, unbiased manner without endorsement or criticism of specific products or services; and that the relationships that contributors disclose will not influence their contributions. Those in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose to learners all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

Resolution of Conflicts of Interest

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of CME, the Center for Emergency Medical Education implemented mechanisms, prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity.