
Faculty
The Award-Winning Faculty Participating in the 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
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
Medical Director,
The Center for Medical Education, Inc.
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California

James Augustine, MD
Vice-President, ED Benchmarking Alliance
Immediate Past Chair, National Clinical Governance Board
US Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio
Clinical Professor, Wright State University
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
Board of Directors, ACEP
Naples, Florida

Ed Banos, MHA
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer,
University Health System
San Antonio, Texas
Former CEO,
Marquette General Hospital
Marquette, Michigan

Michael 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
President, LogixHealth
Founder, Greater Washington Emergency Physicians
Director, ACEP’s Coding and Reimbursement Course
Editor, ED Coding Alert
Washington, D.C.

Robin Hemphill, MD, MPH
Chief of Staff, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Health System
Cincinnati, Ohio
Former Chief Patient Safety Officer and Director
National Center for Patient Safety
VA Hospital System
Washington, D.C.

Nick Jouriles, MD
President, Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance
Past President, ACEP
Professor & Chair, Emergency Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Vice Chair, Faculty Development
US Acute Care Solutions
Canton, Ohio

Jay Kaplan, MD
Medical Director,
Care Transformation for LCMC Health
University Medical Center New Orleans
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine,
Section of Emergency Medicine,
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Euthym Kontaxis, MD
Medical Director,
Tennity ED
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, California

Jackson Lanphear, MD
Co-Medical Director,
Emergency Department
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Grand Rapids, Michigan

David Romness, MD
Department Chairman and Operations Director,
Tennity ED
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, California

David Seaberg, MD
Executive Vice President, Academic Emergency Departments
US Acute Care Solutions
Past President, ACEP
Chairman, Emergency Medicine, Summa Health
Inaugural Dean, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Pam Turner, RN, MBA
Independent Consultant
Former Vice-President of Emergency &
Trauma Services, HCA
Former ED Nursing Director,
Valley Hospital, Las Vegas
Former Principal, Rudder Consulting

John Vazquez, MD
Medical Director for System Transfer Service & Patient Flow,
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Hospitalist,
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sean Wilson, MBA
Architect
National Director of Healthcare
The Beck Group
Charlotte, North Carolina
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.