
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

Jim 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

Moneesh Bhow, MD, FACEP
- Medical Director,
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix - Chief of Staff,
Banner University Medical Center - Assistant Medical Director,
Medlink Telemedicine Service - Phoenix, Arizona

Summer Carlton, MBA
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Certified Continuous Improvement Manager
- Providence St Mary Medical Center
- Walla Walla, Washington

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
- 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.

Kathy Hochman, MD
- Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
- Associate Chair of Quality of Care
- Director, Hospitalist Service
NYU Langone Health
Tisch Hospital - New York, New York

Steve Jameson, MD
- Immediate Past Chair of ACEP’s Rural Section
- Member, ACEP Rural Task Force
- Author Chapter “Rural EDs” in Strauss and Mayer’s Emergency Department Management
- 30 Year Practitioner in Emergency Medicine
- St. Cloud, Minnesota

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

James Lennon, AIA, ACHA
- President, Lennon Associates
- Specializes in ED Design
- 35 Year Career in Healthcare Architecture
- Creator, Harvard ED Design Course
- Recipient of the AIA Modern Healthcare Design Award
- Developer of ED Simulation Programs

Kathy Merkley, BSN, RN, NP, PhD
- Senior VP for Clinical Improvement, Health Catalyst
- A PhD Nurse Practitioner
- 30 years at Intermountain Healthcare
- EDBA Board Member
- Salt Lake City, UT

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

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

Frank Zilm, FAIA, FACHA
- Founding Director,
University of Kansas
Institute for Health and Wellness Design
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.