
Faculty
The faculty is a diverse group of been there, done that, experts who will combine the latest literature and their own experience to give participants an up-to-date perspective on a large number of leading-edge pediatric emergency topics.

Emily Rose, MD, FAAP –
Course Director
Editor, Pediatric Emergencies, Oxford Academic Press, 2020
Editor, Life-Threatening Rashes, Springer, 2018
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award
ACEP Scientific Assembly, 2016
Former Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

W. Richard Bukata, MD – Course Advisor
Medical Director
The Center for Medical Education
Creamery, PA
Recipient, ACEP Education Award, 1993
Adjunct Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Martha A. Roberts, MSN, ACNP, PNP, RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN – Faculty Forum Coordinator
Adult & Pediatric Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
(Board-Certified as an Acute Care NP, Primary Care Pediatric NP, and Acute Care Pediatric NP)
Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Samuel Merritt College of Nursing
Oakland, CA

Christopher Amato, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Morristown Medical Center / Goryeb Children’s Hospital
Morristown, NJ
Co-Chair, Pediatric Emergency Subcommittee, ACEP
Associate Professor, Departments of
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics,
Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, PA

Solomon Behar, MD
Senior Medical Editor, Peds RAP
Director, Pediatric Resident Medical Education
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Long Beach Memorial / Miller Children's Hospital
Long Beach, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Pediatrics
John A. Fricker Voluntary Faculty Teaching Award
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Ilene Claudius, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
Director of Quality and Process Improvement
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Professor of Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Timothy Horeczko, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Co-Editor-In-Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
Reviewer, Clinical Research, Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Sujit Iyer, MD, FAAP
National Director of Pediatric Service, U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, OH
Outstanding Educator Award, UT Dell Medical School, Austin, TX
Educator of the Year, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, UT Dell Medical School
Chair, University of Texas Dell Medical Faculty Senate
Faculty, Department of Medical Education, UT Austin Dell Medical School
Assistant Medical Director, Dell Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Regular Faculty, Emergency Department,
UT Dell Medical School, Austin, TX

Le “Mimi” Lu, MD
Excellence in Teaching Award
The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Teaching Award, Scientific Assembly
American College of Emergency Physicians
Clinical Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco, CA

Alfred Sacchetti, MD
Director of Clinical Services, Emergency Medicine
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ
Recipient, ACEP Education Award, 2010
Editorial Board, Pediatric Emergency Care
Editorial Board, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
Editorial Board, Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Section of Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA