Faculty | The Department of Emergency Medicine

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The faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine includes:

Professors

	Robert Shesser Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine Co-Director, Medical Leadership and Operations Fellowship Professor
	Keith Boniface Chief, Section of Emergency Ultrasound Professor
	David Milzman Professor
	Ali Pourmand Associate Site Director, UMC Director, Extreme Environmental Medicine Fellowship Professor
	James Scott Vice Chair of Education Co-Chief, Section of Education Professor

Secondary Appointment Professors

Melissa McCarthy

Co-Chief, Section of Clinical Research
Director, Clinical Research Fellowship
Professor of Health Policy (SPHHS)
Professor of Emergency Medicine (Secondary)

Associate Professors

	Janice Blanchard Chief, Section of Health Policy Associate Professor
	Cathleen Clancy Co-Chief, Section of Injury Prevention and Toxicology Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Associate Professor
	Katherine Douglass Co-Chief, Section of Injury Prevention and Toxicology Director, International Emergency Medicine & Global Public Health Fellowship Associate Professor
	Yolanda Haywood Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion & Student Affairs Associate Professor
	Aisha Liferidge Co-Director, Health Policy Fellowship Associate Professor
	Raymond Lucas Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development Co-Chief, Section of Education Associate Professor
	Andrew Meltzer Co-Chief, Section of Clinical Research Associate Professor
	Neal Sikka Chief, Section of Innovative Practice and Telehealth Director, Telemedicine Fellowship Associate Professor
	Jeffrey Smith Chief, Section of International Emergency Medicine Director, Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Associate Professor of Global Health (Secondary)

Assistant Professors

	Sonal Batra Associate Program Director, Residency Co-Chief, Section of Health Equity Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management (Secondary)
	Guenevere Burke Site Director, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management (Secondary)
	Amy Caggiula Assistant Program Director, Residency Assistant Professor
	Kevin Davey Assistant Professor
	Elizabeth Dearing Assistant Professor
	Sangeeta Desai Wood Assistant Professor
	Steven Davis Student Clerkship Director Assistant Professor
	Aaran Drake Assistant Professor
	Sarah Frasure Assistant Professor
	Tress Goodwin Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Secondary)
	Tenagne Haile-Mariam Assistant Professor
	Colton Hood Assistant Professor
	Erin Kane Co-Director, Medical Leadership and Operations Fellowship Assistant Professor
	Natalie Kirilichin Co-Director, Health Policy Fellowship Assistant Professor
	John Lafleur Assistant Professor
	Lia Losonczy Assistant Professor
	Damali Nakitende Assistant Professor
	Francis O'Connell Site Director, United Medical Center Assistant Professor
	Kathleen Ogle Director, Ultrasound Fellowship Assistant Professor
	James Phillips Chief, Section of Disaster and Operational Medicine Director, Disaster and Operational Medicine Fellowship Assistant Professor
	Maria Portela Chief, Section of Family Medicine Co-chief, Section of Health Equity Assistant Professor
	Natasha Powell Assistant Professor
	Matthew Pyle Site Director, Washington DC VA Medical Center Assistant Professor
	Claudia Ranniger Director, Simulation Center Director, Medical Education Fellowship Assistant Professor
	Colleen Roche Director, Residency Assistant Professor
	Gobindveer Sahi Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Assistant Professor
	David Yamane Section Chief, Critical Care Assistant Professor

Clinical Professors

	Thomas Kirsch Clinical Professor
	Toby Litovitz Clinical Professor
	Jeffrey Love Clinical Professor
	Anthony Macintyre Clinical Professor
	Michael Rapp Clinical Professor

Associate Clinical Professors

	Shantanu Agrawal Associate Clinical Professor
	Griffin Davis Associate Clinical Professor
	Rita Manfredi Associate Clinical Professor
	Bruno Petinaux Chief Medical Officer, The George Washington University Hospital Clinical Associate Professor
	Hamid Shokoohi Clinical Associate Professor
	E. Reed Smith Associate Clinical Professor

Assistant Clinical Professors

	John Abraham Clinical Assistant Professor
	Fahad Abuguyan Clinical Assistant Professor
	Dan Avstreih Assistant Clinical Professor
	Malika Fair Assistant Clinical Professor
	Laura Fox Clinical Assistant Professor
	Jesse Irwin Clinical Assistant Professor
	Sangeeta Kaushik Assistant Clinical Professor
	Massoud Kazzi Clinical Assistant Professor
	Eugene Lee Assistant Clinical Professor
	Melinda Morton Hamer Clinical Assistant Professor
	Todd Muller Clinical Assistant Professor
	Susan Owens Assistant Clinical Professor
	Kari Scantlebury Clinical Assistant Professor
	Philip Seton Clinical Assistant Professor
	Aleksandra Smith Clinical Assistant Professor
	Elizabeth Whitman Clinical Assistant Professor
	Leila Zucker Clinical Assistant Professor

Clinical Instructors

Assya Abdallah

Clinical Instructor

Annabel Li

Clinical Instructor

Adjunct Professors

	James D'Orta Adjunct Professor
	Charles Doarn Adjunct Professor
	Sol Edelstein Adjunct Professor
	Michael Granovsky Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Associate Professors

	Joseph Antos Adjunct Associate Professor
	Sunil Budhrani Adjunct Associate Professor
	Jennifer Lee Adjunct Associate Professor
	Leana Wen Director, Patient-Centered Care Research (Leave of Absence) Adjunct Associate Professor

Adjunct Assistant Professors

	Jameel Abualenain Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Mary Chopard Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Ted Fan Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Shweta Gidwani Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Stefanie Gilbert Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Mark Hanson Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Robert Jarrin Adjunct Assistant Professor
	John Jones Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Jeffrey Stone Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Jennifer Stuth Adjunct Assistant Professor
	Sylvan Waller Adjunct Assistant Professor

Adjunct Instructors

Pouya Gharahdaghi

Adjunct Instructor

Jason McKay

Adjunct Instructor

Murteza Shahkolahi

Adjunct Instructor

Fellows

	Timur Alptunaer Research Instructor
	Luis Dominguez Research Instructor
	Marisa Dowling Research Instructor
	Tamara Green Assistant Research Professor
	Jared Lucas Research Instructor
	Samantha Noll Research Instructor
	Michelle Tang Assistant Research Professor
	Marcee Wilder Research Instructor

PAs

	Dina Abdelsamad Clinical Assistant Professor
	Beth Curry Clinical Assistant Professor
	Lindsey DuPre Clinical Assistant Professor
	Rachel Ernzen Clinical Assistant Professor
	Stephanie Foltzer Clinical Assistant Professor
	Eleanor Frye Clinical Assistant Professor
	Nathan Janusz Clinical Assistant Professor
	Laila Kassa Clinical Assistant Professor
	Amy Keim Associate Clinical Professor
	Joseph Kunic Clinical Assistant Professor
	Noelle Landers Clinical Assistant Professor
	Erin Love Assistant Clinical Professor
	Melissa Maloof Clinical Assistant Professor
	Sara Manifould Clinical Assistant Professor
	Andrew Maurano Associate Clinical Professor
	Robert McKinney Clinical Assistant Professor
	Britney Neitenbach Clinical Assistant Professor
	Randall Owen Clinical Assistant Professor
	Caroline Pratt Clinical Assistant Professor
	Stephen Robie Clinical Assistant Professor
	Gary Sharpe Clinical Assistant Professor
	Ryan Strauss Associate Clinical Professor
	Victoria Taillac Clinical Assistant Professor
	Alexa Tovsen Clinical Assistant Professor
	Caitlin Ward Clinical Assistant Professor

Nurse Practitioners

Michelle Wise

Clinical Instructor

Children's National Health System

Bhawana Arora

Assistant Professor

INOVA Fairfax

	James Cogbill Assistant Clinical Professor
	Katherine Fullerton Assistant Clinical Professor
	Tanveer Gaibi Clinical Assistant Professor
	Keith Ghezzi Adjunct Professor
	Stanislaw Haciski Clinical Assistant Professor
	Dan Hanfling Clinical Professor
	Vivian Hwang Assistant Clinical Professor
	Brantley Jolly Clinical Professor
	Adam Kochman Clinical Assistant Professor
	Maybelle Kou Associate Clinical Professor
	Thom Mayer Clinical Professor

Metro Immediate and Primary Care

Michael Horan

Clinical Assistant Professor