LEADERSHIP
Gregory Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FFSEM
Founder and Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
President, World Association For Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
Amalia Voskanyan, RN
Co-Director
Director of International Relations,
Department of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CORE FACULTY
Douglas Romney, MD
Director of Education
Co-Chair Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section
Instructor in Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Emergency Physician,
St. Luke's Hospital
Alex Hart, MD
Director of Research
Co-Chair Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section
Instructor in Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Emergency Physician,
St. Luke's Hospital
Fadi Issa, MD, JBEM, EMDM
Associate Director of Education
Emergency Physician
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Madeline Yogman, MD
Operational Medicine Education
Emergency Physician, St. Luke's Hospital
Anthony Krauss, MD
Simulation Medicine Education
Emergency Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Plymouth
RESEARCH
Mick Molloy, MB, DIP SP MED, MCEM MFSEM(RCSI & RCPI) MFSEM(UK) EMDM
Director of Professional Development
Consultant Emergency Physician,
Connolly Hospital, Dublin
Ireland
Attila J. Hertelendy, Ph.D
Co-Director of Research
Adjunct Professor, Emergency and Disaster Management
Georgetown University
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Business Analytics
College of Business
Florida International University
EDUCATION
Ritu Sarin, MD, EMDM, FACEP
Associate Fellowship Director
Co-Chair (former) Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section
Craig Fugate
Emergency Management
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during Obama administration (2009-2017)
Director, Florida Emergency Management for Gov Jeb Bush (2001-2007)
Shane Kappler, MD
CBRNE Education
Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Medical Director, Emergency Management
Medical Director, Bio-Containment Unit
Georgetown University MedStar-Washington Hospital Center
Eric Goralnick, MD, MPH
Mass Gathering Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Todd Benham, PsyD, ABPP
Director of Psychosocial Preparedness and Response
Chief, Department of Behavioral Health, USA MEDDAC
Installation Director of Psychological Health
Fort Drum, NY
Dr. Debra Weiner, MD
Director, Pediatric Disaster Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending, Boston Children's Hospital
Abdullah Alhadhira, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAAEM, CHE
Industrial Disaster Medicine and Business Continuity
Director, Office of Emergency Management and Continuity
Manager, Emergency Planning and Preparedness Unit
Johns Hopkins ARAMCO Healthcare
Saudi ARAMCO, Dhahran. KSA
Saudi Arabia
Declan Carbery
Associate Director
Emergency Management
Director of
Emergency Management
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
INTERNATIONAL EMS
Selwyn Mahon, MD
Director of International EMS
Emergency Medicine Chairman
and EMS Director (Fmr),
US Virgin Islands
Brad Newbury,
MPA, NRP I/C
Associate Director of EMS
President and CEO,
National Medical Education and Training Center
Fredrik Granholm, MD
Tactical and Operational Medicine
EMS Director, Northern Sweden
Lt (fmr), Swedish Amphibious Corps.
Sweden
Vincent Bounes, MD, PhD
Chief of EMS-Toulouse (SAMU)
Professor of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, University of Toulouse
Director Center of Disaster Response
France
Kevin Ryan, MD
Emergency Medical Services
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Boston University School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Boston EMS
Michael Rubin, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Director, Clinical Disaster Medicine
Emergency Physician,
University of Ottawa
Canada
Michelangelo Bortolin, MD
International EMS
Adjunct Professor, Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele-Milano
Servizio Emergenza Territoriale, Torino
Italy
Mathew Bivens, MD
SouthCoast EMS
Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
St. Luke's Hospital
DIGNITARY AND PROTECTIVE MEDICINE
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Robert G. Darling, MD, FACEP, FFSEM
Director of Executive Medicine
White House Physician (former)
Chief Medical Officer
Patronus Medical Private Health Services
Mobarak AlMulhim, MD, MBA, FRCPC(EM-CCM)
Associate Director of Dignitary Medicine
Personal Physician (former)
The Royal Clinic
Saudi Arabia
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Amado Alejandro Baez, MD, PhD, MPH
Ambassador and Director of Health Diplomacy at the Dominican Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
DISASTER OPERATIONS
Srihari Cattamanchi, MBBS, MD, MPH
Director of Humanitarian Disaster Operations
Regional Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Region
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Bangladesh
Robert Obernier
Disaster Operations
Team Rubicon US
Dave Fortier
Disaster Recovery
President,
One World Strong
Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, BVSc., MSc., MPH, MRCVS
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences,
Penn State Hershey
Wael Al-Husami, MD
Humanitarian Medicine
Medical Director, International Medical Health and Medical Education, Lahey Hospital
Assistant Professor, Tufts School of Medicine
Valerio Mogini, MD
Disaster Operations
Emergency Physician
Italian Red Cross
Italy
Gabriel Benmoussa, MS, CFO
Emergency Management
Fire Chief
Milton Fire Department
City of Milton
Georgia, USA
Grigor Simonyan, MA
Humanitarian Crisis Response
MSF country Director Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan (former)
Program Officer, UNICEF
Armenia
Matt Marietta, PhD, CEM, EFO
Emergency Management
Deputy Fire Chief
Emergency Manager
City of Milton
Georgia, USA
DISASTER NURSING
Col. John Groves, CNS
Director of Disaster Nursing
U.S. Army (ret)
Chief Nursing Officer ,
Madigan Army Medical Center,
Seattle, WA
Katie Vear, RN, MPA, EMT-B
Associate Director of Disaster Nursing
Registered Nurse,
Department of Emergency Medicine,
University of Massachusetts
University Medical Center
CIVILIAN-MILITARY COLLABORATION
Major Michael J. Court, MD
Civilian-Military Coordination
Operational Military Physician
United Kingdom
Capt. David Polatty, MA
Civilian-Military Coordination
Professor and Director, Humanitarian Response Program
US Naval War College
Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer for Rhode Island
Col. Christian Meko, MD
Civilian-Military Coordination
Defense Health Agency, US Army Medical Command (ret)
Command Surgeon (fmr), Combined Joint Task Force-10/Regional
Command-East, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
COUNTER-TERRORISM MEDICINE
Dr. Gregory Ciottone, MD
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
Dr. Duane Caneva, MD, MS
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
Medical Director, US Department of Homeland Security (2018-2021)
Director of Medical Preparedness (fmr)
White House National Security Council
Prof. Roberto Mugavero
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
President, Observatory on Security and CBRNe Defence (OSDIFE)
Director of the Center for Security Training and Education, University of San Marino
Italy