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2022 Conference Faculty
We’re proud to feature a list of prominent speakers who are at the forefront of their fields. These professionals are always eager to share their knowledge and inspire like-minded enthusiasts.
Dr. Dan McCollum, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Director for GCEP
Augusta University Health System in Augusta, Georgia
Lecture: "RHCP and STD's: An update on STD's set to the music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers."
Dr. James Crosby, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Lecture: Medicine at 30,000 feet:
Respond to in-flight emergencies.
Dr. Sukhi Atti, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Assistant Director
Office of Medical Toxicology
Associate Medical Director
Alabama Poison Information Center, Children’s of Alabama
Lecture: Chemical Disaster and Toxidrome Recognition
Dr. Adam Kessler, DO
Associate Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Board certified in EM, IM and Critical CED-ICU and Emergency Critical Care
Lecture: Boardom: The Future Of Critical Care In The Emergency Department
Dr. Ben von Schweinitz, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Served in the Air Force Special Operations Command,
AFSOC, Special Operations Surgical Team or SOST.
Lecture: Tactical Combat Causality Care (TCCC).
Dr. Lauren Walter, MD
Associate Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Assistant Residency Director
Founder and director
‘Women of Emergency Medicine Mentorship
and Interest Group
Lecture: Opioid Epidemic
Dr. Nicholas Rockwell, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lecture: Pediatric Patients, Not Just Little Adults
Dr. Kathleen Richard, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Fellowship trained in Emergency US
Lecture: Emergent Management of
Neonatal Fever
Dr. Neal Richmond, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of EMS Research
EMS Fellowship Program Director
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lecture: Emergency Airway Management:
Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision
Making in the Street or at the Bedside
Mike West, NRP, RN, MS
Coroner of Limestone County, AL
Lecture: What does the Coroner See
Dr. Daisy A. Ciener, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Skills day: Pediatric Simulation Team
Dr. Ryan Walsh, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Procedural Simulation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Skills day: EM procedures, Simulation Team
Dr. Howard "Howie" Mell, MD, MPH, CPE, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Physician
A Partner in Vituity, a physician owned multi-specialty group practice.
Flight physician for Cleveland Metro Life Flight.
Lecture: A HISTORICAL LOOK AT A “MODERN” PROBLEM: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS
Dr. Matt Heimann, MD
Assistant Professor
Fellowship Director, Global Health and International Emergency Medicine.
University of Alabama Birmingham
Lecture: Case-Based Visual Diagnosis of Global Pathlogy
Dr. Larry Stack, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lecture: Lyte Management - When fluid
choice actually matters
Lindsey Paige Anthony, MPA, CEM, CHEC, NREMT
Chief of Disaster and Emergency Management.
Department of Emergency Medicine
Augusta University Health System
Lecture: Rethinking Vulnerability Based Exercises: A Strategy for Real Improvement
Shannon W. Stephens, EMTP, CCEMTP
Executive Director, Center for Injury Science
Instructor, Division of Acute Care Surgery
UAB Department of Surgery
Research Interests
cardiac arrest, trauma resuscitation, emergency medical services, bioethics
Lecture: Current Acute Care Research at UAB: Future Role for EMS
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