View the Emerging Leaders Academy Class of 2026 (Coming soon!)
Are you ready for the next level in leadership in the business of emergency medicine?
Do you want to connect with others at a similar point in their career to grow and learn together?
Then EDPMA’s EMerging Leaders Academy may be for you!
Emerging leaders will meet virtually and in person eleven times a year to learn about the business of emergency medicine and leadership skills to poise you for the next chapter of your career.
Time and Financial Commitment
Each cohort with meet monthly for a 90-minute session. Each session will feature 30 minutes of leadership discussion and 60 minutes of the related topic noted in the schedule below. To successfully graduate from the course, you must attend at least 80% of the virtual and in-person sessions (9 classes). Attendance at Solutions Summit and in-person workshops highly recommended.
Curriculum
Subject matter experts and leaders in emergency medicine will lead each session. The sessions will focus on both leadership skills adapted for emergency medicine, followed by core curriculum. Some of the content EMerging Leaders will cover include:
- EDPMA 101
- ABCs and Acronyms
- Hot Topics
- Billing and Coding
- Federal Advocacy
- State Advocacy
- and more!
The class of 2026 kicked off at Solutions Summit 2025 in Colorado Springs with EMerging Leader sessions on Sunday, March 30, and the EMerging Leaders Mixer on Monday, March 31.
EMerging Leaders Academy Co-Directors
Alden Cartwright – VantageHealth.ai
Courtney Franco – Imagine Software
EDPMA 2025 EMerging Leaders
Congratulations to our 2025 EMerging Leaders!
Kelly Baxter, US Acute Care Solutions
Kathryn Beard, R1 RCM
Jeff Brown, Brault
Chadi Boumitri, US Acute Care Solutions
Corissa Cooper, Vituity
Casandra Curtis, Zotec Partners
Dr. Monisha Dilip, Yale Emergency Medicine
Kristin Fitzgerald, East Central Iowa Acute Care PLLC
Palar Fort, US Acute Care Solutions
Paul Jordan, SCP Health
Dr. Marianna Karounos, TeamHealth
Laurence Kessler, Ventra Health
Dr. Andrew Kline, Emergency Care Specialists
Dr. Mark Laperouse, Our Lady of the Lake
Mollie Lynch, ApolloMD
Matthew Lomax, Wake Emergency Physicians, PA
Dr. Andrew Moczula, Mid Atlantic Emergency Medical Assocs P.A.
Stephanie Mullennix, Emergency Care Specialists
Dr. Alison Ruch, Georgia Emergency Department Services
Dr. Charles Sierzant, Emergency Care Specialists
Dr. Kathryn West, Georgia Emergency Department Services
Do You Want to Be an EDPMA EMerging Leader?
Applications for the Class of 2026 have closed, but stay tuned! The Class of 2027 application cycle will open in the Fall. We look forward to welcoming the next group of EMerging Leaders!
Questions About the EMerging Leaders Academy?
Contact Neil Gottlieb at [email protected].