View the Emerging Leaders Academy Class of 2025
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 2025 kicks off at Solutions Summit 2024 in Seattle. Saturday, April 27 – EMerging Leader sessions and Sunday, April 28 – EMerging Leaders Mixer
| Date | Time | Session | Instructor |
| May 15, 2024 | 4:30pm | History of Emergency Medicine | Dr. Lynn Massingale Leadership – Brian Unell |
| June 11, 2024 | 4:30pm | ABC’s and Acronyms | Dr. Sue Good Leadership – Brian Unell |
| July 16, 2024 | 4:30pm | Fundamentals of Civics | Aron Goldfeld Leadership – Brian Unell |
| August 13, 2024 | 4:30pm | Fundamentals of Advocacy, Federal | Patrick Velliky Leadership – Steve Mellor |
| September 17, 2024 | 4:30pm | Fundamentals of Advocacy, State | Patrick Velliky Leadership – Steve Mellor |
| September 30, 2024 | EDPMA Reception at ACEP in Las Vegas, NV | ||
| October 8, 2024 | 4:30pm | Billing and Coding | Greer Contreras Cara Friederich Leadership – Steve Mellor |
| November 12, 2024 | 4:30pm | Payer Relationships and Contracts | TBD Leadership – TBD |
| December 10-11, 2024 | EDPMA RCM Workshop in Las Vegas, NV | ||
| January 14, 2024 | 4:30pm | Hot Topics Panel Discussion | Panel TBD Leadership – TBD |
| February 11, 2024 | 4:30pm | Facility Revenue and Operations | Juli Forde Smith Leadership – TBD |
| March 11, 2024 | 4:30pm | EMerging Trends Panel | Panel – TBD Leadership – TBD |
| March 30 – April 2, 2025 | Class of 2025 Graduation: EDPMA Solutions Summit at the Broadmoor in Colorado | ||
Please note, times listed are in EDT.
EMerging Leaders Academy Co-Directors
Alden Cartwright – VantageHealth.ai
Courtney Franco – Imagine Software
EDPMA 2024 EMerging Leaders
Congratulations to our 2024 EMerging Leaders!
Dr. Matt Bernard – NuTex Health
Dr. Christen Kegarise – Vituity
Dr. Daewon Kim – Vituity
Dr. Elisabeth Giblin – Vituity
Dr. Patrick Hanlon – Vituity
Reggie Hodges – Capio
Ryan McMillan – US Acute Care Solutions
Jason Meyer – ZOLL Data Systems
Dr. Nels Neander – Washington Emergency Care Physicians
Dr. Dale Quirke – Wake Emergency Physicians
Dr. Vikram Raj – Vituity
Bart Robinson – Core Clinical Partners
Dr. Mike Ruzek -Envision Physician Services
Theresa Schwegmann – SCP Health
Dr. Vineet Sharma – EMRA
Sasha Storsin – US Acute Care Solutions
Matt Tamez – Phoenix Coding & Consulting Services
Dr. Ryan Tomberg – Emergency Physicians of Tidewater
Dr. Heather Walker – Westmoreland Emergency Medicine Specialists
Do You Want to Be an EDPMA EMerging Leader?
Applications for the Class of 2026 are open. Submit your application here.
Questions About the EMerging Leaders Academy?
Contact Neil Gottlieb at [email protected].