Below is the slate of candidates for the upcoming 2024-2025 CORD Board of Directors Election.
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President-Elect
Secretary/Treasurer
Member-at-Large
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Member
Resident Member-at-Large
President-Elect Candidate
Name: Laura Hopson, MD
Institution: University of Michigan
Experience in Program Leadership: Fellowship Director, Medical Education (2022-2023), Branches Curriculum Advisor (2016-2019), Program Director (2011-2020), Director of Medical Student Education (2005 -2011), Associate Director of Medical Student Education (2004-2005), Assistant Program Director (2001-2005)
Current Title: Associate Chair for Education, Co-Director Graduate Medical Education Innovations
Prior CORD Board Experience:
Secretary/Treasurer: 2023- 2024
Member-at-large since 2020
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Secretary/Treasurer Candidate
Name: Jaime Jordan, MD, MA
Institution: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Experience in Program Leadership: Clerkship Director (2015), Assistant Director (2014-2016), Associate Director (2016-2018), Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine (2013-2020)
Current Title: Director of Discovery (2021 - Present), Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine (2020-Present), Educator for Excellence (2020-Present), Associate Director, Residency Training Program (2028 - present)
Prior CORD Board Experience: Member-at-large since 2020
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Member-at-Large Candidates
Name: Cassandra Bradby, MD
Institution: ECU Health Medical Center
Experience in Program Leadership: East Carolina University (2015-2016), Associate Residency Director, East Carolina University (2016-2019), Residency Program Director, East Carolina University (2019-present)
Current Title: Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Years of membership: 7 years
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INCUMBENT CANDIDATE
Name: Arlene Chung, MD, MACM, FACEP
Institution: University of Vermont
Experience in Program Leadership: Vice Chair of Education (2023), Medical Education Division Director (2020-2023), Residency Program Director (2018-2023), Associate Residency Program Director (2016-2018), Director of Resident Clinical Education (2015-2016)
Current Title: Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Prior CORD Board Experience: Member-at-large 2021-2023
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Name: Molly K. Estes, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Institution: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Experience in Program Leadership: Loma Linda University Alumni Association Board Member (2022-Present), LLU GME Confidential Advisor (2018-Present), Associate Clerkship Director, Clerkship Director (2018 - 2023)
Current Title: Medical Education Fellowship Director
Years in membership: 4 years
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Name: Michael Kiemeney, MD, FACEP
Institution: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Experience in Program Leadership: Associate Clerkship Director, Associate Program Director, Program Director since 2016
Current Title: Program Director
Years in Membership: 8 years
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Name: Andrew Little, DO
Institution: AdventHealth East Orlando
Experience in Program Leadership: Associate Program Director (2020 - Present), Research Director (2016 - 2020), Fellowship Director, EMRA Case Podcasting Fellowship (2018-Present)
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Current Title: Associate Program Director
Years in Membership: 7 years
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Name: Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, MSCR
Institution: Ohio State University
Experience in Program Leadership: Director of Medical Education Fellowship (2023 - Present), Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (2022 - Present), Associate Residency Program Director (2022 - Present), Assistant Residency Program Director (2018 -2022), Director of the Kiehl Resident Wellness Endowment (2018 - Present)
Current Title: Associate Residency Program Director, Director of Medical Education Fellowship
Years in Membership: 6 years
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Name: Alexis Pelletier-Bui, MD
Institution: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Experience in Program Leadership: Co-Clerkship Director (2014-2019), Assistant Program Director (2017-2021)
Current Title: Associate Program Director, CMSRU EM Subspecialty Advisor
Years in Membership: 9 years
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Name: Todd Taylor, MD
Institution: Emory University
Experience in Program Leadership: Director of Post Graduate Medical Education (2013 -2016), Assistant Residency Director(2016 -2019), Co-Director for Emory SOM Junior Faculty Development Course, Director For Educational Innovation, Chair of the Education Committee (2021-Present)
Current Title: Director of Advanced ECG Selective, Faculty Engagement and Advancement Team, Assistant Professor
Years in Membership: 7 years
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INCUMBENT CANDIDATE
Name: Jason Wagner, MD
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Experience in Program Leadership: Program Director (2014-2023), Associate Program Director (2013-2014), Assistant Program Director (2010 -2013)
Current Title: Vice Chair of Education
Prior CORD Board Experience: Member-at-large 2021-2023
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Member-at-Large Candidate
INCUMBENT CANDIDATE
Name: Cynthia Price, MD
Institution: University of Connecticut
Experience in Program Leadership: Assistant Program Director (2009-2013), Chair of the UConn GME Diversity Oversight Committee
Current Title: Associate Program Director
Prior CORD Board Experience: DEI Member-at-large 2021-2023
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Resident Member-at-Large Candidate
Name: Alicia Meador, MD
Institution: University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
Current Title: PGY-2
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Name: Annie Nyffeler, DO
Institution: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Current Title: PGY-2
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Name: Bracken Robers, DO, PhD
Institution: East Carolina University Emergency Medicine
Current Title: PGY-2
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Name: Julia Ruggieri, MD
Institution: University of Utah
Current Title: PGY-2
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