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Officers 2011-2012

President Trevor Mills, MD FAAEM
	Trevor Mills, MD MPH is currently the Chief of Emergency Medicine Services for the Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System. He is a graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University medical school and completed his emergency medicine residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He has a special interest in the public health and received his MPH from the University of Texas. He has been active with CAL/AAEM for the past several years and is a section editor for Public Health in WestJEM. When away from work he enjoys spending time with his family, including new born twins.
Secretary Keith Yablonicky, MD FAAEM
	I attended Loyola University Chicago for medical school, completed a Transitional year internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, served in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon for 4 years, and graduated from the Emergency Medicine residency at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California in June of 2009. I currently reside in the San Diego area where I work as staff emergency medicine physician at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
Treasurer Shahram Lotfipour, MD MPH FAAEM
	Shahram Lotfipour, MD MPH is Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of California, Irvine. He is Assistant Dean for Clinical Science Education, Director of Undergraduate EM Education and the Director of the proposed joint MD/MPH degree program. He completed his medical school education at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and his EM Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He obtained a Masters in Public Health in community health sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focus includes medical student education, older adult injury prevention as well as public health. He has a special interest in mentoring medical students in research. Dr. Lotfipour has lectured extensively and has several peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Lotfipour is Managing Associate Editor of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. He is current treasurer and past President of the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), as well a founding board member of AAEM's resident and student association. He enjoys travel and keeping up with world events.
Immediate Past President Brian Potts, MD MBA FAAEM
	Brian is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. He attended medical school at University of California - Irvine where he completed a combined MD/MBA degree program. In 2007, he completed his emergency medicine residency at University of California - Irvine. Brian is currently working for Berkeley Emergency Medical Group at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Since 2001, Brian has served as the Managing Editor for the Cal/AAEM News Service, a free electronic mail subscription service currently serving over 500 emergency physicians. This is his third year on the Cal/AAEM Board of Directors. Brian has also been actively involved with AAEM and is a current Board member for the AAEM Young Physicians Section (YPS). Prior to finishing residency, he spent six years on the Board of the AAEM Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) holding multiple positions including President and Vice-President. He has enjoyed his involvement with AAEM and hopes to continue working to improve the practice environment for emergency physicians and defend the importance of board-certification
Past Presidents Steven Gabaeff, MD FAAEM A. Antoine Kazzi, MD FAAEM Ingrid Lim, MD FAAEM Shahram Lotfipour, MD MPH FAAEM Robert Rodriguez, MD FAAEM Stuart Swadron, MD FAAEM Francine Vogler, MD FAAEM
At-Large Board Members John Christensen, MD FAAEM
Jennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEM
Lisa Mills, MD FAAEM
	Lisa Mills, MD FAAEM completed her Emergency Medicine residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She then completed an Ultrasound Fellowship at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. Dr. Mills stayed at LSU in New Orleans to build the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound program and to develop bedside ultrasound throughout the hospital. Her career also includes experience in a variety of private practice settings. Dr. Mills has been active with AAEM since residency. She served a 3 year term on the Board of Directors for the Louisiana State Chapter of AAEM. She is currently the Chair of the AAEM Women's Interest Group. Dr. Mills' research interests include diagnostic ultrasonography and stress disorders. Her advocacy aims include physician wellness and physician representation in the business of practice of Emergency Medicine. She is particularly interested in establishing gender equality in Emergency Medicine.
Joanne Williams, MD FAAEM
	Dr. Williams is a founding fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). She has served on several AAEM committees throughout the years including, but not limited to the Education Committee. She has served as Secretary-Treasurer for the California Chapter of AAEM and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. Dr. Williams also serves on the Editorial Board for the AAEM Section of MedScape. She has served as the Trauma Track Chair for MEMC IV and is currently serving in that capacity for MEMC V. Dr. Williams is the Chair of the Emergency Medicine Committee of International Trauma Care, formerly the International Trauma, Anesthesia and Critical Care Society. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science as well as a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. As the Immediate Past Chair of the Emergency Medicine Section of the National Medical Association (NMA) she has been commissioned to serve on the House of Delegates of the NMA. Dr. Williams completed her medical education in 1982 at the University of California at Irvine. She did her internship and residency in emergency medicine at Martin Luther King, Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center from 1982-1985. She was an active part of the faculty of the Emergency Medicine Department from 1989-2007. She served as Assistant Residency Director and was the Residency Director at the time of the unfortunate closure of the program in 2007. She has also been in the clinical practice of emergency medicine since 1984. She is especially concerned about the lack of due process for emergency physicians which she has seen deteriorate through the years. Dr. Williams is married. Her husband, Robert Lozoya, is a retired Marine and history buff. They reside in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and enjoy family and travel.
Randall Young, MD MS
	Randy Young, MD MS is currently the Emergent Medical Associates/University of Southern California Fellow in Emergency Medicine Administration. He received his Bachelor's of Science in Psychology from UC Davis. He then migrated south to complete a Master of Science in Physiological Sciences at UCLA before returning back to UC Davis where he attended medical school and served as co-president of his class. He completed an internship at Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in pediatrics before changing his focus to emergency medicine at Washington University in Saint Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital. During his residency he was heavily involved in medical student education as an instructor for the Washington University School of Medicine Practice of Medicine course for 1st and 2nd year medical students. He is the co-founder of the UC Davis Health Professions Saturday Academy, a medical student collaborative dedicated to provide outreach to underserved youths in the Sacramento. He is a recipient of the 2003 American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award.
Resident Representative Deena Ibrahim, MD
	Deena Ibrahim, MD is a 2nd year EM Resident at UC Irvine Medical Center. She attended UC Irvine as an undergraduate majoring in Neuroscience with a concentration in learning and memory. She earned her MD at UC Irvine School of Medicine, where she served as the medical student Vice President of AAEM Resident Student Association as well as the Co-President of EMIG, one of the largest and most active Emergency Medicine Interest Groups in the country. Her interests include ultrasound and international medicine.
Damian Liebhardt, DO
	Damian is a 2nd year EM resident at Naval Medical Center San Diego. He went to medical school in Pomona at Western University of Health Sciences, also known as College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), followed by an Internal Medicine Internship at NMCSD. He then served as a Battalion Surgeon with 1st Battalion 5th Marines at Camp Pendleton, accompanying that infantry battalion to lovely Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2009. EM Interests include ED ultrasound, expeditionary/austere/ tactical medical platforms.
Randy Woo, MD
	Randy Woo, MD is a 2nd year Resident at UC Irvine Medical Center' ED. He attended UCSD for his undergraduate study in biochemistry. He then worked at UCSD's Autism Center for Excellence as a research assistant and then as the Operations Manager of UC Irvine's Student Free Clinic in Tijuana. He earned his MD at the University Of California, Irvine, where he also served as the Vice President of one of the largest and most active Emergency Medicine Interest Groups in the country. His interests include international medicine and working with underserved communities.
WestJEM Editor-in-Chief Mark Langdorf, MD FAAEM
	Mark Langdorf, MD MHPE FACEP FAAEM RDMS is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. After medical school at UC San Diego, he did an EM residency, a fellowship in medical education and the Master degree in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the Associate Residency Director of emergency medicine. He consults and speaks nationally and internationally to promote trauma and emergency care. He is Regional Faculty for the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course and teaches Advanced Trauma Life Support as well. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WestJEM), whose purpose is to disseminate information to practicing emergency physicians regarding efficient and optimal delivery of emergency care, emphasizing emerging technologies.(www.westjem.org) The Journal's goal is to be the premier open-access, peer-reviewed emergency medicine journal, drawing submissions from the Western United States and Western Hemisphere, and providing an English language forum for developing emergency care systems throughout the world. In this role, he serves on the board of directors of the California Chapter of AAEM.

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