Vice Chair of Education

Program Director

Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Residency Location: UNC
EM passion/interests: medical education, residents as teachers and individualized learning
Hobbies: cooking & eating, watching movies
I am a UNC lifer and completed undergrad, medical school, and residency. Returning to UNC as a part of the education team this year after completing a medical education fellowship and gaining experience in academics.
UNC is such a special place and offers a new experience at every stage of life. I am so excited to share this stage with the physicians and team who raised me and help train my future colleagues.

Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Residency Location: UNC
EM passion/interests: Education, Austere Medicine, ED throughput.
Hobbies: Golf, mountain biking, running, traveling
Clinically based at UNC
I have been at UNC for 11 years (1 year MPH, 4 years MD, 3 years residency, and starting 4th year on faculty). Starting my 3rd year as APD and 1st year as Medical Director for the UNC Medical Center Emergency Department.
UNC EM is a family and that was a major reason I stayed from residency and as faculty. I enjoy the on-shift teaching time and teaching the residents about admin and business side of medicine.

Residency Location: Vanderbilt
EM passion/interests: education, mentorship, curriculum development
Hobbies: exploring the Triangle, baking bread, running, swimming
Clinically based at UNC
I have been at UNC for 2 years and am in my first year as APD (2021). It is an honor to get to help residents on their journey as Emergency Medicine physicians!

Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Residency Location: North Shore University Hospital, Mahasset, NY
EM passion/interests: Simulation, Airway, Ultrasound, Video based teaching
Clinically based at WakeMed
Hobbies: Mountain biking, Tough Mudders, Running, Travel
UNC EM leadership since 2005
Emergency Physicians have one of the coolest jobs on the planet. To be able to be there for you fellow man, during their greatest hour of need and help them no matter who they are or where they came from, is an honor like no other. Having the opportunity to teach residents to do the same is one of the greatest joys of my life.

Hometown: Greenville, NC
Residency location: UNC
EM passion/interests: Out-of-hospital medicine, medical education, ultrasound, resuscitation research
Hobbies : biking, boating, bluegrass music
Clinically based at WakeMed
UNC undergrad 2010, UNC EM residency 2022, UNC EMS fellowship 2023, UNC APD 2025
I stumbled into EMS while an undergraduate and have been hooked on emergency medicine since. UNC EM residents pushed me to pursue medical school, so it’s a privilege to come back and work with and mentor the next generation of residents as they are developing into rock star EM docs!