Program Director

Nikki Binz, MD

• Hometown: St. Louis, MO
• Residency location: UNC
• EM passion/interests: medical education and leadership
• Hobbies: running, golf, cheering on the Tar Heels
• UNC EM leadership since 2011

Assistant Program Directors

Gary Burke, MD, MPH

• 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.

Collyn Murray, MD

• 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.

Maglin Halsey-Nichols, MD

Hometown: Knoxville, TN
• 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!

Graham Snyder, MD

• 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.

Craig Frater, MD

• Hometown: Akron OH
• Residency location:  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• EM passion/interests: Pediatrics and sedation
• Clinically based at WakeMed
• Hobbies: hiking, mountain biking, reading
• With UNC EM leadership for 10 years
• I enjoy interacting with students and residents in the clinical setting. It is always amazing to watch interns develop into resident and then become independent practitioners of Emergency Medicine.