CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Robert Dachs, MD
Director of Graduate Medical Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ellis Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor
Family Residency Program
Albany Medical College
Schenectady, NY

Dr. Robert Dachs is the Director of Graduate Medical Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. Previously Dr. Dachs served as Vice Chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine for the past 16 years. Additionally, he is Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, and is the previous Research Director for this residency program. Dr. Dachs graduated New York Medical College in 1985. He spent 2 years in General Surgery Residency at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA before moving on to and completing a Family Medicine Residency in Middletown, CT in 1991. Since then, Dr. Dachs has practiced Emergency Medicine full-time in the Albany-Schenectady region of New York State. During his career, Dr. Dachs has published extensively on a variety of acute and primary care topics. He has lectured nationally for many years on a broad range of topics and is a faculty member for the AAFP Board Review courses. He also developed the first Continuing Education program on Emergency and Urgent Care for Family Physicians for AAFP in 2001, and was Chairman for this course for 10 years. He has received “Teacher of the year” awards 3 times from his residents and continues to have a passion for teaching. This past year, he was Chair of a 7-hour enduring CME project on COVID-19 for the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Rebecca B. Bloch, MD
Medical Director
Maine Medical Center Urgent Care Plus
SANE Program at MMC
Assistant Medical Director
Maine Medical Center’s Emergency Services
Portland, ME

Dr. Rebecca B. Bloch is the Medical Director at Maine Medical Center Urgent Care Plus and an Assistant Medical Director at Maine Medical Center’s Emergency Department. She serves as the Medical Director for the SANE program at MMC and directs their Women's Health curriculum. She is Board certified in Emergency Medicine and is an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Bloch received her medical degree from University of California San Diego Medical School.

Danielle D. Campagne, MD, FACEP
Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine, UCSF-Fresno
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Fresno, CA

Dr. Danielle D. Campagne is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine. She serves as Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine at UCSF-Fresno. Her academic interests include research in wilderness medicine, orthopedics, EMS and critical care. She has lectured nationally and internationally on a myriad of orthopedic and sports medicine topics. She serves as Co-Editor of Oxford Press's Emergency Medicine Board Review textbook. She is also an Associate Editor of the Orthopedics Section and Urology/Renal Section of CorePendium, EM:RAP's online textbook.

Monica Gandhi, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief
Division of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
San Francisco, CA

Dr. Monica Gandhi is an Infectious Diseases doctor, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Medical Director of the HIV Clinic ("Ward 86") at San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on HIV and women and adherence measurement in HIV treatment and prevention and most recently, on how to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

George L. Higgins III, MD, FACEP
Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Portland, ME
Emergency Partner
BlueWater Health
Brunswick, ME

Dr. George L. Higgins graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine, is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, is a Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians, and currently holds the rank of Professor Emeritus in Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center, an academic medical center located in Portland, Maine. For many years, he chaired MMC’s Department of Emergency Medicine, where he was privileged to advance the academic mission of the department and to be involved with the establishment of a successful resident training program in Emergency Medicine. His career path also provided him with attractive administrative opportunities, initially as the Associate Vice President of Performance Improvement and then as the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Medical Affairs for the institution. Eventually he returned to his true passion of caring for patients; teaching residents, APPs and medical students about the exciting field of Emergency Medicine; and overseeing scholarly productivity as Director of Research. He also provides clinical services to small, rural hospitals, most recently Nantucket Cottage Hospital located on Nantucket Island, an experience he finds challenging, meaningful and professionally rewarding.

Sujit Iyer, MD
National Director of Pediatrics, US Acute Care Solutions
Fellowship Director, UT Austin Dell Medical School
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, TX

Dr. Sujit Iyer is an associate professor in Pediatrics, fellowship director, practicing pediatric emergency medicine physician and national director of pediatrics for US Acute Care Solutions, the largest physician owned practice in emergency medicine. Dr. Iyer graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed a pediatrics and chief residency at Texas Children's Hospital followed by a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His academic and professional interests have included the creation of one of the larger pediatric emergency medicine fellowships in the nation, leading and implementing regional and national projects to improve pediatric readiness across the nation as well as develop training modules and focused education to develop pediatric champions in the community ED setting.

Danya Khoujah, MD, MBBS, MEHP, FACEP, FAAEM
Volunteer Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Danya Khoujah is an emergency physician with a keen interest in geriatric emergencies and medical education. She completed her EM residency and faculty development fellowship at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. She has lectured nationally and internationally on geriatric emergencies, including at AAEM and ACEP, with raving reviews, and is part of the writing group of the Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines. She is most passionate about simplifying the science to allow healthcare practitioners to better care for their patients, whether seasoned physicians, resident physicians-in-training, medical students, or allied health professionals.