Dr. Alon Dagan is an emergency medicine physician with a background in biomedical engineering. He is interested in developing pragmatic and innovative healthcare tools by bridging the divide between technical and clinical fields. He is currently working clinically as an attending emergency medicine physician at both Lahey Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,…
Dr. Barbara Masser was Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Needham (BIDN) from 2012-2017, and was recently appointed Director of Ambulatory Emergency Medicine for BIDMC. Prior to this, she served as Associate Chair at BIDN for 3 years and has been an attending emergency physician at BIDMC since 2003. Dr. Masser’s…
Amalia Voskanyan is the Director of International Relations for the International Projects Division of the BIDMC Department of Emergency Medicine and the Co-Director of the BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine. She also serves as a consultant to the White House Medical Unit. She works extensively around the world on international health-related programs, and has over…
Dr. Lars W. Andersen, PhD, is a physician/researcher from Denmark. He has been working with the Center for Resuscitation Science since January 2012. He graduated from his PhD program in October 2016 and has since worked with the group as an external collaborator. Lars received his MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Dr. Michael Donnino is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His clinical practice spans both the intensive care unit as well as the emergency department. Dr. Donnino was…
Kirsten Boyd has over 10 years of experience in the leadership and organization of emergency services and nursing operations. Her consulting specialties include strategic planning and educational program development for emergency department nursing staff. Ms. Boyd has domestic and international consulting experience in the areas of ED leadership and team training, ED needs assessments, ED…
Dr. Yeats specializes in process improvement, urgent care development, code help policy and ED overcrowding strategies. Dr. Yeats completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Ottawa in 1991, where he became an assistant professor of emergency medicine and an active participant in the research group of Dr. Ian Stiell at The Ottawa…
Dr. Ullman’s research and consulting focuses on emergency medicine education, medical simulation, and cardiology emergencies. Dr. Ullman serves as the STEMI Quality Assurance Director and the Associate Director of Emergency Cardiology for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). He is also the co-director of Undergraduate Medical Education in…
Dr. Tibbles specializes in the implementation of lean practices in the ED and lean team training program development. She completed an emergency medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As the director of clinical innovations, Dr. Tibbles has expertise in the application of lean principles in the emergency department. Lean methodology, based…
Dr. Smulowitz’s research and academic interests include the impact of health care reform in Massachusetts on ED and hospital utilization, cost control and payment reform in healthcare, reducing variation and adherence to evidence based practices in health care, the implementation and financing of Accountable Care Organizations, quality assurance programs, and alternative models of liability reform. Dr. Smulowitz previously served as…