Department Leadership

National Level

• President, Air Medical Physician Association (AMPA): Ryan Wubben, MD
• President-elect, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Foundation Board of Trustees: Manish Shah, MD, MPH
• Chair, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council: Sara Damewood, MD
• Member, U.S. Department of Transportation Air Ambulance and Patient Billing Advisory Committee: Michael Abernethy, MD
• Beeson Program Advisory Committee, American Federation of Aging Research: Manish Shah, MD, MPH
• Designated Representative, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, Association of American Medical Colleges: Mary Westergaard, MD
• Physician Advisory Board, MRSA Survivors Network: Michael Pulia, MD, MS
• Councilor, American College of Emergency Physicians: Jeff Pothof, MD
• Councilor, American College of Emergency Physicians: Michael Repplinger, MD
• Councilor, American College of Emergency Physicians: Brian Sharp, MD
• Chair, American College of Emergency Physicians, Section of International Emergency Medicine: Janis Tupesis, MD
• Chair, American College of Emergency Physicians, Section of Emergency Ultrasound Global Subcommittee: Jessica Schmidt, MD, MPH
• Chair, ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program Advisory Board: Manish Shah, MD, MPH
• Consultant, ACEP Emergency Department Antibiotic Stewardship Workgroup: Michael Pulia, MD, MS
• Board of Directors, AMPA: Cynthia Griffin, DO
• Member, AMPA Education Committee: Justin McLean
• Member, AMPA Tech Committee: Michael Abernethy
• Member, AMPA Tech Committee: Cynthia Griffin
• Fellows and Fellowship Graduates Committee (2015-present): Michael Mancera
• Chair, SAEM International Emergency Medicine Committee: Janis Tupesis, MD
• Secretary, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Global Health Community: Jessica Schmidt, MD, MPH
• Behavioral Interventions for Antimicrobial Stewardship Working Group, The PEW Charitable Trust: Michael Pulia, MD, MS
• Advisory Board, Tideswell at the University of California, San Francisco / American Geriatrics Society / Association of Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs: Manish Shah, MD, MPH
• Board Member, Emergency Medicine Section of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: Michelle Hughes, MD
• Board Member, SAEM Simulation Academy Executive Committee: Michelle Hughes, MD

Regional/State Level

• President, American College of Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin chapter: Brian Sharp, MD
• President-elect, American College of Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin chapter: Kerry Ahrens, MD
• Board of Directors, American College of Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin chapter: Ryan Thompson, MD, CHSE
• Board of Directors, American College of Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin chapter: Shera Teitge, MD
• President, UW Medical Foundation: Jamie Hess, MD
• Vice Chair of the UW Medical Foundation Board of Directors: Jamie Hess, MD
• Secretary/Treasurer, UW Medical Board: Jamie Hess, MD
• Wisconsin Medical Alumni Foundation Board of Directors: Ryan Wubben, MD
• Board Member, NAESMP Wisconsin chapter: Michael Mancera, MD
• Co-Chair, Wisconsin Psychiatric Association Emergency Psych Joint Task Force: Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD
• Chair, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WI DHS) State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee: Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA
• Co-chair, WI DHS Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee: Michael Pulia, MD, MS
• Co-chair, WI DHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Board: Michael Kim, MD
• WI DHS Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Coalition: Michael Pulia, MD, MS
• WI DHS State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee: Michael Lohmeier, MD
• Wisconsin Medical Society House of Delegates: Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD
• Dane County Medical Society Board of Trustees: Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD
• Dane County ALS Steering Committee: Michael Manera, MD
• Dane County Medical Advisory Subcommittee: Michael Manerca, MD
• Member, Wisconsin Hospital Emergency Preparedness Program (WHEPP), Region 5: Michael Mancera, MD

• Board of Directors, International Federation of Emergency Medicine: Janis Tupesis, MD
• International Faculty, Anesthesia, Trauma & Critical Care Group (United Kingdom): Michael Abernethy, MD
• Faculty and Fellow of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland: Michael Abernethy, MD
• Faculty Examiner, Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Michael Abernethy, MD
• ED Antibiotic Stewardship Guideline Committee, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Michael Pulia, MD, MS

• Chief Medical Officer, American Family Children's Hospital: Joshua Ross, MD
• Chief Quality Officer, UW Health: Jeff Pothof, MD
• Patient Safety Officer, UW Health: Brian Sharp, MD
• Medical Director, Fitch-Rona EMS: Michael Mancera, MD
• Medical Director, Madison Fire Department: Megan Gussick, MD
• Medical Director, Middleton EMS: Michael Mancera, MD
• Medical Director, Sun Prairie EMS: Michael Lohmeier, MD
• Medical Director, Waunakee EMS: Michael Lohmeier, MD
• Medical Director, UW Med Flight: Andrew Cathers, MD
• Medical Director, UW Health Emergency Education Center: Michael Lohmeier, MD
• Medical Director, UW Health Clinical Simulation Program: Ryan Thompson, MD, CHSE
• Medical Director, University of Wisconsin Athletics: Ryan Wubben, MD
• Medical Director for Quality & Safety, UW Health Kids: Nicholas Kuehnel, MD
• Physician Informatics Director for Predictive Analytics, UW Health: Brian Patterson, MD, MPH