Faculty

	Jill Antoniazzi, MD Jill received her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hahnemann University in 2002 and completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 2005. She returned to the faculty in July 2008 after three years of private and academic practice in Chicago. Her interests include injury prevention and patient safety. top
	Andrew W. Asimos, MD, FACEP Andrew received his Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. In 1994, he joined the CMC faculty, after pursuing a one-year fellowship in Emergency Medicine Administration at Detroit Receiving Hospital and Wayne State University, during which he completed the program on Management in Healthcare at the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Andrew's major academic and research interests include neurologic emergencies, particularly stroke and TIA. He is the Director of Emergency Stroke Care at Carolinas Medical Center and an appointed member to the Stroke Council's Emergency Neurovascular Care Committee. Additionally, Andrew is currently completing his third year on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians. top
	Jayne J. Batts, MD, FACEP Jayne is a 1993 graduate of the Carolinas Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She joined the faculty in August 1994 after spending a year in private practice as an Emergency Medicine physician in a local hospital. Her interests include clinical forensic medicine, dermatologic disorders and resident education. She is co-director for an Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Course, which is given each year to the Senior EM residents. top
	Michael C. Beuhler, MD Michael completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at North Shore University Hospital in 2000 and completed his Medical Toxicology training at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Michael joined the CMC faculty in 2002 as the Medical Director of the Carolinas Poison Center and is actively involved with resident and specialist education as well as a toxicology consultation service. He has written and lectured on several topics in medical toxicology with a special focus on molecular mechanisms of action. He is currently also serving as the Region 4 ACMT/ATSDR Director. His current research interests include toxicosurveillance and mushroom toxicity. top
	Tom Blackwell, MD, FACEP Tom is medical director of the Center for Prehospital Medicine and the Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency (MEDIC). He received his training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and became a faculty member at CMC in July 1992. Tom has had an interest in prehospital care for many years and has been formally involved with EMS quality assurance, training, protocol development and research. Along with MEDIC, he also serves as medical director for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police SWAT Team, Lake Patrol, and Aviation Unit; Charlotte FBI SWAT Team; the Charlotte Office for the U.S. Secret Service; Bank of America Stadium, Lowe's Motor Speedway and Cedarpark's Carowinds; and is the Director of Disaster and Emergency Preparedness for Carolinas Medical Center. He also serves as the Medical Director for Carolinas MED-1 (mobile emergency department). Tom assisted in the creation of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Advanced Local Emergency Response Team (ALERT) which serves as the local interagency terrorism response program. He has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of EMS Physicians and ACEP's EMS Committee. His research interests include EMS system design, terrorism preparedness and response, and disaster management. top
	Mark J. Bullard, MD Mark received his Medical Degree for the University of Cincinnati in 2001 and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 2004. After spending nearly two years in private practice in Charlotte, Mark returned as faculty in April of 2006. Mark's interests include resident teaching, hematologic disorders, and involvement in the ED ultrasound program at CMC. top
	Stephen Colucciello, MD, FACEP Steve joined our faculty in 1992, after working for many years in large county hospitals in south Florida. He trained in Emergency Medicine at the Colombia University Affiliated Hospitals. He has a strong interest in emergency medicine education, and speaks frequently at national and international meetings on such topics as ED violence, trauma management, and cardiovascular emergencies. In 1992, Steve was elected ACEP's National Speaker of the Year. He is an assistant chair, the director of Clinical Services, and Trauma Coordinator for our department. His research pursuits at CMC include cardiovascular emergencies and trauma management. He is an editor of a textbook on trauma and past editor-in-chief of an Emergency Medicine journal entitled "EM Practice." top
	Randolph Cordle, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM, PEM Dr. Cordle completed his undergraduate work at The Ohio State University in 1988. He then completed medical school at the University of Cincinnati in 1992. Dr. Cordle then completed a combined residency in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine through Methodist Hospital and Indiana University. He has since served on numerous local, state and national committees dealing with all aspects of pediatric emergency care. He also served as the President of the Idaho Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. His major interests are the expansion and improvement of pediatric emergency care with an emphasis on the critical role played by preventative health initiatives and the continuity of the child's primary care home. He has special interest in child maltreatment, resuscitation, sedation and analgesia as well as educational methods and post-residency continuing education. He has written and lectured on numerous topics in Emergency Medicine with a special focus on pediatric emergency care. He serves as the Medical Director of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. top
	Sandra Craig, MD, FACEP Sandy is a board certified and CMC residency-trained emergency physician who completed her training in July 1990. She joined the CMC Emergency Medicine faculty in 1990 and served as the assistant residency director and director of the resident conference curriculum from 1991 until June 1999. She acts as consultant for the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Service. Sandy is a member of the federal Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and a staff emergency physician for Carolinas Medical Center's newly constructed mobile disaster response vehicle, Carolinas MED-1. She has been a faculty participant and judge at the annual SAEM CPC competition, a lecturer for the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly since 1993, and has served on the Board of the Council of Residency Directors (CORD).Current areas of interest include electrocardiography (especially tachydysrhythmias) and abdominal emergencies. top
	Kristen Crossman, MD Kristen received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and subsequently completed a residency in general pediatrics. She completed a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Her interests include pediatric access to care and language barriers. She has presented research on language barriers in health care at national as well as international conferences and is the recipient of the 2006 Pediatric Academic Society Clinical Research Award. top
	Sean Fox, MD Dr. Fox completed a combined residency in Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Maryland after completing medical school at the University of Maryland. In his 5th of residency, he was Chief Resident and developed an interest in teaching medical students and residents. He edited the EMRA, Emergency Medicine Pediatrics column from 2006 to 2008. Currently he is participating in the American Academy of Emergency Medicine's Teaching Fellowship and will be helping to develop a medical student Pediatric Emergency Medicine program here at Levine Children's Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. top
	Victoria Garrett, MD Victoria completed her residency at Emory University in 2001 and a Sports Medicine fellowship in 2002. After working in Washington, D.C., for three years, she joined the clinical faculty in 2005. Her interests include sports and event medicine. top

	Lee Garvey, MD, FACEP Lee is a 1991 graduate of the CMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Following graduation, he began his career with our faculty. Prior to medical school, Lee was a PhD candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Cincinnati where his dissertation project centered on the mechanism of cardiac muscle contraction. He is the director of resident academic projects, and his current research interests relate to STEMI system development, chest pain evaluation, and management of ischemic cardiac emergencies. Lee is the medical director for the Chest Pain Evaluation Center in CMC's Emergency Department and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Chest Pain Centers where he served as President and Chairman of the Accreditation Committee. He currently chairs the SCPC's International Accreditation committee and has been involved with the accreditation of chest pain centers in Germany and Abu Dhabi. Lee has been active in the NC state-wide program for STEMI care, and is the current vice chair of the AHA's Mission:Lifeline ECC task force. He was a member of the Coordinating Committee of the NIH's National Heart Attack Alert Program and a member of ACEP's Scientific Review Committee for more than a decade. In the summer of 1997, Lee was a visiting scientist at St. George's Hospital in London, England, where he worked on a research project related to electrocardiography. top
	E. Parker Hays Jr., MD, FACEP Following completion of his residency at CMC, Parker joined the clinical faculty in 1994. He is currently the Director of the EM Residency Program. Previously, he has served the department as Director of Medical Student Education and later as the Associate Residency Director. His educational and research interests are varied, but particularly deal with emergency wound care and orthopedics. He is a frequent national lecturer on emergency wound care, and won the national CPC competition as Best Discussant in 2003. Parker's interests are also in international emergency medicine. He has practiced medicine in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, South America, Australia, and the Middle East. top
	Alan Heffner, MD Alan received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed training in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 2000. Following several years of academic and community practice, Alan completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Alan returned to the CMC faculty in 2007 to practice adult critical care and emergency medicine. Alan is the Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit. His academic and clinical interests include cardiovascular resuscitation, sepsis, post-cardiac arrest care, airway management, neurocritical care and acute liver failure. top
	Jeffrey Hyland, MD, FACEP Jeff received his medical degree from Wayne State University in 2001 and completed his EM residency at Henry Ford Hospital in 2004 where he served as chief resident. After a little more than a year in private practice, Jeff joined the clinical faculty in October of 2005. His interests include clinical teaching, aortic emergencies and sepsis. top
	Jennifer Isenhour, MD, FACEP Jennifer is a former CMC chief resident who rejoined the faculty in August of 2002 after spending three years as an attending at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. While at Vanderbilt, she served as the Director of Medical Student Education and was an Assistant Residency Director. At CMC, she is the Associate Residency Director. Her interests in EM include airway management and resident and medical student education. top
	Alan Jones, MD Alan received his BS in Molecular Biology in 1994 from Millsaps College and his MD from the University of Mississippi in 1999. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 2002, during which he served as chief resident. He completed a research fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in 2003. He joined the Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 2003, and currently is the Assistant Director of Research and the Director of EM Critical Care Services. Dr. Jones' primary research interest and NIH funding is in the early diagnosis and management of sepsis and septic shock. Other areas of research interest include post-cardiac arrest syndrome and non-traumatic shock. He also serves as a mentor for residents interested in completing clinical research projects. top
	William P. (Russ) Kerns, MD Russ received his training in Emergency Medicine at Penn State University and at Carolinas Medical Center, graduating in 1988. After one year in private Emergency Medicine practice, he accepted an academic faculty position at Carolinas Medical Center. To pursue subspecialty interest in toxicological emergencies, Russ became the first physician to complete a medical toxicology fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in June 1994. Currently, he is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (1989, 1999) with special qualifications in Medical Toxicology (1994). Russ now serves as the Fellowship Director for the clinical toxicology fellowship and coordinates research within the toxicology division. Research interests include cardiovascular toxins, kinetics of toxic alcohols, and decontamination. National endeavors include textbook contributions in several Emergency Medicine and Toxicology texts, American Heart Association Emergency Cardiac Care subcommittee participation, and Abstract Review Committee membership for the North American Congress of Toxicology. In 1994, he received the ACEP Young Investigator Award for work on the pathophysiology of beta blocker cardiotoxicity. top
	Jeffrey Kline, MD Jeffrey received his BS in Biochemistry in 1986 from Virginia Tech and his MD from the Medical College of Virginia in 1990. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 1994, during which he completed a one-year research fellowship and served as chief resident. He joined the Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in 1994, and currently is the Assistant Director of Research and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and adjunct Professor of Biology at UNC Charlotte where he serves on the interdisciplinary PhD program committee. Dr. Kline has mentored 18 residents or fellows to the endpoint of a first-authored manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal. His main research interest is pulmonary embolism and cardiac function in acute stress conditions. He actively publishes in both basic and clinical research. From 1993-1995, Jeffrey studied cardiac depression from verapamil toxicity, and discovered the role of insulin as a positive inotropic agent to treat calcium channel blocker (CCB) toxicity. He examined mechanisms of how insulin works in CCB overdose and described its use as rescue therapy in five severely poisoned humans. At present time, 13 published human cases of severe calcium channel blocker toxicity have been reported to have responded to insulin-euglycemia treatment. The use of insulin was advocated in the latest ACLS manual. From 1995-1999, Dr. Kline studied the role of accelerating myocardial lactate oxidation to improve post-resuscitative cardiac function. He and his collegues found that activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase increased rate of myocardial lactate oxidation which improved in-vivo and ex-vivo cardiac function. However, non-specific systemic inhibition of the PDH kinase with dichloroacetate over-depleted lactate as a cardiac substrate, leading to reduced cardiac function and efficiency in-vivo. The research group concluded with a report demonstrating that the removal of fatty acid oxidation as a measure to accelerate lactate oxidation would jeopardize cardiac function during hemorrhage. Since 1999, Dr. Kline's work has focused on screening, risk stratifying, and treatment of pulmonary embolism. His long-term goals are to develop easier methods to rule out PE, more reliable ways to recognize patients at risk from death and disablity after the diagnosis of PE is made, and to explore the mechanisms that lead to long-term cardiopulmonary disability from PE. He has investigated the role of using the alveolar deadspace (estimated using caponometry and arterial PaCO2 in the Severinghouse equation) plus a whole-blood D-dimer to screen for PE. At Carolinas Medical Center (CMC), a combination of a decision rule and the deadspace/D-dimer is used in what is termed as the "PE rule out" procedure. This procedure is used about three times a day in the ED. To improve PE rule out procedure, he has developed a device and signal processing algorithm that uses expired CO2 to O2 to recognize alveolar deadspace from PE (US patent issued) and a novel method of assessing pretest probability of PE using a database referencing technique (US patent pending). For the latter project, Dr. Kline has been the PI on two STTR grants from the NIH/NHLBI. Also, through funding from his RO1 from the NIH as PI, Dr. Kline studies risk-stratification of patients with PE, and have an ongoing study to examine the utility of a screening battery (the ECG, troponin, and pulse oximetry reading) to recognize PE associated with right ventricular hypokinesia on echocardiography. In this ongoing study, Dr. Kline and his research associates are also actively examining the importance of genetic mutations in the clotting pathways as mechanisms of persistent pulmonary vascular occlusion in diagnosed PE. In the laboratory, Dr. Kline collaborates with two Ph.D. scientists, John Zagorski and John Watts, who use a rat model of PE, developed by Dr. Kline, to examine mechanisms of pulmonary vascular remodeling and cardiac damage from PE. top
	Jo Anna Leuck, MD Jo Anna graduated from the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School in 2005 and completed her residency at Carolinas Medical Center in 2008. She is a former chief resident and her interests include resident education, medical simulation and community outreach projects. Currently she is the director of the emergency medicine simulation program for the residents and medical students. top
	Emily MacNeill, MD Emily MacNeill comes to us from Indiana University where she completed a combined residency in Emergency medicine and Pediatrics. She attended medical school at Indiana University after completing a Bachelor of Science degree and Biology degree at Brown University in Rhode Island. Dr. MacNeill has varied interests in international medicine community outreach and is a member of multiple organizations including the Academy of Emergency Medicine, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the American Academy for Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Resident's Association. Dr. MacNeill is the Associate Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director and has coordinated the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal Club and Book Club. top
	John A. Marx, MD John assumed the chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in July 1991. He came to CMC after training at the Denver Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine and spending 11 years on the faculty at Denver General Hospital and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC). John held a variety of positions in Denver's training program, including research coordinator, medical student coordinator, faculty-student advisor at the UCHSC, and Associate Director of Emergency Medical Services. He was co-founder and Editor of Case Studies in Emergency Medicine and co-founder and Associate Editor of Emergindex. Currently, he is the Original Contributions editor for Journal of Emergency Medicine and Deputy Editor of Journal Watch in Emergency Medicine (NEJM). He served as Associate Editor for the third and fourth editions of Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (Rosen's) and is the Editor-in-Chief of the fifth, sixth and recently released seventh editions. He is one of the editors of Trauma Management for the Emergency Physician published in 2000, and is guest editorial reviewer for numerous journals within and outside of Emergency Medicine. He has served two terms on the Board of Directors, and is a Past President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and was a founding Associate Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine, the Society's peer review journal. John's research interests have been focused on abdominal trauma and alcohol-related emergencies. He has written numerous chapters, clinical papers, original contributions and has been the recipient of the 1991 SAEM Academic Excellence Award, the 2000 ACEP Contributions to Education Award, the 2004 AAEM David K. Wagner Award, the 2006 SAEM Leadership Award, and the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine 2007 Outstanding Contributions to Emergency Medicine Education Award in addition to being named among ACEP's Heroes in Emergency Medicine in 2008. John's primary goals for the department are faculty and resident development. He believes the residency should offer a balance of clinical, didactic and academic exposure through a faculty invested in each of these areas. top
	J.P. McBryde, MD J.P. joined our faculty in July 2003 after spending 18 months practicing emergency medicine in New Zealand. He is residency-trained in EM from Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where he was chief resident in 1995-1996. He completed a Sports Medicine fellowship here at Carolinas Medical Center in 1996-1997. J.P. is board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine. His interests include the clinical teaching of EM, international medicine and travel and sports-related injuries. top
	Alice Mitchell, MD Alice received her medical degree from the University of Utah in 2001. She completed a residency in emergency medicine and a research fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in 2006. Upon completion of her fellowship, she joined the faculty of emergency medicine as Assistant Director of Clinical Research and, in 2007, became Director of Undergraduate Research Internship.Alice's primary interests include advancing research in emergency medicine and promoting medical education and mentorship from the undergraduate level through advanced medical training. top
	David A. Pearson, MD, MS Dave received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1997 and 1998, respectively. He completed medical school at Vanderbilt University in 2002 and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at the Denver Health Medical Center in 2006. Shortly thereafter, Dave joined the Carolinas Medical Center clinical faculty. His interests include clinical teaching, therapeutic hypothermia, post-resuscitation stabilization, and international medicine. top
	Maria T. Pelucio, MD, FACEP Maria joined the clinical faculty in 1994 after completing her residency at George Washington/Georgetown University where she served as chief resident during the 1993-94 academic year. Maria has a long-term interest in international medicine, learning and teaching medical Spanish, and hopes to increase resident exposure to overseas work experiences. Her recent interests includes issues of domestic violence identification, documentation and counseling referral in the emergency department. top
	Stacy Reynolds, MD Stacy received her medical degree from Drexel University in 2000. She completed residency in general pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2003 and 2005. She then went on to train in general emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine until 2008. Her interests are in health outcomes research and education. top
	Michael Runyon, MD, FAAEM Mike worked full-time as a paramedic for five years before completing his undergraduate work at the University of West Florida in 1996, graduating with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Social Science. He received his MD from the University of Florida in 2000, and completed his emergency medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in 2003, serving as chief resident during his final year. He remained at Carolinas Medical Center for a research fellowship and joined the Emergency Medicine faculty in 2005, and currently serves as the Assistant Residency Director and the Director of Medical Student Education. Mike has an interest in International Emergency Medicine and he is currently involved in the implementation of a new emergency department at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. top
	Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD, FACEP, FAAP Bob has been a faculty member since 1981. He served as Residency Program director from 1982-1991 and as acting chairman from 1989-1991. Bob is currently the associate chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine and Chief of the department for Carolinas Medical Center. Bob is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. He received a certificate of added qualifications in Pediatric Emergency Medicine from ABEM. He was a member and chair of the American Board of Emergency Medicine Subspecialty Exam Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and, currently, serves as an Oral Board Examiner for ABEM. Bob served a three-year term on the board of directors of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He served as president-elect, president and immediate-past president for the American College of Emergency Physicians and he served on the board of directors for eight years. He is past president of the North Carolina Chapter of ACEP and was a councilor for North Carolina. Bob has served on the ACEP council since 1984 until he was elected to the board of directors in 1994. He served and chaired several committees of the Council and of the College. Bob currently serves on the board of directors for the Mecklenburg County Medical Society and is a Delegate to the North Carolina State Medical Society for the county.Bob was founder and past chairman of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section and was chairman of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee for three years for ACEP. He served as the College's liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Bob has published many articles and book chapters and is one of the editors for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, in its third edition and is an associate editor for the Barkin Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He currently serves as a reviewer for Annals of Emergency Medicine and for Academic Emergency Medicine. Bob has a long-standing interest in education and research. He believes that the greatest aspect of a career in academic Emergency Medicine is fostering the growth and development of the residents, seeing their contributions to the specialty by the graduates of our residency program and their involvement in advocacy efforts on behalf of their patients and their specialty. top
	Jonathan R. Studnek, PhD Jon came to CMC after completing his PhD in Epidemiology at the Ohio State University in 2008. Prior to that he was a paramedic in Albuquerque, NM and was a research fellow at the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Jon is the Director of Prehospital Research and works closely with the Mecklenburg EMS Agency. Currently, he serves as the chair of the research committee for the National Association of EMS Physicians. His current research interests revolve around improving patient care in the prehospital setting. Current topics include out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, and the role of simulation in EMS education. He is also interested in collaborating with faculty and residents on projects that effect patients in the prehospital and hospital environment. top
	D. Matthew Sullivan, MD, FACEP Matthewgraduated from Hahnemann University in 1996 and completed his residency training in 1999 at Carolinas Medical Center. He continued his training with a research fellowship where he studied the cardiac effects of pulmonary embolism and received the Best Basic Science Fellow Presentation of 2000. His interests include infectious disease, pulmonary embolism, residency education and wound care. Dr. Sullivan joined the faculty in July 2000 and is the associate director of Emergency Department operations. Dr. Sullivan also maintains an interest in research, hand-held technologies and digital photography. top
	Doug Swanson, MD, FACEP Doug joined the clinical faculty in 1995 after completing his residency at Carolinas Medical Center. As an attending, he also completed an EMS fellowship here in 2002. Doug is currently Medical Director for MedCenter Air, Carolinas HealthCare System's specialty transport service. In addition, he is co-Medical Director of CMC's Special Events Team which provides medical coverage at Bank of America Stadium and Lowe's Motor Speedway along with other mass gatherings and Physician consultant for NASCAR Medical Liaison Department since 2008. He has been a member of the national faculty for the Difficult Airway Course - EMS since 2004. He is amember of NCCEP's EMS subcommittee. Doug is also a physician member of Mecklenburg County's ALERT (Advanced Local Emergency Response Team) response to mass casualty events. top
	Vivek S. Tayal, MD, FACEP Vivek is a 1989 graduate of the Emergency Medicine Residency at CMC. Vivek joined the faculty in the fall of 1993 after serving as chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. He was involved with EM education as a faculty member of the Joint Military Medical Centers Emergency Medicine Residency and research director (1989-92). He currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound in the CMC Dept of EM, and has been active nationally in the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section, SAEM Ultrasound Interest group, and AIUM Emergency Ultrasound Section. He is the ACEP liaison to AIUM. He also teaches nationally for the Emergency Ultrasound Course. He directs Quality Improvement activities for the EM department including audits, documentation issues, and interdepartmental concerns. His academic interests include new avenues in ultrasonography, resuscitation, and computerization of ED operations. He has administrative interest in medical informatics, airway management and quality improvement in the ED setting. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (NCCEP), leading to President of NCCEP in 2006-7. top
	Amit Raj Trivedi, MD Raj Trivedi obtained his medical education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham after working as an EMT in Montgomery, Ala. Dr. Trivedi completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and joined the clinical faculty at CMC in July 2005. During his residency at Michigan, Raj worked as a flight physician with the University of Michigan'sSurvival Flight, and was involved in resident and student education. Dr. Trivedi was also selected and served as a member of the Medical Ethics Committee at University of Michigan Hospital. Raj is currently the Assistant Director of the Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee. His interests include Medical Ethics as well as resident and medical student education. top
	John A. Watts, PhD John joined the Emergency Medicine faculty at CMC in September 1994, and is the Director of the Preclinical Research Laboratories. He has a PhD from the University of Maryland, trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Hershey Medical Center, and was a faculty member for 15 years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has been awarded research grants from the NIH, the American Heart Association and from the pharmaceutical industry. John's current research examines mechanisms of injury to the pulmonary vasculature and causes of cardiac dysfunction resulting from pulmonary embolism. John uses pharmacological, biochemical, molecular and physiological approaches to examine the changes in cardiovascular function that occur during this stress. top
	Anthony J. Weekes, MD, RDMS, RDCS Anthony Weekes graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a 1997 graduate of the EM residency program at Jacobi Medical Center in New York. He has practiced in the New York City and New Jersey areas. Anthony Weekes has served in EM residency leadership, emergency ultrasound directorship, and ED associate medical director positions. He recently joined the faculty at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte as the co-director of its ultrasound fellowship program. Dr. Weekes is active in the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Course, and regularly teaches at regional, national and international conferences on emergency ultrasound. His academic interests include echocardiography applications and critical care. He also serves as an ABEM Oral Board examiner. top
	James 'Jayme' Woodson, MD Jayme received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1998. He then worked in Vaccine Engineering at Merck & Co. before completing his medical degree at the University of Virginia in 2003. Jayme finished his Emergency Medicine residency at the Carolinas Medical Center in 2006 and returned to the clinical faculty in 2008 after working in community practice for two years. top
Physician Extenders
	Larry Berendt, PA-C Larry completed his undergraduate studies in Animal Science at the State University of New York at Cobleskill. After attending veterinary school in London, England Larry found his true passion for the human medical arts and attended Touro College completing the Physician Assistant program in 2004. He enjoys spending time with family, and learning about military and Middle Eastern history. Professional interests include emergency medicine and trauma. top
	Cragin Greene, MS, PA-C After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the Syracuse University in 1997, Cragin graduated from Northeastern University as a paramedic. He worked for American Medical Response before attending the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science Physician Assistant Program where he graduated in 2004. His professional interests include cardiomyopathy and heart failure topics. Cragin is also an avid golfer and hiker. top
	B. Keith Herron, MHS, PA-C Keith graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Psychology. He worked as a paramedic in North Carolina and Hawaii where he also served as a Mobile Intensive Care Technician before attending the Duke University Physician Assistant Program. His interests include computer programming as it relates to emergency department workflow and documentation; disaster management; and technical rescue training. top
	Carolyn Hull, PA-C Carolyn graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993 with a Baschelor's Degree in Biology. She then attended the Hahnemann University Physician Assistant Program graduating in 1998. Her professional interests is in pediatric emergency medicine. Personal interests include running, reading, traveling, andspending time with her husband, Tom, and two sons, Hayden and Ryan. top
	Courtney Jones Elliott, MHS, PA-C Courtney studied Finance at the University of Delaware and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After working in corporate auditing and real estate for a few years, she decided to follow her true calling to the medical field and become a physician assistant. In 2007, she graduated from Drexel University with a Master of Health Science degree. Outside of emergency medicine, her professional interests include women's health, adolescent medicine, and HIV/STD education and prevention. Prior to moving to Charlotte, she was an active volunteer for AIDS Delaware and Girls, Inc. In her spare time, you can find her in Starbucks reading a good book, eating sushi with friends, in a kickboxing or Zumba class, or relaxing at home watching HGTV. top
	Melissa Maxwell, MSN, FNP Melissa received her BSN from the Medical College of Georgia - SONAT in 1999. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte MSN program in 2002. Her personal interests include hiking, weight lifting, and running as well as being a movie enthusiast - seeing about four movies each month in the theater. Melissa's professional interests include: trauma, cardiac and dermatologic conditions. top
	Nicole Sapp, MHS, PA-C Nicole attended Stetson University majoring in Biology with a pre-med focus. She received her Bachelor of Science from University of Florida in 2000 majoring in Biological Systems Management. After graduation, Nicole worked in Alachua County, Florida as a high school math teacher and coached Junior Varsity volleyball. She then chose to switch careers and attended Hahnemann/Drexel University Physician Assistant Program obtaining her Master of Health Science degree in 2006. Nicole is involved in various community volunteering and service projects. top
	Christian Schulz, MS, PA-C Christian graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Health & Human Services with concentrations in Child Development and Race Relations. He has worked in pre-hospital emergency medical services since 1988 for several agencies including LaSalle Ambulance and Rural/Metro Medical Services in Buffalo, New York. He attended the Philadelphia University Physician Assistant Program graduating with Honors in 1999. Christian is the Chief Physician Assistant and Director of Physician Assistant Student Education. His professional interests include ultrasound research, provider health and emergency procedures. Personally, he enjoys topics in American history and outdoor activities with his wife, Karen and daughter, Sophia. top
	James Sheehan, PA-C James is a 1997 honors graduate of the Physician Assistant Studies program at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. He also holds a Bachelor of Journalism - Photojournalism from the University of Missouri, School of Journalism. James has worked in hospital systems in Rochester, NY, and Charlotte, NC, where he is currently the on-site clinician for the Emergency Medicine Observation Unit. In addition to emergency medicine, his clinical experience includes Pre-hospital EMS, internal medicine clinic, hospitalist services, hyperbaric medicine, wound care and cardiac stress testing. Prior to his medical career, James worked as a daily newspaper photographer and photo editor, as well as a corporate marketing communications agency executive. His work included product publicity, executive communications and product introductions for clients such as DuPont, Xerox, Mobil and Kodak. top
	Kelly Yarborough, MSN, FNP Kelly studied chemistry at Elon University; however, she discovered her true passion after starting out as a young technician in the CMC Emergency Department in 1992. She then transferred to Lenior-Rhyne College and graduate with a BSN in 1996. During her seven-year tenure as a Staff Nurse in the Emergency Department, Kelly returned to school and earned her MSN with certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC 2003. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors of the Salvation Army's Shelter Health Services. Additionally she has recently joined the MED-1 Team. Kelly's professional interests include trauma and women's health. Personal interest includes travel, boating and spending time with friends and family. top