Meet the Team

Deena Durst Berkowitz, MD, MPH

• Co-Director, Acute and Urgent Care Fellowship
• Associate Chief, EMTC Fast Track
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Kathleen Marie Brown, MD

• Associate Chief, Quality and Safety, Division of Emergency Medicine
• Medical Director, EMS Base Station
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Sephora Naomi Morrison, MD

• Associate Division Chief, Operations
• Director, Experience and Clinical Integration
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Michael John Quinn, MD

• Director, Transport Medicine
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Joelle Nicha Simpson, MD, MPH

• Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
• Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness

Eiman Abdulrahman, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Dewesh Agrawal, MD

• Vice-Chair, Medical Education
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Tania Ahluwalia, MD

• Associate Director, Global Health Programs
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH

• Associate Medical Director, Telemedicine
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Kristen A. Breslin, MD

• Research Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Amie Aileen Cahill, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

James Michael Chamberlain, MD

• Director, Data Analytics and Informatics
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jennifer Ioas Chapman, MD

• Associate Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Sarah Ash Combs, MD

• Director, Outreach
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Katie Ann Donnelly, MD

• Medical Director, Safe Kids DC
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Folami N Duncan, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Mickey Alpho Emmanuel, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Christopher Gable, DO

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Tress Louise Goodwin, MD

• Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Monika Kumari Goyal, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Camilo Enrique Gutierrez, MD

• Director, Global Health Programs
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Rachel Elizabeth Hatcliffe, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Elaise Barrett Hill, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jessica Marcelle Hippolyte, MD, MPH

• Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Imikomobong Ekopimo Ibia, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Sarah Caroline Isbey, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Lenore Renee Jarvis, MD

• Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Nathaniel Kristopher Jones, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Brandon Joshua Kappy, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Sadiqa Adero Ihsan Kendi, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jaclyn Nicole Kline, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Ioannis Koutroulis, MD, PhD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Nathan Kuppermann, MD

• Excecutive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
• Director, Children's National Research Institute
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Simone Lorraine Lawson, MD

• Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Matthew Edward Lecuyer, MD, MPH

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Suzanne M. Levin, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Christina Elena Lindgren, MD

• Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Ponda Jamil Madati, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

David Ira Magilner, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Angela Cherie Maxwell, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Nichole Lyn McCollum, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Mandisa Anjail McIver, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Kenneth Walter McKinley, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jillian Elizabeth Nickerson, MD

• Associate Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Karen June O'Connell, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Shilpa Jayanti Patel, MD

• Medical Director, IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Asha Soyini Payne, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jay Kailash Pershad, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Meenu Potdar, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Dennis Mingke Ren, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Zemen Girma Retta, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Jeremy Max Root, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Eric Rosenthal, MD, MPH

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Alexandra Cheri Rucker, MD

• Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department at United Medical Center
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Melissa Carol Samuelson, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Christopher George Sarkis, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Joseph Paul Shapiro, MD

• Associate Director, Ethics Program
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Haroon Syed Shaukat, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Philip Andres Sosa, DO

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Amanda Stewart, MD

• Director, LAUnCH Track
• Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
• Associate Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Rosemary Thomas-Mohtat, MD

• Director, Emergency Ultrasound
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Rivka Thurm, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Theodore Epaminondas Trigylidas, MD

• Medical Director, Emergency Department at Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Gisella Valderrama, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Caleb Edwin Ward, MD

• Program Director, Emergency Medical Services for Children - DC Program
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Emily Liza Willner, MD

• Co-Director, Acute and Urgent Care Fellowship
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Amy Friedman Yeager, MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician

Pavan Zaveri, MD

• Associate Division Chief, Education
• Emergency Medicine Physician

Xian Zhao, MD

• Associate Program Director, Intern Selection and Transition to Residency
• Co-Director, Resident and Medical Student Education, Division of Emergency Medicine

Jamal Alanni, MD

• Fellow, Emergency Medicine

Richmond Malabanan Castillo, MD

• Fellow, Emergency Medicine

Brandon Joseph Ho, MD

• Fellow, Emergency Medicine

Alicia Isabelle Rolin, MD

• Fellow, Emergency Medicine

Cynthia Diane Colson, CPNP, DNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Elaina Marie Faerber, PA

• Physician Assistant

Antonia Gaviria Rozo, PA

• Physician Assistant

Alana Ling Holt, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Vanessa Jean-Pierre, PA

• Physician Assistant

Kelly Miranda Kerrigan, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Mary Nora Kinler, NP, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Sydney Klaiman, PA, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Nicole Brittany Logan, PA

• Physician Assistant

Sean Edward Mathis, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Ta'Shayveon Mon'Shay Mclean, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Mansi Jayesh Mehta, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Tonya Rochelle Miller-Thomas, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Cara Jane Moses, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Caroline Grace Oehlerich, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Maheen Qayyum, PA

• Physician Assistant

Aiden James Hazelrigg Shumway, PA

• Physician Assistant

Jennifer Quyen Tran, PA

• Team Lead, Advanced Practice Providers
• Physician Assistant

Ashley Lauren White, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Rebecca Siegel Zhang, PA-C

• Physician Assistant

Desiree Edemba

• Project Manager

Sam Indresano

• Clinical Research Assistant

Savannah Latimer

• Clinical Research Assistant

Alex Daebum Lee

• Sr. Clinical Research Coordinator
• Lead Regulatory Coordinator

Christopher Page

• Program Manager, Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
• Clinical Research Project Manager, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services
• Program Manager, Pediatric Pandemic Network

Bobbe Thomas

• Director, Clinical Research Program (ED, APDI)
• Director, Undergraduate Internship Program

Nevena Velikova Rose, DO

• Pediatrician

Gelila M Asefa, MD