Faculty

Residency Leadership

Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for M3/M4 Career Advising
Residency - Carolinas Medical Center

Payal Shah, MD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Brett Todd, MD, FACEP
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - University of Illinois at Chicago

Shannon Viviano, DO
Assistant Program Director, Troy Clinical Site
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor 
Residency - Genesys Regional Medical Center

Laura Ortiz, MD
Medical Education Fellow 2021-2023
Director of Faculty Development
Foundations Site Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine

Ryan Fringer, MD, FACEP
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Director of Graduate Medical Education
Residency - Hennepin Medical Center 
Fellowship - EMS Fellowship at Hennepin

Division of Emergency Ultrasound

Amit Bahl, MD
Director of Ultrasound
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship - North Shore University Hospital

Edmond Younes, MD
Ultrasound Fellow 2022 - 2023
Residency - University of Toledo

Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Lauren Cameron-Comasco, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship - Beaumont EM

Jessica Kuxhause, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellow 2022-2023
Residency - Beaumont EM

Division of Medical Simulation

Bophal Sarha Hang, MD
Director of Simulation
Director of Web-based Education
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Fadi Kasyouhanan, MD
Assistant Director of Simulation
Assistant Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Emergency Medicine Administration

James Ziadeh, MD
Chair of Emergency Medicine, Royal Oak
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Beaumont Geriatrics

Susan Bork, MD
Director of Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD
Senior Vice President
Chief Quality and Safety Officer
Residency - Beaumont EM

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Whitney Minnock, MD
Interim Pediatric EM Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency & Fellowship - University of Arizona Combined EM & Pediatric Residency

Margaret Menoch, MD
Interim Pediatric EM Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Phoenix Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Emory University

Dan Nguyen, MD
Assistant Pediatric EM Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Pediatric EM University of Michigan

Joseph Benjamin, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Residency - Cook County Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Michigan

Lauren Adams, MD
Associate Pediatric EM Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Residency - Children's National
Medical Center, DC
Fellowship - Arkansas Children's Hospital

Kurt Filips, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont Med/Peds and EM

Research Faculty

Robert Swor, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Research & EMS Programs
Residency - Detroit Receiving Hospital

Carol Clark, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Research Director
Residency - Wayne State University

David Berger, MD
Director of Resuscitation Rotation
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Undergraduate Medical Education

Amy Smark, MD
Assistant Dean for M3/M4 Curriculum
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St John Hospital & Medical Center 

Steven Joseph, MD
Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Beaumont EM

Royal Oak Clinical Faculty

Andrew Almquist, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of EC Quality and Peer Review
Residency - Beaumont EM

Dawn Jung, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Todd Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Kings County Hospital Center

Andrew Linovitz, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St. John Oakland Hospital

Liem Ngo, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals

Patrice Barish, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Detroit Sinai and Beaumont EM

Patrick Pettengill, MD
Medical Flight Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Michael Farrow, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

R. Alex Rhea, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Ultrasound Core Faculty
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine

Brian Felice, MD
Director of Community Engagement 
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Christopher Hutchinson, MD
Billing and Coding Liason
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Jim Getzinger, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Russell Rae, MD
Evidence Based Medicine Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Amy Rontal, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Medical College of Pennsylvania

Michael Gratson, MD, MBA
Business of Medicine Curriculum Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM

Bradford Walters, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Mt. Carmel Mercy and Columbia University Hospitals

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