Get to know the distinguished professionals who make American Medical Seminars a trusted source for high-quality CME. Each presenter brings a wealth of clinical experience and a passion for teaching, offering evidence-based insights that enhance your medical knowledge and practice.
Adam Guttentag, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Albert Peters
Medical Director, Center for Anti-Aging Medicine & Hormone Wellness, Allentown PA
Alyson Owen
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director of Quality Assurance, Echocardiography Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Amal Mattu
Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Amy Sussman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson; Tucson, AZ
Andrew Chang, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.
Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair of Research and Academic Affairs, Albany Medical College; Attending Physician, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
Andrew Perron, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.S.M.
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean for GME & DIO, Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
Anita Nelson, M.D.
Professor and Chair of OB-GYN, Western University of Health Sciences; Professor Emeritus, OB-GYN, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Adjunct Professor OB-GYN, University Southern California
Arshad Wani, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Respiratory Care and Principal Instructor, Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education; Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin Kaplan
Orlando Health Internal Medicine Faculty Practice; Internal Medicine Clerkship Director and Clinical Assistant Professor; Florida State University College of Medicine
Blair Weikert, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease; University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia, PA
Bryant Allen
Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, NC
Danya Khoujah, M.B.B.S., M.E.H.P.
Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
David Horowitz, M.D.
Associate Chief Medical Officer University of Pennsylvania; Health System Professor of Clinical Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
David Lane, M.D.
Dr. David Lane completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts. He received his Medical Degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
David MacKenzie
David is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at the Maine Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University.
David Riley, MD
Neurologist in Private Practice; Chair of Medical Education, InMotion; Cleveland, OH
Ganesan Murali, M.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Care Network, Allentown, PA
Gary Oberlender, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Consultant in Geriatric Medicine. President, SeniorEvaluations, LLC Charlotte, NC
Gary Vilke, M.D.
Dr. Vilke, is an Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine where he practiced emergency care for over 30 years. He is the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Emergency Medicine Reports and also is the medical director for 14 EMS agencies in San Diego County.
George Pujalte
Assistant Professor; Senior Associate Consultant, Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Gerald Smetana
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Physician, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Gil Lichtshein, M.D.
Board-Certified Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and completed his psychiatric residency at The University of Maryland and his fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Gregary Marhefka
Professor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Co-Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Gregory Wu, M.D.
Emeritus Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Louisville
Gretchen Kimmick, M.D.
Gretchen Kimmick, MD, MS, FASCO is Professor of Medicine at Duke University, specializing in Breast Medical Oncology. Received her medical degree from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Internal Medicine residency at Shands Teaching Hospitals, University of Florida. Medical Oncology fellowship and Masters of Science in Epidemiology at Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center.
Herbert Muncie, Jr., MD
Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine; New Orleans, LA
J. David Gatz, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Adult Emergency Department University of Maryland Medical Center
Jeffrey Miller
Professor of Dermatology and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Jeffrey Seiden, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Department, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at Virtua Voorhees and Medical Director of Pediatric Services, Virtua Health System, Voorhees, NJ
Jennifer Maynard
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine; Family & Sports Medicine Consultant; Program Director Sports Medicine Fellowship Mayo Clinic Florida
Jerry G. Ninia, M.D., R.V.T.
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Ninia is the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, NY and a Clinical Associate Professor of OB/GYN at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.
Jerry Jones, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.
CEO, Medicus of Houston. Member of American Board of Emergency Medicine who has practiced internal medicine and emergency medicine for over 40 years. Previous clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Jones is now retired from clinical practice and teaches electrocardiography world-wide full-time.
Jerry Zuckerman
Vice President, Infection Prevention and Control, Hackensack Meridian Health System, Edison, NJ
Joe Nemeth, M.D.
Professor/Member in the Departments of Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics/Critical Care at McGill University.
Joel Kravitz, M.D.
Associate Program Director. Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers-CMC Emergency medicine Residency Program, Toms River, NJ. Assistant Professor of Emergency medicine Rutgers University
John Bielinski, Jr. MS, PAC
John Bielinski, Jr. John holds a master of science in emergency and family medicine and actively works as a physician assistant in Western New York.
John Crane, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo; Chief of Infectious Diseases Section and Hospital Epidemiologist, Erie County Medical Center; Co-Medical Director, Erie County TB Clinic, Buffalo, NY
John Loiselle, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical School at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Chief of Emergency Medicine (retired)
Nemours Children's Hospital of Delaware
Wilmington, DE
John Pendleton
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
Jordan Gross
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Belfer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and an Attending Physician in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Keith Kaye
Professor of Internal Medicine; Director of Clinical Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Kendal Williams, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Faculty, Division of General Medicine
Kenneth Butler, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Residency Director and Educational Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Kenneth Kaye
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Kevin Elder
Associate Clinical Professor, University of South Florida; Assistant Clinical Professor, Florida State University; US Soccer Team Physician U23MNT (Team Physician Coordinator- Olympic Team); US Ski & Snowboard Team Physician
Kevin Ferentz
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Lead Physician, GBMC Primary Care, Owings Mills, MD
Laurel Rudolph, M.D.
Former Medical Director MCHS Sports Medicine. WIAA Medical Advisory and WIAA Medical Director for State X-Country and Wrestling
Laurence Kinsella, M.D., F.A.A.N.
Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Saint Louis University Medical School and Director of Neurology, SSM Neurosciences Institute at St. Clare, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO
Lawrence Brent, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Leen Abdullah Alblaihed, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine. Director, Cardiovascular Pre-Clinical Course, University of Maryland School of Medicine. Director, ECG course, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System
Leslie Zun, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, Illinois. Chief Medical Officer for Hamdard Health Alliance, and an emergency physician at Northwestern Medicine.
Linda Brecher, D.O.
Linda Brecher DO, FACOI, FACR is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She has over 30 years of experience in clinical rheumatology and medical education. Associate Professor of Medicine at Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Lisa Ferentz
Founder and President, The Ferentz Institute; Clinical Social Worker, Private Practice and Clinical Social Work Consultant, Baltimore, MD
Lorraine Rosamilia, M.D.
Dr. Rosamilia attended The Pennsylvania State University, where she received her medical degree, and completed her dermatology residency at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
Mark Joffe, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Director, Community Pediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Mary Chester Wasko, M.D., M.S.C.
Dr. Mary Chester M. Wasko is Emeritus Professor at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She retired in 2022 after 32 years of practice as full-time faculty, first as a clinician scientist at the University of Pittsburgh, then AHN. She was Division Director at AHN. She now works parttime at a Federally Qualified Health Center in northeastern North Carolina where she teaches rheumatology to Family Medicine residents at the bedside.
Matthew Poling, M.D.
Matt Poling MD is a graduate of UT Southwestern Medical School. He was Chief Resident at Waco Family Medicine Residency before spending 5 years in the US Air Force as a family physician. Currently a Primary care doctor with Baylor Scott & White in College Station and faculty at Texas A&M Health Science Center for 20 years.
Merri Lou Pendergrass
Professor of Medicine, Clinical Chief of Endocrinology, and Director of the Diabetes Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Michael Gibbs
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
Michael Goldfinger, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Malone, M.D.
Residency Director and DIO, Tidelands Health/Medical University of South Carolina, Dept. Family Medicine
Michael Muszynski, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Faculty Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL
Michael Sibel, M.D.
Dr. Sibel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed his residency at St. Luke’s University. Currently, Dr. Sibel is on faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he is actively engaged in medical education with special interests in trauma, disaster medicine, and ENT emergencies.
Michael Wilson, MD, PhD, FAAEM, FACEP
Board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine; Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry, Carilion Medical Center; Roanoke, VA
Michael Winters
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical and Administrative Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Michele Maroon
Associate, Department of Dermatology, Danville, PA
Nathaniel Leu, M.D. M.S.
Dr. Nathaniel Leu is an Emergency Medicine Consultant and Ultrasound Director for the Mayo Clinic Health Systems. Assistant Professor for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is a graduate from the Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency and Highland Hospital Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship.
Nicholas Ruggiero II, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, FCP
Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Director, Structural Heart Disease and Non-Coronary Interventions, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
O. Fred Miller
Associate and Director Emeritus, Department of Dermatology, Danville, PA
Paul Axelsen, M.D.
Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Paul M. Jaffray, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Radiology UCSD
Peter Croft
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Director of POCUS, MMC/MaineHealth; Co-Director, MMC ED Division of Ultrasound
Board Certification - Emergency Medicine, 2014, Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014, Residency - Maine Medical Center, Emergency Medicine, 2013, Medical School - Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2010, Hospital Affiliation - Maine Medical Center since 2013, MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization since 2013
Priya Kuppusamy
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Rakesh Mistry, M.D., M.S.
Chief, Section of Emergency Medicine. Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Professor of Pediatrics. Yale University School of Medicine
Renee Straub
Renee Straub, MD is a Dermatologist in North Charleston, SC. Dr. Straub has extensive experience in Skin Cancer & Excision and Cosmetic Skin Procedures. She is affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center.
Richard Colgan, M.D.
Professor Emeritus. University of Maryland School of Medicine. Carolyn Frenkl and Selvin Passen History of Medicine Scholar in Residence
Richard Scarfone, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Lead, Education Pillar, Center for Diagnostic Excellence, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Robert Belfer, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; and Director, Children's Emergency Department, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at Virtua, Voorhees, NJ
Robert Fogerty, M.D., M.P.H., S.F.H.M.
Senior Medical Director, Yale New Haven Hospital. Associate Clinical Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Robert Martin, M.D.
Dr Robert Martin is a Family physician with a CAQ in Sports Medicine living in Jacksonville FL. He received his medical degree from The Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Taught sports medicine to family practice residents at Naval Hospital Jacksonville for 10 years. Became a Sports Medicine Fellowship Program director with Ascension in 2019.
Ryan Lee, M.D. M.B.A.
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Magnetic Resonance Medical Director, Vice Chair of Quality and Section Chief of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Ryan Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Salim Baghli
Hospitalist, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, UPMC Memorial; Nephrologist, Instructor of Medicine, PennState Health, Hershey Medical Center
Sarah Dubbs
Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Shayne Gue, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M.
Director of Education, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Program Director, Medical Education Fellowship Program, University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare GME (Greater Orlando/Osceola), Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Co-Chair, Membership and Professional Development & Florida College of Emergency Physicians
Stanislav Henkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Medical Director, Aortic Center; Director, Aorta Clinic; Associate Professor of Medicine.
Stephan Esser, M.D.
Dr Esser is a sports and lifestyle physician who completed his medical education at the University of South Florida, with a residency at Harvard medical and sports fellowships at Mayo clinic.
Stephanie Cohen, DO
Dr. Stephanie Cohen obtained her medical degree at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Florida and served as a chief resident at the University at Buffalo Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Cohen completed her Simulation Medicine Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Cohen’s medical interests include academic medicine, medical education, simulation, evidence-based medicine, and critical care.
Stephen Eppes, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Professor of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Stephen Gluckman, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Medical Director, Penn Global Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Stephen Winters, M.D.
Emeritus Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Louisville
Steven Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chief of Education, MGH Dermatology; Associate Program Director, Harvard Dermatology Residency Program; Director of Inpatient Dermatology, MGH Dermatology; Co-Director, Oncodermatology Program, MGH Dermatology; Co-Director, Comprehensive Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Boston, MA
Susan Summerton, M.D.
Medical Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Active Medical Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital. Medical Staff, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Medical Staff, Chester County Hospital. Co-Director of Medical Student Education, Pennsylvania hospital, Penn Medicine. Academic Coaching Support, Penn Medicine. Radiology Mentor, Penn Medicine
Tariq Ahmad, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Ahmad is Yale’s Chief of Heart Failure, specializing in advanced heart failure care and pragmatic clinical trials.
Thomas Tryon, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P., F.C.U.C.M.
Dr. Tom Tryon is a general pediatrician with broad-based experience in adult and pediatric ER and Urgent Care as well as primary care pediatrics and pediatric urgent care. His roles have included: Chief of OB/Peds, Chief of Pediatrics, Chief of Medicine for a 370- bed adult and pediatric health system, Associate Division Director of Urgent Care for his current children’s hospital, Pediatric Section Chair for the Urgent Care Association, and Director on the Board of Directors and as Secretary of the Board of Directors.
Trent Harrison, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S., F.A.A.O.M.P.T.
Doctor Trent Harrison is an Orthopaedic Certified Physical Therapist, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy.
Valerianna Amorosa, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
Vandana Bhide
Chief Hospitalist, St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Clinical Assistant Professor Creighton University School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Vera Feuer, M.D.
Dr. Feuer completed her general psychiatry training at Drexel University and her child and adolescent psychiatry training at Hofstra-Northwell Health. Directed the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry Services at LIJMC, led the opening of the Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care and School Behavioral Health Centers and comprehensive school mental health partnerships across Long Island.
Walter Taylor, M.D.
Assistant Professor Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Emeritus Medical Advisor WTA, Emeritus Staff Mayo Clinic Florida
William Ayoub
Attending Physician, Department of Rheumatology, Allegheny Health Network; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Yael Mauer, M.D.
Dr. Yael Mauer is a Staff Physician in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Cleveland Clinic, specializing in obesity and metabolic diseases. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine, Chair-elect of the Obesity Society’s Clinical Practice Committee, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Associate Program Director for the Obesity Fellowship and Internal Medicine Residency Program.