Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai, Director of Player Medical Services of the U.S. Open
Mount Sinai Health SystemEmergency Medicine, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Tennis
Melissa Leber, MD, is board certified in both Sports Medicine and Emergency Medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as the Director of Emergency Department Sports Medicine. Dr. Leber was also appointed Director of Player Medical Services of the US Open by the USTA earlier this year. As an Associate Professor in two medical specialties, Dr. Leber is involved in the education of the next generation of medical professionals, teaching medical students, residents and fellows the art of emergency medicine and orthopaedics. She lectures both regionally and nationally regarding orthopedic care in the emergency department. Her research interests include improving quality orthopedic care in the emergency department, knee injuries, professionalism in medicine, and the use of ultrasound as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic tool. In Sports Medicine, she sees all musculoskeletal complaints and injuries and specializes in ultrasound-guided diagnostics and treatment, concussion management and regenerative medicine techniques. Dr. Leber is a registered musculoskeletal sonographer with many years of experience in diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures. This expertise makes her unique in the field of sports medicine, helping her to achieve more targeted results in returning athletes of all ages to their sport and activity as fast as possible.
Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, urgent care
, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He treats and cares for people in the emergency department and urgent care, including those with life-threatening or critical conditions. This care may include evaluation, resuscitation, stabilization and referring patients to appropriate specialty departments.
Tolia is medical director of the Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health, where he oversees operations of both emergency departments at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest and Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla. He serves as director of the Emergency Department's Observation Unit and the Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit (housed within the La Jolla Emergency Department), which is a state-of-the-art unit designed to enhance the care for older adults and meet the unique needs of seniors.
Tolia is also a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine. His research interests include patient safety, observation medicine and chest pain protocols.
Drug Abuse, Emergency Medicine, fentanyl overdose, Resuscitation, Toxicology
, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who treats patients of all ages, including those with life-threatening or critical conditions, at UC San Diego Health Emergency Departments in Hillcrest and La Jolla.
As an assistant professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, Lasoff trains medical students, residents and fellows in the Department of Emergency Medicine, where he serves as medical director of the medical toxicology fellowship program. His research interests include drugs of abuse and resuscitation.
Medical Director, Houston Methodist Emergency Care Centers
Houston MethodistEmergency Medicine
Dr. R. Benjamin Saldaña, DO, FACEP
Medical Director, Houston Methodist Emergency Care Centers
Dr. R. Benjamin Saldaña is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He completed his medical training at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, completing a residency in emergency medicine at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. He serves as assistant professor of clinical medicine with the Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine and assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine with Weill Cornell Medicine, Texas A&M School of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital Emergency Department.
Regional medical director, Houston Methodist emergency departments
Houston MethodistEmergency Medicine
Dr. Neil Gandhi, MD, MBA, FACEP
Dr. Neil Gandhi is a practicing emergency medicine physician at Houston Methodist and serves as regional medical director overseeing 18 emergency departments in Houston Methodist system. His areas of expertise include clinical operations, patient safety and patient experience. He also serves as an EMS medical director, and is well-versed and passionate about helping the public understand complex medical conditions by using laymen's terminology.
Chair of the Department of Clinical Education, Professor of Emergency Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineEmergency Medicine, Head Injuries, Metacognition, Neurosurgeon, Primary Care, Surgeon
Donald W. Penney, MD, MSC, FACEP is a neurosurgeon, board certified emergency medicine physician and a neuroanatomist. He serves as the chair of the department of clinical education at PCOM Georgia and as a professor of neuroscience and emergency medicine.
In his position, he is responsible for teaching Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine students primary care skills, neuroscience and emergency medicine. Dr. Penney conducts research in sports head injuries, as well as neuro trauma and metacognition.
Dr. Penney completed a residency in neurosurgery at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. He received the Top Surgeons Award from the Consumer Council of America in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Director Point of Care Ultrasound
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterEmergency Medicine, Pediatric, physician wellness
Dr. Marla Levine is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Emergency Medicine at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is also the director of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) within their Pediatric Emergency Department. After completing her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center and Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center, she has been recognized as a leader within the field of Pediatric Emergency medicine (PEM) POCUS, particularly as an educator in emergency ultrasound, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
She has authored numerous papers on the utility of POCUS in the care of pediatric patients, as well as having helped create educational guidelines for how to incorporate POCUS into educational curricula. Her passion is teaching POCUS, especially the vital role that POCUS can serve in resource limited settings. As a Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist, she is passionate about injury and illness prevention. Her intention is to use her platform as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist to provide families with helpful information and guidance that can help keep children safe and healthy.
air medical care, corporate wellness, Emergency Management, Emergency Medicine, EMS, Security, Telehealth
Jeffrey Kuo, MD, MMM, is chair of patient flow and EMS, and serves as system medical director of emergency management and security at Ochsner Health in New Orleans. He plays a critical role in Ochsner’s patient transfers and disaster preparedness for hurricanes and other natural disasters.
A board-certified emergency medicine physician, his expertise extends to emergency medicine and emergency response for major events. Dr. Kuo is the on-field airway management physician for the New Orleans Saints, and he coordinates medical operations for major events, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Super Bowl LIX.