08/18/2025
GSACEP Presidential Address
Dr. Justine Stremick, MD, MPH&TM, FACEP
Together Toward Salt Lake City – Your Voice Matters. As we look ahead to ACEP’s Scientific Assembly in Salt Lake City this September, I want to take a moment to reflect on the important work we’ve accomplished together and the challenges still before us.
08/18/2025
Residency Spotlight: UC Davis/Travis AFB
Maj HoanVu Nguyen, MD, FACEP
For those interested in Air Force emergency medicine, come learn more about the UC Davis/Travis AFB Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
08/18/2025
Emergency Medicine Faculty Development
Dr. Amy Hildreth, MD, MHPE
Interested in improving your skills or resume as a faculty member? Check out the following opportunities and recommendations from Dr. Amy Hildreth (amy.hildreth@usuhs.edu) from the USU Department of Military and Emergency Medicine (MEM).
08/18/2025
Longer Times, More Drones: The Future of Army EM
CPT Matthew Turner, MD
Since the Secretary of Defense James Mattis published the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the Army has shifted from a focus on counterinsurgency operations to actions against near-peer forces (1). The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and ongoing tensions in various parts of the world have only corroborated this; more and more, Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) appear to be the inevitable future of warfare (2).
05/18/2025
GSACEP Presidential Address
MAJ Justine Stremick, MD, MPH&TM, FACEP
My name is Justine Stremick, and I am honored to serve as president of the Government Services chapter of ACEP over the coming year. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to represent and support you – especially during these uncertain times. My goal for this year is simple: to listen attentively and respond courageously to the threats and challenges that confront our mission.
05/18/2025
Building Mission-Ready EM Physicians: Highlights from the 2025 GSACEP Government Services Symposium
CPT Cayla Guerra, MD, USA
The 2025 Government Services Symposium (GSS25), held April 10–12 at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, brought together military and federal emergency physicians from across the country for three powerful days of education, collaboration, and camaraderie. Set along the Riverwalk and within view of the Alamo, this year’s event reflected the strength, adaptability, and forward momentum of our specialty within the Military Health System.
05/18/2025
Scrubs to Suits: Leadership & Advocacy Conference
Capt Pei-Ying Kobres, MD
As an active-duty Air Force physician, I had no idea the opportunities and vast resources that were available to me. It was as simple as Dr. Fontenette asking “Do you want to go to Washington D.C.?” I was so nervous about going to the Nation’s Capital and speaking with lawmakers. I didn’t even know what I was going to wear. It turns out, that’s what the first two days of the conference are for. The conference brings in experts from all backgrounds - doctors, lawyers, data analysts, and Hill staffers, and gave attendees from medical students to attendings a platform to present their research.
05/18/2025
EM Consultant Spotlight: Army
COL Eric Chin, MD MBA FAAEM
What is the Army EM Consultant you might ask? By doctrine, I serve as the subject matter expert for all things EM for the Army, advocate for specialty concerns, define training requirements, determine distribution of positions, and provide mentorship for our population. The reality is no person can know and do all of the things required by themselves, so really I am but one member of team of senior Army EM leaders that I have surrounded myself with to help to shape and guide the direction of EM in the military.
02/07/2025
GSACEP Member Spotlight
Dr. Amy Hildreth
Dr. Amy Hildreth currently serves an as Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and Clerkship Director for USU’s Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. In this role, Dr. Hildreth oversees emergency medicine rotations for 170 students annually across 14 clinical sites. Prior to her current role, Dr. Hildreth served six years on active duty with the Navy. During her military service, she served in academic roles such as the Emergency Medicine Academic Director at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Assistant Program Director at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), where she developed innovative simulation-based training curricula and fostered mentorship for residents and students. Her operational roles include supporting a Role 3 in Afghanistan and a Role 2 in Bahrain. She explains how her broadened world view has allowed her to take better care of her patients.
02/07/2025
VA Emergency Ambulance Service
Doug Villiard, MD
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Ambulance Service (EAS) and Veterans Transport Service VTS collaborated as part of the Veterans Affairs Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) efforts to mobilized Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) to provide, life-saving assistance to the Veterans served by the Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina. From October 12th through October 18th, highly trained EAS paramedics, and an advanced life-support ambulance with specialized equipment to deliver emergency medical care and transportation worked alongside Charles George VA Medical centers Veterans Medical Transport teams to care for Veterans impacted by the hurricane's devastation.
02/06/2025
GSEMRA New Leadership
EMRA's Government Services Committee welcomes new leadership in January 2025! We sincerely thank our immediate past Chair, Capt Eric Kretz, and our founding member and former chair, LT Matthew Christensen. Their thoughtful and extraordinary work as well as numerous contributions over the last several years has helped grow the GS-EMRA. Be on the lookout for major events such as Medical Student and Resident Forums with GS-ACEP, EMRA Committee Collaborations with unique virtual speakers, live programming during EMRA@ACEP, and much more.
