05/18/2025

Board Members and Award Winners

Ms. Michele Byers, CAE, CMP, DES

• Congratulations to the following individuals who were selected to receive the 2025 GSACEP Awards:
• Excellence in Emergency Medicine: Dr. Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP
• Excellence in Teaching – Senior Faculty: CAPT Sherri Rudinsky, MD, FACEP
• Excellence in Teaching – Junior Faculty: LCDR Joseph Gehrz, MD
• Medical Director Leadership: MAJ Ken McCallum, MD
• Rising Star Award: CPT Katey Osborne, MD
• Bernadette Carr Legacy Scholarship: 2LT Ryan Leone, MSc
• Resident and Fellow Leadership & Advocacy Conference Grant: Capt Pei-Ying Kobres, MD, CPT Matthew Turner, MD
• ACEP25 Scientific Assembly Grant: Capt Eric Kretz, MD, LT Matthew Tovar, MD
• COL. (Dr.) Dave Barry Leadership Development Fellowship: Capt Arianna Moreno, MD

• Congratulations to our Board of Directors electees for the coming year:
• President:  MAJ Justine Stremick, MD, MPH&TM, FACEP 
• President-Elect:  CDR Christine DeForest, DO, FACEP 
• Treasurer:  Lt Col (Ret.) Torree McGowan, MD, FACEP 
• Immediate Past President: CDR Sean Stuart, DO, FACEP 
• Councillor:  Lt Col Aicha Hull, MD, FACEP
• Councillor:  CDR Katrina Landa, MD, FACEP
• Councillor:  Capt Micaela LaRose, MD
• Councillor: David S. McClellan, MD, FACEP
• Councillor:  CPT Katey Osborne, MD
• Councillor:  LCDR Paul Roszko, MD, FACEP
• Resident Representative:  Capt Evan Miller, DO

• And thanks to those who have completed their term of service on the Board:
• Immediate Past President:  Lt Col (Ret) Roderick Fontenette, MD, FACEP
• Resident Representative:  CPT Christina Kim, DO