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02/07/2025
GSACEP Member Spotlight
Dr. Amy Hildreth
GASCEP Member Spotlight
Amy Follmer Hildreth, MD, MHPE, FACEP
Dr. Amy Hildreth currently serves as an 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. Dr. Hildreth’s journey started in college when she was working in the Emergency Department while attending the University of Maryland. “There were two doctors who worked there at the time who had done the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) and encouraged me to look into it,” she recalls. “Everything just kind of fell into place after that”. She was selected for a Navy HPSP scholarship to attend George Washington University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her residency at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) program at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital and earned a Master’s in Health Professions Education from USU.
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.
Dr. Hildreth’s contributions to emergency medicine have been recognized through numerous awards. She was honored with the Staff Educator of the Year Award by the Emergency Medicine Residency at NMCSD and the Momentum Award by the Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine. She was also selected for the Female Physician Leadership Course by the Military Health System and the Best Retrospective Research Award from the Academy of Emergency Ultrasound. Her military commendations include the Meritorious Service Medal and Joint Service Commendation Medal.
What is her advice to junior GSACEP members? “If you can stay curious and humble, you will go very far. This job can be incredibly hard, but like all things in life, it's the hard things that give us the greatest rewards”.
Thank you Dr. Hildreth for your service and your contributions to the field of Emergency Medicine!
