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Meet our clinical faculty

The program faculty is board-certified, board-prepared in Emergency Medicine. The faculty contains members with special expertise in pediatric emergency medicine, ED ultrasound, EMS, research methodology, observation medicine, and ED administration.

Residency Leadership

 

Danielle Turner Lawrence MD

Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for M3/M4 Career Advising
Residency - Carolinas Medical Center
Payal Shah MD

Payal Shah, MD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital EM

 
Brett Todd MD FACEP
Brett Todd, MD, FACEP
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - University of Illinois at Chicago
Shannon Viviano, DO
Shannon Viviano, DO
Assistant Program Director, Troy Clinical Site
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor 
Residency - Genesys Regional Medical Center
 
Laura Ortiz, MD

Laura Ortiz, MD
Medical Education Fellow 2021-2023
Director of Faculty Development
Foundations Site Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine
Fellowship - Medical Education - William Beaumont University Hospital

Ryan Fringer, MD, FACEP

Ryan Fringer, MD, FACEP
Designated Institutional Officer Corewell Health East
Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Director of Graduate Medical Education
Residency - Hennepin Medical Center 
Fellowship - EMS Fellowship at Hennepin

Division of Emergency Ultrasound

 
Amit Bahl, MD

Amit Bahl, MD
Director of Ultrasound
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship - Ultrasound - North Shore University Hospital 

Matthew Drogowski, MD
Ultrasound Fellow 2023 - 2024
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine

 
Lauren Cameron-Comasco, MD

Lauren Cameron-Comasco, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship - Geriatric EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Division of Medical Simulation

 
Bophal Sarha Hang, MD

Bophal Sarha Hang, MD
Director of Simulation
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Fadi Kasyouhanan, MD

Fadi Kasyouhanan, MD
Assistant Director of Simulation
Assistant Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Emergency Medicine Administration

 
Fadi KasyouhananMD

James Ziadeh, MD
Chair of Emergency Medicine, Royal Oak
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship - Geriatrics - William Beaumont University Hospital

Susan Bork, MD
Director of Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

 
Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD

Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD
Senior Vice President
Chief Quality and Safety Officer
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

 
Whitney Minnock, MD

Whitney Minnock, MD
Pediatric EM Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency & Fellowship - University of Arizona Combined EM & Pediatric Residency; PEM

Margaret Menoch, MD

Margaret Menoch, MD
Pediatric EM Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Phoenix Children's Hospital
Fellowship - PEM - Emory University

 
Dan Nguyen, MD

Dan Nguyen, MD
Assistant Pediatric EM Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship - Pediatric EM University of Michigan

Joseph Benjamin, MD
Joseph Benjamin, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Residency - Cook County Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Michigan
 
Lauren Adams, MD
Lauren Adams, MD
Associate Pediatric EM Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Residency - Children's National
Medical Center, DC
Fellowship - Arkansas Children's Hospital
Kurt Filips, DO

Kurt Filips, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Med/Peds and EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Research Faculty

 
Robert Swor, MD
Robert Swor, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Research & EMS Programs
Residency - Detroit Receiving Hospital
Carol Clark, MD
Carol Clark, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Research Director
Residency - Wayne State University
 
David Berger, MD

David Berger, MD
Director of Resuscitation Rotation
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Undergraduate Medical Education

 
Steven Joseph, MD

Steven Joseph, MD
Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship - Ultrasound - William Beaumont University Hospital

Royal Oak Clinical Faculty

 
Andrew Almquist, MD

Andrew Almquist, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of EC Quality and Peer Review
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Dawn Jung, MD
Dawn Jung, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - SUNY Downstate Medical Center
 
Todd Anderson, MD
Todd Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Kings County Hospital Center
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Andrew Linovitz, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St. John Oakland Hospital
 
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Liem Ngo, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals
Patrice Barish, MD

Patrice Barish, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Detroit Sinai and William Beaumont University Hospital

 
Patrick Pettengill, MD

Patrick Pettengill, MD
Medical Flight Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Michael Farrow, MD

Michael Farrow, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

 
R. Alex Rhea, MD
R. Alex Rhea, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Ultrasound Core Faculty
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine
Brian Felice, MD
Brian Felice, MD
Director of Community Engagement 
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
 
Christopher Hutchinson, MD

Christopher Hutchinson, MD
Billing and Coding Liaison
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Jim Getzinger, MD

Jim Getzinger, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

 
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Russell Rae, MD
Evidence Based Medicine Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Amy Rontal, MD

Amy Rontal, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Medical College of Pennsylvania
 
Michael Gratson, MD, MBA

Michael Gratson, MD, MBA
Business of Medicine Curriculum Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

Bradford Walters, MD
Bradford Walters, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Mt. Carmel Mercy and Columbia University Hospitals
 
Amy Smark, MD

Amy Smark, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St John Hospital & Medical Center 

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