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
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for M3/M4 Career Advising
Residency - Carolinas Medical Center
Payal Shah, MD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Brett Todd, MD, FACEP
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - University of Illinois at Chicago
Shannon Viviano, DO
Assistant Program Director, Troy Clinical Site
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Residency - Genesys Regional Medical Center
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
Ryan Fringer, MD, FACEP
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education 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
Director of Ultrasound
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship - North Shore University Hospital
Edmond Younes, MD
Ultrasound Fellow 2022 - 2023
Residency - University of Toledo
Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Lauren Cameron-Comasco, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship - Beaumont EM
Jessica Kuxhause, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellow 2022-2023
Residency - Beaumont EM
Division of Medical Simulation
Bophal Sarha Hang, MD
Director of Simulation
Director of Web-based Education
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fadi Kasyouhanan, MD
Assistant Director of Simulation
Assistant Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Emergency Medicine Administration
James Ziadeh, MD
Chair of Emergency Medicine, Royal Oak
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Beaumont Geriatrics
Susan Bork, MD
Director of Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD
Senior Vice President
Chief Quality and Safety Officer
Residency - Beaumont EM
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Whitney Minnock, MD
Interim Pediatric EM Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency & Fellowship - University of Arizona Combined EM & Pediatric Residency
Margaret Menoch, MD
Interim Pediatric EM Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Phoenix Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Emory University
Dan Nguyen, MD
Assistant Pediatric EM Program Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Pediatric EM University of Michigan
Joseph Benjamin, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Residency - Cook County Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Michigan
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
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont Med/Peds and EM
Research Faculty
Robert Swor, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Research & EMS Programs
Residency - Detroit Receiving Hospital
Carol Clark, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Research Director
Residency - Wayne State University
David Berger, MD
Director of Resuscitation Rotation
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Undergraduate Medical Education
Amy Smark, MD
Assistant Dean for M3/M4 Curriculum
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St John Hospital & Medical Center
Steven Joseph, MD
Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Fellowship - Beaumont EM
Royal Oak Clinical Faculty
Andrew Almquist, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of EC Quality and Peer Review
Residency - Beaumont EM
Dawn Jung, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Todd Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Kings County Hospital Center
Andrew Linovitz, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - St. John Oakland Hospital
Liem Ngo, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals
Patrice Barish, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Detroit Sinai and Beaumont EM
Patrick Pettengill, MD
Medical Flight Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Michael Farrow, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
R. Alex Rhea, MD
Clinical Emergency Medicine Instructor
Ultrasound Core Faculty
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine
Brian Felice, MD
Director of Community Engagement
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Christopher Hutchinson, MD
Billing and Coding Liason
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Jim Getzinger, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Russell Rae, MD
Evidence Based Medicine Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Amy Rontal, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Medical College of Pennsylvania
Michael Gratson, MD, MBA
Business of Medicine Curriculum Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Beaumont EM
Bradford Walters, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency - Mt. Carmel Mercy and Columbia University Hospitals
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Professional Education
