On June 10, 2026, the Department hosted its annual Research Day—an opportunity to highlight the breadth of Emergency Medicine research happening in the Department and elsewhere.

Andrew Meltzer, MD, MS, Associate Professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a 2006 graduate of UMSOM’s Residency in Emergency Medicine, served as the keynote speaker, presenting a talk entitled “Count the Obvious: Build the Future: Lessons in Emergency Medicine Research.” 

Resident physicians Tara Balasubramanian, Ava Omidvar, Julie Kurek, Walt Banfield, and Mirei Kato presented their original research projects, in addition to clinical research associate, Zehra Syeda, and undergraduate medical student Samantha Camp.