Emergency Medicine

Gina Schwenger is currently a 4th-year biology student at the University of California, Merced. She is currently working as an EMT as she continues on her path to nursing where she plans on becoming an ER or Flight Nurse. She initially began her training as an EMT to gain experience in the health field. In the past, Gina has worked at music festivals such as Rolling Loud as well as general on-call shifts as local...

Al'ai Alvarez, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is an assistant clinical professor in Emergency Medicine and an assistant program director in the Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Alvarez focuses on the interdependence of residency wellbeing with performance improvement on patient experience, quality and patient safety, diversity, equity and inclusion, and medical education. Dr. Alvarez serves as the co-chair of the Stanford WellMD's Physician Wellness Forum and is one of the peer supporters for WellMD's Physician Resource...

The Med Life was established by Dr. Adam Goodcoff & CCO Josh Opitz in 2019. Our goal is to connect healthcare professionals, students, and aspiring students from around the world. The YouTube Channel is the first of its kind to bring various medical backgrounds together in one community as well as provide engaging vlogs & adventures featuring Dr. Goodcoff. With the ideal that medicine is more than me, we created The Med Life to help...

Dr. Holden earned her B.S. in Zoology from Howard University, graduated from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed her medical training in the Jacobi/Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Program where she was selected as a Chief Resident. She is a practicing Emergency Department Physician at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, NY, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (the 5th African American female in the country), and Vice-Chair of Diversity...

Phindile Erika Chowa, MD, is an Emergency Medicine Physician currently practicing in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She attended the University of Pittsburgh for Medical School and Harvard University for Emergency Medicine Residency training. Her interests are in women’s health, healthcare disparities as well as Global Health. Her passion includes improving emergency care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has worked in Ghana implementing the South African triage system and in Rwanda where she taught emergency medical resident’s...

Dr. Anani graduated from the Howard University College of Medicine in 2012. He works in Springfield, TN and specializes in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Anani is affiliated with Northcrest Medical Center.

Sam Shen is Clinical Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Quality in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. At Stanford Health Care, he serves in the role of Patient Safety Officer. He also directs the Administration Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Previously he held positions as Chief of Emergency Medicine at community hospitals in Massachusetts. Dr. Shen received his B.S. from Stanford University and his MD and MBA at...

Emily Cleveland Manchanda is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, the Program co-Director for the Ravin Davidoff Executive Fellowship in Health Equity at Boston Medical Center, and works clinically in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center. She is also the Director for Social Justice Education and Implementation within the Center for Health Equity at the American Medical Association (AMA). At the AMA, Dr. Cleveland Manchanda leads...