Faculty

Clinical Associate Professor

James B. Aiken, MD MHA

Leadership

Co-Chair, Division of Disaster Medicine & EMS

Assistant Program Director, EM-IM Combined Residency Program

Academic Areas of Interest

Disaster Medicine, Health Care Policy, Administration

Clinical Assistant Professor

Jacques Francois Ancelet, MD

Leadership

Medical Director, Emergency Services, UMC New Orleans

Medical Director; Lallie Kemp Emergency Department

Academic Areas of Interest

Emergent Orthopeadic Injuries

Clinical Associate Professor

Jennifer Avegno, MD

Leadership

Director, New Orleans Health Department
Director, Division of Community Relations & Engagement

Academic Areas of Interest

Social Emergency Medicine, Community Health, Medical Education

Clinical Assistant Professor

David Beran, DO, MPH

Academic Areas of Interest

Quality, Performance Improvement, Public Health and International Emergency Medicine

LEADERSHIP

Service Chief, Emergency Medicine, US Department of Veterans Affairs

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nicole Bergeron, MD

Academic Areas of Interest

Urgent Care

Clinical Assistant Professor

Gaby Buller, MD

Academic Areas of Interest

Wellness

Clinical Associate Professor

Christine Butts, MD

Leadership

Director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound

Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Fellowship

Ultrasound

Academic Areas of Interest

All things ultrasound, integrating ultrasound into low resource environments

Clinical Assistant Professor

Matthew Carlisle, MD, MAS

Leadership

Program Director, Spirit of Charity’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Co-Director, Division of Emergency Simulation

Fellowship

Simulation

Academic Areas of Interest

Simulation, Medical Education

Clinical Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Clement, MD

Leadership

Director, Student Clerkships & Education

Director, EMS Rotations

Associate Program Director, Spirit of Charity's Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Associate Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Fellowship

Ultrasound, Emergency Medicine Services

Academic Areas of Interest

Ultrasound, EMS, Trauma, Medical Education

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Peter DeBlieux, MD

Leadership

Chief Experience Officer, UMCNO

Fellowship

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Academic Areas of Interest

Critical Care, Quality, Patient Safety, Faculty Development

Clinical Assistant Professor

Pierre Detiege, MD

Leadership

Director, Division of Emergency Quality & Patient Safety

Co-Director, Division of Emergency Simulation

Associate Program Director, Spirit of Charity's Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Academic Areas of Interest

Simulation Education, Diversity and Inclusion, Health Equity, Quality, Ethics

Clinical assistant professor

Mary Ann Difranco, MD

Academic Areas of Interest

Women in EM

Medical Director

Bridgette Egan

Leadership

Medical Director, UMCNO Forensics

Clinical Assistant Professor

Jeffery Elder, MD

Leadership

Medical Director, Slidell Fire Department

Medical Director, Audubon Nature Institute First Responders

Co-Director, Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine

Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services

Academic Areas of Interest

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Emergnecy Management

Clinical Assistant Professor

Erica Fisher, MD, MPH

Academic Areas of Interest

Ultrasound

Clinical Assistant Professor

Meredith Hall, MD

Leadership

President, Louisiana AAEM

Critical Concepts Course Director, LSU School of Medicine

Fellowship

Radiology

Academic Areas of Interest

Forensics, Radiology, Social Emergency Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor

Sean Hardy, MD

Leadership

Medical Director, AMED Ambulance Company

Associate Medical Director, UMCNO Section of Emergency Medicine

Fellowship

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

Diving Injury Management, Medical Support of Tactical Operations, Disaster Management

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Paul Harch, MD

Leadership

Director, Division of Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

Neurological applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Albert J. Lauro Clinical Professor of Medicine

Micelle J. Haydel, MD

Leadership

Faculty, ACEP Procedural Lab

Academic Areas of Interest

Head Injury, Stroke, Medical Education

Clinical Assistant Professor

Bruce Hurley, MD, MPH

Academic Areas of Interest

Airway Research

Clinical Assistant Professor

William Imsais, MD

Fellowship

EM-IM

Clinical Assistant Professor

Kathleen Jones, MD

Fellowship

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nicole Kaban, MD

Leadership

Associate Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine

Associate Director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound

Fellowship

Ultrasound

Academic Areas of Interest

Ultrasound, Global Health

Clinical Assistant Professor

Joe Kanter, MD, MPH

Leadership

Assistant State Health Officer, Louisiana Department of Health

Academic Areas of Interest

Social Emergency Medicine, Community Health, Public Health

Clinical Assistant Professor

David Rayburn, MD

Fellowship

EMS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

EMS, Med ED, Sim, Pediatrics

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stephen Lim, MD

Leadership

Director, Resident Research

Service Line Director, Emergency Service, University Medical Center New Orleans

Medical Director, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics/Special Operations

Academic Areas of Interest

Respiratory Virus Surveillance, Vaccine Efficacy, ED Operations, Coding and Reimbursement

Clinical Assistant Professor

Leslie Lindley, MD

Leadership

Co-Director, Lallie Kemp Medical Center Emergency Department

Academic Areas of Interest

Rural Emergency Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor

Scott Mackey, DO

Leadership

Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UMCNO

Fellowship

Ultrasound

Academic Areas of Interest

Interventional Pain Management, Ultrasound

Professor of Medicine

Jorge Martinez, MD, JD

Leadership

Program Director, EM-IM Combined Residency Program

Fellowship

Cardiology

Academic Areas of Interest

Medical Legal, Cardiology, Toxicology

Clinical Assistant Professor

Meghan Maslanka, MD

Leadership

Associate Director, Division of EMS & Disaster Medicine

Medical Director, Louisiana Task Force 1

Fellowship

Disaster Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

EMS, Tactical and Disaster Medicine

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Anna McFarlin, MD

Leadership

Program Director, EM-Peds Combined Residency Program

Fellowship

Pediatrics

Academic Areas of Interest

All things Peds EM, Community ED readiness for pediatric patients

Clinical Assistant Professor

Justin Meunier, MD, FAWM, DiDDM

Leadership

Director, Wilderness & Austere Medicine Track

Academic Areas of Interest

Wilderness & Austere Medicine

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FUHM

Leadership

Director, Faculty Development

Fellowship

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, Dermatology, Faculty Development

Clinical Assistant Professor

Leslie Palmerlee MD, MPH

Leadership

Associate Director, Division of Ultrasound

Fellowship

Ultrasound

Academic Areas of Interest

Ultrasound

Clinical Associate Professor

Vanessa Piazza, MD

Fellowship

Ultrasound

Academic Areas of Interest

Medical Legal Education

Clinical Assistant Professor

Jairo Santanilla, MD

Leadership

Director, ICU Ochsner Health System

Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship

Critical Care

Academic Areas of Interest

Critical Care, Medical Education

Clinical Associate Professor

Ellen Slaven, MD

Leadership

Director, Division of Emergency Infectious Disease

Director, Critical Concepts in Emergency Medicine Conference

Fellowship

Infectious Disease

Academic Areas of Interest

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Assistant Professor

Randy Sorge, MD, FACEP

Leadership

Assistant Program Director, Spirit of Charity's Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Assistant Director, Tulane Student Clerkships

Academic Areas of Interest

Medical Education, Physician Wellness, LGBGTQ+ Advocacy

Clinical Assistant Professor

Theo Stafford, MD

Academic Areas of Interest

High Risk Medical Malpractice

Clinical Assistant Professor

Victor Tuckler, MD

Leadership

Director, Division of Emergency Medicine Toxicology

Fellowship

Toxicology

Academic Areas of Interest

Critical Care, Toxicology, Pharmacology, Medication Error

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Keith Van Meter, MD

Leadership

Chair, Section of Emergency Medicine

Academic Areas of Interest

Hyperbaric Oxygen in Cardiac Resuscitation and Exsanguination

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Jordan Vaughn, MD

Leadership

Assistant Director of Social EM, Assistant Director of JEDI, Public Health Clinical Director of NOHD

Academic Areas of Interest

Social EM, DEI, Violence Prevention and Injury, Harm Reduction, Incarceration Health, Street Medicine, and Community Engagement/Community Health.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Derek Vonderhaar, MD

Leadership

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship

Fellowship

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Academic Areas of Interest

Critical Care, Medical Education

Clinical Assistant Professor

Christopher Willoughby, MD

Leadership

Medical Director, Delgado Community College Department of EMS Education

Fellowship

Cardiology

Academic Areas of Interest

Cardiovascular Emergencies, EMS