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

Stephanie Goike, MD

Stephanie Goike, MD
Assistant program director, Troy clinical site
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital EM

Laura Ortiz, MD

Laura Ortiz, MD
Medical education fellowship director
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
Vice president for Graduate Medical Education
Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
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

Matthew Drogowski, MD
Ultrasound fellow 2023 - 2024
Residency - 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

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

James Ziadeh, MD
Chair of emergency medicine, Royal Oak
Associate professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship - Geriatrics - William Beaumont University Hospital

BSusan Bork, MD

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 - 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 - 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

Carol Clark, MD

Carol Clark, MD
Professor of emergency medicine
Director of research
Residency - Wayne State University

David Berger, MD

David Berger, MD
Director of resuscitation rotation
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Undergraduate medical education

Steven Joseph, MD

Steven Joseph, MD
Clerkship director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - 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 - 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 - William Beaumont University Hospital

Michael Farrow, MD

Michael Farrow, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Brian Felice, MD

Brian Felice, MD
Director of community engagement
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Christopher Hutchinson, MD

Christopher Hutchinson, MD
Billing and coding liaison
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Jim Getzinger, MD

Jim Getzinger, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

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Russell Rae, MD
Evidence based medicine director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - 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 - 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

Robert Swor, MD

Robert Swor, MD
Professor of emergency medicine
Director of EMS programs
Residency - Detroit Receiving Hospital

Laura Ortiz, MD

Laura Ortiz, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine
Fellowship - Medical Education - William Beaumont University Hospital

Robert A Rhea, MD

Robert A. Rhea, MD
Residency - Indiana University School of Medicine

Nicholas Rykulski, MD

Nicholas Rykulski, MD
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Bophal Sarha Hang, MD

Bophal Sarha Hang, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Brett Todd, MD, FACEP

Brett Todd, MD, FACEP
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - University of Illinois at Chicago

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Miriam Bukhsh
Residency: William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship: Health policy - George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Medical education fellow

Michael Sobin, MD

Michael Sobin, MD
Medical education fellow 2023-2025 residency - EM -
William Beaumont University Hospital

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Contact us

Emergency medicine

3601 W. 13 Mile Rd
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Call: 248.898.2001
Email: CHEemresidency@corewellhealth.org

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