Emergency Medicine

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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, addiction medicine, health policy, and ED administration.

Residency leadership

Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD

Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD
Residency program director
Associate professor of emergency medicine
Associate dean for graduate medical education
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

 

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Sydney Miller, DO
Medical education fellow
Residency – William Beaumont University Hospital

Royal Oak clinical faculty

 

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

 

Andrew Almquist, MD

Andrew Almquist, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Director of EC quality and peer review
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

Todd Anderson, MD

Todd Anderson, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Kings County Hospital Center

 

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

 

Joseph Benjamin, MD

Joseph Benjamin, MD
Clinical emergency medicine instructor
Residency - Cook County Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Michigan

 

David Berger, MD

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

 

BSusan Bork, MD

Susan Bork, MD
Director of operations
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - EM - William Beaumont University Hospital

 

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

 

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

 

Carol Clark, MD

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

 

Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD

Jeffrey Ditkoff, MD
Senior vice president
Chief quality and safety officer
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

 

Matthew Drogowski, MD

Matthew Drogowski, MD
Clinical emergency medicine instructor
Ultrasound fellow 2023 - 2024
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

 

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

 

Brian Felice, MD

Brian Felice, MD
Director of community engagement
Residency - Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

 

Kurt Filips, DO

Kurt Filips, DO
Business of medicine curriculum director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

 

Jim Getzinger, MD

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

 

Michael Gratson, MD

Michael Gratson, MD
Business of medicine curriculum director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

 

Christopher Hutchinson, MD

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

 

Steven Joseph, MD

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

 

Dawn Jung, MD

Dawn Jung, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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Andrew Linovitz, DO
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - St. John Oakland Hospital

 

Margaret Menoch, MD

Margaret Menoch, MD
Pediatric EM fellowship director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Phoenix Children's Hospital
Fellowship - PEM - Emory University

Whitney Minnock, MD

Whitney Minnock, MD
Pediatric EM director
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency & fellowship - University of Arizona
Combined EM & pediatric residency; PEM

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Sahar Morkos El Hayek, MD
Clinical emergency medicine instructor
Residency – Washington University School of Medicine

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Liem Ngo, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals

 

 

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

 

Laura Ortiz, MD

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

 

Patrick Pettengill, MD

Patrick Pettengill, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - William Beaumont University Hospital

 

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Russell Rae, 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

 

Amy Rontal, MD

Amy Rontal, MD
Assistant professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Medical College of Pennsylvania

 

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

 

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John Shanley, MD
Clinical emergency medicine instructor
Residency – William Beaumont University Hospital
Fellowship – EMS – The University of Michigan

 

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

Bradford Walters, MD

Bradford Walters, MD
Associate professor of emergency medicine
Residency - Mt. Carmel Mercy and Columbia University Hospitals

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

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A man stands confidently before a presentation screen, representing Graduate Medical Education in Southeast Michigan residencies.
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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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