The AAEM Physician Group Consultation Service allows emergency physician groups to obtain brief consultation on a variety of topics. Consults will typically occur via phone and/or email, but occasionally may occur in person. Topics can include patient flow, patient experience, staffing, group governance, dealing with impaired physicians, recruiting, coding/billing/reimbursement, insurer contracts, medicolegal issues, diversity, growth/expansion, clinical protocols, finance, contract threats, leadership transitions, telemedicine, freestanding EDs, urgent care, residency education, medical student education, nurse interactions, medical staff interactions, hospital leadership interactions, etc. The AAEM-PG Consultation Service can also offer formal coaching to ED leaders.

Pricing: AAEM-PG clients will receive credit for 20 consultant hours per ED site ($10,000 value), per year. Non-AAEM-PG clients could also access the Consultation Service, at the standard rate of $500 per hour. AAEM-PG clients that fully utilize their allotment can purchase additional consultant hours at a discounted rate of $300 per hour. Consults will be billed in 15-minute increments. Travel time, if necessary, will be billed at the same rate (flight/drive time only).

Process: Contact Missy Zagroba, Executive Director at info@aaempg.com to purchase AAEM-PG Consultation Service hours (minimum of 4 hours) or with any questions you may have. After you purchase consultation services, the staff will provide the introduction and contact info for the consultant. If you would like a recommendation on the most appropriate consultant, you may contact AAEM-PG CMO Dr. Robert McNamara at cmo@aaempg.com, and he will help coordinate.

• Robert A. Frolichstein, MD FAAEM
• L.E. Gomez, MBA MD FAAEM
• Anthony J. Hackett, MD FAAEM
• Megan Healy, MD FAAEM
• Robert Lam, MD FAAEM
• Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD FAAEM
• Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM
• Mark Reiter, MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM
• Jennifer Repanshek, MD FAAEM
• Anthony R. Rosania III, MD FAAEM
• Wayne A. Satz, MD FAAEM
• Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD MBA FAAEM
• Arthur Smolensky, MD FAAEM
• Thomas Tobin, MD MBA FAAEM
• Benjamin White, MD
• Leslie S. Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

Robert A. Frolichstein, MD FAAEM

Bob Frolichstein, MD FAAEM is the Secretary-Treasurer for AAEM in now his 4th year on the Board of AAEM. Bob serves as President of Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians (GSEP) an independent, democratic group with 9 EDs and 49 emergency physician partners. Bob graduated from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville before entering medical school at the University of Missouri. He attended medical school on a military scholarship. After graduation he completed a transitional internship at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. Bob and his wife Dena then spent three years in the Republic of Panama where Bob worked in the ED of Gorgas Army Hospital and as Officer in Charge of a health clinic for active duty soldiers and their dependents. Next, he completed his Emergency Medicine Residency training at the military training program in San Antonio, TX. He stayed on as teaching faculty for three years post-graduation completing his military obligation.

Bob joined GSEP and after... completing his partnership track, became a partner. He quickly assumed leadership roles including, Assistant Department Director, Department Director, Board of Directors and, for the last ten years served as the President of GSEP. GSEP practices within the Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio an HCA owned hospital system. He has served on, and chaired numerous hospital committees including serving as the chair of the system level committee devoted to health and behavioral issues of the medical staff. He is currently the Vice-Chief of Staff of the largest hospital within the Methods Healthcare System and will transition to Chief of Staff at the beginning of 2022. GSEP has successfully struggled to remain independent while providing exceptional care to over 200,000 patients annually in San Antonio. He considers the preservation of the opportunity for each emergency physician to practice in an independent, democratic group where each physician is treated fairly with transparency vital to the continued success of our specialty. Bob has valuable experience dealing with some of the CMGs and corporate hospital organizations.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Group Structure and Governance, Group Income Distribution, People Management, Dealing with the Problem Physician, Hospital Medical Staff Relationship, Hospital Contracts, Threats from CMGs, Understanding and Partnering with the Hospital C-Suite

L.E. Gomez, MBA MD FAAEM

L.E. Gomez, MD MBA is medical director for one of the largest occupational health urgent care centers in the Baltimore-Washington Metro Area. Previously on the faculty of Howard University College of Medicine, he earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, MD from the Ichan School of Medicine, and completed internship in medicine at Boston University prior to residency in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals. He has healthcare business consulting experience in business performance, budget analysis, process engineering, and improvement of patient experience. He has served as consulting clinician for CMS MIPS and a former AAEM Advocacy Congressional Fellow. Dr. Gomez has published original research on the economic power of diversity to improve performance, outcomes, and influence culture. He serves as liaison to our board for Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health at AAEM and a current MPH candidate in the Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health... Program.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Performance Improvement (including patient flow), Business Development (including revenue / expense forecasting), Patient Experience (including quality and safety), Staffing (including scheduling and recruitment), Budget Analysis (including variance

Anthony J. Hackett, MD FAAEM

Dr. Anthony J Hackett is a clinical assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at Texas A and M university and practices clinical emergency medicine at CHI Saint Joseph Regional Medical center. Dr. Hackett received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, conducting a research thesis there in concert with the University of Massachusetts Medical School developing small molecule receptors to molecularly target diabetes at the genetic level. Following that, he then served as the chief research associate in the laboratory of nucleic acid vaccines at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he worked for several years on HIV, Influenza and Cholera vaccine development. He then attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and entered the army thereafter, completing a general surgery internship and an emergency medicine residency where he also served a year as chief resident. Following his training, he remained in... the army and was part of the residency faculty at Fort Hood’s Emergency medicine residency for four years serving as the director of research for the residency program. He served as a board member on the Southwest Regional Command’s Institutional review board evaluating a variety of multidisciplinary research protocols for the command in conjunction with ten other members. During this time, he founded and chaired the department of clinical investigation and the scientific review board at Fort Hood’s Medical Center. During his time in the army he was awarded as faculty of the year as well as the Emergency Medicine Foundation’s research grant for his research on ketamine for headaches. He has had the privilege to speak at multiple national and international conferences on his research interests which include advanced cardiac arrest therapy, pulmonary embolism, and advanced airway management. He has published more than 20 articles and reviews in peer reviewed journals and continues to be active in research related to emergency medicine. He is currently the clerkship director for Emergency Medicine and a member of the medical student research advisory council at the Texas A and M University medical school. Additionally, he is the director for the US Army’s military Emergency Medicine partnership at the CHI St Joseph Regional Hospital in Bryan College station Texas. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine (UK). Outside of work Dr. Hackett enjoys reading, woodworking, design and architecture. Additionally, he is an avid skier and ice hockey player and enjoys culture, traveling and exploring the US and around the globe.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Research, Academics, Resident and Medical Student Education, Critical Care Medicine, Risk Management

Megan Healy, MD FAAEM

Megan Healy, MD FAAEM, holds a faculty appointment as Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. A Philadelphia native, she completed medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2010 and residency at Temple in 2013. She serves as Associate Program Director for the residency program, Vice Chair for Practitioner Wellness for the Temple University Health System, AAMC Gender Equity Lead for the medical school and Director of Health Equity and Community Engagement for her department. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Urban Bioethics. She has won multiple teaching awards from the residency program and medical school.
In addition, Megan served for three years on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). She chaired the AAEM Marketing Task Force which developed the new logo and tagline for AAEM in 2017, re-invigorated the now thriving Women in Emergency Medicine Section and founded the... AAEM Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health interest group.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Residency Education, Physician Wellness, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Community Engagement

Robert Lam, MD FAAEM

Robert Lam, MD is a partner in Emergency Physician Specialists PC, a 50 physician independent, democratic practice. Dr Lam also serves as the Director for Physician Wellness in the Southern Region. Dr. Lam is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the CU School of Medicine and directs the medical education programs for Emergency Medicine Specialists- PC. Dr Lam completed his emergency
medicine residency at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City.

Dr. Lam has been very active in organized medicine. He served as Founder and Chair of the Wellness Committee for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine from 2005 to 2021. As chair he led the committee to launch a resilience curriculum for the Scientific Assembly, started a resilience column in EM News, authored multiple position statements and joined a national collaboration of all EM organizations to create National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. He currently serves as Director of Physician
Wellness for the UCHealth South... Region where he launched an organizational wellness program for physicians that included an individual resilience curriculum, peer support program, social connectedness and collegiality program and excellence in communication training for an enhanced patient and provider experience. Dr Lam has spoken nationally on topics of physician well-being and medical education.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Physician Engagement, Physician Wellness, Patient Experience

Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD FAAEM

Dr. Li is passionate about transparency in healthcare and offers consultation services to introduce alternatives to expensive traditional 'BUCAH' insurance plans by combining Direct Primary Care and Level-Funded plans to both decrease benefit expenses and increase quality to small democratic groups. Groups may be able to cut premiums by 30-60% while increasing collaboration with like-minded independent physicians (Direct Primary Care) who can provide further access to wholesale medications, labs, and imaging. Employers who partner with DPC practices can simultaneously support independent physician colleagues while assuring high-quality physician-led care for their families. Dr. Li is also happy to provide an overview of the newly formed AAEM-Locum Group as a resource to independent physician groups.

Mitchell Li, MD is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed Emergency Medicine residency at St John Hospital in Detroit, MI. Dr. Li is also the founder... of Thrive Direct Care, PLLC, a subscription-based medical service inspired by the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement where patients subscribe directly with the Physician. Dr. Li served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group (AAEM-PG) where he co-founded the launch of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Locum tenens Group (AAEM-LG) where he now serves as Chief Medical Officer. He is an advocate for fair practice arrangements where physicians regain autonomy in medicine.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Direct Primary Care and Benefits, Personal Finance for the Physician, Locum Tenens Support for Small Democratic Groups.

Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM

Dr. Lisa A. Moreno is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research and Director of Diversity for the Section of Emergency Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- New Orleans. She serves as Director of the Latino Scholars Program for the School of Medicine and Regional Faculty Advisor for the Southwestern Region of the Latino Medical Student Association. Dr. Moreno is the first woman President of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). During her years serving on the AAEM Board of Directors, she has focused on the development of women and underrepresented minorities in leadership positions. She holds degrees in Medicine and Clinical Research, and is a National Institutes of Health Research Scholar. She is the founder of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM), an academy of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). Her multiple awards include the SAEM Martin Leadership Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Professionalism... Award, Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Distinguished Educator Award, the ADIEM Outstanding Academician Award, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Healthcare Executive Diversity & Inclusion Certificate, and the Order of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. The recipient of many research grants, Dr. Moreno has over 500 academic presentations, 45 publications, 6 book chapters, and two authored textbooks “Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care,” and “Your Story, Our Story: A Case Compendium of Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care.” Her research interests include HIV, violence prevention and treatment, diversity and healthcare disparities. Her office at University Medical Center participates in the LSU School of Medicine Dean’s Summer Research Program, mentoring college students who aspire to careers in medicine towards the completion of basic research projects. She has mentored over 300 students, residents, and junior faculty around the world towards successful careers in research and medicine. As a global health consultant and educator, she has served in over 25 countries with a focus on the development of research and elimination of healthcare disparities for women, underrepresented minorities, and the under-resourced.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Unconscious Bias Training, Healthcare Disparities, Career Development, Injury Prevention, Viral Illnesses, and Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Staff

Mark Reiter, MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM

Mark Reiter, MD MBA is a partner in Middle Tennessee Emergency Physicians, a 70 physician independent, democratic practice, where he is also the serves on the Executive Board. Dr. Reiter is Professor and Residency Director of the University of Tennessee- Nashville/Murfreesboro emergency medicine residency. He also earned an MBA from the Rutgers Business School. Dr. Reiter completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dr. Reiter is the CEO of Emergency Excellence, a company dedicated to emergency medicine performance improvement, which offers services including patient callbacks (discharge phone calls), benchmarking, and consulting.
Dr. Reiter has been very active in organized medicine. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine from 2005 to 2020 and served as national President from 2014 to 2016. He currently serves as CEO of the AAEM Physician Group, where he has coordinated the launch of the AAEM Consultation... Service. He has served on the Council on Legislation for the American Medical Association and the Board of Trustees for the Medical Society of New Jersey.Read More

Areas of Expertise

Patient Experience, Patient Flow, Finance, Group Governance, Coding/Billing/Reimbursement, Medicolegal Issues, Contract Threats, Residency Education