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ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
ARLENE S. CHUNG, MD, MACM
POST GRADUATE TRAINING & EDUCATION
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Master in Academic Medicine (2014-2016)
Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Medical Education Fellowship (2014-2016)
Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency Program (2010-2014)
New York University School of Medicine (2006-2010)
Brown University (2002-2006)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Program Director, Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program (2018-Current)
Site Director/Associate Program Director, Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Icahn School of Medicine (2017-2018)
Assistant Program Director, Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Icahn School of Medicine (2016-2017)
NATIONAL & STATE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Board of Directors, New York ACEP (2018-Current)
Chair, ACEP Well-Being Committee (2018-2020)
Director, CORD Mini-Fellowship in Wellness Leadership (2017-2019)
Chair-Elect, ACEP Wellness Section (2016-2018)
Chair, CORD Resilience Committee (2016-2018)
Chief Strategy Officer, ALiEM Wellness Think Tank (2016-2018)
Chair, Wellness Week Subcommittee, ACEP Well-Being Committee (2015-2018)
SELECTED INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (2018-2021)
CORD Academic Assembly, Virtual (2021): Keynote Address - “Residency Leadership Lessons from the Epicenter of the COVID19 Surge.”
Rocky Mountain Winter Conference on Emergency Medicine, Breckenridge, CO (Feb 2020): Keynote Address - “Why We Need More Fear in Emergency Medicine.”
ACEP BalancED Conference, Ojai, CA (Feb 2019): Keynote Address - “Reframing Wellness: It’s Not a Personal Issue Anymore.”
Rebellion in EM, San Antonio, TX (June 2019): “Don’t Pursue Goals, Pursue Values”; “Matching Your Passion and Purpose at Work”; “Care for Yourself: Health, Diet, and Sleep”; “Wellness/Burnout Panel Discussion”
CORD Academic Assembly, Seattle, WA (Mar 2019): “Imposter Syndrome: Getting out of your own way”
ACEP BalancED Conference, Ojai, CA (Feb 2019): “Reframing Wellness: It’s Not a Personal Issue Anymore” (Keynote Address); “Radical Listening: A Novel Approach to Physician Wellness”
New York ACEP Resident Research Conference, New York, NY (Nov 2018): “Research for the Rest of Us”
FemInEM Idea Exchange, New York, NY (Oct 2018): “Why We Shouldn’t Teach Doctors How to be Well”
American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, San Diego, CA (Oct 2018): “Moving from Unwellness to Wellness at the Organizational Level”; “ACEP Connect: Effective Mentoring for Everyone”
AAEM/RSA Northeast Medical Student Symposium, New York, NY (Sep 2018): “How to Survive a Career in EM”; “Residency Panel Q&A”
New York ACEP Resident Career Day, New York, NY (Aug 2018): “Get Ready for Everything that Happens Next”
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI (Sep 2018): “How to Survive a Career in Medicine”
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (2018-2021)
Chung AS, Mott S, Rebillot K, Li-Sauerwine S, Shah S, Yarris LM, Coates WC. Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017. West J Emerg Med. 2020;22(1):7-14.
Rabin E, Alexander D, Steinberg E, Willis J, Chung AS, Kulkarni M, He C, Parihk S. Residency Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Surge Epicenter. AEM Educ Train. 2020;4(4):340-346.
Sikora RD, Manfredi RA, Chung AS, Kaplan J, Tyo C, Akhtar S. Wellness for the Future: Cultural and Systems-Based Challenges and Solutions. Acad Emerg Med. 2020;27(4):317-332.
Parsons M, Balitz J, Chung AS, Mannix A, Battaglioli N, Clinton M, Gottlieb M. Evidence-Based Interventions that Promote Resident Wellness from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors. West J Emerg Med. 2020;21(2):412-422.
Gottlieb M, Chung AS, Battaglioli N, Sebok-Syer S, Kalantari A. Imposter Syndrome Among Physicians and Physicians-In-Training: A Scoping Review. Med Educ. 2020;54(2):116-124.
Wong ML, Chung AS. Strategies for Provider Well-Being in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020;38(3):729-738.
Hart D, Paetow G, Tabatabai R, Zarzar R, Chung AS. Wellness Domains for Residency Training Programs. Journal of Wellness. 2019;1(1):Article 5 https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jwellness/vol1/iss1/5.
Lin M, Battaglioli N, Melamed M, Mott S, Chung AS, Robinson D. High Prevalence of Burnout Among US Emergency Medicine Residents: Results from the 2017 National Emergency Medicine Wellness Survey. Ann Emerg Med. 2019; 74(5):682-690.
Wong M, Joseph J, Peters G, Chung AS, Sanchez L. Salivary Cortisol Concentrations, Grit, and the Effect of Time. AEM Educ Train. 2019;4(1):30-35..
Lall M, Gaeta TJ, Chung AS, Chinai SA, Garg M, Husain A, Kanter C, Khandelwal S, Rublee CS, Tabatabai R, Takayesu JK, Zaher M, Himelfarb N. The Assessment of Physician Well-Being: A Practical Guide for Mentors and Researchers Part Two: Beyond Burnout. West J Emerg Med. 2019;20(2);291-304.
Lall M, Gaeta TJ, Chung AS, Dehon E, Malcom W, Ross A, Way DP, Weichenthal L, Himbelfarb D. The Assessment of Physician Well-Being: A Practical Guide for Mentors and Researchers Part One: Burnout and Other Negative States. West J Emerg Med. 2019;20(2):278-290.
Chung AS, Wong ML, Sanchez L, Lu D, Manfredi R, Mishkin H, Heron S, Blomkalns AL. Research Priorities for Physician Wellness in Academic Emergency Medicine: Consensus from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Wellness Committee. AEM Educ Train. 2018;2(S1):S40-S47.
Rischall M, Chung AS, Tabatabai R, Doty C, Hart D. “Emergency Medicine Resident Shift Work Preferences: A Comparison of Resident Scheduling Preferences and Recommended Schedule Design for Shift Workers.” AEM Educ Train. 2018;00:1-7.
Chung AS, Wong ML, Sanchez L, Lu D, Manfredi R, Mishkin H, Heron S, Blomkalns AL. Research Priorities for Physician Wellness in Academic Emergency Medicine: Consensus from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Wellness Committee. AEM Educ Train. 2018;2(S1):S40-S47.
Chung AS, Felber R, Han E, Mathew T, Rebillot K, Likourezos A. A Targeted Mindfulness Curriculum for Medical Students during their Emergency Medicine Clerkship Experience. West J Emerg Med. 2018;19(4):762-6.
Zaver F, Battaglioli N, Denq W, Messman A, Chung AS, Lin M, Liu EL. Identifying Gaps and Launching Resident Wellness Initiatives: The 2017 Resident Wellness Consensus Summit. West J Emerg Med. 2018; 19(2):342-345.
Chung AS, Smart J, Zdradzkinski M, Roth S, Gende A, Conroy K, Battaglioli N. Educator Toolkits on Second Victim Syndrome, Mindfulness and Meditation, and Positive Psychology: The 2017 Resident Wellness Consensus Summit. West J Emerg Med. 2018;19(2):327- 31.
Battaglioli N, Ankel F, Doty CI, Lin M, Chung AS. An Executive Summary from the 2017 Emergency Medicine Resident Wellness Consensus Summit. West J Emerg Med. 2018;19(2):332-6.
Chung AS, Battaglioli N, Lin M, Sherbino J. JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education Online Journal Club: An Analysis of a Virtual Discussion About Resident Well-Being. JGME. 2018;10(1):36-42.
BOOKS
Chung AS, ed. EMRA Wellness Guide. Dallas, TX: Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association; 2018. Available at: https://www.emra.org/books/emra-wellness-guide/cover/
Arlene S. Chung, MD, MACM
Program Director