Bernard is Vice Chair of Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University, where he holds the Tushar Shah and Sarah Zion Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine. He has research interests in neurological and psychiatric emergencies, particularly with regards to stroke management, as well as clinician psychological and cardiovascular health. He is currently the PI or contact PI of 3 R01s from the NIH, including the largest prospective longitudinal clinician psychological and cardiovascular health study being done in the United States. Administratively he oversees the Research Division of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University where he started as the inaugural Vice-Chair in 2018 and grew the program from unranked to #4 in the United States by Federal Funding for 2022. He studied for his master’s at Oxford University as a member of Balliol College, his PhD in Psychology from Harvard, his MD from Stanford and completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at Harvard Medical School (MGH Brigham Health). Prior to medical school he served as a professional yachtsman and also as a sailboat delivery captain doing deliveries internationally.

Course Chair
Brian Clyne, MD, MHL
Professor of Medical Science
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vice Chair of Medical Education
Emergency Medicine, Brown Physicians, Inc.

Co-Chair
Jeremiah Schuur, MD, MHS
Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine
Lifespan Hospital

Planning Committee
Erika Constantine, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Lifespan Hospital

Elizabeth Jacobs, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Lifespan Hospital

Jennifer Maloney
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Megan Ranney, MD, MPH
Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for Digital Health Innovation
Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health
Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Emergency Medicine Physician and Researcher
Lifespan Hospital

Maria Sullivan, Director
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Jared Supple, MD
House Staff Officer in Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Amy Matson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician, The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital
Brown Physicians, Inc.

Stephen Traub, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician
Brown Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital