Faculty: OSU
Eric Adkins, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Adkins earned two Bachelor’s degrees (Chemistry and Biology) from West Virginia University where he continued his education to earn his medical degree. He completed a 5 year residency program for both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at Christiana Care Health Services in Delaware, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. For the past three years he has been a Fellow in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at OSU, again, serving as Chief Fellow this past year. He is also graduating this quarter with a Masters Degree in Medical Science at OSU. Dr. Adkins will focus his efforts on Critical Care in the Emergency Department. He will be splitting clinical time with 75% in the Emergency Department and 25% in the Intensive Care Unit.


Mark Angelos, M.D.
Professor and Interim Chairman
Mark G. Angelos, MD, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University School of Medicine and Interim Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Angelos graduated from the University of Utah School with a MD degree. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Wright State University and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine. Dr. Angelos directs a research laboratory which is focused on myocardial ischemia and reperfusion and cardiac arrest.


Daniel Bachmann, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bachmann earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry with a minor in Russian from Case Western Reserve University where he continued his education earning a medical degree. Following medical school, he served in the Navy as an Undersea & Diving Medical Officer. Dr. Bachmann has varied interests including hyperbaric medicine and disaster medicine. He loves to travel and is always looking for international medicine opportunities. He’s done medical mission work on four of the seven continents (and has a goal to serve all seven). He and his wife Gina have two girls, Addison and Olivia, one son Xavier and one dog, Bismarck.


David Bahner, M.D., RDMS
Associate Professor & Director of Ultrasound
Dr. Bahner graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1995. He completed a residency in emergency medicine from the Ohio State University in 1998. During his residency he became very active in ultrasound and completed his RDMS certification in 2000. He has been active at the national level as the inaugural emergency ultrasound section leader at the AIUM and was recently nominated to the Board of Governors of the AIUM, the oldest ultrasound organization in the world. He is the first emergency physician ever to sit on this AIUM board. He continues to champion ultrasound education and has established an Ultrasound Academy at Ohio State with multiple opportunities for medical students, residents and faculty to learn sonographic techniques. He has presented multiple abstracts on ultrasound education, wireless ultrasound, stress and evidence-based learning.


Aaron Bernard, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Aaron Bernard is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He graduated summa cum-laude with a degree in Zoology at Miami University. He then graduated AOA from medical school at Stony Brook University. Dr. Bernard completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. He is currently the Director of the Third Year Emergency Medicine Elective and the Assistant Director of the Fourth Year Emergency Medicine Clerkship (DOC-1). He also is an instructor of the college of medicine's Clinical Assessment and Problem Solving Course (CAPS). Dr. Bernard's research interests are focused on undergraduate medical education.


Creagh Boulger, MD
Assistant Professor



Jeffrey Caterino, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Jeffrey M. Caterino, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Caterino is also Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies with a B.A. in History at Dartmouth College and attended medical school at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Caterino completed a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital where he served as Chief Resident. He is board certified in both disciplines and serves clinically as an attending physician in the ED, the observation unit, and on the General Medicine inpatient teaching services. His primary research interest is in geriatric emergency medicine with a specific focus in diagnosis and treatment of geriatric infectious diseases. In 2010, Dr. Caterino received an NIH K23 Paul B. Beeson Patient-Oriented Research Development Award in Aging from the National Institute on Aging, John A. Hartford Foundation, and American Federation for Aging Research. Dr. Caterino is also the recipient of a 2007 American Geriatrics Society Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award.


Michael Cudnik, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Michael T. Cudnik, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and is an attending physician at the Ohio State University Medical Center, working at both the Main and East Campus. He went to medical school at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton OH, then returned to his hometowm of Cleveland OH where he completed his residency at Case Western Reserve University/Metrohealth Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he served as a chief resident. He also served as flight physician for Lifeflight during this time. After residency, he completed a 2 year clinical research fellowship as well as an MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland OR. His research interests are prehospital care clinical outcomes, with an emphasis on cardiac and trauma resuscitation.


Mark DeBard, M.D.
Professor
Mark L. DeBard, MD, FACEP, is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, and an Attending Emergency Physician at University Hospital East. Dr. DeBard was one of the first ABEM-certified physicians and Clinical Professors of Emergency Medicine in the country. Dr. DeBard has been particularly active in medical politics, having been President of Ohio ACEP, a member of the Board of Directors of National ACEP, and Speaker of the ACEP Council. He has been extensively involved in medical student and resident education throughout his more than 30 year career at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio as well as at Ohio State. He has received Teacher of the Year awards from students and residents at both locations, and has lectured extensively at EM residency programs throughout the country.


Michael Dick, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Director, OSU East ED
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine Residency: Emergency Medicine, Ohio State Medical Center Medical School: Ohio State University Undergraduate: University of Colorado Board Certification: Emergency Medicine Academic/Research Interests: EM critical care


Travis Eastin, MD
Assistant Professor and Assc. Residency Director
Dr. Eastin attended University of Iowa and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science, completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Indiana University. He recently completed a Medical Education Fellowship at the University of Virginia, Department of Emergency Medicine and is also pursuing a Masters of Science Degree in Medical Education Leadership from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.


Emile El-Shammaa, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Emile El-Shammaa, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and medical school at Duke University, followed by emergency medicine residency at the Ohio State University. He then completed a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is currently dual clinical faculty at the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital emergency departments, as well as the ACLS Medical Director at OSU. His clinical interests include education, pediatrics, emergency ophthalmology, and ultrasound. e-mail: el-shammaa.1@osu.edu


Diane Gorgas, M.D.
Associate Professor; Residency Co-Director
Diane Gorgas is a 1990 graduate of Case Western University College of Medicine. She completed a residency in Emergency Medicine in 1994 at the University of Cincinnati, serving as chief resident from 1993-1994. Dr. Gorgas joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in 1994 and has since been involved with Residency Education and Administration. Initially serving as Associate Residency Director, her areas of interest stemmed from Resident didactic education and clinical bedside teaching. In 1998 she became Co-residency Director along with Dan Martin, and in 2010 assumed the Residency Director position. Her contributions to the program have included developing a small group forum for the didactic sessions as well as a monthly skills lab curriculum. Current areas of interest and research include individualized residency education, testing preparation, and clinical research in body mass index in relation to ED length of stay and utilization. She received the Ohio State University College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Teacher of the Year Award in 2005 and the Courage to Teach Award in 2010. She is a national lecturer for American College of Emergency Physicians, specializing in Life Long Learning and Self-Assessment, and has been an American Board of Emergency Medicine Oral Examiner since 2001 and an ABEM item writer since 2010.


Sarah Greenberger, MD
Assistant Professor
Sarah Greenberger is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. She completed her undergraduate studies at Swarthmore College, earning a degree in psychology, before attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University. She subsequently completed her residency in emergency medicine at Orlando Regional Medical Center, in Orlando, Florida. Prior to joining OSU in 2011, she worked for three years at Virginia Hospital Center, in Arlington, Virginia. Her academic interests include residency education, obesity and emergency medicine, and group dynamics in the emergency department.


Ann Haynes, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Haynes completed a 6 year combined BS/MD program at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). Her residency in emergency medicine was at The Ohio State University. She then worked for several years in community hospitals before returning to OSU as an attending in the ED at OSU East. She lives on Buckeye Lake with her husband Bill and son John.


Andrew Jacques, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jacques earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He then earned a medical degree from Wright State. He completed his Residency at Akron General where he served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. He then continued at Akron General as a faculty member. He has a strong interest in the enrichment of medical education and medical practice through humanities education and participation. He also has interests in palliative care and end of life care, ethics, geriatrics and public policy. He and his wife Mindy have two beautiful girls, Emerson and Adeline.


Colin Kaide, M.D.
Associate Professor
Colin Kaide is a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine. As a native of Chicago, Illinois, he completed Medical School and Undergrad at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University (1993-1996). After residency he served as the assistant director of the emergency department in Lima, Ohio for 3 years while serving as part-time faculty at OSU. In 2000 he joined the department at OSU full time. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. In addition to emergency medicine, he completed advanced training in wound care and is certified by the Council for Medical Education and Testing. He does wound care at the Ohio State Comprehensive Wound Center. Academic interests include: Medical education, Rapid-sequence intubation and the advanced management of the difficult airway, procedural sedation, hyperbaric medicine and chronic wound care. He was honored as "Teacher of the Year" for the Department of Emergency Medicine (2008) and has received both the OSU COM Excellence in Teaching Award (2004) and Outstanding Teaching Award (2008). One of his outside interests is martial arts. He has participated in the combative arts since 1978 and holds a 3rd-degree black belt in Goshin Jitsu. He has been a teacher of self-defense since high school and has developed a specialized course for EMS providers and healthcare professionals. He also has developed a medical software company that produces a computer-based medical record product that creates computerized ED discharge instructions, prescriptions, and work excuses.


Melissa Kerg, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Melissa Kerg, MD graduated from Smith College earning a BA in Economics and Chemistry. She then completed medical school at the University of Cincinnati in 1999 and completed residency in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University in 2002. Her interests surround clinical work and educating residents. She enjoys working at our affiliated urban community hospital, OSU Hosptial East. Dr. Kerg is married with two children.


Craig Key, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Director, OSU Center for EMS
Dr. Craig Key’s undergraduate education led to a degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University. He obtained his Medical Doctorate from The Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo Medical School). Following medical school, Dr. Key completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. After residency, Dr. Key went to Houston to participate in an Emergency Medical Services Fellowship under the direction of Dr. Paul Pepe. Upon Dr. Pepe’s subsequent departure from Houston, Key was named Interim Director of the Emergency Medical Services system for the City of Houston, Fire Department. With the selection of Dr. David Persse as the new EMS director for Houston, Dr. Key was promoted to Associate Medical Director. While in Houston, Dr. Key was on faculty with the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in the Department of Emergency Medicine where he was a Clinical Assistant Professor with the residency program. He also held an appointment as Assistant Professor with the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Key is on faculty with The Ohio State University as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. He enjoys teaching residents and participating with local EMS agencies. He is also active with the National Association of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Among his academic activities, he has authored or contributed to many publications and professional presentations concerning the subject of out-of-hospital cardiac care and the need for early recognition, response and treatment of heart attacks. He has also developed and implemented research concerning the subject of out-of-hospital resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch. He continues to be interested in better defining the role of Emergency Medical Services in the treatment of cardiac disease, resuscitation, emergency medical dispatch EMS system design.


Sorabh Khandelwal, M.D.
Associate Professor
Sorabh Khandelwal, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is a proud member of Buckeye Nation having completed his undergraduate and medical school studies at Oho State. He completed an EM residency at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Khandelwal serves as Director of Hyperbaric Medicine as well as Associate Director of Oho State's Comprehensive Wound Center. Within the College of Medicine, Dr, Khandelwal serves as Director of the EM clerkship as well as Director of Ohio State's Procedural Curriculum. His clinical and research interests revolve around education and hyperbaric medicine.


Samuel Kiehl, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Samuel Kiehl, MD was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1946. His family was among the first settlers of Franklin County, Ohio in the early 1800's. He currently lives on the family farm where many of the original settlers are buried. He did his undergraduate training at The Ohio State University, where he majored in Mathematics and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1967. He then attended medical school at OSU and graduated in 1971. He did a year of internal medicine residency at York Hospital in York, PA. In 1972 he was drafted as a military physician and served 2 years in the Navy at the end of the Vietnam war. He returned to Columbus in 1974 where he worked as a full-time emergency physician at Riverside Methodist Hospitals. In 1980, he became the director of the ED at RMH. Shortly thereafter, with Dr. Rund and OSU ED, he and RMH ED cofounded the EM residency program that is now at OSU. The RMH ED became a national model for many of our processes and he was asked to present at several national symposia on some of these. He started a billing company in 1980, which he still owns. It provides services to @ 20 clients in states east of the Mississippi. We have @ 100 employees, half of which are in India. He has been a prolific reviewer of medical malpractice cases. He has reviewed over 1000 cases and has testified at trial or deposition @ 400 times. He is a partner in many business ventures which are interesting and fun. I was an officer and board member at Ohio ACEP for 10 years and was the state reimbursement chairman during that time. One of those years, he was selected as the Ohio Emergency Physician of the year. He is married to a high school friend and just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They have 6 children, all of whom are married and they have 17 grandchildren. He does a lot of volunteer work in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have served as a priesthood leader in that organization for over 30 years. For recreation, he enjoys golf and spending time with his family.


Nicholas Kman, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nicholas Kman earned his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. He then continued at The Ohio State University College of Medicine where he was awarded the SAEM Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kman trained at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where he was a Chief Resident his senior year. Currently, his research interests include Medical Student Education. He the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine and is currently helping to facilitate an honors program in Emergency Medicine for 4th year medical students. Dr. Kman is also a Medical Manager for Ohio Task Force 1 which is Ohio's Urban Search and Rescue Team. He is a member of the Emergency Preparedness Committee at Ohio State and has a special interest in Disaster Preparedness.


Sheri Knepel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Sheri Knepel MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University. Dr. Knepel graduated from the University of Toledo with a BS in Pharmacy. She then completed medical school and an Emergency Medicine residency at The Ohio State University serving as Chief Resident during her senior year. Her areas of interest include pain management and education.


Cynthia Leung, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Leung earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago where she continued her education earning a PhD in Neurobiology. She then pursued a medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Case Western Reserve University.


Daniel Martin, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Daniel R. Martin, M.D. is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center and Co-Residency Director of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Martin is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and then completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Medical College of Wisconsin serving as Chief Resident during his senior year. His clinical interests include the treatment of infectious diseases in the emergency department, trauma, cardiac resuscitation and emergency medicine education. His research interests are emergency medicine treatment of infections, such as pneumonia and respiratory infections; treatment of head and neck injuries; cardiac resuscitation and vasoactive mediators; and studies of emergency medicine education such as the interactions between medical students and emergency medicine residents and bedside teaching in the ED. Dr. Martin, serves on a number of committees for the department, College of Medicine and Medical Center along with being an active member in national organizations such as Council of Residency Director (CORD) and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to name a few.


Mark Moseley, M.D., MHA, FACEP
Medical Director, Emergency Dept. & CDU
Mark G. Moseley, MD, MHA, FACEP is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director of the Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit, and Director of the Division of Observation Medicine in the Department of Emergency. Dr. Moseley is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine, as well as the OSU Graduate Program in Health Services Management and Policy. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware, and served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. Dr. Moseley has twice been honored as the Teacher of the Year for the Department of Emergency Medicine and has also received the OSU College of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2010 he was named to the Columbus Monthly's Top 40 Leaders Under 40, and in 2011 was the only Adult Emergency Physician in Columbus Ohio listed as a Best Doctor by The Best Doctors in America and Columbus Monthly Magazine. His interests include ED administration and leadership, quality and operational improvement, observation medicine, and medical necessity determinations for CMS patients. Dr. Moseley is a member of the Board of Directors for the OSU Faculty Group Practice, a member of the Board of Managers for OSU Emergency Medicine, LLC, and Founder and President of the OSU Observation Medicine, LLC. He also serves as a Physician Advisor for CMS medical necessity determinations, appeals, and denials for Utilization Management at the Medical Center.


Richard Nelson, M.D.
Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Richard N. Nelson, MD, FACEP is Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs of the department. Dr. Nelson is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at Summa Akron City Hospital. He has served as President of the Ohio Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians as well as President of the Columbus Medical Association. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine where he was recently elected Secretary-Treasurer. He edits the Qualifying Examination and chairs the Initial Certification Task Force and co-chairs the Test Development Committee. His academic and research interests include environmental emergencies, disaster preparedness, hyperbaric medicine, testing and simulation technology, and medical-legal and legislative issues in emergency medicine.


Kurt Neltner, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Neltner graduated from Thomas More College with a Biology degree in 1991. He then graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 1995. Next, he completed emergency medicine residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria in 1998. He worked 1 year in community emergency medicine prior to coming to OSU in 1999. He is married with 2 children.


Doug Rund, MD
Professor
Dr. Rund is a graduate of Yale University and the Stanford College of Medicine. He completed his residency in Medicine at UC San Francisco and in Surgery at Stanford. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and has interests in wound care, psychiatry and occupational injuries. Dr. Douglas Rund is the founder of the Department of Emergency Medicine Ohio State. He served as Departmental chair from 1990 to 2011. He resigned as chair in 2011 to continue teaching and academic work within the department. Dr. Rund became the Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State in 1978. When the Division became a full Department in 1990, he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department and has remained in that capacity until this year. During his tenure at Ohio State he has also been named Interim Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine on two occasions. He was named Associate Dean for Hospital Based Services in 2003. He was elected President of the Faculty Practice Plan, OSU Physicians, in 2003 and served in this capacity until his recent retirement as Chair. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the OSU Hospital System and Board of Directors of the OSU Health Plan. Under his leadership the Department of Emergency Medicine grew to 40 faculty members with 36 residents in the EM Program. The department has also developed fellowships in Pediatrics, Toxicology, Sports Medicine, Ultrasound, Research, Administration and Education. Rund became a member of the Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine in 1990 and served as President of the organization in 1992. He was selected to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award from ACEP in 1992. He served on the Board of Directors of The American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1988 to 1997; and as President in 1995-96. He was a member of the RRC for Emergency Medicine from 1997 to 2002. He has been active as consultant and site reviewer for new and established EM programs for many years. He has authored and edited many scientific and educational articles and texts including Essentials of Emergency Medicine with Drs. Rosen, Barkin and Sternbach.


Michael Sayre, M.D.
Associate Professor
Michael R. Sayre, MD is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati and graduated in 1980 with a degree in Natural Sciences. He then attended the University of Cincinnati and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Sayre completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA in 1987. He remained on the attending staff at Allegheny General until 1990 when he returned to Cincinnati. While on the faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Sayre focused his efforts on Emergency Medical Services. He served as the Medical Director for the EMS program of the Cincinnati Fire Division from 1992 to 2000. In 2003, Dr. Sayre moved to The Ohio State University and has focused his research on clinical trials involving the management of sudden cardiac arrest. He is active with EMS research and served as the Principal Investigator for the Ohio site in the ASPIRE clinical trial of the AutoPulse CPR assist device. He is currently the Vice-chairman of the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and the Columbus leader for Take Heart America, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Initiative.


Jilian Schwaab, M.D
Assistant Professor and Assc. Residency Director
Jilian Schwaab, M.D. is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. She completed her undergraduate training at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her medical school Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Schwaab completed emergency residency at The Ohio State University.


Sondra Shellman, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Shellman is from Fairfield, Ohio. She completed undegraduate at The Ohio State University with a BS in human nutrition. She then attended medical school at The Ohio State University. She completed residency training at North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She has been at OSU East since March of 2000. She has two children and lives in Dublin, Ohio.


Howard Werman, M.D.
Professor, Medical Director MedFlight
Howard Werman, MD is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and an Attending Physician at both OSU Medical Center and OSU East Hospitals. In addition, he is on Courtesy Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Werman graduated Duke University and attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He was a member of the first three-year residency class in Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He did a one-year Research Fellowship in Resuscitation under the mentorship of Charles Brown, MD. He has been a member of the faculty since 1984. In addition, Dr. Werman serves as Medical Director for MedFlight of Ohio, the critical care transport service in central and southeast Ohio.


Daniel Zelinski, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Daniel Zelinski, M.D. Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC). Dr. Zelinski received his doctoral training in biochemistry at Purdue University following his undergraduate training at Denison University. He completed medical school and residency in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University serving as Chief Resident during his senior year. Dr. Zelinski currently serves as medical director of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program at OSUMC. His research interests include cardiac arrest and resuscitation and the cellular/molecular changes following burn injury.


Brandy Zimmer, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Brandy Zimmer, MD (former Western New Yorker) graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a BS in Biology and Anthropology in 1995. She also is a graduate of University of Buffalo College of Medicine (SUNY Buffalo) in 1999. After completing her Emergency Medicine Residency at The Ohio State University in 2002, she has been part of OSU's faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor, focusing on community medicine at OSU East. She is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Zimmer is married, and has two sons.


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