Dr. Castillo is currently on staff at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam, WI. He has 41 years of experience in ophthalmology including fellowship training in anatomy. He is beginning his 42nd year of full-time practice and has recently been appointed the assistant service line medical director of eye care services for Marshfield Clinic Health Systems. Dr. Castillo is board certified by the American Board of Physician Specialties in ophthalmology and the American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He is a clinical associate professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison and a clinical assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, Dr. Castillo is active in Gideons International. He was recently recognized for his 25 years of service in Lions Club International, and he has served in leadership positions in national, state, and local medical organizations. Dr. Castillo has been awarded lifetime membership in the American Osteopathic Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Maxwell-Schmidt served as an emergency medicine physician with Doctors Emergency Services PA and the immediate past president of AAPS. She is board certified in emergency medicine with 31 years in practice. She is actively involved with the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM) and the AAEP Emergency Medicine Post-Graduate Training Program (GTP) Committee, serving as a senior inspector for AAEP EM GTP and contributing to establishing national standards for the programs. Dr. Maxwell-Schmidt has provided both on site and virtual re-inspections of programs and recruited BCEM physicians to inspect programs.

Dr. Mukau is currently a clinical faculty member in emergency medicine at the University of California San Diego and regional director of the California Bridge program offering technical and logistical assistance to 14 hospitals in Southern California trying to build MAT programs and Bridge clinics. Dr. Mukau is board certified in emergency medicine and has been practicing emergency medicine for more than 30 years. Dr. Mukau has recently been involved in opioid use disorder clinical research and is the recipient of numerous grants to study and implement medication for addiction treatment (MAT) programs. He has served as chair of the AAPS CME Committee for the past 7 years and was recently elected to serve as the AAPS Membership Officer.

Dr. Browne is currently an emergency medicine attending physician at ACL Hospital in Acoma, New Mexico, where he has been for the past two years. He has over 30 years of experience in emergency medicine and operational and combat medicine. Dr. Browne's many board certifications include emergency medicine, disaster medicine, and family medicine, and he is qualified as a naval flight surgeon. His academic appointments have included assistant professorships at McGill University, the University of Minnesota and clinical faculty at Naval Hospital, Okinawa Japan and at Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Browne has served in the US military in multiple theaters of operation, attaining the rank of Captain United States Navy and has been awarded military decorations for his medical and surgical services.

After 35 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. Gilbert recently retired from Heywood Healthcare in Gardner and Athol, MA, where she served on multiple committees and was director of UMass Medical School student clerkships in the ED. She continues to practice medicine as a VMC (Virtual Medical Control) physician for Commonwealth Care Alliance in Boston, doing tele-health urgent care part time, and she was recently named medical director for a new AFC Urgent Care Center in Hudson, NH. Dr. Gilbert is board certified by ABPS/BCEM in emergency medicine and has spent the last 25+ years working with the organization to improve certification. Her honors include Physician of the Year 2002 from the American Academy of Emergency Physicians, the David McCann Devotion Award, and the Steven Carin Giddy-Up Leadership Award. She was also the first recipient of the AAPS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Romanosky is currently the medical director and state emergency preparedness coordinator in the Office of Preparedness and Response of the Maryland Department of Health. He came to the state health department after a full-time practice in emergency medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine, emergency medicine, and disaster medicine. Dr. Romanosky is a recognized subject matter expert (SME) in disaster and emergency medicine, participating in several federal and state panels and workgroups, i.e., National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine Pediatric Anthrax Vaccination and Strategic National Stockpile Global Resource Scarcity. He was the assistant medical director for one of the nation’s first tactical emergency medical services teams trained to provide lifesaving care to victims during special operations such as active shooter incidents. In addition, Dr. Romanosky has taught and presented at the international level as a SME and instructor in weapons of mass destruction and hospital-based management of mass casualty events for the US State Department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program. His current position involves disaster and emergency management in a behind-the-scenes manner facilitating and supporting on-scene disaster and emergency response operations. Dr. Romanosky is the point person for Maryland’s efforts to support medical and healthcare delivery to residents of Ukraine. To date, he has overseen the donation and shipment of 200 ventilators, personal protective equipment, ballistic plates, panels, etc. All total donations exceed $12,000,000; more than 200 pallets and five tractor-trailer loads of donated supplies and equipment.

Dr. Mukau is currently a clinical faculty member in emergency medicine at the University of California San Diego and regional director of the California Bridge program offering technical and logistical assistance to 14 hospitals in Southern California trying to build MAT programs and Bridge clinics. Dr. Mukau is board certified in emergency medicine and has been practicing emergency medicine for more than 30 years. Dr. Mukau has recently been involved in opioid use disorder clinical research and is the recipient of numerous grants to study and implement medication for addiction treatment (MAT) programs. He has served as chair of the AAPS CME Committee for the past 7 years and was recently elected to serve as the AAPS Membership Officer.

Dr. Clarke is currently on staff at WVU Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. He has practiced emergency medicine for 31 years and has been board certified through ABPS since 1997. Dr. Clarke founded and currently serves as emergency medicine fellowship director of the EM Fellowship at WVU Medicine. He has a degree in chemical engineering, completed a residency in internal medicine at West Virginia University, and attended medical school at Marshall University. Dr. Clarke has focused his efforts on mindfulness and contemplation, is a 2017 cohort of the Living School at The Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and completed the first Inner MBA program in 2020 offered by Harvard Business School and New York University. He resides in Washington, Pennsylvania, with his wife Jennifer and youngest daughter, Maddie, and has three grandchildren.

Dr. Ideyi is currently on staff and chief medical director at CoreHealth Medical Center and Vascular Radiology Associates. He has 20 years of experience in diagnostic radiology, and he is fellowship-trained in vascular and interventional radiology. Dr. Ideyi is board certified in diagnostic radiology. Prior to his present position, Dr. Ideyi was an assistant professor at Columbia University and Downstate Medical Center, respectively. Dr. Ideyi’s honors include the Board of Certification in Radiology Physician of the Year Award, Physician Recognition Award of the American Medical Association, and Outstanding Professional Award of America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals.

Dr. LeBlond is board certified in family medicine and emergency medicine, completing his residency and emergency medicine fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where he was a chief resident. He is a full-time emergency physician for the Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, TN. He is a course director for the Emergency Medicine Lecture Series and a North Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Committee member. He is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, associate professor at Christian Brothers University, adjunct clinical faculty at Lincoln Memorial University, and instructor with the Memphis Fire Department. Dr. LeBlond is currently the faculty advisor for the University of Tennessee’s Wilderness, Austere, and Remote Medicine Student Interest Group. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and has served on the Wilderness Medical Society’s CME Committee since 2012, as Chair since 2020, and on the Academy Oversight Committee since 2015.

Dr. Allison is currently on staff at Carrollton Regional Medical Center in Carrollton, Texas.  He has 18  years of experience in emergency medicine, including fellowship training in medical education.  Dr. Allison is board certified in emergency medicine and family medicine and is a Certified Physician Executive. In addition, he holds an academic appointment as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. 

Dr. Chiasson is the director of the fellowship at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and an associate professor of clinical medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona.  Dr. Chiasson graduated with honors from Dalhousie School of Medicine in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and completed a residency in family medicine at the University of British Columbia. She is board certified in integrative medicine, family medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine.  Dr. Chiasson currently serves on the American Board of Integrative Medicine.  She has practiced integrative family medicine in the United States and Canada. She has served as a medical director for Valor Hospice, associate medical director for Casa De La Luz Hospice, and medical director of The Haven – a Women’s Substance Use Disorder Recovery Center in Tucson, Arizona.

Dr. Diazcadena is currently on staff at St. Joseph Hospital Medical Center and John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.  He completed his residency in obstetrics & gynecology at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix (now University Banner Medical Center) in 1998 and is board certified in OB/GYN by ABPS. He has had a private OB/GYN practice, Sonora Women’s Healthcare, since 2003.  Dr. Diazcadena served as a member of the co-management team of OB/GYN at St. Joseph Hospital, Dignity Health in Phoenix, Arizona. He also served as the Women and Infant Service Line Department chair at Abrazo Central Campus (formerly Phoenix Baptist Hospital) Tenet Healthcare, as well as on the Medical Executive Committee, the Credentialing Committee, and a co-management project for the surgical suite.

Dr. Fernandez is currently on staff at multiple acute and long-term hospitals in Miami, Florida. He has over 25 years of experience in nephrology, including fellowship training in nephrology and transplant nephrology. Dr. Fernandez is board in internal medicine. Prior to his present position, he was an assistant professor at Florida International University and assistant dean of International Studies for Internal Medicine and Nephrology, and coordinator of the International Medical Student program. Currently, Dr. Fernandez is a managing partner of South Florida Kidney Partners, and he is the medical director of Select Specialty Hospital in Miami Lakes, Florida.

Dr. Matos-Garsault was born in Costa Rica, where he earned his medical degree from the University of Medical Sciences. He is an active member of the Costa Rica College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Matos trained as a surgical intern at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, followed by a residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in pain medicine at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of pain medicine, with a special interest in spinal cord injury and integrative medicine. After spending his career in private practice, Dr. Matos joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2019 and partnered with the Gainesville VA to develop the Jacksonville Interventional Pain Medicine program, where he is currently the lead physician. Dr. Matos is a Board-certified anesthesiologist and diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Medicine. He resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife and their four children.

Dr. Rey is currently on staff at Hialeah Hospital and Coral Gables Hospital in Miami, Florida.  Dr. Rey has more than 20 years of experience in diagnostic radiology, including fellowship training in body imaging. He is board certified in diagnostic radiology. Dr. Rey is the administrative director of the Florida International University Medical Education Program and professor of radiology for the International Medical Program. In addition, he is part of the Medical Care Review Committee at Hialeah Hospital.

Dr. Simmons is currently a clinical professor at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He has 18 years of experience in critical care medicine, including fellowship training in critical care. Dr. Simmons is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, neurocritical care, and disaster medicine. He is the chief of critical care medicine, surgical medical director of CVICU, medical director of the Special Pathogens Unit, and the chair of emergency management. In addition, he serves on numerous committees, including the Emergency Management Committee, Critical Care Committee, the Hospital Incident Command System, Organ Donation Advisory Committee, Clinical Staff Affairs Committee, and the Clinical Systems Committee. Dr. Simmons’ honors include multiple teaching awards and the Best Consulting Provider Award. 

Dr. Smith is a board-certified surgical oncologist.   She trained at the Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut and completed a fellowship at The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, where she stayed for almost 25 years as an upper GI cancer surgeon and then as a physician executive. Dr. Smith obtained a masters in administrative medicine from the University of Wisconsin and certification as a physician executive. For her service to the community, developing and leading the Spectrum Health Cancer Center, she received West Michigan’s Brilliance Award – “Woman of the Year” and the Cancer Research Consortium of West Michigan Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service. Dr. Smith’s areas of expertise as an executive are strategic planning, quality improvement, and business development. Within the AAPS, she is a founding member and past chair of the American Board of Administrative Medicine and sits on the Board of Directors as chair of the AAPS Strategic Planning Committee.