Department of Emergency Medicine
Social Emergency Medicine
On the frontlines of emergency care, Social EM is a vital bridge into our community that meets people where they are.
Social Emergency Medicine
On the frontlines of emergency care, Social EM is a vital bridge into our community that meets people where they are.
Brown Social Emergency Medicine brings focus to the structural forces that perpetuate health inequalities, both within the Emergency Department and beyond. At the frontlines of the healthcare system, we bear daily witness to the ways in which social determinants of health influence our patients and communities. SEM uses the lens of the ED to investigate social patterns of health inequity, identify social needs contributing to disease, and develop interventions to decrease disparities for underserved and marginalized populations.
Our overarching goal is to promote equity in health care delivery and health outcomes through four main areas of action: research, advocacy, education, and clinical care delivery.
Division Leadership
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Rebecca Karb, MD, PhD
Director, Social EM Division, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine -
Christa Pulvino, MD, MPH, MBA
Director, Social EM Fellowship, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Social EM Initiatives
In the ED, our Community Health Workers and Peer Recovery Specialists serve as an important bridge between the hospital and the community. They are uniquely positioned and equipped to assist our most marginalized and at-risk patient populations in improving their health and well-being.
Street Medicine is the practice of bringing quality healthcare out of clinics/hospitals and into the community, meeting people where they are—streets, parks, encampments, under bridges, etc. Street Medicine is a means of both delivering much-needed acute care as well as facilitating trust-building and healing between the medical community and people who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness, thus creating the opportunity for engagement with comprehensive, longitudinal care. Accessible and compassionate medical care has the power to restore dignity to this marginalized population that often feels abandoned by both society and the health care system. The Street Medicine team includes physicians, nurses, APPs, residents, and medical students across a variety of specialties including Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Addiction Medicine. We work in close collaboration with local community organizations who provide non-medical street-based outreach services such as case management, harm reduction, and basic needs provision.
Social Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Sponsored by Brown EM and affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and its school of public health, our two-year* academic fellowship offers a rich array of practice opportunities and mentorship in all key domains of Social Emergency Medicine, including clinical care, research, administration, education, and advocacy.
Social EM Faculty
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Fahad Ali, MD
Director, Diversity Education, Recruitment, & Community Engagement; Vice-Chair, Brown Emergency Medicine BDEI Group; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Meghan Beucher, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Clinician Educator -
Almaz Dessie, MD
Director, Diversity & Inclusion; Chair, Brown Emergency Medicine BDEI Group; Director, Pediatric EM Ultrasound Fellowship; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine -
Susan Duffy, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics -
Alison Hayward, MD, MPH
Coordinator, Global EM Education, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Teaching Scholar -
Naz Karim, MD, MSc, MHA, MPH
Director, Global EM Fellowship, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Teaching Scholar -
Denise Marte, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine -
Kyle Denison Martin, DO, MA, MPH, DTM&H
Associate Director, Global EM Fellowship, Associate Division Director, Division of Global Health, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator, Rwanda Site Coordinator -
Katelyn Moretti, MD, MSCTR
Co-Lead, EM Journal Club; Climate Change and Healthcare Sustainability Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine -
Michelle Myles, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Gianna Petrone, DO, MS
Assistant Program Director, EM Residency, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Heather Rybasack-Smith, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Otis Warren, MD
Patient Services Coordinator, TMHED, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Rachel Wightman, MD
Director, Toxicology and Addiction Medicine, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine & Epidemiology, Teaching Scholar -
Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM
Director, EM Clinical Research , Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
