Unique Challenges of Women in Emergency Medicine: From Staff Physicians to Leadership and Beyond

Monday, April 13, 2026

10:25 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Location: Grand III - 4th Floor

CE: 0.75 CME Credit

Panel Moderator(s)

Julie T. Vieth, MD FAAEM

Division Chief, Clinical Operations; Medical Director
University of Vermont Health Network
Shelburne, Vermont

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panelist(s)

Kerri Layman, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Immediate Past Chair; Department of Emergency Medicine. Associate Professor Emergency Medicine
N/A
Alexandria, Virginia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Megan Healy, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Christine DeSanno, DO, FAAEM, FACEP (she/her/hers)

Chief of Service
NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk
Huntington, New York

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Julie T. Vieth, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Kerri Layman, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Megan Healy, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Christine DeSanno, DO, FACEP: No financial relationships to disclose

A candid, practical leadership conversation with mid‑career women in emergency medicine, focused on sponsorship, negotiation, sustainability, and navigating power and visibility. Panelists will share real experiences—and hard‑won lessons—from the “messy middle” of leadership in EM.

Learning Objectives:

List the challenges that define the role of women in emergency medicine
describe inequities in pay and valuation of women in the field of emergency medicine as created by the RVU system
demonstrate an understanding of the problem of female longevity in the field of emergency medicine