Current Fellows
2nd Year Fellow Adrienne Clermont, MD
Dr. Adrienne Clermont was on the ground from February 1-14, delivering daily bedside teaching, twice-daily case discussions, and didactic lectures to physicians, nurses, and medical and nursing students in the emergency department. She also led a simulation session with ED staff, guiding teams through three clinical scenarios and providing structured debriefing to sharpen real-time decision-making.
In mid-April, Dr. Clermont traveled to Mumbai, India, for the Faculty Development Workshop, where she joined the faculty to facilitate sessions and breakout groups, reinforcing the division's depth of expertise in this work. Additionally, Dr. Clermont visited three of the Max Hospital GWU-MEM sites to provide two days of clinical teaching, focusing on Heme/Onc/Derm material (per the monthly curriculum) and oral board practice.
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Recent Grads
Dr. Aubrie Ford (2024-2026) & Dr. Mallika Manyapu (2023-2025)
India
In January, Dr. Aubrie Ford visited the Delhi and Dehradun Max sites and Aster Bangalore, conducting bedside teaching, simulation, and oral boards review. She also collaborated with local faculty to co-develop an educational intervention on workplace safety.
BEC Training at SAEM Conference
In May 2026, Drs. Mallika Manyapu and Aubrie Ford traveled to the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual conference, where Dr. Manyapu coordinated and led a Basic Emergency Care (BEC) Course and Train-the-Trainer session ahead of the conference. The course was successfully implemented; Dr. Manyapu is set to lead the BEC program again next year.
Additionally, Dr. Manyapu received a Global Educator Award, a well-deserved recognition of her contributions to emergency medicine education worldwide.
Dr. Jerry Oommen (2024-2026)
Uganda
In a visit spanning four cities and three hospitals across Uganda, Dr. Jerry Oommen advanced his project to scale up emergency resuscitation in low-resource settings, bringing both hands-on education and lasting tools to sites in Yumbe, Katakwi, Mbarara, and Kampala. Dr. Oommen taught basic emergency care and ultrasound skills and donated Butterfly ultrasound devices to each site, equipping local teams with technology that extends the impact of his visit well beyond his time on the ground.
