Abbas Husain, MD, is a Canadian transplant who trained in Philadelphia at Drexel University and then moved to NYC where he is the Associate Residency Director of Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital - Northwell Health. His academic interests include global health and integration of technology in medicine. Along with his strong support of FOAMed, he has a keen interest in clinical operations and medical education.
Laura Melville MD is an attending physician and Resident Research Director at New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she has been since graduating from residency at SUNY Downstate lo these many years ago. She also serves as faculty for the Peds EM Fellowship, as she has always split her clinical time between adult and pediatric shifts. Dr. Melville is also on the Board of Directors for New York ACEP, and serves as Chair for the NY ACEP Research Committee. Her interests are many, and include diversity, medical education, critical care, trauma, adult and pediatric appendicitis, and patient/parent perceptions and values in regards to medical care. She also loves her her family (husband and two boys) oysters, wine, and is an unapologetic Dr. Who nerd.