EM Administration Advanced Mentorship

The two-year Stanford EM Administrative Advanced Mentorship is approved by SAEM as a fellowship. 

At Stanford, we use the term "advanced mentorship program" (per university naming guidelines) for what many other institutions call a "fellowship." Advanced mentors at Stanford receive the same high-level training, resources, and opportunities you'd find in a fellowship elsewhere.

This program provides future leaders with valuable experience in all aspects of emergency department management.

Participants enjoy a resource-rich, entrepreneurial environment and collaboration with faculty, nursing, and hospital leadership.  They have innovative opportunities to explore and experience the many facets of clinical operations and strategy in an academic emergency department.

Fellows/mentees are active participants in all major department operational and strategic planning discussions and meetings.  And they are immersed in a department that is undergoing a tremendous growth phase, including an expansion into digital health.

• Fellows/mentees are appointed as clinical instructors at the Stanford University School of Medicine and combine clinical shifts in an academic teaching hospital with didactics, and participation in committees and projects at Stanford Health Care on:
• quality
• operations
• process improvement
• lean management
• billing/coding
• change management
• digital health & innovation

 

Fellows/mentees also participate in formal Stanford process improvement/quality improvement programs for clinician leaders. These programs leverage top speakers from Stanford Health Care, Stanford Business School, and other institutions.  The two-year program also allows fellows the opportunity to pursue a graduate degree, such as an MBA or equivalent degree, at highly ranked programs around the country.

Fellows/mentees also choose an area of focus to develop more depth in knowledge and experience. Graduates of this program will be prepared to embark on a leadership track in an academic or community hospital setting.

This program is ideal for board-eligible or board-certified graduates of ACGME emergency medicine residency programs.

Clinical Curriculum

• Development of strong clinical skills early in career
• Understanding systems issues as a clinician and as an administrator
• Building relationships with nursing staff and nursing leadership
• Mentoring residents and medical students

 

Didactics

• Stanford Operating System (SOS) Executive Training Sessions: Stanford Health Care management philosophy
• Lean Management: understanding a powerful management tool used in healthcare systems across the country
• Participation in Stanford Medicine Improvement Training Programs

 

Graduate Education

Fellows/mentees are encouraged to pursue a graduate degree during their fellowship. MBA degrees are preferred graduate programs, but for applicants who already have MBAs, or have interests in other areas, other graduate degrees and program certifications may be considered.

Leadership, Operations, and Process Improvement

• Medical Executive Committee
• Credentials
• ED Quality Committee
• Trauma Quality Committee
• Clinical Task Forces (e.g. Sepsis)

• Kaizen/Rapid Process Improvement Work
• Trauma Process Improvement Committee
• Future Patient Value Stream

 

Area of Focus

Fellows/mentees concentrate on one aspect of management through a focused project designed with the fellowship director. Possible topics include:

• Redesigning triage
• Optimal staffing for an emergency department
• Development of surge plans 
• Improving Fast Track processes
• Reducing readmissions
• Design Thinking
• Biodesign
• Entrepreneurship in healthcare
• Startups
• Healthcare finance
• Clinical design

 

Cross Training

Learn from another industry through a short rotation (eg, management consulting, venture capital, healthcare startup, telemedicine, biodesign). Dependent on available opportunities.

 

Research

• Review current literature on operations and process improvement strategies.
• Opportunity to design a research project and publish in peer-reviewed journals

Fellows combine clinical shifts in an academic teaching hospital with didactics. 

• Fellows are required to work 8 shifts per month (approximately 15 hours per week) as Attending Physician in the emergency department (ED) at Stanford University Hospital, with an academic appointment of Clinical Instructor in the Clinician Educator Line at Stanford University. 
• While attending in the ED, fellows supervise residents and medical students. 
• Clinical time is spent at Stanford University Hospital which is a world-renowned medical center.  It is a Level 1 Adult and Pediatric trauma center with aero-medical transport. The diverse and high acuity patient population provides an excellent opportunity to continue to master clinical skills.  
• All fellows must be ABEM board certified/eligible.

Previous Fellows/Mentees

2022-2024
Jae-yeon (Jamie) Lee, MD
Medical Director of Walk-in Clinic, Stanford University

2021-2023
Brett Cohen, MD
TeleMedicine Lead, Dept of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University

2020-2022
Divya Kurian, MD
Emergency Department Clinical Operations
Stanford University, VA Palo Alto Health Care

2019-2020
Michael Losak, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Decision Unit, Stanford Emergency Department
Assistant Professor, Stanford University

2018-2019
Nida F. Degesys, MD
Medical Director, Age Friendly Emergency Department, UCSF Parnassus
Assistant Medical Director, UCSF Parnassus Adult Emergency Department
Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Medicine

2017-2019
Ryan Ribeira, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Stanford Emergency Department
Assistant Professor, Stanford University

 

Important Dates

Actively accepting applications. The deadline to submit your application is September 10, 2026.

Eligibility

• Board-eligible or board-certified emergency medicine physician from 4-year ACGME-accredited emergency medicine residency programs or 3-year ACGME EM programs with minimum 1 year post-graduate experience

•  Must be eligible for an unrestricted CA medical license
• Demonstrated high academic achievement
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated interest in administration and health care management
• Entrepreneurial spirit

To Apply

Submit:

• CV
• Three Letters of Reference
• Letter of Interest

Send to Jessica Salazar .and cc Dr. Shashank Ravi