Members
Leadership
Chair
Associate Professor Hamed Akhlaghi
Associate Professor Hamed Akhlaghi is an Emergency Medicine Consultant and Head of Emergency Medicine Research (Epicentre) at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. He previously served as Director of Emergency Medicine Trainees, where he was actively involved in supporting registrar education, wellbeing, career progression, and professional development. He has also supervised numerous medical students and junior doctors in research projects and academic activities, with a strong focus on fostering early research engagement and developing future clinician-researchers.
In addition to his educational and leadership roles, A/Prof Akhlaghi maintains an interest in healthcare innovation and the responsible integration of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, into clinical practice and medical education.
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Vice Chair
Dr George Miller
Dr. George Miller is an Emergency Medicine Doctor with extensive experience in the NGO sector, with expertise in strategic planning, programme delivery, and capacity building.
His leadership work includes senior roles across several international organisations, including serving as a Regional President at Amnesty International, a member of the International Advisory Council at Action Against Hunger, and Chair of the Executive Committee at the Healthcare Leadership Academy- an organisation focused on addressing global healthcare challenges through education. He brings a wealth of expertise in global health systems, humanitarian strategy, and healthcare leadership.
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Interested to join EECSIG?
The EEC SIG welcomes new members who are members/trainees of IFEM member organisations. The ideal time to join is either in the final year of EM residency training, during their time as a fellow of an EM subspecialty training program, or within the first several years after completion of training. The EEC SIG also welcomes new members who are not members of an IFEM member organisation, provided they can contribute to the work of the
EEC SIG.
Dr Navid Azad is the membership lead of EEC SIG. Any questions about joining, please email him on [email protected]
How to Apply?
To apply to be a member (membership is free), please complete the online application form and submit a short CV. Once your application is reviewed by the EEC SIG leadership, you will be contacted directly regarding the result of your application. You may join other special interest groups of IFEM in addition to EEC SIG, provided you are willing to contribute also to their work.
Currently we have members from Africa, Asia, Australiasia and the Pacific, Europe, and North America. We are particularly looking for members from Latin America, as well as additional members from the other global regions listed, to ensure we have representation in all the official six global regions of IFEM. We are also looking for representatives from regional trainee and young EM physician organisations around the world.