Author: Jon Huddy

Tracy G. Sanson, MD, FACEP, is an emergency physician with more than 20 years of experience in emergency medicine education, emergency department management, and leadership. She was the director of the Division of Global Emergency Medical Sciences (GEMS) at the University of South Florida and is Co-Chief Editor of GEMS Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock. Dr. Sanson has served in several and varied leadership positions with the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), the Council of Residency Directors (CORD), and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She chairs the College”s Educational Meetings Subcommittee and is a member of the ACEP Speaker”s Bureau and the 911 network. She has been a member of the ACEP faculty for many years, including the ACEP Teaching Fellowship and the Emergency Department Directors Academy. Dr. Sanson received the National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award in 2006. Tracy has held director positions with the US Air Force, the University of South Florida, and Team Health for the past 20 years. She completed her medical degree and residency training at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has served on Team Health”s Medical Advisory Board, Patient Safety Office Division, and as faculty in their leadership courses. Dr. Sanson heads her own consulting firm, specializing in emergency department team and satisfaction assessments, leadership training, personal development/coaching, and branding. She has consulted and lectured nationally and internationally on administrative and management issues, leadership, professionalism, communication, patient safety, brand development, personal development, women”s issues, and emergency medical clinical topics for a wide range of health care organizations.