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Sreeja M Natesan

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Selected Presentations & Appearances


ACEP Resident Teaching Fellowship · 2022 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
ACEP Faculty Teaching Fellowship · 2022 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Co-Chair - CORD MedEd Scholarship Track · 2021 National Scientific Meeting

I have been the co-founder and co-chair of the CORD MedEd Scholarship track. This track is part of the national conference (CORD Academic Assembly).

Co-Chair: CORD DEI Track · 2020 National Scientific Meeting

I have been the co-founder and co-chair of the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) DEI track since 2020 for the CORD Academic Assembly.

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Community Service Organizer/Participant · 2021 Projects & Field Work Durham Central Park , Durham Central Park Volunteer monthly with Durham Central Park workdays with the Duke EM team. In the past, we have had residents and nurses join when they are available.
Root Causes Driver · 2021 Community Outreach Duke Root Causes Involved monthly since Sept 2021. Root Causes is an incubator for students interested in innovative social drivers of health interventions through service, advocacy, education, and research. We organize around creating clinic-community partnerships, including running a home food delivery program for food insecure patients in partnership with Duke and Lincoln health providers and a student-network support program for rehoused community members with homelessness in Durham.
Faculty Advisor - Health Profession Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) · 2014 Community Outreach Duke Health Profession Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) is a program that aims to provide professional development and mentoring to historically underrepresented students interested in pursuing a career in health care. The Duke EM has hosted students in the Spring yearly to allow for opportunity to practice of EM procedures and learning about the specialty. I have been involved since joining the Duke EM faculty (2013 onward).

Academic & Administrative Activities


American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): 

  • AAWEP Member
  •  Book Club founder & Chair, 2020-present (now partnership with ADIEM, AWEM, CORD DEI)
  •  Education Committee member
  •  Resolution Committee member
  • Leadership Pipeline Mentorship Program, 2017 to present – Katherine Clem (mentor)


      Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Director (CORD):

      • Academic Assembly Planning Committee
      • Navigating Academic Water Track Planning Committee, 2017, 2019-present
      • MedEd Scholarship Track 2021-present
      • DEI Track 2020-present
      • CORD Academy for Scholarship Committee
      • Faculty Development and Education Scholarship Pillar, 2017-present
      • MedEd Research Pillar, 2017-present; Chair of subcommittee 2021-present
      • CORD Education Committee- Best Practice SubCommittee, 2018- present; co-chair 2019-present

      CORD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee,
      2020; Vice Chair 2023; Rising Chair for 2024
      • Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mini-Track for CORD Academic Assembly, Spring 2021
      • Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mini-Track for CORD Academic Assembly, Spring 2022
      •  Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mini-Track for CORD Academic Assembly, Spring 2023
      • Book club founder & co-chair, 2020-present (partnership with EMRA, ADIEM, AWAEM, CORD DEI)
      • Co-chair for national CORD DEI Virtual Conference, September 2022
      • Co-chair for national CORD DEI Virtual Conference, September 2023

      CORD Education Committee

      • Co-Chair Best Practice Subcommittee 2018-present
      • Co-Chair Medical Education Scholarship Track at the National Academic Assembly, Spring 2022
      • Co-Chair Medical Education Scholarship Track at the National Academic Assembly, Spring 2023 


      Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (AliEM)
      :

      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Alumni Mentor, 2018-2020
      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine, Alumni Outreach coordinator, 2019-present
      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Core Mentor, 2020-present
      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Associate Chief Operation Officer, 2019-2020
      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Chief Operation Officer, 2020-2022
      • Editor in Chief: EM Bound Medical Student monthly newsletter, 2020-present
      • Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Chief Operation Officer, 2023- present

       
      SAEM

      • Research Committee 2021-present
      • Equity & Inclusion Committee 2021-present
      • ADIEM- 2020-present
      • ADIEM Secretary 2023-present

      Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Completion of the AAMC LEAD Fellowship Program Spring 2022-2023


      Duke AHEAD 
      • Active member
      • Invited Speaker for Education Grand Rounds
      • Steering committee for Duke AHEAD Regional Education Day
      • Invited Speaker for Duke AHEAD Regional Education Day May 2023

        Duke Emergency Medicine: 

        • Duke Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2013-present
        • Duke Emergency Medicine residency: Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement Committee/Medical Peer Review Committee, 2013-present
        • Duke EM Core Faculty Member:  Duke Emergency Medicine Residency, 2014-present
        • Duke Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development (AHEAD), 2014-present: intra-professional faculty development
        • Duke EM Clinical Competency Committee: PGY 3 Chair, 2015-present
        •  Duke Emergency Medicine Women in Medicine Group – Founder, co-leader, 2015-present
        •  Duke Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development (AHEAD) Certificate program, July 2019-2020
        • Duke EM Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion co-founder and co-chair 2019-present.
        •  Duke EM ElevatED BIPOC Group, Co-Faculty Lead, 2020-present
        • Duke EM JEDI Community Outreach Lead 2020-present
        •  Duke Graduate Medical Education Professional Development Committee Co-Chair 2021-present

        Duke: 

        • Duke GME Medical Education Leadership Track (MELT)- co-founder and co-course director, 2018-present
        • Duke Teaching for Equity Fellowship 2022-2023