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Sreeja M Natesan

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Presentations, Performances & Exhibitions


Shattering the Glass Ceiling-Bridging Opportunity Gaps in Academic Medicine · July 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture SAEM Regional- Orlando, Orlando, FL
ACEP Resident Teaching Fellowship · 2025 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Co-Chair: CORD DEI Track · 2025 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.
Co-Chair - CORD MedEd Scholarship Track · 2025 National Scientific Meeting I have been the co-founder and co-chair of the CORD MedEd Scholarship track since 2020. This track is part of the national conference (CORD Academic Assembly).
Breaking the Glass Ceiling by Sending Down a Ladder · 2025 International Meeting or Conference Women Physician Wellness, Grand Cayman
ACEP Faculty Teaching Fellowship · 2022 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium

Service to the Profession


Community Service Organizer/Participant · 2021 Projects & Field Work Durham Central Park, Durham Central Park Volunteer monthly with Durham Central Park workdays since 2021 with the Duke EM team. In the past, we have had residents and nurses join when they are available.
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).

Service to Duke


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.

Leadership & Clinical Positions


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 Medical Education Leadership Track (MELT) (https://gme.duke.edu/training-programs/melt)- co-founder and co-course director, 2018-present
Duke Faculty Academy for Clinical Teacher- cofounder and co-course director, 2023-present
Duke Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development (AHEAD) Certificate program, July 2019-2020
Duke EM Culture, Engagement & Impact co-founder and co-chair 2019-present.
Duke EM ElevatED BIPOC Group, Co-Faculty Lead, 2020-present
Duke EM CEI Community Outreach Lead 2020-present
Duke Graduate Medical Education Professional Development Committee Co-Chair 2021-present
Duke Teaching for Equity Fellowship 2022-2023

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; Chair 2024; Co-Chair 2025
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, 2020-2024
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Chief Operation Officer, 2019- 2024

 


SAEM
Research Committee 2021-present
Equity & Inclusion Committee 2021-present
ADIEM- 2020-present
ADIEM Secretary 2023-2024; President Elect 2024-2025; President 2025-2026

 


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 Culture, Engagement, and Impact co-founder and co-chair 2019-present.
Duke EM ElevatED BIPOC Group, Co-Faculty Lead, 2020-present
Duke EM CEI 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 GME Faculty Academy for Clinical Teaching (FACT)- co founder and co-course director, 2023-present
Duke Teaching for Equity Fellowship 2022-2023