The People
We are proud to be a part of a team of passionate emergency medicine physicians and educators throughout the world. These educators have completed the year long training, and are actively contributing to EM education and development in their respective countries. ​
Jackeline Estofanero
Peru
Dr, Estofanero is an emergency medicine physician, currently working at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru.. She is passionate about ultrasound and teaching, and has completed both the Ondas de Latinoamerica Ultrasound Fellowship, as well as the Access and Innovation in Medical Education scholars program. She additionally holds a masters in management in health services. She is the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Ffellowship of Ondas de Latinoamerica and Coordinator of the International Rotation of Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound, both at Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza. She is an expert reviewer in the Global Ultrasound Institute, and instructor in Airway Zen: Advanced Airway Managment. She is the Registred Procuradora the General Direction of organ donation of the Peruvian Ministry of Health. She has recently been selected as the sub-director of the POCUS comité/Section of FLAME, and an expert reviewer for the Lung Tuberculosis Ultrasound project (PRISMA).
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Rosa Tercero
Honduras
Dr. Tercero is an emergency medicine physician from Honduras. She completed her EM training in México in Cuernavaca, Morelos at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). She currently is board certified in Mexico, and works with the Mexican Social Security in their Emergency Department and was appointed Associate Professor of second year EM residents in her hospital. She has also been elected as part of Morelo´s Emergency Medicine board for the year 2024-2025. Dr. Tercero Rodezno is very much involved in advancing Emergency Medicine in her native country working firsthand along a group of national and international consultants in the development of the curricula of the first Emergency Medicine Residency in Honduras expected to start January 2026. She completed the AIME scholars training in 2023.
She is also involved in academic projects involved in the advancement of the specialty in Latin America (Guatemala, El Salvador) such as AAEM’s Spanish Education Series, and has been invited as a guest speaker in Guatemala´s Emergency Medicine annual conference, CONCEPTOS Mexico, CONCEPTOS Costa Rica, and CARDIOFEST. When asked how she defines Emergency Medicine, she responds “Emergency Medicine is not a way to make a living, but a way to make a difference.”
Gnana Wijethilake
Sri Lanka
Hi, I’m Dr. Gnana Wijethilake MD (Emergency Medicine). I am an emergency medicine registrar at the Canberra Hospital Emergency Department. I did my emergency medicine training in Sri Lanka and worked as a Consultant Emergency Physician and Lecturer affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya and the Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Sri Lanka until early 2025. I am committed to advancing clinical excellence and education in emergency medicine, particularly in resource limited settings such as Sri Lanka. I ‘m passionate about mentoring future medical professionals and integrate research and hands-on training to enhance emergency medical care outcomes. I consider simulation based teaching to be a very effective method and am planning to pursue upgrading my skills
in that scope.
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Glorilyn Joyce Ong
Phillipines
Dr. Ong, or simply “Lyn” to her friends, is an emergency physician in the Philippines who finds her passion for crafting and teaching. She believes that having minimal resources should not limit anyone in learning procedural skills to be a good emergency physician. So she conducts sim sessions with residents utilizing low-fidelity (low-fi) sim models made up of simple, cheap, and accessible materials with added creativity to put together something as close to real life as possible. She dreams of having a sim model making video channel someday to share ideas with emergency physicians and educators around the world. When not in scrubs, she’s listening to her 80s and 90s playlist, watching a new tv series, or playing with her cuddly dogs.
Clara Carvalho
Brazil
Dr. Carvalho is an emergency physician graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Founder of the Emergency School and a passionate advocate for medical education in emergency medicine in Brazil. Amateur triathlete and proud mother of Theo. She completed the AIME scholars program in 2023.
Roody Menager
Haiti
Dr Roody Ménager is an Emergency Medicine physician who completed his three-year training in Emergency Medicine at Mirebalais University Hospital. He has already accumulated 5 years of experience as a trainer for emergency medicine and has also completed a fellowship program in Emergency Ultrasound, initiated at Mirebalais. He is an expert Ultrasound reviewer for the Global Ultrasound Institute. Passionate about sonography, training and professional support, Dr Menager is heavily involved in research and quality improvement projects relating to Emergency Department. Also certified in Access and Innovation in Medical Education provided by EM: RAP, he got involved in curriculum development as the Co-director of the fellowship program in Emergency Ultrasound and as the assistant of the Program Director for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner training started in Mirebalais, a fresh new program in the department and in the whole country. Dr Menager has been honored several times as the best trainer in his department and as the best accompanist. Dr. Menager's professional goal is to be able to contribute greatly to the expansion of Emergency Medicine in Haiti where this specialty is still too young by establishing strong partnership with Emergency Medicine societies with years of experience in teaching and program development like EM: Rap, and moreover, become a devoted advocator for Global Health expansion.
Nelson Nyamu
Kenya
I'm Nelson Nyamu, an Emergency Medicine physician from Kenya. My journey to Emergency Medicine has been quite convoluted with the gift of excellent mentors along the way. Having there being no Residency program for Emergency Medicine in Kenya, and with my interest in Primary Care, I opted to pursue a Master of Medicine in Family Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital - Nairobi. It's during this time that I learnt of the South Africa accredited Emergency Medicine Diploma program run by the only Emergency Physician in Kenya at the time - Dr Benjamin Wachira. Luckily, my interest to pursue this program was accepted by the faculty in Family Medicine and I enrolled to pursue to both programs concurrently. I'm currently an Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor in the United Kingdom still expanding my knowledge and skillset. On reflection, I'm a product of the goodwill of the many mentors I have bumped into along my journey and who are now friends.
Manrique Umana
Costa Rica
Dr. Manrique Umana McDermott is an emergency medicine specialist in San José, Costa Rica, working at both
Hosp. San Juan de Dios and Hosp. Cima-San José. He is aProfessor of Internal Medicine (UCIMED) and has completed Postgraduate courses in Emergency Medicine and Family and Community Medicine (UCR). He is a member of ACEP/IFEM/ASOCOME, is the ACEP Liaison to Costa Rica. He was the inaugural AIME scholar, and has completed the ACEP Teaching Fellowship. He has also been recognized as one of the most influential EM physicians on social media.