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Sam Stellpflug, MD (%u201908), is appointed program director for the Med/Tox Fellowship, and Kristi Lamb starts as coordinator.HealthPartners takes over sponsorship of Pediatric-EM fellowship based at Minneapolis Children%u2019s; fellows are now part of the Regions EM family.Emergency Medicine PA Residency starts under the direction of Brad Hernandez, MD (%u201901) and Ann Verhoeven PA-C with coordinator, Christie Eck.International EM Fellowship, directed by Matt Morgan, MD (%u201905), accepts its first fellow, Amy Walsh, MD. Quality & Patient Safety Fellowship begins, under the direction of Drew Zinkel, MD; EM grad, Kara Kim, MD (%u201911), is its first fellow. Toxicology Fellowship expands to two fellows/year.EMS Fellowship starts, under the direction of RJ Frascone, MD, with selection of EM grad, Aaron Burnett, MD (%u201910), as the first fellow.%u201912Felix Ankel, MD, program director from 2001-2013, accepts the position of Vice President & Executive Director, Health Professional Education with the HealthPartners Institute.Cullen Hegarty, MD (%u201901), is named program director. Dr. Hegarty, served as an assistant program director from 2004-2011, and associate program director from 2011-2013. EMS Fellowship receives 3-year initial accreditation.Amy Walsh, MD, assumes the role of program director for the International Fellowship. Aaron Burnett, MD (%u201810), is named program director for the EMS Fellowship. Joe Arms, MD, takes over as Fellowship director for Peds-EM.Amy Koonce joins as program coordinator. Pat Anderson retires after 15 years. EMS Fellowship has its first ACGME site visit.Kara Seaton, MD, assumes the role of fellowship director for Peds-EM.%u201915%u201913 %u201914%u201918%u201916 Ultrasound Fellowship, under the direction of Michael Zwank, MD, RDMS, accepts its first fellow, Jessica Greupner, MD (%u201916). Approval to expand the residency is granted by the ACGME. The Class of 2021 matches 11 residents.Michael Paddock, DO, takes over as medical director of the PA Residency (renamed PA Fellowship in 2023).%u201910 %u201911Emergency Medicine Residency 2024 Annual Report 5