Stanford Emergency Medicine
Strategic Plan 2024-2028

Our Mission

To transform healthcare for all by leading the advancement of emergency medicine through innovation and scientific discovery.

Our Vision

To define the future of emergency medicine.

Our Values

  • Leadership

  • Innovation

  • Diversity

  • Excellence

  • Discovery

  • Service

Our Guiding Principles

Culture of Excellence - We cultivate an innovative, continuous improvement culture that serves our global community. We use innovation to improve access to acute care services and advance the care of our adult and pediatric patients. We drive academic Emergency Medicine discovery and scholarship that transforms emergency care. We enable a sustainable and meaningful practice for our teams across the department that attracts and retains top talent.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We strive to model a professional environment that embodies diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for all faculty, staff, trainees, colleagues, and patients.

Collaboration and Alignment - We foster collaboration within our team and across the system in service to the mission of Stanford Medicine, share best practices, and create awareness of the value of our Department across Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, and the community.

Quick Resources

Strategic Plan Roadmap 2024-2028

Precision EM one-sheet

Precision EM PowerPoint

Precision EM in action at Stanford

“Innovation is seeing what everyone sees and thinking what no one else has thought.”

Emergency Medicine Strategic Priorities & Key Actions

  • Deliver transformative unscheduled care at the right time and place to improve patient outcomes and facilitate overall system capacity.

    • Collaborate with other services to streamline care coordination

    • Partner to increase access and quality of care among vulnerable and underserved populations

    • Develop digital health and non-traditional care delivery models to enhance Emergency Medicine outside of the physical hospital

    • Develop additional adult and pediatric regional clinical care delivery sites and partnerships in alignment with Stanford Medicine strategy

  • Train a diverse Emergency Medicine workforce strengthening the future of health care in a rapidly changing environment

    • Develop and support the current workforce through professional development, specialized training, and research opportunities

    • Demonstrate sustained performance, diversity, and growth among trainees

    • Expand pipeline for future recruitment, development, and retention of top talent across the continuums here

  • Pursue innovative, data-driven clinical solutions to drive Emergency Medicine care delivery models, national standards, and best practices.

    • Build a preeminent Emergency Medicine adult and pediatric quality program

    • Use data to increase efficiency and improve the care of our patients

    • Drive data collection and utilization to enhance Emergency Medicine’s digital health strategy

    • Advance our understanding of AI within Emergency Medicine

  • Advance academic Emergency Medicine and acute patient care through discovery and scholarship to reach patients, providers, and health systems across the world.

    • Embed research within the clinical environment to improve outcomes and drive preeminence

    • Strengthen strategic research focus areas (e.g., clinical trials, education, health services, data science, digital health)

    • Establish Stanford as a national leader and exemplar for academic Emergency Medicine across clinical care, training, and research

Strategic Plan 2024: An All-Inclusive Structure

Based on the idea that every member of the department contributes to the advancement of our strategic priorities (see next section), Strategic Plan 2.0 moves away from teams and toward fully integrated dynamic work areas.

Leaders in these areas (in parentheses) are currently refining goals and next steps. Stay tuned for more!

  • Expand Digital Health (Ryan Ribeira, MD and Jamie Lee, MD)

  • AI & Data Science in EM (Maya Yiadom, MD and David Kim, MD)

  • Data-Driven Quality Improvement (Shashank Ravi, MD and Chisom Agbim, MD)

  • Clinical Research Unit & Investigator Trials (Youyou Duanmu, MD and Leonard Basobas, MS)

  • Capacity & Operational Efficiency (Cherrelle Smith, MD, Sam Shen, MD, Deb Hsu, MD & Dong-han Yao, MD)

  • Strengthen Care for Vulnerable & Underserved (Ayesha Khan, MD and Chisom Agbim, MD)

  • Leading in Precision Medical Education (Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD)

  • Developing Research Training Programs (Mike Gisondi, MD)

  • Expanding Diversity & Inclusion in the Specialty of EM (Jennifer Newberry, MD and Adrené Garabedian)

Strategic Plan Leadership

Executive Vice Chair
Matt Strehlow, MD

Strategic Plan Manager
Adrené Garabedian