Stefan Monk, MD
Chief Medical Officer
CAE Healthcare
Dr. Stefan Monk is an anesthesiologist, emergency medicine specialist, educator and director who began his career with CAE Healthcare (formerly METI) in 2010. In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Monk collaborates with global authorities, key opinion leaders (KOLs) and subject matter experts (SMEs) to build and manage strategic relationships with stakeholders in healthcare, including professional societies, patient safety organizations, regulatory bodies, medical device companies and hospitals, while spreading awareness of the CAE mission to make healthcare safer.
Dr. Monk’s resume includes work at Mainz University and the German Air Rescue Service. He was also Chief Emergency Physician of the City of Mainz, Germany. Dr. Monk is a speaker, published author and subject matter expert who helped successfully introduce simulation to Germany's undergraduate medical education.
Dr. Monk is a member of the German Anesthesia Society, the European Anesthesia Society, the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). He is a former president of SESAM, has been a member of several committees of the SSH and co-authored the Healthcare Simulationist Code of Ethics.
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Chief Medical Officer
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Christina Park, MD, FASA, FSSH
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology (Department of Anesthesiology) and Professor of Clinical Medicine (Department of Medical Education)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Christine Park is a professor of Clinical Anesthesiology (Department of Anesthesiology) and professor of Clinical Medicine (Department of Medical Education) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She serves as the Director of the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute (SAIL), and as the associate head for Learning and Innovation in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Park received her undergraduate degree in English literature at Yale University, followed by her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed anesthesiology residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Park is a past president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and during her presidency led a global group of authors in the creation of the Healthcare Simulationist Code of Ethics, now translated into 16 languages. She is also a member of the editorial board of its journal, Simulation in Healthcare. Her interests include leadership development, dynamic decision-making during critical events, maintenance of competence in practicing providers, and most importantly, finding and growing new applications for simulation across health professions.
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Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology (Department of Anesthesiology) and Professor of Clinical Medicine (Department of Medical Education)
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Amar Patel, DHSc, MS, NRP, CHSE, FSSH
Amar Patel, DHSc, MS, NRP, CHSE, FSSH
Chief Learning Officer
CAE Healthcare
Dr. Amar Patel is a clinician, researcher, and renowned educator with a doctorate in health science from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a Master of Science in emergency health services education from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He currently serves as chief learning officer at CAE Healthcare.
Founder and past chair of the North Carolina Simulation Collaborative, Dr. Patel is a simulation expert and much-published key opinion leader with 60+ abstracts, articles and textbook chapter publications to date. With a professional history that includes stints as a firefighter, paramedic, educator, researcher, and curriculum developer, Dr. Patel maintains over 17 certifications and is currently involved in several healthcare quality committees.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Patel was the executive director of WakeMed Innovations at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, where he was responsible for healthcare innovation, idea generation, innovation investments, technology-based educational programs (such as patient simulation and online learning), and simulation-based research. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and chairs the SSH Corporate Roundtable.
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