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The faculty of the Emergency Medicine Department posing for a group photo on a set of stairs.

Boyd D. Burns, DO, FACEP

Professor
George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Emergency Medicine

Hometown: Dewey, OK

Residency: Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX

Medical School: Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate: Oklahoma State University

Interests: Golf, weight lifting/fitness, guitar and hiking

Fun Fact: My first car was a retired police cruiser

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Golf with friends

Academic Interests: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation, Airway Management, Crotalid Envenomation, Transitions of Care, Leadership Development

Eric Lee, MD

Assistant Professor
Residency Program Director

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Residency: The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, OKC, OK

Undergraduate: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Interests: In a band called Lightfighter with one album out on Spotify. Blues/lead guitarist. Amateur golfer. Full time dad of two girls. Favorite guitarists - Stevie Ray Vaughan & John Mayer.

Fun Fact: It took a year to record a 6 track album.

Academic Interests: Evidence Based Medicine, Critical Care, Toxicology

Julie Christa Dodson, MD

Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director

Hometown: Skiatook, OK

Residency: University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK

Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Undergraduate: Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Bartlesville, OK

Interests: Family time, running, reading, playing piano, eating good food, golfing

Fun Fact: I love a good estate sale

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Gathering Place/Riverside trails

Academic Interests: Medical Student Education, Environmental Injuries and Exposures, Airway

Cody Due, MD

Assistant Professor

Hometown: Owasso, OK

Residency: OU-TU School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK

Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Interests: Boxing/MMA, Guitar, Comics

Fun Fact: I’ve competed in and won a Lifeguard competition.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Concerts at Cain’s Ballroom

Academic Interests: Difficult Airway, Leadership Development, Point of Care Ultrasound in the ED

Josh Gentges, DO, FAOCEP

Professor
Research Director, Director of Evidence-Based Practice

Hometown: Springfield, Missouri

Residency: Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK

Medical School: Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate: Oklahoma State University

Interests: Renaissance Festivals, Leatherworking, Islay Whisky

Fun Fact: Dr. Gentges hosts (in non-pandemic times) a yearly Halloween blowout. It’s usually pretty cool.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Sitting outside at a craft brewery in autumn

Academic Interests: Evidence Based Medicine, Emergency Department Quality and Efficiency, Sepsis and Septic Shock, Postgraduate Medical Education, Metabolic Disorders

Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, NRP, FACEP, FAEMS, LSSBB

Professor
Director Faculy Development
EMS Section Chief
Director, Oklahoma Center for Prehospital & Disaster Medicine

Hometown: Mustang, OK

Fellowship: EMS Fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Residency: Methodist Hospital of Indiana/Indiana University School of Medicine

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio

Undergraduate: Baylor University

Interests: Learning, growing, encouraging, and becoming a better citizen of the world.

Fun Fact: I choreographed part of my high school marching band’s competition show my senior year. (That was pre-CAD = all pen & football field template paper.) Confirmed live music aficionado.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Cycling along the Arkansas River.

Academic Interests: Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Dysrhythmias
Airway Management, Anaphylaxis, Hemostasis Therapies, Leadership Development

Mike Hunihan, MD

Assistant Professor
Director, Division of Performance & Wellness
Founder, Coaching Program

Hometown: Weston, CT

Residenty: The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence RI

Medical School: University of California San Francisco

Undergraduate: Middlebury College, Middlebury VT

Interests: Dad Life, riding bikes, traveling, music, audiobooks

Fun Fact: Overhauling my identity from a San Francisco surfer to an Oklahoma husband+dad+professor+weekend warrior was the best decision I’ve ever made

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Adventuring with the kids, trying new restaurants with my wife, biking, thinking about biking

Academic Interests: Clinical teaching, coaching in medical education, non-technical skills in EM, physician wellness and longevity

Laura Janneck, MD, MPH, FACEP

Assistant Professor
Associate Residency Program Director

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Master’s Degree: Harvard School of Public Health

Residency: Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR)

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Undergraduate: Brown University

Interests: Commuting to work and getting around by bike, gardening, traveling, piano, singing early choral music

Fun Fact: I’ve lived for short stints in several countries: Guatemala, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, and Lebanon

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Gathering Place with family, FC Tulsa games, biking around and exploring downtown

Academic Interests: Social medicine, Health systems development, Disaster preparedness and response

William (Bill) A. Justice NRP, TEMS-I

Associate Director, University of Oklahoma
Department of Emergency Medicine
Center for Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Special Operations Division
US Marshals Task Force
Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Tactical Team

Undergraduate: George Washington University

Academic Interests: Disaster Response, Tactical Civilian/Military Medicine, Water Safety, Survival and Rescue, Emergency Medicine Skill Development, Sports Medicine

Robin Rainey Kiehl, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Hometown: Edmond (Deer Creek), Oklahoma

Residency: Wake Forest Emergency Medicine

Medical School: OU School of Community School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma

Interests: Traveling, being outside with our dog, spending time with my family, watching a new series or action movie, trying new restaurants.

Fun Fact: I grew up doing falconry with my Dad and hunting with birds of prey.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Walking the Midland Valley Trail, eating at Bohemia Pizza, enjoying local restaurants and showing people around the great state of Oklahoma.

Academic Interests: EMS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Social medicine, and critical care.

Brandon Koenigsknecht, MD

Assistant Professor

Hometown: Fairhope, AL

Residency: OU-TU School of Community Medicine

Medical School: University of Colorado

Undergraduate: Colorado State University

Interests: Professional hockey (Go Avs!), world travel, exotic (spicy) foods, Corgis, video games.

Fun Fact: I drove busses in my past life and still maintain an active CDL.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Sampling local Tulsa breweries.

Academic Interests: Critical care, simulation, rural emergency medicine.

Derek Martinez, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor

Hometown: Maple Valley, Washington

Residency: University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK

Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Undergraduate: Saint Martin’s University

Interests: Playing soccer, tattoos, guitars, reading non-medical books, rolling BJJ (gi and no gi), small dogs, attempting to sleep.

Fun Fact: I got stung by a scorpion once. I did not get pancreatitis.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Family time at the Gathering Place. Coffee at Double Shot. Pizza at Bohemian.

Academic Interests: Performance optimization, leadership development, mentorship, wellness.

John Nalagan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Medical Student Education/OUHSC
Medical Director, MediFlight of Oklahoma/Tulsa Life Flight 5

Hometown: Born in Manila Philippines but moved to Oklahoma City when I was 4 years old. Been here since!

Residency: The University Hospitals/Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Interests: Love to snow ski in the winter, lake time in the summer.

Fun Fact: In my younger days when OKC had a hockey team, I was able to keep up with the players (and beat most of them) in a BBQ eating contest. I also kept up with them in beer quantity.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Love seeing my family in Tulsa. Close 2nd is going to Lake Keystone to unwind. Bonus is getting to see my Tulsa Life Flight crew and the OUDEM residents; I always learn something from them and leave with a smile on my face!

Academic Interests: Medical Student Education, Helicopter and ground EMS medical direction, Critical care, Healthcare administration

Christoph Schieche, MD

Assistant Clerkship Director
Director of Clinical Quality Improvement

Hometown: Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

Emergency Medicine Residency: University of Oklahoma

Internal Medicine Residency: University of Oklahoma

General Surgery Internship: Klinikum Frankfurt, Oder, Germany

Internal Medicine Internship: Klinikum Bad Saarow, Germany

Medical School: Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Interests: Fishing, hunting, camping and cooking

Fun Fact: I was in Berlin the night the Berlin wall fell and was one of the first people from East Germany to go to West Berlin. That was also the night I passed my first kidney stone.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Oktoberfest

Academic Interests: Resident Training "Hands on," History Medicine

Nicole Tipton, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor

Hometown: Tulsa, OK

Master’s Degree: Oklahoma State University- Center for Health Sciences

Residency: UNC Health Southeastern

Medical School: Oklahoma State University- School of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate: The University of Tulsa

Interests: Hiking, visiting national parks, spending time with my five animals (2 dogs and 3 cats)

Fun Fact: I love road trips! I believe they are the best way to visit major destinations and see smaller interesting places throughout the country along the way.

Favorite Tulsa Activity: Tulsa and the nearby areas have some amazing outdoor opportunities. The Gathering Place, Redbud Valley, and Turkey Mountain just to name a few!

Academic Interests: Graduate and Post-Graduate Medical Education, Leadership development, Global health

Lori Whelan, MD

Professor
Vice Chair, Director of Emergency Ultrasound

Hometown: Beggs, Oklahoma

Residency: University of Pittsburgh

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma

Interests: Travel, cooking, lake time, anything with my 3 very active, crazy kids

Fun Fact: I have mad basketball skills

Favorite Tulsa Activity: The Gathering Place and going to the lake!

Academic Interests: Emergency Ultrasound, Women’s Health, Emergency Psychiatry, Palliative Care