Emergency Medicine seminars

Tsion Firew examines lessons from Rwanda’s Marburg virus response, focusing on how emergency-care systems support rapid multidisciplinary coordination and frontline leadership. The talk considers remdesivir post-exposure prophylaxis, experimental vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and advanced intensive care as parts of the response, including protection of healthcare workers and reported reductions in case fatality. It connects clinical and operational experience with resilience, ethical leadership and the development of emergency systems prepared for future epidemics. Speaker: Dr. Tsion Firew, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Africa Health Sciences University, Rwanda, and Associate Professor at New York University. Organized by the Global Emergency Medicine Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Wednesday 30 September 2026, 14:00–15:00 America/Chicago (Central Daylight Time). Online via Zoom. Follow Register on the official event page to the GEMA Grand Rounds: September 2026 registration form. SAEM states that its webinars are free for members; non-member pricing is not specified on this event page.

Nicholas Papachrysostomou describes the humanitarian and medical response in Gaza, drawing on his work establishing Médecins Sans Frontières operations in November and December 2023 and subsequent emergency coordination. He examines displacement, damaged health infrastructure, restricted movement and supply routes, and the practical consequences for delivering care. The lecture discusses access to water, medical supplies, hospital services and patient evacuation, including the repeated disruption of facilities supported by MSF. Papachrysostomou connects these operational constraints with the protection of civilians and medical personnel, international humanitarian obligations, and the limits of an aid response during continued hostilities. The discussion also considers the interpretation of reported casualty figures and the difficulties of maintaining reliable information in a crisis.