Greg Henry's contributions to the field of emergency medicine are legend. Not only is he a former president of the American College of Emergency Medicine, but he has also been the recipient of its highest recognition awards for his numerous contributions to the College and the field of emergency medicine during his career.

His expertise in the field of risk management is beyond comparison. He has reviewed in excess of 2,000 malpractice cases over the last 25 years; he is the editor of the text Emergency Medicine Risk Management: A Comprehensive Review; he has served as a risk management consultant for numerous physician groups and hospitals throughout the United States; and he is the president and CEO of an emergency physician malpractice insurance company.

Greg lives to teach. It is his passion and his life. His love for the field of emergency medicine is reflected in the energy and enthusiasm he brings to every presentation he makes.

As the editor of Emergency Medical Abstracts, Rick Bukata has personally reviewed the contents of over 600 journals monthly since 1977, edited over 13,000 abstracts and written over 200 essays on emergency medicine-related topics. In addition, he has spoken at hundreds of conferences focusing on evidence-based, literature-defendable emergency practice. In recognition of his contributions to emergency medicine education, he was the 1993 recipient of ACEP's Education Award.

In addition to his interests related to the literature of emergency medicine, he has been the director of a community hospital emergency department since 1985. In this role he has had the opportunity to be involved with many innovations aimed at optimizing departmental function, throughput and patient satisfaction, including the development of three commercial software programs facilitating ED operations.

Rick brings to Risk Management Monthly his unique perspective on the literature of emergency medicine.

Mel Herbert is the "academic" of the three RMM hosts. He is currently the Director of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles. The department is one of the largest in the country with 54 residents and an average daily census of more than 500 patients. Mel is the founder and director of the department's highly acclaimed Essentials of Emergency Medicine conference which is attended by over 600 clinicians annually.

In addition to his educational activities at USC, Mel is the host of EM:RAP (Emergency Medicine: Reviews and Perspectives), a monthly audio and internet-based program that provides lectures, interviews and commentaries related to emergency medicine topics. He is also one of the founders of CMEDownload, an internet-based educational medium for emergency medicine education that features both audio and video format programs.

Mel brings to Risk Management Monthly the perspective of a physician who practices in one of the largest EDs in the country, one that trains military trauma surgeons in addition to EM residents. He is the "techno" of the RMM hosts and represents not only an academic perspective but also one of leading-edge medical education.