SAFE Speaker Bureau

We are pleased and honored to introduce our SAFE Speaker Bureau, which includes medical professionals, academic researchers, and advocacy leaders to share their expertise and experience with medical students also working on the firearm violence epidemic. If your SAFE chapter would like to reserve a speaker for an event, follow the instructions below to get started.

SAFE Speaker Bureau Guide

    1. Identify guest speakers that your SAFE Chapter would like to invite from the SAFE Speaker Bureau, based on the topic of discussion and purpose of the event, whether an educational module, latest research work, etc (Speaker must also agree on the topic).

    2. Fill out Speaker Bureau Request Form, and SAFE HQ will connect your Chapter with the Speaker within a a few business days.

    1. Choose times and dates that will not conflict with exams.

    2. If in-person, secure a meeting location (i.e., multipurpose rooms, conference rooms, student centers, etc.) 4-6 weeks in advance

    3. Confirm the event date/time and in-person/virtual availability with the Speaker on email.

    4. Schedule a meeting with the Speaker to discuss the topic, related materials (e.g., presentation slides), and any additional support they need

    5. Based on the event format (e.g., Q&A, educational presentation, workshop), prepare an agenda that includes time for introductions, time for additional questions, and closing remarks

    6. Prepare publicity materials for the event (e.g., social media posts, flyers, email blasts)

    7. Start publicizing the event about 1 - 1.5 months prior to the event

    1. Confirm that the presentation materials have been prepared

    2. Ask the Speaker to email their materials to the Chapter to avoid troubleshooting issues on the day of the event

    3. Remind the Speaker and the attendees of the event time and location. If virtual, make sure to include the Zoom link

    1. Ensure that all logistical and operational matters have been taken care of.

      1. If in-person, make sure that there is sufficient seating and refreshments (optional).

      2. If virtual, make sure that the moderators, Speaker, and the attendees have the correct Zoom link.

SAFE Speakers

Michelle Sandberg, MD

  • Pediatrician at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

    Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine

Kelly Traver, MD

  • Currently Retired

    Previously Internal Medicine at Stanford/Menlo Medical Clinic

Cornelia Griggs, MD, MPH

  • Pediatric Surgeon and Critical Care Specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital

    Assistant Professor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School

Brian H. Williams, MD, FACS

  • Trauma Surgeon in Texas, USAF Veteran, Former Congressional Health Policy Advisor, and Nationally Recognized Expert in Healthcare Disparities

 

Allison Volkman

  • Executive Director of Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic (SAFE). Lives and work in Wisconsin.

Julie Parsonnet, MD

  • SAFE Co-Founder, Board President, and Chair

    George deForest Barnett Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University

James Bigham, MD, MPH

  • Clinical Professor​, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Traci Kurtzer, MD

  • Former Clinical Assistant Professor, (OBGYN) and Medical Director of Trauma Informed Care and Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 

Sandra L. McKay, MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Community and General Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Gregory Jackson, Jr.

  • President of The Rocket Foundation

    Executive Advisor and Former Executive Director for Nonprofit Organization Community Justice Action Fund

    Former Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Michael Hirsh, MD, FACS, FAAP

  • Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Assistant Vice Provost for Health and Wellness Promotion at University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

Marian Betz, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Founding Director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and Deputy Director of the the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at University of Colorado

 

Amy Barnhorst, MD

  • Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine

    Director of the BulletPoints Project, state-funded effort to develop a firearm violence prevention curriculum for healthcare providers

Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH

  • Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine and Baker–Teret Chair in Violence Prevention and Founding Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis.

    Founding director of the California Firearm Violence Research Center, the nation’s first publicly funded center for research in the gun violence prevention field

Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD.

  • Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University

Stephen Hargarten, MD

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine, Founding Dean of Global Health, and The Founding Director of The Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Gary Slutkin, MD

  • Professor of Epidemiology and and International Health at University of Illinois at Chicago

    Founder of Cure Violence Global

 

Dean Winslow, MD

  • SAFE Co-Founder

    Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Stanford University

    Colonel (retired), U.S. Air Force

Arkaprava Deb, MD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Public Psychiatry Education at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Kelly M. Henry, MD

  • Lecturer of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Andrew Lithen, MD

  • Aerospace Medicine Resident, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth/Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

    Former SAFE Chapter Leader at East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine