Amal MattuAmal Mattu, MD, FACEP: Dr. Mattu completed an emergency medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, after which he completed a teaching fellowship with a special focus on emergency cardiology. Since joining the facultyat the University of Maryland in 1996, he has received more than 20 teaching awards including national awards from the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine, and the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association; and local honors including the Teacher of the Year for the University of Maryland at Baltimore campus and the Maryland State Emergency Physician of the Year Award. He is a frequent speaker at major conferences on topics pertaining to emergency cardiology and electrocardiography, having provided over 2,000 hours of instruction to providers in different specialties at national and international meetings. Dr. Mattu has authored or edited 20 textbooks in emergency medicine, and he is the editor-in-chief of ACEP's text Cardiovascular Emergencies. Dr. Mattu is currently a tenured professor, vice chair, and director of the Faculty Development Fellowship and co-director of the Emergency Cardiology Fellowship for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Read More Read Less