About - EMS

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Beth Griffin, MD

Dr. Beth Griffin is a board-certified emergency physician and the President of EMS. Most recently she has focused on strategic development and growth of the group, while leading state and national initiatives in partnership with their health system. Since finishing residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center in 2008, she has served in multiple leadership roles within EMS that have prepared her to lead her group through rapid growth over the past 2 years as they doubled in size. This includes serving as Medical Director of the Emergency Departments for All Saints and Franklin Hospitals, Chief of Staff of Franklin Hospital, and Associate Medical Director of St. Francis Emergency Department. Dr Griffin also has experience leading a physician owned revenue cycle management company, ConsensioHealth, as she worked to transform the company during her time as President of the Board. Her strategy and style is focused on relationship development whether it be with her patients, colleagues, community, health systems, payors, or many of her exceptional ED colleagues and leaders.

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Jawwad Khan, MD

Dr. Jawwad Khan is a father, husband, and Emergency Medicine Physician. He has been with Emergency Medicine Specialists since completing his residency training in 2011. He is a partner and shareholder along with serving the group in the role of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Khan also serves on various committees for both EMS and our hospital system. Some of his past roles have included associate medical director at Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Department Chairman and Medical Director at Ascension Franklin hospital, past Chief of Staff at Franklin Hospital, and educational lead for clinicians in EMS. He is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for both EMS and ConsensioHealth. It brings him great joy to be a part of the EMS leadership team so the group may continue to support our clinicians and ensure that EMS is the premiere Emergency Medicine job destination in southeast Wisconsin. He strives to live out the mission statement and provide the absolute best care possible for our patients – because they deserve nothing but the best.

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Bradley Peterson, MD

Dr. Brad Peterson is a board certified emergency medicine physician who joined Emergency Medicine Specialists after completing residency in 2017. He is honored to serve on the Board of Directors of a physician led group. After earning his medical degree at UW School of Medicine and Public Health, he completed residency at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Peterson is the Director of Physician Recruitment and serves in various other roles within the group and hospital system. EMS provides the opportunity to work at various facilities and one of the aspects of clinical work he enjoys most is the ability to provide care for patients from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

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Nishant Pillai, DO

Dr. Nishant Pillai is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who has been a part of Emergency Medicine Specialists since finishing residency at Provident Hospital of Cook County/Midwestern University in 2011. While he has served multiple roles in the organization, he is currently the Medical Director at eight Urgent Care locations throughout Wisconsin. He has been a part of the Board of Directors in focusing on strategic development and growth of the group. As a founding partner of ConsensioHealth, Dr. Pillai has worked to develop coding and billing education, Epic ED template development, and most recently processes to streamline charting deficiencies with clients. As a clinician first, he continues to practice at 13 sites throughout Wisconsin.

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Jessie Hugl-Wajek, MD

Dr. Jessie Hugl-Wajek is an ABEM certified Emergency Physician, who completed a residency in 2009 at Advocate Christ Medical Center after graduating from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. She began her career in Northern Wisconsin, serving her local community as the Associate Medical Director, quality improvement developer, and clinical/community educator with an emphasis on stroke care. She returned to Milwaukee in 2015 where she is now a physician partner with EMS. She actively pursued her passion as the community outreach coordinator through the wellness team, developing a variety of activities to educate the community on health-related topics, brainstorm solutions to provide the underprivileged basic needs, and offering the members of her group opportunities to positively interact with patients outside of the clinical arena. She then was elected to the EMS Board and currently serves as the Medical Director for Advanced Practice Providers. Dr. Hugl-Wajek is now collaborating with the physician scheduling team for Fox Valley. She joined the team at St. Elizabeth’s in Appleton in 2023 as the Medical Director of the Emergency Department, devoted to incorporating the EMS core values into the patient care initiatives and culture of the Emergency Departments in the Fox Valley.

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Gary Swart, MD

Dr. Gary Swart graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in Emergency Medicine at the Ohio State University. He has been in practice as a board certified Emergency Physician in southeastern Wisconsin since 1992. He has held multiple administrative roles during his career including MCW EM Residency Program Director, Member of the Board of Directors for Wisconsin ACEP, as well as Chair of the Emergency Department and Chief of Staff for Ascension Elmbrook Hospital and most recently Ascension St. Joseph’s Hospital. He also currently serves as Chief Medical Information Officer for Emergency Medicine Specialists. His wife, Kerrie Swart, is a teacher in the Wauwatosa school system. His daughter, Mackenzie, is a graduate of Ripon College and his daughter, Riley, is a student at the University of Miami, FL.

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Susan Good, MD

Dr. Susan Good is an emergency physician and shareholder with Emergency Medicine Specialists. She graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a degree in Biology and Art, earned her MBA from the University of Florida and received a Master of International Management at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Prior to medical school, she worked in private equity and investment banking for more than a decade. Dr. Good graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 2016 and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals. She serves on the board of the Wisconsin Chapter of ACEP and is the past EDPMA Fellow.

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Neal Harmelink, MD

Dr. Neal Harmelink is an ABEM certified emergency physician practicing and serving patients in Southeast Wisconsin for the last 20+ years. Dr. Harmelink has been in private practice with Emergency Medicine Specialists since 2003 serving various roles including St. Francis Associate Medical Director, Franklin ER Medical Director, Regional Medical Director-St. Francis and Franklin, Medical Staff President-Franklin Hospital, and CFO for Emergency Medicine Specialists from 2006-2018, Medical Director Elmbrook Memorial Hospital ER, and currently serving as Chair-Department of Emergency Medicine-Columbia St. Mary’s Milwaukee and Ozaukee hospitals. Dr. Harmelink has also served on the Emergency Medicine Specialists Executive Committee or Board of Directors from 2006-2023. Dr. Harmelink received his medical degree from The Medical College of Wisconsin in 2000 and completed residency training at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando FL in 2003.

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Jessica Rezmer, DO

Dr. Jessica Rezmer is an ABEM certified Emergency Medicine physician who joined Emergency Medicine Specialists in 2011 upon completion of residency training at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is a partner and shareholder with EMS. Dr. Rezmer has been an active member of the Emergency Department Peer Review Committee since 2012. In 2018, Dr. Rezmer became the Associate Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Ascension All Saints Hospital and then transitioned to the role of Medical Director in 2020. She continues to serve on hospital committees focused on patient care and clinical outcomes in addition to her involvement on the Physician Performance Committee. Her true passion is bedside patient care. Dr. Rezmer lives in southeast Wisconsin with her husband and two children.

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