Kristiana Kaufmann MD, MPH is director of the Global and Urban Health Section and the Global and Urban Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Wayne State University (WSU) Department of Emergency Medicine. She is also the co-director of the WSU Global Health Alliance and its Global and Urban Health Equity Scholars Program.

She is the American College of Emergency Physicians Ambassador to Lao People’s Democratic Republic through her long-standing work with Health Frontiers, including development of and director of the new Lao EM residency training program. She works locally in Detroit the First Aid First program and the National Ski Patrol.