Dr. Rita Cydulka is a professor and vice-chair of the department of emergency medicine and an associate professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University Medical School in Cleveland.  She is well published in emergency medicine and a regularly invited speaker. Dr. Cydulka is on the editorial board and is a decision editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine. In 2008 Dr. Cydulka was honored with the SAEM Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award.