Gabor D. Kelen, MD, FRCP(C), FACEP
Chair of the Board

Current Professional Positions

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Director, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University.

Internships and Residency

University of Toronto, St Michael’s Hospital (1982); Emergency Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital (1984)

Medical Degree

MD, University of Toronto (1979)

Elected to Board

2019, 2022
Chair of the Board 2024-25

Bio

Gabe Kelen, MD, FRCP(C), FACEP, is chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Kelen is director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response. He is also a professor of emergency medicine, anesthesiology and critical care, and health policy and management. Dr. Kelen has extensive experience with public health, disaster health, and infectious disease with a focus on emerging infections. He is a former president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Society for Teachers of Emergency Medicine, and was elected to the National Academies of Science. Dr. Kelen received his medical degree and started his residency with the University of Toronto and completed an emergency medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.