Regional Associate Dean, EM Vice Chair of Education
Geisinger Health System
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
Mark Olaf, DO, is an Associate Regional Dean, and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine Education at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. (GCSOM) where he is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. He is an Emergency Physician at Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA.
A Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP), Dr. Olaf is also a distinguished fellow of the ACEP Teaching Fellowship. Dr. Olaf is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed emergency medicine residency training at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, where he served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Olaf has demonstrated expertise in advising and mentoring emergency medicine bound students. He has presented previously at SAEM, CORD EM, and published educational manuscripts in peer reviewed journals, including AEM E&T. He has been awarded multiple institutional awards for mentoring and advising students. His ongoing academic and education research interests include evidence-based advising, medical student transitions to residency, and curriculum development for emergency medicine education.
Dr. Olaf is a previous Co-Chair of the Advising Students Committee of the Council of Residency Directors in EM (CORD-EM). He currently is leading work groups to provide and publish evidence based advising to emergency medicine interested students across the country. He is also a member of the Clerkship Directors of Emergency Medicine (CDEM) Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians (PACEP), having served on the wellness committee, and having been awarded the PACEP Leadership Scholarship Award.
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