Dr. Anna Bona is an assistant professor of clinical emergency and joined IUEM as a faculty member in 2020. She graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2016, and from Maimonides Medical Center located in Brooklyn in 2019. She also serves as faculty in the Simulation Medicine Division. Her clinical interests include residency and medical student curriculum development, faculty engagement and development, and teamwork communication. Her research focuses on simulation medicine, with emphasis on communication including teamwork, error disclosure and teaching business and negotiation skills for women. Outside of the department, Anna enjoys spending time with her 8 nieces and nephews, swimming, reading, and road trips.  

Ahmed R, Weaver L, Falvo L, Bona A, Poore J, Schroedle K, Cooper D, Sarmiento E, Hughes M, Hobgood C. Rapid-cycle deliberate practice: death notification. The Clinical Teacher. 2020;(17)1–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13170.

Wipprecht S, Wagner J, Bona A, et al. (May 21, 2020) Remodulin® Pump Failure: An Emergency Medicine Simulation Scenario. Cureus 12(5): e8223. doi:10.7759/cureus.8223

Bona A, Friedman M. “Ambulance Lights and Sirens Should Only Be Used When the Benefit Outweighs the Risk.” ACEP Now. Retrieved from https://www.acepnow.com.

Virani S, Bona A, Bodic M, Gomes CAB, Strayer R. Management of Severe Agitation in the Emergency Department of a Community Hospital in Brooklyn, New York: Establishing "Code White". Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2019;21(1):18l02348. Published 2019 Feb 21. doi:10.4088/PCC.18l02348