Anna Heffron, MD, PhD, is a PGY2 resident at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Emergency Medicine. She currently serves as Section delegate of the Resident & Fellow Section Governing Council at the American Medical Association for the 2023-2024 term. Dr. Heffron has been involved in organized medicine since medical school and has extensive experience in the policymaking process and related advocacy, resulting in the adoption of numerous policies impacting medicine. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative research in areas including basic science, clinical research and disparities and discrimination in healthcare.