Iyesatta (Satta) Massaquoi Emeli is an Assistant Professor and Emergency Medicine physician at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Harvard University, her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and she did her residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has worked clinically in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi and Sierra Leone. She currently serves as American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) International Ambassador to Sierra Leone working to advocate and promote evolution of emergency medicine in Sierra Leone. She grew up in Sierra Leone and has a strong interest in the sustainable development of healthcare infrastructure in the African setting; be it through education, capacity development and/or collaboration with higher resource institutions.