b'Finding My Voice on the HillBy Nsikak Daniel, MD, PGY-2 Conemaugh Emergency Medicine Residency, Johnstown, PAOn October 28, 2025, I was privilegedthe course of the day, our delegation to join a diverse delegation of medicalmet with more than twenty legislators, students, residents, fellows, andSecretary Debra Bogen and the attendings from across PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Department of Health, for what we hope will now becomeand Dr. Venkat in the House Chamber.an annual traditionPACEPs Day onFor me, this experience was the Hill in Harrisburg. Our mission wasparticularly special. As a medical straightforward but critical: to ensurestudent, I had once participated in a emergency physicians voices arevirtual national advocacy meeting, heard as lawmakers consider policiesbut this was different. As a PGY-2 EM that directly impact our patients, ourresident, it was my first time stepping training, and the future of emergencyout of the emergency department Nsikak Daniel, MD care in Pennsylvania.PGY-2 Conemaugh Emergency MedicineResidency, Johnstown, PA Our advocacy centered around three key As an international medical graduatepriorities: supporting from West Africa, PACEPs Day on thephysician-led emergency Hill was something I once only readdepartments, requiring about in newsletters and advocacycarbon monoxide updatesuntil it became my reality.detectors in childcare That, to me, is one of PACEPsfacilities, and expanding greatest gifts: inclusion. A sense oftake-home medication belonging. Purpose. options for patients. Over 18 PACEP News | Fall 2025'