Department Blog - July 2020

Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of the article, “The Curtain Between US,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on June 11, 2020.

In his roles as COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was quoted in the Maryland Daily Record article, “Organizer of ‘Reopen Maryland’ Protests Says He Has COVID-19,” published June 26, 2020.

Taylor Miller, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of the article, “Critical Care Alert: Dexamethasone Treatment for ARDS [Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome],” which was published in EM Resident on May 7, 2020.

In his roles as COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on WBAL NewsRadio on June 25, 2020, regarding his recent Baltimore Sun op-ed, “Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force Member: Don’t Let Reopenings Fool You and Stop Protecting Against the Spread.”

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episode “Diastolic Shock Index,” published June 15, 2020.

In his roles as COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by Fox 45 News for the article, “Maryland’s Path Forward: Don’t Let Your Guard Down,” published June 25, 2020.

Garrett Cavaliere, DO, Resident; Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident; and Reem Alfalasi, MBChB, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of the article, “Feeling Nervous? Recognition and Management of Nerve Agent Exposure,” which was published in EM Resident on June 11, 2020.

David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of the commentary, “Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force Member: Don’t Let Reopenings Fool You and Stop Protecting Against the Spread,” which was published in the Baltimore Sun on June 18, 2020.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episode “Updates in the Critical Care Management of COVID-19 Patients,” which was published on July 2, 2020.

In his roles as COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on WBAL NewsRadio for the article, “350 Tested at Convention Center COVID-19 Testing Site,” published on June 17, 2020.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of “Pregnant on the Frontlines,” which was published in Emergency Physicians Monthly on June 1, 2020.

Andy Windsor, MD, Assistant Professor, and Semhar Tewelde, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were the lead authors of “An Odontoid Fracture and Vertebral Artery Injury in Fast-Track,” which was published in Clinical Case Reports on May 25, 2020.

Danya Khoujah, MBBS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was the lead author of “The Geriatric Emergency Literature 2019,” which was published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on May 17, 2020.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Lay Responder Care for an Adult With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Author Reply to Letter to the Editor,” which was published in New England Journal of Medicine on March 26, 2020.

Mike Witting, MD, Professor; Kami Hu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor; Semhar Tewelde, MD, Assistant Professor; and Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Evaluation of Spodick’s Sign and Other Electrocardiographic Findings as Indicators of STEMI [ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction] and Pericarditis,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on March 25, 2020.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, and Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Designing the Third- and Fourth-Years Clerkship Schedule,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on January 13, 2020.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor; Amal Mattu, MD, Professor; and Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Clerkships in Emergency Medicine,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on January 5, 2020.

Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, Brian Euerle, MD, FACEP, RDMS, Associate Professor, and Mike Witting, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Transesophageal Echocardiography Training of Emergency Physicians Through an E-Learning System,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on April 30, 2020.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episode “Vasopressors & The Older Patient – The 65 Trial,” published April 27, 2020.

Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Assistant Professor; Jason Adler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor; and Robert Brown, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Silent Hypoxia: A Harbinger of Clinical Deterioration in Patients with COVID-19,” which was published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on May 21, 2020.

David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured in a Baltimore Business Journal article, “Turns Out, Baltimore's Field Hospital had a Lot More Capacity than was Needed — So Far,” published June 2, 2020.

Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Using Socially Sensed Data to Infer ZIP-Level Characteristics for the Spatiotemporal Analysis of Drug-Related Health Problems in Maryland,” which was accepted for publication in Health and Place on April 14, 2020.

Stephen Thom, MD, Professor, and Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Transport Blood Pressures and Outcomes in Stroke Patients Requiring Thrombectomy,” which was published in Air Medical Journal on April 7, 2020.