Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, was featured in an article, “Analgesia for sickle cell vaso-occlusive crises often delayed due to improper ED triage,” in the November issue of HemOnc Today, published by Helio.
The article reviews a 2025 study, “Use of Emergency Severity Index 2 Reduces Time to First Analgesia in Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive Crisis,” published in Blood Advances, in which Dr. Wilkerson and Associate Professor Benoit Stryckman, MA, among others, performed a retrospective analysis of 66 visits by 41 sickle cell patients admitted to the Emergency Department for pain management.
The potential impacts of the study are profound: according to the study, by giving nurses and hospital staff high-quality, consistent training and resources to properly triage sickle cell patients, patients can receive the timely treatment they need in times of crisis.
On November 1, Assistant Professor Rohit Menon, MD, along with EM residents Heather Groves, MD, Kyle Glose, MD, and Robert Dunn, MD, participated in EPLEX, a large-scale emergency preparedness exercise held at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Drs. Menon, Groves, Glose, and Dunn worked alongside fire and rescue departments, law enforcement, airport operations, and other local agencies to strengthen partnership and enhance coordination advance of a real-world emergency event.
According to Dr. Menon, “it was remarkable to witness an incredible level of coordination across multiple EMS agencies, the engagement of so many volunteers, and the professionalism and attention to detail demonstrated by everyone involved.”
