Department Blog

Jennifer Nichols, MD, Resident; Jennifer E. Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor; Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor; and Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “55-Year-Old Male With Fatigue,” published April 16, 2021 by Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine:

• was among the authors of “The Relationship of Large City Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and the Prevalence of COVID-19,” an early version of which received a Star Research Achievement Award from the Society for Critical Care Medicine at the society’s annual Critical Care Congress January 31, 2021.
• received a second Academy for Scholarship Distinguished Educator Award for “development of enduring educational materials” from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine on May 7, 2021. He had previously received the award in 2015.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, and Richard Jean-Louis, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of:

• “PG County, PLEASE Get Your Flu Shot,” published by the Prince George’s Sentinel on November 10, 2020
• “We’re Worried about Thanksgiving,” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on November 18, 2020
• “Please Don’t Come to the ER Just to Get a COVID Test,” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on December 30, 2020

Benjamin J. Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Professor, and Lucas Sjeklocha, MD, Critical Care Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, participated in the Baltimore Critical Care Transport Collaborative educational conference, which brought together participants from Hopkins Lifeline, Maryland ExpressCare, and PHI Air Medical to discuss critical care patient encounters and evidence-based resuscitation interventions. There are plans to expand the conference to other programs (MedStar) and host it on a recurrent basis.

Darlene Y. Robinson, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, will present “Everyday Bias for Healthcare Professionals” as a Zoom teleconference on July 19, 2021.

Joseph P. Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was selected by the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Class of 2021 to deliver the Faculty Speaker Address to their class as part of their graduation ceremony on May 20, 2021.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented on the following topics May 25, 2021, as part of the annual Essentials of Emergency Medicine conference:

• “COVID Cardiology Updates”
• “My Favorite Cardiac Case of the Year”
• “My Favorite ECG [Electrocardiogram] Articles of the Year”
• “My Favorite ECG of the Year”
• “Recent Cardiology Articles that You Gotta Know!”

Benjamin J. Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented on the pro side of “Urban Penetrating Trauma: Prehospital Care Is Essential” as part of the Maryland Committee on Trauma’s annual Point Counterpoint conference on June 11, 2021.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented “When Protestors Become Patients: Civil Unrest and the ED [Emergency Department]” at the American College of Emergency Physicians, Maryland Chapter Educational Conference and Annual Meeting on March 18, 2021.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• sole author of:
  • “I’m Not Really a Hero,” published by Common Sense in July/August 2020
  • “EM Residents and Medical Students: We’re Making History!” published in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Pulse on July 8, 2020
  • “Make Your Voice Heard,” published in the American College of Emergency Physicians, Maryland Chapter newsletter in fall 2020
  • “The Potential for Violence Against Health Care Workers During COVID-19,” published on KevinMD.com on December 3, 2020
  • “PG County, Please Get Your COVID Vaccine,” published by the Prince George’s Sentinel on January 17, 2021
  • “Your Voice STILL Matters,” published by Common Sense in January/February 2021
  • “Beware COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation,” published by The Sentinel on February 22, 2021
  • “Don’t Let Your Guard Down,” published by The Sentinel on March 6, 2021
  • “Which COVID Vaccine Should You Get?” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on April 4, 2021
  • “It’s Time for Congress to Protect Healthcare Workers,” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on May 11, 2021
  • “Op-Ed: An Airborne Pathogen Standard Can Protect Us,” published by MedPage Today on June 3, 2021
• coauthor of:
  • “Policy Playbook: COVID-19 Vaccine Development,” published by EMDocs.net on November 2, 2020
  • “Do Patients Addicted to Drugs Truly Have Capacity?” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on November 27, 2020
  • “Optimizing Medical Surge Capacity,” published by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association’s Modern Resident Blog on December 1, 2020
  • “The Other Safety Concern for Healthcare Workers: Workplace Violence,” published by the Montgomery County Sentinel on December 13, 2020
  • “Emergency Department Physicians Should Have the Right to Due Process Protection. Many Don’t,” published by STAT on December 16, 2020
  • “ ‘Normalcy’ Is Still a Long Ways Off, Despite COVID Vaccine Rollout,” published by The Baltimore Sun on February 5, 2021