Department Blog

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• Guest co-editor of the November 2020 issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, focused on Emergency Department Resuscitation.
• Co-author of “Resuscitation in Emergency Medicine: Now More Important Than Ever,” the preface to the November 2020 issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America.

Sara Manning, MD, Assistant Professor; Brent King, MD, Professor; John Peffer, MD, Assistant Instructor; and Dylan Lescure, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were authors of “Cheiro-Oral Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases and Review,” published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on October 1, 2020.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author and Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Inadequate Management of Patients With Acute Aortic Symptoms Before Transfer From Emergency Departments,” published in Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock on September 18, 2020.

Danya Khoujah, MBBS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and George Willis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were chosen as winners on September 19, 2020 of the 25 Under 45 Award by the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association for being influencers in emergency medicine. The award recognizes “young emergency medicine physicians who are changing the world” and “whose contributions embody the spirit of the specialty.”

Caleb Chan, MD, Assistant Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was honored with a scholarship by the Residents and Medical Students Board of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine on August 15, 2020. The Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design (ARMED) Scholarship will offset the cost for Dr. Chan to attend the 2020–2021 ARMED course, whose purpose is “to arm participants with the fundamental knowledge and skills to design a high-quality research project and grant proposal to jumpstart their research career.” This is Dr. Chan’s first year as a faculty member of the Department of Emergency Medicine after having graduated as an Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine Chief Resident in June 2020.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of “Ethical Obligations to Provide Maternal and Parental Leave Benefits,” published in ACEP [American College of Emergency Physicians] Now on September 11, 2020.

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for the “Pulmonary Embolism Case With Leen Alblaihed” episode of the Ultrasound podcast, published by Core Ultrasound on September 21, 2020.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of “Complication of Vasopressor Infusion Through Peripheral Venous Catheter: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on September 26, 2020.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of “If You Don’t Want to Wear a Mask, Come to Work With Me,” published by KevinMD on September 18, 2020.

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

• First author of “Abnormal P Wave and QRS Complex Axes: When Differential Diagnoses Overlap,” published in the July 2020 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
• Among the authors of “Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Position Statement From the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP),” published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on September 7, 2020.
• Sole author of “Resuscitation,” the foreword to the November 2020 issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, for which he is also a consulting editor.