Department Blog

Sam King, MD, Resident; Ryan Spangler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor; Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor; and Laura Bontempo, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “36-year-old Male with Syncope,” which was published in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine on July 20, 2020.

Jenny Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of “Advances in Pediatric Neck Trauma: What’s New in Assessment and Management?” which was published in Trauma Reports on September 1, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Rupal Jain, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, led the first three episodes of the new Critical Care Now Rad Review video series:

• The ABCT’s of CT Imaging part 1, published July 19, 2020.
• The ABCT’s of CT Imaging part 2, published July 23, 2020.
• CATscan DOGmalysis part 1, published August 6, 2020.

Bradford Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Correlation of History and Physical Examination with Imaging in Traumatic Near-Shore Aquatic Head and Spinal Injury,” which was published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on July 15, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “The Effect of Platelet Transfusion on Functional Independence and Mortality after Antiplatelet Therapy Associated Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” which was published in Journal of the Neurological Sciences on August 1, 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 “TXA for GI Bleeds? The HALT-IT Trial,” which was published on July 15, 2020.

Diane Kuhn, MD, PhD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was lead author and Daniel Haase, MD, Assistant Professor and Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Blood Pressure Management in Emergency Department Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage,” which was published in Blood Pressure Monitoring on July 30, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for the Baltimore Sports Beyond with Bobby Trosset podcast, discussing COVID-19 and the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus on July 20, 2020.

Sarah Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, received a National Junior Faculty Teaching Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians on July 15, 2020. The award is given to “an outstanding educator who demonstrates superior clinical teaching.”

Ali Aledhaim, MS, Postdoctoral Fellow; Mak Moayedi, MD, Assistant Professor; Steve Schenkel, MD, Associate Professor; and Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Access and Barriers to Take-Home Naloxone Use among Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Misuse in Baltimore, Maryland, USA,” which was published in Substance Use & Misuse on July 30, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.