Department Blog

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.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for the Emergency Physicians Monthly EPM Talk podcast episode, “ED Pregnancy Perspective with Elizabeth Clayborne,” which was published on July 9, 2020.

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of:

• “Association of Pressure Injury with Body Care Activities in Nursing Homes,” which was accepted for publication in Wound Repair and Regeneration on July 4, 2020.
• “Unique Risks and Solutions for Equitable Advancement during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Experience from Frontline Physicians in Academic Medicine,” which was published in NEJM Catalyst on July 20, 2020.
• “A Phase 2B Randomised Trial of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis Patients Hospitalised for Moderate to Severe Flares,” which was published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics on August 3, 2020.

Cody Couperus-Mashewske, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was second author of “Respiratory Failure Due to a Large Mediastinal Mass in a 4-year-old Female with Blast Cell Crisis: A Case Report,” which was published in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine on June 19, 2020.