Department Blog

Michael Grasso, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, chaired two monthly meetings of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Working Group on the topics of:

• AMIA Fall Symposium planning and strategic planning on July 14, 2020.
• Federated Electronic Health Record Intelligence and Embedded CDS Support: Promoting the Standards and Certification on August 11, 2020.

David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System; and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team was interviewed by:

• Fox 45 Morning News for “Fourth of July Weekend Warnings,” which was published July 3, 2020.
• ABC News for “American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here? The One-Hour Special Edition of 20/20,” which was published July 28, 2020.
• WBAL News Radio discussing several COVID issues including testing at nursing homes, precautions for people with underlying medical conditions, and safety considerations for school reopening on August 6, 2020.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was second author of “Ethical Protection of Powerless Populations,” which was published in ACEP Now on July 8, 2020.

Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Assistant Professor; Sharleen Yuan, MD, PhD, MA, Resident; and Andy Windsor, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Trauma in Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Overview,” which was published in Trauma Reports on April 3, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Ben Lawner, DO, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed as part of three episodes of the Collective “Live” podcast:

• “COVID-19 Update, CPR and Mechanical Ventilation in the COVID Patient” in June 2020.
• “COVID Updates, Double Sequential External Defibrillation for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation trial, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support 2019 updates, Intravenous vs Intraosseous Epinephrine” in July 2020.
• “Culture in Emergency Medical Services: What Is Your Clinical Mindset” in August 2020.

As part of the graduation ceremony for senior residents and fellows that took place on June 11, 2020, the following members of the Department of Emergency Medicine were honored with awards:

• Laura Pimentel, MD, CPME, Clinical Professor, received the inaugural Betty Tso Legacy Award for being a great mentor, an exceptional role model, and a leader in the department.
• Sarah Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor; David Gatz, MD, Assistant Professor; Angela Smedley, MD, Assistant Professor; Mimi Lu, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor; and Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Assistant Professor, received faculty teaching awards, bestowed by the residents for showing exemplary commitment to education and teaching.
• Naillid Felipe, MD, MPH, Resident, received the Barry S. Gold, MD, Memorial Award, presented by the VA faculty to a resident who demonstrates the qualities admired in Dr. Gold: compassion in the delivery of medical care, a sustained quest for knowledge, and a commitment to excellence in providing medical care to veterans.
• Megan P. Donohue, MD, Resident, received the Shira Kansas, MD, Outstanding Professionalism Award, presented to a resident who carries on Shira’s model of enthusiasm and professionalism in the practice of emergency medicine.
• Cheyenne Falat, MD, Resident, received the Robert J. Doherty, MD, Exemplary Teaching Resident Award.

Michael McCurdy, MD, FAAEM, FCCM, Associate Professor, and Kami Hu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of the chapter, “Vascular Emergencies,” which was published as part of the book Emergency Department Critical Care on June 20, 2020.

Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, and David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of the article, “Development of a Logic Model to Guide Implementation and Evaluation of a Mobile Integrated Health Transitional Care Program,” which was published in Population Health Management on June 23, 2020.

The Department of Emergency Medicine presented its seventh annual Critical Care Symposium as a livestream on June 24, 2020. More than 2,500 people from 70 countries registered to watch the conference. Mike Winters, MD, Professor, led the symposium, with Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, and Doreen Lucadamo, CMP, HMCC, Conference Planning Specialist, facilitating. Two lecturers represented the department:

• Kami Hu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor on “The Critical Care Literature 2020”
• WanTsu Wendy Chang, MD, Assistant Professor on “A Brain Too Good to Die: Critical Components of Cerebral Resuscitation”

Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on the Louie b. Free Radio Show on 21WFMJ of Youngstown, Ohio, on June 24, 2020, discussing “Notes from the Field: High Prevalence of Fentanyl Detected by the Maryland Emergency Department Drug Surveillance System — Baltimore, Maryland, 2019,” an article he and Bradford Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on May 28, 2020.