Department Blog

Eric Friedman, MD, Resident, David Gatz, MD, Instructor, Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, and Laura Bontempo, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “55-Year-Old Male With Exertional Dyspnea,” which was published in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine on April 23, 2020.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was co-author of “The Dangers of Being a Doctor: Threatened by Those Who Seek Help,” an op-ed on workplace violence published in the Baltimore Sun on January 3, 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 “COVID-19: Toxicities of Potential Therapies,” published May 13, 2020.

Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “The Impact of a New Casino on the Motor Vehicle Crash Patterns in Suburban Maryland,” which was accepted for publication in Accident Analysis and Prevention on April 13, 2020.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was third author of “Is Emphysematous Pyelitis a Precursor Lesion of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis? A Case Report of Bilateral Emphysematous Pyelitis Caused by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Escherichia coli and Literature Review,” which was published in International Journal of Academic Medicine on March 27, 2020.

The Department of Emergency Medicine hosted a half-day Alumni Week conference on May 6, 2020, featuring past residents and current faculty presenting on various topics related to COVID-19 from their respective locations. Lecture topics included:

• COVID-19 Update: What We Know as of May 6, 2020
• COVID 19: Update from NYC
• International COVID-19 Update from the Netherlands, Japan, and Pakistan
• Skin Findings in COVID
• Lung Ultrasound in COVID
• Pediatric COVID Update
• Critical Care COVID Update
• COVID EMS Update

Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, and Bradford Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Notes from the Field: High Prevalence of Fentanyl Detected by the Maryland Emergency Department Drug Surveillance System — Baltimore, Maryland, 2019,” which was published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on June 12, 2020.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, hosted the monthly EMCast emergency medicine podcast published May 7, 2020, covering:

1. COVID and the Brain
2. Critical Care and COVID-19
3. Boston COVID-19 Preparedness
4. COVID-19 and ST-Elevation

Michele Callahan, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Tu Carol Nguyen, DO, Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were featured in:

• “3 Pregnant ER Doctors Opt to Stay on Front Lines of Maryland’s Emerging Coronavirus Hot Spot” (full text available), a Good Morning America article published April 23, 2020
• “Why These Three Pregnant ER Doctors Keep Working During the Coronavirus Crisis” (requires subscription to access), a Wall Street Journal article published April 11, 2020

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on CNN Newsroom about her work treating coronavirus patients on April 11, 2020, and on the importance of having an advance care plan in place on April 19, 2020. For those who are interested in creating their own advance care plans, the National Institutes of Health has a good overview of advance care planning and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization offers links to state-specific advance directive forms.