Department Blog

Jes Downing, MD, 2021 residency graduate; Reem Alfalasi, MBChB, 2021 residency graduate; Stephanie Cardona, DO, 2021 residency graduate; Bobbi Lowie, MD, resident; and Caleb C. Chan, MD, MPH, Critical Care Fellow, all of the Department of Emergency Medicine, along with Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Program in Trauma, were among the authors of “How Effective Is Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) for Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published by American Journal of Emergency Medicine September 2, 2021. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, provided language and technical editing of the manuscript.

Youssef Annous, BS, Visiting Research Fellow, and R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Associate Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Resident Corner: Applying to Residency in Emergency Medicine Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic; How Will International Medical Graduates Be Affected?” published by the Maryland ACEP Chapter Newsletter in summer 2020.

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA, Assistant Professor, and Danya Khoujah, MBBS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, coauthored the Arabic translation of the “Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)” chapter in Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives’ CorePendium online textbook, updated June 11, 2021.

Michael A. Grasso, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented “W13: Open-Source and Interoperable Approaches for Clinical Decision Support” at the American Medical Informatics Association’s 2021 Annual Symposium, held in San Diego, California, October 30, 2021.

Daniel Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, and David E. Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, MHS-CL, FACEP, Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, presented “Innovative Use of Emergency Medicine Providers to Reduce Overutilization of 911” at the 2021 American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ National Conference, held online June 15–August 31, 2021.

Daniel Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented “Enhanced Telemedicine Capabilities in a Mobile Integrated Health Program to Improve Primary Care Access During COVID Pandemic” at the Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics Conference, held online July 16, 2021.

Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “A Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Model to Estimate Risk and Evaluate Factors Related to Drug-Involved Emergency Department Visits in the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area,” published by Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment June 12, 2021.

Naillid Felipe, MD, MPH, Resident; Sam King, MD, Clinical Instructor; and Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, all of the Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “Diagnosis of Boerhaave’s Syndrome With Aid of Bedside Ultrasound,” published by Journal of Emergency Medicine June 27, 2021.

Daniel J. Haase, MD, Assistant Professor, and Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Program in Trauma, were among the authors of “Predictors of Clinically Relevant Differences Between Noninvasive Versus Arterial Blood Pressure,” published by American Journal of Emergency Medicine in May 2021.

Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Plasma Gelsolin Modulates the Production and Fate of IL-1?-containing Microparticles Following High-Pressure Exposure and Decompression,” published by Journal of Applied Physiology May 1, 2021.