Department Blog

Mak Moayedi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• sole author of “Anterior Approach Cervical Fusion Wound Hematoma,” published by Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine in April 2021
• among the authors of:
  • “Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Firefighters in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published by Iranian Journal of Psychiatry September 29, 2020
  • “Adherence to Professional Code of Ethics From Emergency Medical Technicians and Their Patient’s Perspective: A Cross-Sectional Study,” published by Trauma Monthly September 30, 2020
  • “Case Report: Delayed Presentation of Bowel Obstruction Caused by Blunt Abdominal Trauma,” published by Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine October 20, 2020
  • “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Ethical Challenges in Patient Care,” published by Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine December 22, 2020

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA, Assistant Professor and Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD, Assistant Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, coauthored the “Bradydysrhythmias” chapter in Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives’ CorePendium online textbook, updated September 14, 2020.

Jennifer E. Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, coauthored the chapter “The Hard Truth of Constipation—Do Not Miss the Potentially Serious Causes” in Avoiding Common Errors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, published by Wolters Kluwer August 24, 2020.

Rachel Wiltjer, DO, Resident, and Jennifer E. Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, coauthored the chapter “Just a Taste: Be Aware of Bad Tasting Medicines That Kids May Refuse to Take” in Avoiding Common Errors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, published by Wolters Kluwer August 24, 2020.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured on:

• EM:RAP’s “Cardiology Corner” discussing:
  • “Hypertensive Emergencies Part 1” in July 2020
  • “Pulmonary Embolism Updates” in November 2020
  • “Aortic Dissection Update” in March 2021
  • “Kounis Syndrome” in June 2021
• “Lessons Learned as an Expert Witness” on ERcast in August 2020
• Eagles Webinars on COVID-19:
  • “Post-Recovery Cardiac Dysfunction Associated With COVID-19” on August 4, 2020
  • “ECG Findings of STEMI vs. Acute Pericarditis” on September 29, 2020
  • “AHA Guidelines Update 2020” on November 3, 2020
  • “Hyperkalemia Mimicking STEMI” on December 1, 2020
  • “Post-COVID-19: Return to Sports, Return to Duty” on January 5, 2021
  • “Ventricular Fibrillation Storm in COVID-19” on January 26, 2021
  • “Electrocardiography of COVID-19” on February 16, 2021
  • “Electrical Storm” on March 9, 2021
  • “Return to Play for Athletes After COVID-19” on March 16, 2021
  • “VTach Mimics Part I: Really Wide Complex Tachycardias” on June 1, 2021
• “Did I Do the Right Thing? An ER Doctor on Ethics of the Pandemic” on On Point December 15, 2020
• “Acute Heart Failure” on TheCase.Report January 3, 2021

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured on:

• “Managing Hypertension and Patients With Acute Stroke” on EMCast July 2, 2020
• REBEL Core Cast discussing “Pyomyositis” on June 30, 2021, and “Hemophilia” on July 28, 2021

Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of the “ECG Abnormalities” chapter in The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5th edition, published by McGraw Hill in 2021.

Brian J. Browne, MD, Professor, and Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor, both of the Department of Emergency Medicine, coauthored the “Cutaneous Emergencies” chapter in Preparing for the Written Board Exam in Emergency Medicine, 10th edition, published by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2021.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• sole author of:
  • the foreword for Mastering EKG Rhythm Interpretation: A Systematic Approach to Cardiac Dysrhythmias, published by Adam Thompson Press in 2020
  • “Foreword: Emergency Department Operations and Administration,” published by Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America June 4, 2020
  • “Foreword: Emergencies in the Geriatric Patient,” published by Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America March 11, 2021
• among the authors of:
  • “11: Severe Escalation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in SARS-CoV-2 Immersed Metropolitan Cities,” published by Critical Care Medicine in January 2021 and a winner of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Star Research Achievement Award
  • “Most Clinicians Are Still Not Comfortable Sending Chest Pain Patients Home With a Very Low Risk of 30-Day Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE),” published by Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 15, 2021

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants on the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episodes:

• “The ED-AWARENESS Study” published on July 16, 2021
• “Pigtail Catheters for Traumatic Hemothorax?” published on August 5, 2021