Welcome to the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. We train tomorrow's leaders in emergency medicine to positively affect the lives of patients and to expand our specialty's contributions to patient care. Our department's emphasis on education is fundamental. Our 75 full-time, board-certified faculty members include some of the world’s most accomplished clinicians, teachers, researchers, and leaders in emergency medicine. Our faculty's interests are wide-ranging: emergency care, cardiopulmonary and brain resuscitation, clinical toxicology, prehospital care, emergency medical services, disaster preparedness and response, international medicine, use of ultrasound in the emergency department (ED), and the incorporation of simulation into medical education. I am personally committed to our faculty development program, urging faculty members to explore their academic interests by promoting collaborative efforts on interdepartmental projects and initiatives. The Department of Emergency Medicine has a proud history of serving communities in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Our faculty provides patient care at 4 hospital EDs in downtown Baltimore: University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore VA Medical Center, UMMC Midtown Campus, and Mercy Medical Center. In addition, we have a community emergency medicine network at 9 hospitals statewide. These sites provide outstanding clinical education opportunities for our residents and medical students, with ED volumes of:
Our urban location provides a fast-paced and challenging environment for learning and clinical practice. Enriched with the state-of-the art technology and cutting-edge academic resources available to us as part of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, we offer comprehensive training in emergency medicine. Our educational responsibilities have our highest commitment. We are shaping the future of emergency medicine in the United States and abroad. I welcome your interest in our department, and I invite you to explore our website to learn more about our dynamic clinical and educational programs. |
Assistant Professors Jessica Downing MD, Daniel Haase MD, and Kevin Jones MD, Associate Professor Quincy Tran, MD, PhD, and colleagues from Shock Trauma authored “No Echo, no problem? (continued)
A lab test finding of Bandemia is a potential marker for severe infection. EM resident Matthew Jackson, MD, Assistant Professor Alexis Salerno, MD, and Professor Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP, reported on a retrospective quality improvement study in “What happens to reporting when Bandemia becomes a critical alert? (continued)
Instructor Rohit Menon, MD, and colleagues in the UMSOM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine authored “Skyrocketing troponin after a motor vehicle crash: a traumatic dilemma,” a case report illustrated with angiograms and intravascular ultrasound images and videos, published February 4 in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. (continued)
The Society of Critical Care Medicine recently convened a panel to update their 2018 guidelines on the management of pain, agitation/sedation, delirium,... (continued)
This study looked at exposure to gun violence and found increased use of mental health resources, depression and suicide risk even with a single exposure.... (continued)
In the April edition of Annals of EM, there are opposing view points on the optimal antibiotic regiment for necrotizing soft tissue infection. One group... (continued)
Hyperkalemia can produce a variety of ECG changes, including well-known changes such as peaked t-waves, QRS widening, PR-interval prolongation, loss of... (continued)
93 million CT examinations conducted on 62 million US patients in 2023 projected to lead to 103000 new cancer diagnoses accounting for 5% of new cancers.... (continued)
