Department Blog

Associate Professor Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, and Assistant Professor Jessica V. Downing, MD, are among the authors of two recent publications. “Metoprolol vs diltiazem for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events” appears in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025; March 89:230-240. “Blood pressure variability and outcome predictors for traumatic brain injury patients with diffuse axonal injury: a retrospective cohort study” was published December 31 in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.

FeedSpot.com, which organizes and evaluates thousands of podcasts on hundreds of topics from around the world, ranks EMCast no. 5 – and no. 1 among medical podcasts – on its list of “30 Best 90 Minute Podcasts worth listening to in 2025.” EMCast is presented monthly and hosted by Professor Amal Mattu, MD, with many UMEM faculty participants.

Assistant Professor Alexis Salerno, MD, is the 2025 recipient of the Young Educator Award given by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. This award recognizes an AAEM member less than five years out of residency for outstanding contributions in educational programs. Dr. Salerno teaches point-of-care ultrasound to fellows, residents, medical students, and colleagues in the School of Medicine, UMMS, and nationally. She will receive her award in April at the AAEM Scientific Assembly in Miami.

The new episode of the Critical Care Perspectives in EM podcast features Professor and Vice Chair Mike Winters, MBA, MD and three EM specialists from academic medical centers in New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco discussing the HAPPEN study that compared low- and high-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) for patients with acute COPD exacerbations.

Associate Professor Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, coauthored two recent journal articles: “Use of Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Advances and Future Challenges,” published in Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Nov 20;60(11):1904. doi: 10.3390/medicina60111904. PMID: 39597089; PMCID: PMC11596809, and “[Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams?Evidence of Benefits? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis](doi: 10.3390/jcm13247623),” published December 14 in a special issue on respiratory cardiology and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation of the Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Dec;13(24):7623. doi: 10.3390/jcm13247623.

Professor and Vice Chair Mike Winters, MBA, MD, Professor Joseph Martinez, MD, and Associate Professor Kami Hu Windsor, MD, are among the coauthors of “[The critical care literature 2023](doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.08.010),” published in the November issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Nov;85:13-23.

“[Analyzing unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) attacks; a disaster medicine perspective](doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.08.001)” by Associate Professor Quincy Tran, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Gregory Jasani, MD, and others, was published in the October issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Oct;84:135-140. The article examined data on more than 250 drone attacks between 1970 and 2020.

Clinical Associate Professor Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, and Assistant Professor Rachel Wiltjer, DO, wrote “Mastering management of the acutely agitated patient” for the new third edition of Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department. For the same book, Dr. Wiltjer and Assistant Professor Gregory Jasani, MD, coauthored “See no evil: Mandatory reporting obligations.” Professor and Vice Chair Mike Winters, MBA, MD,  and Associate Professor Sarah B. Dubbs, MD are among the coeditors of this edition, published October 24.

Professor and Vice Chair Mike Winters, MBA, MD,  and Associate Professor Sarah B. Dubbs, MD are among the coeditors of the third edition of Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department, published October 24 by Wolters Kluwer Health. The book is available in paperback and interactive e-book formats and can be converted to an audiobook. Dr. Winters and Professor Amal Mattu, MD, were editors of the second edition of Avoiding Common Errors, published in 2017.

Assistant Professor Alexis Salerno, MD, is the coeditor of the November issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America on “Clinical Ultrasound in the Emergency Department” and first author of its introductory article, “[Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department: Past, Present, and Future](doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2024.05.016).” Emerg Med Clinics North Am. 2024 Nov;42(4):xvii-xxi.