On December 30, Assistant Professor Megan Cobb, MD, DPT, was interviewed by Baltimore’s ABC affiliate, WMAR 2, on the rapidly spreading flu strain.
Noting that the current strain is highly contagious and can cause fever spikes in children, Dr. Cobb referenced the increasing number of Maryland children who have visited the State’s emergency departments due to influenza-like viruses.
Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, was quoted in a January 6 Baltimore Sun article on medotomindine, a new additive to fentanyl. Medotomindine is a veterinary sedative and painkiller that has recently been noted as an additive in fentanyl in the Philadelphia area.
The article notes how public health leaders—including Dr. Wilkerson and his Emergency Medicine colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Medicine—have expressed concerns that the additive may soon spike in Baltimore too.
On December 19, Assistant Professor Anthony Roggio, MD, participated in a webinar hosted by HealthLeaders. In the webinar, Dr. Roggio joined Emergency Medicine colleagues from Yale and the University of Illinois to discuss how technologies like artificial intelligence, virtual consults, and secure text messaging have impacted Emergency Medicine operations.
Assistant Professor Megan Cobb, MD, DPT, recently advised Maryland families on the safest toys to gift children during the holiday season. On Baltimore’s Fox affiliate, Fox 45 Morning News, Dr. Cobb joined a colleague to discuss toys that pose a risk to children, including recalled toys sold off-market, technology-based toys that violate children’s privacy, and small toys that children could inadvertently confuse with candy.
“Things that are fun can also be dangerous,” Dr. Cobb warned watchers in the segment, encouraging parents to closely observe children in day-to-day play.
Assistant Professor Cheyenne Falat, MD, recently provided winter safety advice to three local Baltimore media outlets.
Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, was featured in an article, “Analgesia for sickle cell vaso-occlusive crises often delayed due to improper ED triage,” in the November issue of HemOnc Today, published by Helio.
The article reviews a 2025 study, “Use of Emergency Severity Index 2 Reduces Time to First Analgesia in Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive Crisis,” published in Blood Advances, in which Dr. Wilkerson and Associate Professor Benoit Stryckman, MA, among others, performed a retrospective analysis of 66 visits by 41 sickle cell patients admitted to the Emergency Department for pain management.
The potential impacts of the study are profound: according to the study, by giving nurses and hospital staff high-quality, consistent training and resources to properly triage sickle cell patients, patients can receive the timely treatment they need in times of crisis.
On November 1, Assistant Professor Rohit Menon, MD, along with EM residents Heather Groves, MD, Kyle Glose, MD, and Robert Dunn, MD, participated in EPLEX, a large-scale emergency preparedness exercise held at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Drs. Menon, Groves, Glose, and Dunn worked alongside fire and rescue departments, law enforcement, airport operations, and other local agencies to strengthen partnership and enhance coordination advance of a real-world emergency event.
According to Dr. Menon, “it was remarkable to witness an incredible level of coordination across multiple EMS agencies, the engagement of so many volunteers, and the professionalism and attention to detail demonstrated by everyone involved.”
In its November issue, Baltimore Magazine recognized its annual selection of Top Docs—a list of physicians nominated by their peers for delivering exceptional patient care.
The UMSOM Emergency Medicine Department is proud to share that six of our faculty were nominated for this honor in the Emergency Medicine category, including:
Additionally, Associate Professor Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, was also nominated for this honor in the Hyperbaric Medicine category.
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on this impressive achievement!
On October 9, the UMSOM Emergency Medicine Department hosted its annual Faculty Development Day—an opportunity to further equip faculty and residents with skills needed to advance their academic and professional careers.
Professor and Interim Department Chair Mike Winters, MBA, MD, opened the session, sharing his personal journey to leadership and service within the Department. He then also shared his vision for the Department to become the preeminent academic department of emergency medicine, renowned globally for unparalleled education, unrivaled patient-centered care, pioneering research, and for training the next generation of visionary and innovative leaders in emergency medicine.
Additional presenters included Professor and Associate Dean Joseph Martinz, MD; Assistant Professor Ryan Spangler, MD; Associate Professor Sarah Dubbs, MD; Assistant Professor Bennett Myers, MD; Professor and Chief Clinical Officer/Senior Vice President of the University of Maryland Medical Center David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL; Assistant Professor Lauren Rosenblatt, MD; and Professor and Vice Chair Amal Mattu, MD.
On October 8, the UMSOM Emergency Medicine Department was honored to host Dr. Raymond Fowler as the department’s Fall Visiting Professor. Dr. Fowler is a renowned expert in emergency medicine, emergency medical services, and public health—and his powerful lecture impacted residents and faculty alike.
At the lecture, the Department also announced that we are renaming the lecture series to the Brian J. Browne Leadership Lecture, in recognition of four decades of exemplary leadership from the Department’s Outgoing Chair and Professor Brian Browne, MD.