On May 18, Associate Professor Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH, facilitated a national workshop on financial fluency for women leaders in academic Emergency Medicine. The workshop, a pre-conference offering through the Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), included both lecture and panel discussion components.
Within the workshop, Interim Chair and Professor Mike Winters, MD, MBA, joined academic emergency medicine leaders from Drexel University College of Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, and Indiana University School of Medicine, to share perspectives on managing finances and developing budgets for academic Emergency Medicine departments.
On May 12, Professor Mak Moayedi, MD; Assistant Professor Bobbi-Jo Lowie, MD; Associate Professor Alexis Salerno, MD; Assistant Professor Ryan Spangler, MD; and Clinical Assistant Professor Doug Sward, MD, led a cadaver-based procedures lab exclusively for Departmental faculty.
The lab reviewed procedures including an ultrasound-guided nerve block, lateral canthotomy, facial nerve block, cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, central venous access, tube thoracostomy, knee and wrist arthocentesis, thoracotomy, pericardiocentesis, transvenous pacing, Blakemore tube placement, and nasopharengeal laryngoscopy.
The lab allowed Departmental faculty to review and practice high-stakes procedures not always taught in standard labs, but very helpful in the day-to-day practice of Emergency Medicine.
EMS1, an online news network for EMTs, paramedics, and EMS professionals, recently recognized Maryland ExpressCare’s response to a complex crash in Baltimore.
ExpressCare clinicians recently responded to a local crash involving a public bus and two passenger vehicles. After colleagues at the Baltimore City Fire Department rescued patients from the scene, ExpressCare clinicians administered blood to a patient, placed an advanced airway, and transitioned the patient to a mechanical ventilator—offering critical, life-saving pre-hospital services.
Associate Professor Benjamin Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, serves as Medical Director of Maryland ExpressCare. Designed primarily to transport patients, ExpressCare also deploys physicians and nurse anesthetists to incident scenes at the request of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command.
In March, Assistant Professor Cheyenne Falat, MD, was featured in a Time article about situations that scare ER doctors the most. Dr. Falat shared insight about the realities of drowning in young children. Although drowning is the leading cause of death in children from ages 1 to 4, it is preventable. Dr. Falat recommends families enroll their children in swimming lessons and install barriers to prevent children from accessing pools or open water.
In a time when the challenges facing the medical profession seem greater than ever, Clinical Professor David Marcozzi, MD, MHS, expressed hope regarding the future of medicine with Becker’s Hospital Review. Specifically, Dr. Marcozzi cited the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to the healthcare community.
Adjunct Professor and former Department Chair Brian Browne, MD, was recently honored by the Baltimore Scouting Association for his decades of service to the Baltimore Area Council Scouts.
In the 1990s, Dr. Browne worked with the Baltimore Area Council of Scouting America to conceive of the Health Services Luncheon, an opportunity to recognize distinguished healthcare professionals in Baltimore while raising funds for local Baltimore scouts.
The luncheon is now one of the largest gatherings of the greater Baltimore medical community, with more than 250 medical professionals from across the city in attendance every year. Since its inception, the luncheon has raised more than $1 million to supporting Baltimore scouts.
Last month, Associate Professor Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, educated readers in Prevention about potential presentations of appendicitis. Alongside national medical experts in family medicine and colorectal surgery, Dr. Gingold encouraged readers to trust their instincts—and seek emergency medical guidance if they felt pain throughout their abdomen or brain fog or confusion, as these symptoms can be associated with appendicitis.
On April 22, Assistant Professor Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH, alongside Chief Resident and Risk Management Fellow Lucy Martin, MD, led a Journal Court session for the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s medical students.
The session, held at the University of Maryland-Baltimore’s Francis King Carey School of Law, featured a medical malpractice mock trial, with medical students serving as key witnesses, attorneys, and jury members.
The goal of the exercise was to introduce students to the complexities of medical malpractice, which affects, on average, three out of every four physicians in their careers.
Last month, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) hosted its annual Scientific Assembly in Seattle.
At the conference—one of the largest national events focused on the specialty of Emergency Medicine—AAEM recognized the outstanding contributions of Department faculty, including
Additionally, Professor Laura Bontempo, MD, was re-elected to serve the AAEM Board of Directors as an At-Large Member.
Department faculty also participated robustly in conference presentations. Out of 200 total presentations at AAEM’s Scientific Assembly, Department staff delivered 23—or more than 12%— of all presentations.
Clinical Associate Professor Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, was featured alongside colleagues from UMSOM’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in a recent WBALTV-11 segment on male support groups for Baltimore’s gun violence survivors.
The segment highlights the value of peer support, community, and personal transformation in overcoming traumas associated with gun violence.
Dr. Fischer is the Department’s fellowship director in Health Policy and Leadership—a two-year fellowship program for physicians seeking to enhance their medical training with policy experience and research.