Department Blog - March 2021

Siamak Moayedi, MD, Assistant Professor, and Mercedes Torres, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Abscess Management: An Evidence-Based Review for Emergency Medicine Clinicians,” published December 6, 2020, by the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Brent R. King, MD, MMM, Professor, and Megan J. Cobb, MD, DPT, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of the book chapter “Thoracic Trauma” and Mimi Lu, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was co-author of the chapter **“**Constipation,” in Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 7th edition, published October 10, 2020.

Breanna Kebort, MD, Resident; Aleta Hong, MD , Clinical Instructor; Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor; and Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “40-year-old Female with Sudden Onset Dyspnea,” published December 28, 2020, by Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of “Weapons Screening in the Emergency Department: What Is the Standard?” published February 8, 2021, by the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, MHS-CL, FACEP, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured in:

• Governor Hogan’s February 11, 2021 press conference discussing newly relaxed hospital visitation policies, the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, recommended postvaccination behaviors, and the latest CDC masking guidelines
• “Maryland’s Falling COVID-19 Positivity Rate Shows Residents Heeding Warnings, Expert Says, But People Shouldn’t Get Overconfident,” aired February 15, 2021, by WJZ 13 CBS Baltimore
• “Rutherford: ‘Vaccine Shopping’ Leading Clinics to Administer COVID-19 Shots to Residents from Other Counties,” published March 3, 2021, by WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured in “Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne on Her Outlook for the COVID-19 Vaccination Timeline,” published February 25, 2021, by Yahoo Finance.

Amitabh Chandra, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured on Maryland Public Television’s Direct Connection “Your Health” segment on March 8, 2021.

Angela D. Smedley, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was inducted as an alumna into the Alpha Omega Alpha (A?A) Honor Society in February 2021. Membership in the society is reserved for those “who, based on merit, demonstrate the characteristics of excellent physicians in alignment with A?A’s mission and values.”

Sarah B. Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor; Siamak Moayedi, MD, Assistant Professor; Amal Mattu, MD, Professor; and Michael C. Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Emergency Medicine Interest Groups,” published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on October 27, 2020.

Neeraja T. Murali, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was a featured discussant on the EM:RAP 2021 February podcast segment “CorePendium Spotlight: Appendicitis,” published February 1, 2021.

Jaron Santelli, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Recommended Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Model Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residency Training,” published in Current Sports Medicine Reports on January 1, 2021.

Quincy K. Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Topical Capsaicin for the Treatment of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on January 15, 2021.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of “Diversity Pipelines: The Rationale to Recruit and Support Minority Physicians,” published in JACEP Open on January 2, 2021.

Lucas Sjeklocha, MD, Assistant Instructor, and Quincy K. Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Whole Blood, Fixed Ratio, or Goal-Directed Blood Component Therapy for the Initial Resuscitation of Severely Hemorrhaging Trauma Patients: A Narrative Review,” published in Journal of Clinical Medicine on January 17, 2021.

Sarah B. Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor, and R. Gentry Wilkerson**, MD,** Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Trial Design of Comparing Patient-Specific versus Weight-Based Protocols to Treat Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Sickle Cell Disease (COMPARE-VOE),” published in Contemporary Clinical Trials on December 28, 2020.

Laura Pimentel, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Emergency Department Care Coordination Strategies and Perceived Impact Under Maryland’s Hospital Payment Reforms,” published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine on December 25, 2020.

Quincy K. Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, and Diane Kuhn, MD, PhD, Assistant Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Effect of Blood Pressure Variability on Outcomes in Emergency Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage,” published in Western Journal of Emergency Medicine on January 12, 2021.

Bryan McNeilly, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was selected in February 2021 as the next Chair-elect of the Emergency Medicine Residents’? Association’s Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine Committee.

Kinjal N. Sethuraman, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, took part in a panel discussion, “Taking it to the Top: Career Advancement 101,” at the FemInEM (Females Working in Emergency Medicine) Idea Exchange DigitalFIX 2020 virtual conference on October 9, 2020.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of “COVID-19 Has Turned Cardiac Resuscitation Upside Down,” published by Medscape on January 27, 2021.