Department Blog - May 2021

Sarah K. Sommerkamp, MD, Assistant Professor, and Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Comparison of 4 Tests’ Utility for Predicting Need for Emergency Department Care in Patients With Alcohol-related Complaints,” published by American Journal of Emergency Medicine on January 29, 2021.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “The Relationship of Large City Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests and the Prevalence of COVID-19,” published by EClinicalMedicine on April 7, 2021.

Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of “20-year Mortality After Discharge in a Cohort of 1,099 Former Trauma Inpatients With and Without Substance Use Disorders,” published by Injury on October 10, 2020.

Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Factors Associated With Tracheostomy Decannulation in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury,” published by Brain Injury on July 2, 2020.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for “Doctor on J&J Vaccine: ‘You Have a Much Higher Risk of Getting a Blood Clot if You Smoke,’ ” published by Yahoo Finance on April 19, 2021.

Rachel Wiltjer, DO, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was a winner of the Council of Residency Directors’ 2021 Clinical Pathologic Case Competition Semifinals on April 12, 2021. Reed Macy, MD, Resident, and Sam Yarmis, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were runners-up.

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, delivered brief remarks on HR 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, at a Capitol Hill press conference on April 19, 2021 as an invited guest of Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT).

Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, successfully obtained official approval from the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council for the department’s new ultrasound fellowship on April 8, 2021. Dr. Salerno will serve as the Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship Director.

Taylor Miller, MD, Resident , Department of Emergency Medicine, was invited to be the first Assistant Vice Chair of the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association Critical Care Committee. The 1-year appointment began April 15, 2021.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episode “ECMO [Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation] for Cardiac Arrest and Massive PE [Pulmonary Embolism],” published March 29, 2021.

Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Triage of Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage to Comprehensive Versus Primary Stroke Centers,” which was published March 14, 2021, by Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on:

• NBC News Now March 15, 2021, commenting on ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts
• CNN March 28, 2021, commenting on results of a study finding that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines protect pregnant and breastfeeding women and their newborns