Department Blog

Twenty faculty members of the Department of Emergency Medicine presented at the American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s 27th Annual Scientific Assembly, held June 20–24, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri, and online:

• Jason D. Adler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, lectured on “Getting What You Deserve: Reimbursement for Medication-Assisted Therapy”
• Afrah Abdul Wahid Ali, MBBS, Assistant Professor, presented the lecture “Is That Rash Deadly?”
• Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor, lectured on “Critical ENT Hemorrhage” and “DIY Peritonsillar Abscess”
• Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD, Assistant Professor, presented the lectures “Are You Performing GCS Correctly?” and “Cracking the Spinal Code”
• Sarah B. Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor, lectured on “Putting the Comfort in Comfort Care”
• Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, lectured on “Caring for the ICU Boarder,” “Mastering Mechanical Ventilation in the ED,” and “Resuscitation for Two: The Critically Ill Pregnant Patient”
• Rupal S. Jain, MD, Adjunct Instructor, presented the lectures “CT Perfusion: What Is It and When Do You Need It?” and “Insulin Pump & Preventing the Patient Crump”
• Danya Khoujah, MBBS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, lectured on “Combatting Delirium in the ED: As Easy as ABCDE”
• Joseph P. Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, lectured on “Abdominal Pain in the Elderly”
• Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, presented the plenary lecture “Recent Cardiology Articles You’ve Got to Know” as well as an “ECG Literature Update”; taught the 2-hour “Cardiac Ischemia, Mimics, and Confounding Patterns” section of the ECG in the ED Course; and directed a 4-hour Advanced ECG Workshop
• Siamak Moayedi, MD, Assistant Professor, lectured on “Procedure Tips, Tricks and Hacks”
• Siamak Moayedi, MD, Assistant Professor, led and Afrah Abdul Wahid Ali, MBBS, Assistant Professor; Michael L. Billet, MD, Assistant Professor; Brandon Aaron Elder, MD, Assistant Professor; Cheyenne Falat, MD, Instructor; and Lauren S. Rosenblatt, MD, Instructor, taught the small group skills labs “Transvenous Pacers” and “Vertigo Maneuvers”
• Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, taught at the Lower Extremity Ultrasound Workshop and the Beginner Ultrasound Post-Conference Course
• Ryan Michael Spangler, MD, Assistant Professor, led and Michael L. Billet, MD, Assistant Professor; Cheyenne Falat, MD, Instructor; and Lauren S. Rosenblatt, MD, Instructor, taught the small group skills lab “Priapism Management”
• Ryan Michael Spangler, MD, Assistant Professor, led and Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor; Cheyenne Falat, MD, Instructor; Rupal S. Jain, MD, Adjunct Instructor; and Lauren S. Rosenblatt, MD, Instructor, taught the small group skills lab “Cricothyrotomy & Needle Cric”
• Roger M. Stone, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM, Clinical Assistant Professor, lectured on “Crisis Standards of EMS Care During COVID19: Keeping Ambulances and EDs as Safe as Possible”
• George C. Willis, MD, Assistant Professor, lectured on “Balanced Solutions in the Management of Hypovolemic Hyperkalemia”
• Mike Winters, MD, Professor, directed the Resuscitation for the Emergency Physician Post-Conference Course; presented the plenary lecture “Recent Resuscitation Articles You’ve Got to Know!”; and lectured on “Controversies in Sepsis Resuscitation,” “Current Controversies in Sepsis Resuscitation,” and “Recent Resus Articles You’ve Got to Know!”