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Posted 7/15/2021 by Deborah Stein

Quincy Tran 3 Publications in May 2021

Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of:


Mark E. Sutherland, MD, Assistant Professor; Robert Brown, MD, Resident; Aki Honasoge, MD, Resident; and Michael D. Witting, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Clinically Relevant Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Intermediate Heart Score Patients Admitted to the Hospital Following a Negative Emergency Department Evaluation,” published by the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on November 3, 2020.


Posted 7/13/2021 by Deborah Stein

55-Year-Old Male With Fatigue

Jennifer Nichols, MD, Resident; Jennifer E. Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor; 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 “55-Year-Old Male With Fatigue,” published April 16, 2021 by Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.


Posted 7/12/2021 by Deborah Stein

Mattu Honored by SCCM, CORD

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,” an early version of which received a Star Research Achievement Award from the Society for Critical Care Medicine at the society’s annual Critical Care Congress January 31, 2021.
  • received a second Academy for Scholarship Distinguished Educator Award for “development of enduring educational materials” from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine on May 7, 2021. He had previously received the award in 2015.

Posted 7/11/2021 by Deborah Stein

Jasani, Jean-Louis COVID-Related News Stories

Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, and Richard Jean-Louis, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of:


Benjamin J. Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Professor, and Lucas Sjeklocha, MD, Critical Care Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, participated in the Baltimore Critical Care Transport Collaborative educational conference, which brought together participants from Hopkins Lifeline, Maryland ExpressCare, and PHI Air Medical to discuss critical care patient encounters and evidence-based resuscitation interventions. There are plans to expand the conference to other programs (MedStar) and host it on a recurrent basis.


Posted 7/8/2021 by Deborah Stein

Everyday Bias for Healthcare Professionals

Darlene Y. Robinson, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, will present “Everyday Bias for Healthcare Professionals” as a Zoom teleconference on July 19, 2021.


Joseph P. Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was selected by the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Class of 2021 to deliver the Faculty Speaker Address to their class as part of their graduation ceremony on May 20, 2021.


Posted 7/6/2021 by Deborah Stein

Mattu at Essentials of Emergency Medicine 2021

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented on the following topics May 25, 2021, as part of the annual Essentials of Emergency Medicine conference:

  • “COVID Cardiology Updates”
  • “My Favorite Cardiac Case of the Year”
  • “My Favorite ECG [Electrocardiogram] Articles of the Year”
  • “My Favorite ECG of the Year”
  • “Recent Cardiology Articles that You Gotta Know!”

Benjamin J. Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented on the pro side of “Urban Penetrating Trauma: Prehospital Care Is Essential” as part of the Maryland Committee on Trauma’s annual Point Counterpoint conference on June 11, 2021.