Department Blog

Daniel J. Haase, MD, Assistant Professor, and Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Arterial or Cuff Pressure: Clinical Predictors among Patients in Shock in a Critical Care Resuscitation Unit,” published March 9, 2021, by the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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.