Department Blog

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was a featured speaker or invited discussant with:

• Emergency Medicine: Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP) continuing medical education audio program on “Cardiology Corner: Hypertensive Emergencies” in July 2020, “Cardiology Corner: Pericarditis” in September 2020, and “Cardiology Corner: Clinical Decision Instruments (for Chest Pain)” in October 2020
• Eagles COVID-19 webinar on “Post-Recovery Cardiac Dysfunction Associated with COVID-19” on August 4, 2020
• iCubed monthly videocast on “Severe Chest Pain and the HEART Score” in October 2020

Afrah Abdul Wahid Ali, MBBS, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of the post “What’s in a Name?” published on the ELAM [Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine] Blog on September 21, 2020.

Michael E. Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, delivered the following presentations:

• “Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders,” “Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders,” “Musculoskeletal Disorders,” “Neurology and Neurotrauma,” and “Written Board Review Quick Pearls” for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Written Board Review course in July 2020
• “Clinical Pearls from the Recent Literature,” “Current Concepts and Controversies in COVID-19,” “Identifying Chest Pain Emergencies in the Outpatient Setting,” and “Managing Dangerous Allergies and Anaphylaxis” for MCE Conferences’ Emergencies in Primary Care continuing medical education conference in August 2020
• “Cruising the Literature: Top Articles in Critical Care,” “Peri-Arrest Pearls for a New Decade,” and “Undifferentiated Shock...Making a Difference” for the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly in October 2020

Joe Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was named a Top Reviewer for 2019 by the Journal of Emergency Medicine on September 26, 2020.

David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed and quoted in the following news items:

• A discussion of possible therapies for President Trump’s case of COVID-19 on Baltimore’s Fox 45 News October 2, 2020
• A story on the increase in coronavirus cases in the region since the end of September on DC’s WAMU 88.5 on October 12, 2020
• “Coronavirus Cases in DC and Maryland Have Been on the Rise Since Late September” on DCist October 12, 2020
• “Maryland Medical Experts Challenged by Public Skepticism of COVID-19 Vaccine” on Maryland Matters October 29, 2020
• “State Leaders Grapple With COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges, Even Before Vaccine Exists” on Baltimore’s WYPR 88.1 on October 29, 2020
• “State Roundup: Record Early Voting Continues; Leaders Grapple With Vaccine Distribution to a Skeptical Public” on MarylandReporter.com October 29, 2020
• “Maryland Hospitals Hope to Avoid Surge” in the Baltimore Sun on October 30, 2020
• “Maryland Once Again Renews State of Emergency During Pandemic” on DC’s WTOP 103.5 on October 30, 2020
• “As Third Wave of COVID-19 Hits U.S., Maryland Hospitals Prepare for Potential Spike in Patients” on Baltimore’s WYPR 88.1 on November 2, 2020

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was awarded a $100,000 Research Supplement from the National Institutes of Health for his International Research Training Grant to study research ethics in Egypt in September 2020.

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor; WanTsu Wendy Chang, MD, Assistant Professor; and Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Collaboration and Decision-Making on Trauma Teams: A Survey Assessment,” accepted for publication by the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine on October 4, 2020. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was guest editor of the September 2020 supplementary issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine, focused on Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department.

Doug Sward, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was invited to deliver two lectures, both virtually:

• “Return to Diving After DCS” at the 2020 Symposium on Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine on August 29, 2020.
• “Frostbite” at the Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference’s Annual General Meeting on October 4, 2020.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor; Kami Hu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor; and Joe Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were the first three authors of “The Critical Care Literature 2019,” published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on September 28, 2020.