Department Blog

Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Joe Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, and Mike Winters, MD, Professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, are among the authors of “The Critical Care Literature 2018,” which was accepted on November 17 for publication in a future issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

George Willis, MD, and Semhar Tewelde, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “The Approach to the Patient with Hematuria” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Ryan Spangler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was one of two guest editors of the November issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, focused on genitourinary emergencies.

Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, co-authored “Female Nonobstetric Genitourinary Emergencies” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Sarah Dubbs, MD, and Sarah Sommerkamp, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infection in the Emergency Department” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Michael Billet, MD, and Andy Windsor, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Urinary Retention” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine was among the discussants in the November 11 podcast episode, “The PrePARE Trial—Do IVFs Prevent Peri-Intubation CV Collapse?” of Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine (audio available with paid subscription). In this episode, the doctors discussed Janz et al.’s recent article in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, “Effect of a Fluid Bolus on Cardiovascular Collapse Among Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Tracheal Intubation (PrePARE): A Randomised Controlled Trial” (abstract available).

Brian Browne, MD, FACEP, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, was honored November 12 when the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America bestowed on him the title of Chairman Emeritus at its 26th Annual Health Services Leadership Award Luncheon.

Youssef Annous, MD, Research Fellow, joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as the newest member of the clinical research team on November 7. Dr. Annous joins us from Beirut, Lebanon, where he graduated from medical school at the American University of Beirut. He also spent some time in Baltimore in 2016 as an observer in the Department of Vascular Surgery at UMMC and Mt. Sinai.

David Gatz, MD, Instructor, and Ryan Spangler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Evaluation of the Renal Transplant Recipient in the Emergency Department” (abstract abvailable), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.