Department Blog

In the face of restrictions put in place to spread the slow of COVID-19, the Department of Emergency Medicine pivoted to present its annual Emergency Cardiology Symposium as a livestream on April 1, 2020. More than 3,500 people from 87 countries registered to watch the conference. Presentation videos and PDF handouts are linked below:

• Laura Bontempo, MD, Associate Professor, on “Rethinking What We Know: Updates on the Management of Atrial Fibrillation” (handout)
• Sarah Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor, on “Collateral Damage: Cardiotoxicities of Cancer Therapy” (handouts part 1 and part 2)
• Mimi Lu, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, on “ECG Pearls for Pediatric Syncope”
• Mike Winters, MD, Professor, on “Cardiac Arrest: What’s the Latest” (handout)
• Ben Lawner, DO, EMT-P, Visiting Assistant Professor, on “Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest” (handout)
• Mak Moayedi, MD, CDEM, Assistant Professor, on “Transvenous Pacers Made Easy!” (handout)
• Semhar Tewelde, MD, Assistant Professor, on “The Crashing Tamponade!” (handout)
• Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, who also directed the symposium, on “COVID and the Heart” (handout)