On Wednesday, June 24, the Department hosted its first weekly conference of the 2026-2027 Academic Year, with robust participation from residents and faculty. This year, the Department hosts 16 PGY-1 residents, 15 PGY-2 residents, 15 PGY-3 residents, and 8 PGY-4, 5, or 6 residents. We are hosting th...
On Wednesday, June 17, faculty, residents, and staff from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine organized more than 250 hygiene kits for neighbors in need in the Baltimore community.
The event was a part of the Department’s annual Juneteenth Day of Service...
On June 10, 2026, the Department hosted its annual Research Day—an opportunity to highlight the breadth of Emergency Medicine research happening in the Department and elsewhere.
Andrew Meltzer, MD, MS, Associate Professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a 2006 gr...
On June 12, 2026, the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced that Michael Winters, MD, MBA, will permanently serve as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Since September 2025, Dr. Winters has served as interim chair of the Department; previously, he served as Vice Chair for C...
On the week of June 1, 2026, the Department’s clinical site at the Baltimore VA Emergency Department (ED) reported a record low left-without-being-seen (LWBS) rate.
Out of 329 patient encounters, the VA ED reporting 0 LWBS patients—a remarkable accomplishment for an urban medical center. Of those 32...
This month, Academic Services Specialist Mrs. Shanell McCall-Cephas received certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
Mrs. McCall-Cephas has served the Department’s administrative staff for more than 15 years. In that time, she has performed a v...
On June 3, Professor Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd and Assistant Professor Kathleen Stephanos, MD joined colleagues from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) to advocate for the specialty on Capitol Hill.
Drs. Bontempo and Stephanos visited the offices of several Members of Congress from Mary...
As AI interpretations of ECG tracings increase, Professor and Vice Chair Amal Mattu, MD, offered guidance on using AI to help interpret ECG readings in a recent article published by Forbes.
Dr. Mattu, a renowned ECG educator, joined a group of medical entrepreneurs to discuss the benefits and challe...
On May 28, Professor and Department Chair Mike Winters, MD, MBA and Professor and Chief Clinical Officer/Senior Vice President of the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, participated in UMSOM’s Town Hall, focused on the school’s clinical mission area.
Dr. Marcozz...
On May 19, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), held this year in Atlanta, Georgia, Professor and Vice Chair Amal Mattu, MD, was honored with SAEM’s Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award. Dr. Mattu was one of only a handful of Emergency Medicine leaders acro...