Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP, Clinical Director of the Emergency Department at Mercy Medical Center, published a thoughtful and compassionate editorial, “Learning from the Stories of Homeless Alcoholics,” in the February issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine. His essay accompanies an article in the sam...
Jennifer Guyther, MD, and Ben Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, served on the faculty for the 22nd Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation, presented in Baltimore in late February. Dr. Guyther's talk was titled “Sticks, Stones and Broken Bones: Pediatric Injuries.” Dr...
Two of our faculty members recently received prestigious awards from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). Larry Weiss, MD, JD, was named a Master of the AAEM, an award that has been presented only 7 times during the organization’s history. This top-tier honor recognizes senior AAEM fel...
The faculty for the 21st Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, held in Austin in early March, included more physicians from our department than from any other institution. Eighteen members of our department presented lectures and posters, led a pre-conference work...
Ben Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, and Debra Lee, MD, are co-authors of the article titled “Comparison of Prediction Models for Use of Medical Resources at Urban Auto-Racing Events,” published in the December 2014 issue of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Their study was ba...
Whitney Cesari, MD, a third-year EM resident, has been chosen by the medical school’s Class of 2015 for induction into the University of Maryland chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Each class can choose six residents for this honor, which acknowledges compassion, humanism, and dedication to...
Laura Pimentel, MD, is a co-author of the article titled “The Maryland Medicare Waiver and Emergency Care: Mixed Experiences Deserve Close Scrutiny,” published in the March issue of the American Journal of Medical Quality. Her co-authors are Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, and Steven A. Farmer, MD, PhD,...
Debra Lee, MD, and Ben Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, are co-authors of the chapter titled “Medical Oversight of EMS Systems,” which has been published in Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Oversight, the new textbook for the National EMS Medical Directors Course and Practicum sponsored by th...
Dr. Amal Mattu gave the keynote address ("Ten Things You Must Consider in the Crashing Patient: Beyond A-B-C and ACLS") at the first annual Saudi Emergency Medicine Assembly, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 10. In addition, he led two ECG workshops and presented lectures titled &...
Ben Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, is a co-author of the article titled “The Price of a Helping Hand: Modeling the Outcomes and Costs of Bystander CPR,” which has been published online by Prehospital Emergency Care. Based on a review of EMS quality assurance data, the authors documented the effectiveness of...