Anthony R. Roggio, MD
- Academic Title: Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Emergency Medicine
- Administrative Title: Director of Emergency Medicine Telehealth Services
- Additional Title: Medical Director, Center for Telehealth, University of Maryland Medical System
- Email: aroggio@som.umaryland.edu
Education and Training
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine Residency: New York Presbyterian Cornell/Columbia (2012-2013) and University of Maryland Medical Center (2013-2015)
Emergency Department Administration Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center
Biosketch
Anthony Roggio, MD, is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS). He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland, where he served as Chief Resident while simultaneously completing a fellowship in Emergency Department Administration.
Dr. Roggio is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and has held several leadership positions within the UM Department of Emergency Medicine and UMMS. From 2018 to 2024, he served as Associate Director of Emergency Medicine at UMMC Midtown Campus. He currently serves as Chair of the UMMC Midtown Medical Staff Quality Committee, leading physician quality and patient safety initiatives across the institution.
A recognized leader in digital health and telemedicine, Dr. Roggio has been instrumental in the development and expansion of telehealth programs within University of Maryland Emergency Medicine since 2017. He led the deployment of the UMEM Tele-Skilled Nursing Facility (Tele-SNF) Program and has served as Director of UM Emergency Medicine TeleTriage since its expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, Dr. Roggio was appointed Medical Director of the University of Maryland Medical System Center for Telehealth. In this role, he chairs the UMMS Telehealth Development Team, a multidisciplinary system leadership group responsible for developing policies, standardizing telehealth operations, and advancing virtual care strategies across the health system. He collaborates closely with clinical, operational, and executive leaders throughout UMMS to design, implement, and scale innovative virtual care programs. His work has supported the growth of numerous telehealth initiatives, including ambulatory telehealth services, Virtual First and inpatient virtual consultations, eConsults, electronic intensive care (eICU) programs, remote fetal heart monitoring, telehealth follow-up programs, tele-sitter services, and virtual urgent care.
Dr. Roggio's professional interests focus on leveraging technology to improve access to care, enhance clinical quality, and advance innovative models of healthcare delivery across diverse patient populations.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Telehealth, Emergency Department and Hospital Administration, Quality Assurance, Opioids and Addiction, Physician Wellness, Patient Satisfaction, Medical Student and Resident Education, and Insurance/Reimbursement
Highlighted Publications
Abstracts
Adams, A., Roggio, A., Wilkerson, G. Sonographic assessment of inadvertent vascular puncture risk during paracentesis using the traditional landmark approach. Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine. May 2015; 22(S1):67-68.
Quinn, C., Roggio, A., Barr, E., Gruber-Baldini, A. Nursing Home TeleED Intervention: Advancing New Care Models. Innov Aging. Nov 2019; 3(Suppl 1):S337-S338. PMCID 6840395
Roggio, A, Lavin,S, Claire, P, Dinh, K, Couperus, C, Sommerkamp, S, Tran, Q. The Efficacy of TeleTriage: Does it Matter Who Performs it? October 2024, Volume 84, Issue 4, Supplement 1, Page S65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.143
Roggio, A, Lavin,S, Claire, P, Epstein, J, Dinh, K, Couperus, C, Sommerkamp, S, Tran, Q. Does TeleTriage Benefit Emergency Departments? October 2024, Volume 84, Issue 4, Supplement 1, S122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.265.
Scholarly Articles
Rao, T., Roggio, A., Bontempo, L., Dezman, Z. 55 year-old male with bilateral lower extremity weakness. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, Nov, 2017. PMID 2984933
Gruber-Baldini, A., Quinn, C., Roggio, A., Brown, B., Magaziner, J. Telemedicine for Older Adult Nursing Home Residents to Avoid Emergency Department Visits: The Experience of the NHTeleED Project in Maryland. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Feb 26:S1525-8610(22)00101-3. PMID 35231439
Book Chapters
Roggio, A.: Pitfalls of DKA, Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department, Second Edition, Edited by Mattu A, Elselvier, 2017
Roggio, A.: Acute STEMI in patients with Left Bundle Branch Block and Pacemakers, Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department, Second Edition, Edited by Mattu A, Elselvier, 201
Roggio, A.: Pitfalls of DKA, Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department, Third Edition, Edited by Mattu A, Elselvier, 2023
Research Interests
Telehealth, Emergency Telemedicine, Teletriage, Tele-Skilled Nursing Facility, Emergency Department Administration
Awards and Affiliations
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center
- Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, 2015-2016
- UMEM Distinguished Service Award, 2016
- Administration Fellow, Emergency Medicine, 2015-2016
- Clinical Pathologic Case Finalist to CORD 2017, Emergency Medicine Faculty
University of Maryland Medical Center - Midtown Campus
- Dynamite Documenter, 2018
Grants and Contracts
HRSA Telehealth Network Grant Program
Roggio (PI)
09/2020– 08/2025
The Maryland Eastern Shore Tele-ED Expansion
NIH
Roggio (Sub-PI), Chen (PI)
09/2023-08/2026
The impact of hospital-based health information technology on health care quality and equity among patients with ADRD
In the News
WYPR. New bill would keep Maryland telehealth reimbursement rates at in-person level past 2025. WYPR News. Published February 24, 2025. Available at: WYPR article
HealthLeaders Media. How New Technologies Are Changing the ED. HealthLeaders Media. Published December 17, 2025. Available at: HealthLeaders article
HealthLeaders Media. The Winning Edge: Improving the ED. HealthLeaders Media. Published December 19, 2025. Available at: HealthLeaders article