Michael D. Witting, MD

• B.A. Biochemistry, University of Virginia, 1985
• M.D. Medical College of Virginia, 1989
• M.S. Clinical Research, University of Maryland, 2003

After completing a residency in emergency medicine, I joined the University of Maryland in 1993. Since arriving here, I have been actively involved with the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency Program, serving as Site Director at Mercy Medical Center from 1996 to 2000, and as Director of Research Education from 2000 to the present. I was awarded an ACEP National Faculty Teaching Award in 2006.

From my days as a resident, I have been interested in research. After a few years of clinical practice, I pursued additional training at the University of Maryland, earning a Masters in Clinical Research. With an interest in the practice of emergency medicine, particularly bedside diagnosis, I have published on a variety of emergency medicine topics. My research has improved the use of orthostatic vital signs, point-of-care ultrasound, pulse oximetry, and helped better select patients for nasogastric aspiration, a painful procedure. In addition to helping residents with their research projects, I plan to continue my current line of investigation, solutions to difficult intravenous access.

I love the specialty of emergency medicine, and I devote a large proportion of my efforts to nationally promoting it. I have been a peer reviewer for 3 major emergency medicine journals, and was named Top Reviewer 2 years in a row for Annals of Emergency Medicine. Since 2006, I have been an Associate Editor for The Journal of Emergency Medicine and was named Senior Associate Editor in 2015. I am proud to serve as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

gastrointestinal hemorrhage, nasogastric aspiration, hypovolemia, hypercapnia, domestic violence, melatonin, orthostatic vital signs, peripheral catheterization, central venous catheterization, ultrasonography

Witting MD, Wears R, Li S. Defining the positive tilt test: a study of healthy adults with moderate acute blood loss. Ann Emerg Med 1994;23:1320-3

Witting MD, Euerle B, Butler K. A comparison of emergency medicine ultrasound training with guidelines of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34:604-9

Witting MD, Lueck C. The ability of room-air pulse oximetry to screen for hypoxemia and hypercapnia. J Emerg Med 2001;20:341-8

Witting MD, Magder L, Heins A, Mattu A; Granja CA; Baumgarten M. Usefulness and validity of diagnostic nasogastric aspiration in patients without hematemesis. Ann Emerg Med 2004;43:525-32

Witting MD, Shenkel SM, Lawner BJ, Euerle BD. Effects of vein depth and width on ultrasound-guided peripheral IV success rates. J Emerg Med 2010;39:70-5.

1. Witting MD, Moayedi S, Yang Z, Mack CB. Advanced intravenous access: technique choices, pain scores, and failure rates in a local registry. Amer J Emerg Med 2016;34:553-7.
2. Moayedi S, Witting MD, Pirotte M. Safety and efficacy of the “Easy IJ”:  an approach to difficult IV access. J Emerg Med 2017;51:636-42.
3. Witting MD, Moayedi S, Dunning K, Babin LS, Cogan B. Power injection through ultrasound-guided lines: safety and efficacy under an institutional policy. J Emerg Med 2017;52:16-22.