Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department - Book 1

AVOIDING
COMMON ERRORS

IN THE
EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT

SECOND EDITION

EDITORS

Amal Mattu, MD

Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Arjun Chanmugam, MD, MBA

Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, Maryland

Stuart Swadron, MD, FRCPC

Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

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Dale P. Woolridge, MD, PhD

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Michael E. Winters, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

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Names: Mattu, Amal, editor. | Chanmugam, Arjun S., editor. | Swadron, Stuart P.,
editor. | Woolridge, Dale, editor. | Winters, Michael E., editor.
Title: Avoiding common errors in the emergency department / [edited by] Amal
Mattu, Arjun Chanmugam, Stuart Swadron, Dale P. Woolridge, Michael E. Winters.
Description: Second edition. | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016054696 | ISBN 9781496320742 (paperback)
Subjects: | MESH: Critical Care—methods | Emergency Service, Hospital | Medical
Errors—prevention & control
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circumstances, the current clinical and historical milieu, available resources,
his or her individual experience, and, most importantly, clinical judgment.

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recommendations and medication dosages. However, the reader is urged to
consult other resources for confirmation of recommendations and medication
dosages.

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Amin Anton Abdi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency
Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Kristin Berona, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Rahul Bhat, MD, FACEP
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia

Paul Blackburn, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

William J. Brady, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Professor of Emergency Medicine and The David A. Harrison Distinguished

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Educator
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

Ilene Claudius, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Lillian L. Emlet, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

John C. Greenwood, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cook County (Stroger) Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

James (Jim) Homme, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Associate Program Director Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinical College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

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J. Scott Lowry, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Joseph P. Martinez, MD

Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Anna McFarlin, MD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jenny S. Mendelson, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Arun Nair, MD, MPH

Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Christopher R. Peabody, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Dena Reiter, MD

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Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Michelle Rhodes, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Section of Geriatrics, General and Palliative Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Banner University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

Emily Rose, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Debra S. Rusk, MD, FAAEM, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Timothy Ruttan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Jan Marie Shoenberger, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

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Ramin Tabatabai, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency
Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Assistant Program Director
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Semhar Z. Tewelde, MD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Eric Wei, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Associate Medical Director, Quality, Safety and Risk
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of Clinical Research
Assistant Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Christopher G. Williams, MD, FAWM

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

George Willis, MD

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Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

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CONTRIBUTORS

Amin Anton Abdi, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Nicholas Abraham, MD

Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Omoyemi Adebayo, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

James Aiken, MD, MHA

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health
LSU Emergency Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jerussa Aita-Levy, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Section of Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Nour Al Jalbout, MD
Resident

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Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Nicole Alexander, MCMSc, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Sheryl E. Allen, MD, MS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dennis Allin, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAEMS
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Michael Allison, MD
Attending Physician
Adult Intensive Care Unit
Saint Agnes Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Donald W. Alves, MD, MS, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Specialist
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Dhara P. Amin, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cook County Hospital (Stroger)

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Chicago, Illinois

Ashkon Ansari, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Derrick Ashong, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Carmen Avendano, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Julianne Awrey, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Keith Azevedo, MD
Anesthesia Critical Care Fellow
Department of Anesthesia
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Farhad Aziz, MD
Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky

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Lexington, Kentucky

Jessica Balderston, MD

Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia

Brian L. Bauerband, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Patricia Bayless, MD

Attending, Emergency Department
Maricopa Medical Center/Maricopa Integrated Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Daren M. Beam, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Solomon Behar, MD

Medical Director of Disaster Planning
Division of Emergency and Transport Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Ghofrane Benghanem, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, Virginia

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Erik A. Berg, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Kristin Berona, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Raymond Beyda, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Neha Bhasin, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Pediatric Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona

Sanjay Bhatt, MD, MS, MMM
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Kevin Biese, MD, MAT
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs
Co-Director Division of Geriatrics Emergency Medicine
University North Carolina School of Medicine

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Paul Blackburn, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Frederick C. Blum, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FIFEM
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia

Christopher Bodle, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

James Bohan, MD
Associate Program Director
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira, New York

Kerri N. Booker, RDH, MMS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Matthew P. Borloz, MD, FACEP

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Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, Virginia

Kimberly Boswell, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Ariel Bowman, MD

Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Ian Boyd, MD

Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Hans Bradshaw, MD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tuscon, Arizona

William J. Brady, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Professor of Emergency Medicine and The David A. Harrison Distinguished
Educator
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

Caroline Brandon, MD

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Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Ryan Brooks, MBA
Clinical Administrator
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Amy Buckowski, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jeffrey Bullard-Berent, MD
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Daniel Cabrera, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Lui Caleon, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Resident
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Michele Callahan, MD
Clinical Instructor, Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine

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University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Ronna L. Campbell, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Emily Streyer Carlisle, MD, MA
Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Casey Carr, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Ed Casabar, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Wan-Tsu Wendy Chang, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Arjun Chanmugam, MD, MBA
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Baltimore, Maryland

Mary L. Cheffers, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Allen Chiou, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California

Kevin K. Chung, DO
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Nicole Cimino-Fiallos, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Christina Clark, PA-C
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Cullen Clark, MD
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Resident
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

22

Casey M. Clements, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Kristina Colbenson, MD

Senior Associate Consultant
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Alessandra Conforto, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Matthew W. Connelly, MD

Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dale Cotton, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center
Sacramento, California

Christopher J. Coyne, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
San Diego, California

Kelley Crane, MCMSc, PA-C
Physician Assistant Resident

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Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Liesl A. Curtis, MD, FACEP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia

Jonathan Dangers, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

James Mathew Dargin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, Massachusetts

Timothy S. Davie, MD
Associate Program Director
Director of Quality Improvement
Department of Emergency Medicine
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Lindsey DeGeorge, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia

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Matthew C. DeLaney, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Lawrence DeLuca Jr., EdD, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Shoma Desai, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Pierre Detiege, MD
Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Director Team
Section of Emergency Medicine
LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Vincent Devlin, DO, MHS
Resident
Department of Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Kayla Dewey, MD
Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia

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Constantino Diaz, MD
Emergency Medical Specialist
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Baptist Medical Center South
Jacksonville, Florida

Ryan Dick-Perez, DO
Resident
Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa

Brian Doane, MD
Assistant Medical Director
Northwest Community Hospital
Arlington Heights, Illinois

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Sangeeth Dubbireddi, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota Duluth
Staff Intensivist
Private Practice
Duluth, Minnesota

Sarah B. Dubbs, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

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Jesse Dubey, DO
Resident Physician
Division of Emergency Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Jeffrey Dubin, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia

Robert B. Dunne, MD, FACEP
Vice Chief of Emergency Medicine
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan

Brian Edwards, MD
Asheville Hospitalist Group
Mission Health System
Asheville, North Carolina

Christopher J. Edwards, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Staff Pharmacist—Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor—Department of Emergency Medicine
Director—PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program
Banner University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

Frank J. Edwards, MD, FACEP
Program Director
Emergency Medicine Residency
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira, New York

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Michael R. Ehmann, MD, MPH, MS
Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Erick A. Eiting, MD, MPH, MMM
Assistant Professor
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Clifford C. Ellingson, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Banner University Medical Center and Diamond Children’s Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lillian L. Emlet, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Theodore Fagrelius, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

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Jennifer Farah, MD

Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Joshua D. Farkas, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, Vermont

Jeffrey D. Ferguson, MD, FACEP, NRP

Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

William C. Ferguson, MD

Emergency Medicine Specialist
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

Heather Miller Fleming, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Abraham Flinders, MD

Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Adrian Flores, MD, MPH

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Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Tiffany C. Fong, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Eric C. Funk, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Ryan Gallagher, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas

Dariush Garber, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center
Sacramento, California

Tabitha Gargano, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia

Arturo S. Gastañaduy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Department of Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Bahrenegash Getachew, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

C. Blayke Gibson, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Harman S. Gill, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sections of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire

George Glass, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Virgina School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

Kathi Glauner, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas

Lisa C. Goldberg, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine

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University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Nicholas Goodmanson, MD
Adult Fellow
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Christopher Greene, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

Spencer Greene, MD, MS, FACEP, FACMT
Director of Medical Toxicology
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Kendra Grether-Jones, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Ashley Grigsby, DO
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Resident
Indiana University School of Medicine

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Indianapolis, Indiana

Heather Groth, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

Mindi Guptill, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California

Andrés Guzmán, MD
Medical Instructor
Emergency Medicine Section
Pontificia Universidad Católica
Santiago, Chile

Bachar Hamade, MD, MSc
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Aaryn K. Hammond, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Marita M. Harris-Naddell, MD
Emergency Medicine Resident
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

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Thomas Hartka, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, Virginia

Molly Hartrich, MD, MPH
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

J. Adam Hawkins, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Geoffrey P. Hays, MD
Resident Physician
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Heather A. Heaton, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cook County (Stroger) Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

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Nicole Heidenreich, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Corey Heitz, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Carilion Clinic—Virginia Tech
Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, Virginia

John Herrick, DO
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
CHRISTUS Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Texas A&M Health and Science Center
Corpus Christi, Texas

Harry E. Heverling, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Guyon J. Hill, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine FellowDell Children’s Medical Center of
Central Texas
The University of Texas at Austin—Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas

Hugh F. Hill III, MD, JD, FACEP, FCLM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

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Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Erik R. Hofmann, MD, MS
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Tim Horeczko, MD, MSCR, FACEP, FAAP
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles County Harbor—UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Dennis Hsieh, MD, JD
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles County Harbor—UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Cindy H. Hsu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Emergency Critical Care
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Acute Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Kami M. Hu, MD
Clinical Instructor
Departments of Internal and Emergency Medicine

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University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Delphine J. Huang, MD, MS
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Margaret Huang, MD
Fellow
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California

Korin Hudson, MD, FACEP, CAQSM
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Health
Washington, District of Columbia

Maite Anna Huis in ‘t Veld, MD
Cardiovascular Emergencies Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Cameron Hypes, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

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Michael Iacono, MD, MS
Resident
LSU Emergency Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Chidubem Iloabachie, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Elias J. Jaffa, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina

Aarti Jain, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Alexander Jenson, MD, MPH
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Jacob C. Jentzer, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

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Nicholas Johnson, MD
Acting Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Neurocritical Care Service & Medical Intensive Care
Unit
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Derick D. Jones, MD, MBA
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Landon A. Jones, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Candice Jordan, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Melissa Joseph, MD
Attending Emergency Physician
The Medical Center of Aurora
Aurora, Colorado

Jordan Alexander Justice, MD
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Resident
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

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Shawn K. Kaku, MD
Private Practice
Castro Valley, California

Jessica Kanis, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana

Shikha Kapil, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Benjamin Karfunkle, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Devin M. Keefe, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Shaughn Keating, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Clinton G. Keilman, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Duke University Medical Center, Durham

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Durham, North Carolina

Dylan Sean Kellogg, MD
Core Faculty
Department of Emergency Medicine
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira, New York

Kathryn M. Kellogg, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
MedStar Health
Columbia, Maryland

Sara Khaghani, MD, MPH
Attending Emergency Physician
Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center
Modesto, California

Feras Khan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Danya Khoujah, MBBS, FAAEM
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Charles Khoury, MD, MSHA
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama

Eric Stephen Kiechle, MD, MPH
Resident
Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Emergency
Medicine
Washington, District of Columbia

Christopher S. Kiefer, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia

Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer-Emergency Medicine and Chief Risk Officer,
TEAMHealth
Executive Director, TEAMHealth Patient
Safety Organization
Knoxville, Tennessee
Assistant Clinical Professor
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
East Lansing, Michigan

Aaron E. Kornblith, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Kara Kowalczyk, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH
Professor

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Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Bo Tomas Brofeldt Endowed Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Priya Kuppusamy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Diana Ladkany, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia

Michelle D. Lall, MD, MHS, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Assistant Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Allison D. Lane, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Banner University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

Stephanie Lareau, MD, FAWM, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, Virginia

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Hollynn Larrabee, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Division of Emergency Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Evelyn Lee, MD
Attending Emergency Physician
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center
Torrance, California

Stephen D. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Suh H. Lee, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Ben Leeson, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Emergency Ultrasound and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
CHRISTUS Spohn Emergency Medicine ResidencyTexas A&M Health
Center
Corpus Christi, Texas

Kimberly Leeson, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Emergency Medical Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
CHRISTUS Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency

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Texas A&M Health Center
Corpus Christi, Texas

Eric M. LeFebvre, MD
Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine Geriatrics Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University Medical Center New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Dustin Leigh, MD
Division of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona

Michael Levine, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FACEP, FAEMS
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Detroit, Michigan

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Stephen Y. Liang, MD, MPHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Brian J. Lin, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
NYU/Bellevue Hospital
New York, New York

Megan Litzau, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Lauren Longyear, BS
Marin General Hospital
Greenbrae, California

Brent Lorenzen, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Allison S. Luu, MS, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jeremy Lux, DO, FACEP, FAAEM
Medical Director and Chair of Emergency Medicine
Arnot Health System

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Elmira, New York

Julia N. Magana, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Trent R. Malcolm, MD, MS
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

William K. Mallon, MD
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine
Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Stony Brook, New York

Steven A. Manganaro, FACEP, FAAFP
Core Faculty Emergence Medicine Residency
Department of Emergency Medicine
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira, New York

Kenneth D. Marshall, MD, MA
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

John W. Martel, MD, PhD, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

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Tufts University School of Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine

Christopher Martin, MD
Marin General Hospital
Greenbrae, California

Joseph P. Martinez, MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Jennifer Marvil, MD, MA
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jared T. Marx, MD, FACEP
Clinical Associate Professor
Emergency Department Ultrasound Division Chief
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Emergency Department
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas

Ernest Mavunga, MD, Msc
Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, PharmD, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

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Georgetown University School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia

Ross McCormack, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Taylor McCormick, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Anna McFarlin, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Henderson D. McGinnis, MD
Associate Professor
Davis Medical Center Emergency Department
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Kubwimana Moses Mhayamaguru, MD, EMT-P
EMS Fellow, Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Banner University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

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Peter Milano, MD, MHA
Attending Staff Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Long Beach, California

Rebecca Milligan, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Lisa D. Mills, MD
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Daniel Mindlin, MD
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska

Christine Mlynarek, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Warren, Michigan

Nicholas M. Mohr, MD, MS, FACEP
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia
Iowa City, Iowa

Manuel R. Montano, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine

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