May-June 2008 by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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“to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine”

President’s Message

How’d We Do? by adding a number of employees to SAEM headquarters. The work of committee and task force members can now be focused on some higher level objectives involving less clerical work by those of you who volunteer your time to help advance SAEM. We enhanced the web site and created a “members only” section including a searchable membership directory to improve communication. We prepared an NIH conference grant to explore creating an emergency medicine research network within the sites awarded clinical and translational science awards (CTSA). The conference will convene on May 28 in Washington DC. We continued to work with ACEP and enhance our interactions with the NIH leadership by attending Center for Scientific Review forums, an NIH Network Meeting, and multiple other NIH forums. The NIH now knows SAEM as well as ACEP. Representatives from the NIH will once again speak at our annual meeting. We created the “SAEM Research Foundation” as a separate entity to protect our investment in future researchers. The endowment is the single largest fund worldwide dedicated to emergency medicine research training. We approved creation of a task force to evaluate and propose development of an SAEM Educational Fund. The idea of such a fund has been bantered around for a couple years and was again suggested by CDEM leadership. This task force will work under Kate Heilpern’s leadership. I anticipate within the next 6 to 9 months, she will announce the creation of the first dedicated educational fund for

Some of you join SAEM mostly for the Annual Meeting; some of you join for the journal. Some of you are focused on research; others on education. When I tossed my name into the hat to run for President of your Society, you elected me to lead SAEM into the future. I appreciate the faith you had in me. As the Judd E. Hollander, MD year comes to a close, I thought you should be provided with the opportunity to evaluate how we did. Over the past year, SAEM has entered a growth phase, characterized by enhanced collaboration both within and outside of our specialty. We had a new Executive Director at the helm, Jim Tarrant, who brought with him a wealth of experience and leadership to help steer SAEM. We created our first Academy, the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM). CDEM is already positioned as leaders in undergraduate medical student education working collaboratively with other analogous organizations in outside specialties, ACEP and the AAMC. They will be the voice of undergraduate education. We just created the International Affiliate Program whereby groups of emergency physicians outside of North America can now organize their members as an Affiliate group of SAEM to obtain most SAEM member benefits at a reduced rate. We named a new Editor-in-Chief for our flagship journal, Academic Emergency Medicine and substantially increased the resources available to the journal. We contracted with a new publisher for the journal, Wiley-Blackwell. We improved support for committees and task forces

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ititems of interest n SAEM Regional Meetings & Call for Papers Deadlines • Midwest Regional Meeting Call for Papers:

n Wiley-Blackwell Merger: Current News on the Combined Online Journal Platform . . . . . . 28 n Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. - May 29th

Deadline August 1, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

to June 1 - register online at apps.saem.org . . . . . . . . . . 9, 33

September 29, 2008 - Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center - Coralville, Iowa

Pre-Conference Events (May 28th). Only $100 to attend any one of these: - AEM Science of Simulation in Healthcare and Knowledge Translation - Emergency Care Research Network Conference - Intensive Grantsmanship Workshop

(continued • Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting: Call foron page 18) Abstracts

Deadline August 25, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 September 26-27, 2008 - Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

n Clinical Pathological Cases Semi-Final Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

n Submission for 2009 SAEM Awards and Grants

n CDEM: First SAEM Academy Established. . . . . 8

n National Resident Matching Program. . . . . . . . 20

– Deadline August 1, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Executive Director’s Message Research Fund As the Development Committee launches the 100/1,000 and 1,000/100 donor campaign I thought it would be helpful to clarify members’ questions concerning the Research Fund. Since becoming Executive Director, members have asked questions or I have heard discussions concerning the Re-search Fund. Your colleagues who comprise the Development Committee have given much thought James Tarrant, CAE in implementing a major effort to increase the corpus of the Research Fund.

members to support the mission of the Research Fund will help realize the vision created ten years ago. How can the Fund expand and outpace inflation between 2010 to 2020? In the first ten years the Research Fund has grown from the initial one million dollars contributed from SAEM operational reserves, member donations and earnings on the fund investments. Additionally, each year the Society has contributed based on operational surplus. With the help of the strong committed membership the Research Fund can aim for one million dollars per year reaching twenty million in 2020. How can you help? First commit to contributing each year. Second, think of others you know that can make a substantial contribution. To date, SAEM has taken a philosophical stance to not accept funds from pharmaceutical companies, which many other societies do, to sponsor named fellowships or grants. To dramatically increase the Research Fund, in addition to your contribution, to whom can you refer SAEM for potential support; a foundation, corporation, hospital or an individual? Substantial contributions can be recognized with named fellowships or grants. Work with the SAEM Headquarters and the Development Committee to prepare a presentation to “ask” your contact for the donation. Thank you. To all that have given to the Research Fund no matter the size of the donation THANK YOU. If you have not made a contribution, now is the time. If each resident member gave $10 it would total $23,000, and if two-thirds of active and associate members gave $100 and one-third donated $1,000 it could surpass $1,000,000 per year. If you have recommendations for larger donations, please forward those ideas to the SAEM Headquarters. Once the fund reaches the $10 million threshold it will be able to annually award the $500,000 while preserving the endowment and will have achieved the vision of the leadership who first had the dream to support research and resident training without the involvement of pharmaceutical influence. Support the purpose of the Research Fund — to encourage and nurture EM research and fellowship training.

Fund’s Vision The SAEM leaders who founded the fund envisioned an endowment of ten million dollars. At that level, earning five percent, the fund would be able to annually award half a million dollars in grants and fellowships. In 2007 the fund reached six million dollars. This may seem like a large sum, however, if $500,000 is awarded each year the fund could be depleted in 12 years without maintaining a sizable endowment. Are fund dollars used for general operations? The Research Fund is not used for Society operations. For ten years, SAEM leadership had consistently refrained from expending any dollars from the fund. The Board has historically funded all awards which now equals $500,000 per year from the SAEM operating budget. Beginning in 2007, as additional awards were instituted, $150,000 was allocated from the Fund, to subsidize the new awards when needed. How does the Fund compare to those of other Societies? Dr. Jill Baren and I attended an Association of American Medical Colleges session, where two Societies expressed their interest in creating a fund to support educational and research activities. Other national specialty societies have fellowship and grant programs sponsored by industry. We learned SAEM is well ahead of the curve through the establishment of its fund ten years ago. How will the fund grow? Member donations are the core source of contributions. Annual commitments from the

SAEM Annual Meeting Dodgeball Tournament The SAEM Annual Meeting Dodgeball Tournament will be held Saturday May 31st at 4:30 pm and run till 6:30 pm at Georgetown University. The cost to register your team of 6-10 is only $100. All proceeds that are collected for the Dodgeball Tournament will be donated directly to the SAEM Research Fund. There are only 23 spots left. Currently registered teams include: Average J’s Adam’s Groovy Team of Ultimate Power Morristown Team Tern The Fartful Dodgers Rumbolism Gtown Grunge Arizona Heaters The Baltimore Booty Packs Dodge ball rules are listed on the saem web site under the Meetings link. If your team is not listed above, PLEASE RALLY SOME PEOPLE and use the online form to SIGN UP!

Marcus L. Martin, MD University of Virginia

CAS Spring Meeting and the group on educational affairs. Other societies could be accorded affiliate status that would allow for information sharing but no role in the governance of the council of faculty leadership. During the July retreat, the CAS administrative board came up with a variety of possible council names such as the Council of Faculty, Council of Academic Disciplines, Council of Faculty Leaders/Leadership, Council of Academic Medicine, and Council of Medical Societies.

The Council of Academic Society (CAS) spring meeting was held at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana March 6-8, 2008. The meeting theme was “Enhancing Academic Values in a Time of Change and Opportunity.” Chairman of CAS, Joel Delisa presided over the meeting. Darrell Kirsch, president and CEO of AAMC and Robert Desnick chair of AAMC gave their leadership reports. The mission of the AAMC is to serve in the academic medicine community to improve the health of all. Both Drs. Kirsch and Desnick discussed issues related to AAMC services and policies. Dr. Kirsch stated that medical schools are on track to increase first year enrollment by 21% by year 2012. He provided an overview of the new medical schools at their various stages of accreditation.

The main reason for including faculty and faculty leadership in AAMC governance is that currently there is a lack of faculty leadership represented among AAMC governance. It is essential that faculty leaders participating in AAMC governance hold faculty appointments at their institutions and be committed to the missions of academic medicine. Faculty participating in AAMC governance could personally benefit from the opportunity and learn from colleagues. CAS could benefit in the broader sense in that there would be more faculty participation in AAMC. It is anticipated that there would be institutional benefits from faculty participation and the AAMC as well. AAMC would most likely develop increased communication vehicles to reach a broader array of leadership and to help with professional development. It was also noted that some essential academic and scientific societies are missing from CAS currently often due to tax status issues or because a group has yet to form a society. CAS representatives vary greatly in interest and engagement and there are currently no rules on who can serve as a representative and for how long. Often societies will send staff representatives instead of faculty to staff meetings. CAS leadership took notes during roundtable discussions during the CAS spring meeting on how to effectively increase faculty leadership involved in AAMC governance. A summary of those recommendations will be forthcoming. At this time there has been no recommendations on changing the current Council of Academic Society’s structure and membership.

The first annual Richard M. Knapp Policy Lecture was given by Dr. Knapp and featured his perspectives as the long time AAMC executive vice president and head of AAMC Office of Government Relations. Dr. Knapp’s speech, “Almost 40 Years,” covered the inception of CAS in 1968 as a newly formed organization to the present. The Richard M. Knapp Policy Lecture will be given annually and featured at the CAS spring meeting. The lecture is intended to increase faculty leader understanding of important public policy issues affecting academic medicine. One major mission of the CAS spring meeting was to have participants provide feedback to the AAMC leadership on perspectives of involving more medical school faculty in AAMC governance and relations. During the CAS administrative board retreat in July 2007, the focus was on increasing faculty membership. The AAMC administrative board felt that faculty leadership must be represented in AAMC governance especially at the levels of chairs, center and institute directors, and program and clerkship directors. The ongoing debate relates to what roles faculty and faculty leaders can and should have in the AAMC. What remains to be answered is the identity, mission, strategy and goals of “a AAMC entity” that would draw on faculty expertise, views and insight. What also remains to be determined is the option for how that faculty entity could be most effectively structured, how representation could be determined and how to effectively establish and manage communications with faculty considering the pros and cons of the various options. One suggestion was to create “a council of faculty leadership” comprised of two sections: (1) chairs and center directors and (2) the faculty leadership of AAMC groups. It was suggested that chair and center director societies would elect representatives to a set term of office, but those societies would not be members of CAS and the elected individuals would not be serving as CAS representatives. The council of faculty leadership administrative board would be composed of elected leaders from the 2 sections as well as a small number of distinguished academic scholars. Program directors and clerkship directors organizations would be organized under the aegis of the group on residency affairs

During the CAS spring meeting there were sessions held on Katrina and the academic missions and lessons learned. The impact on the gulf region medical schools and teaching hospitals ranged from catastrophic to highly disruptive. Faculty leaders from New Orleans area assessed the impact of various missions of their institutions and shared their findings and discussed the role of planning, communications, and collaborations in vision and management. During the CAS business meeting, Joel Delisa, David Moore (Senior Associate VP for Government Relations for AAMC) and Bob Dickler (Chief Health Officer for AAMC) discussed AAMC issues. There was also a session held on the comprehensive review of the USMLE. In January 2004 a composite committee that governs the USMLE requested that the national board of medical (Continued on page 5)

SAEM Geriatrics News Ula Hwang, MD, MPH Chair, SAEM Geriatrics Interest Group 2007-2008

Lowell W. Gerson, PhD Chair, SAEM Geriatric Task Force 2007 - 2008

The SAEM Geri-atrics Interest Group (GIG) is excited to announce it will have Dr. Susan Nayfield speak at the IG meeting to be held on Saturday May 31, 2008 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Dr. Nayfield is the Chief of the Geriatrics Branch in the Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Program at the National Institute on Aging. She will be discussing the NIA is structured, its various programs, what the role of the GCG has at the NIA and how the emergency medicine specialty could mutually augment research and efforts supported by the NIA and GCG. For those of you interested in funding opportunities or discussion on how to develop your research to be in concordance with the goals of the NIA, this will be an excellent opportunity to gather information and ask questions.

Two Receive American Geriatric Society Jahnigen Fellowships Two emergency physicians were among the nine recipients of Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards. The Jahnigen Scholars program offers two-year career development awards to support junior faculty in ten specialties. The award is intended to allow individuals to initiate and ultimately sustain a career in research and education in the geriatrics aspects of their discipline. This year’s recipients were Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania researching The effect of emergency department crowding on delirium in older adults and Jeremiah Schurr, MD, MHS, Harvard Medical School who will be Developing Emergency Department Quality of Care Indicators for Community Dwelling Elders.

Another activity includes the GIG’s co-sponsoring (along with the Geriatric Task Force, and Palliative Medicine Interest Group) of a second didactic/interactive session on “Quality Geriatric Emergency Care: Preparing for the Future” that will also be held on Saturday May 31, 2008. This session will focus on the development of quality indicators for geriatric ED patient care involving medications. The first session took place at the 2007 SAEM meeting and involved developing quality indicators for transitional care, cognitive impairment screening, and pain and palliative care.

Two awarded prestigious Fellowships Dr. Christopher R. Carpenter has been selected as the first recipient of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Goldfarb Patient Safety Fellowship. This fellowship was developed by Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University to provide mentored clinical research training and administrative experience for physicians devoted to improving patient safety and quality. Dr. Carpenter’s work “Derivation of a Clinical Decision Rule to Identify Older Adults at Low Risk for Gallbladder Disease” will continue preliminary research supported by a Jahnigen Career Development Award. In addition to prospective derivation of an abdominal pain decision aid, the fellowship will provide mentored hospital, local business, and community exposure to improving inpatient and outpatient care of aging patients. (Continued on page 6)

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role in the evaluation of students as well as the ECO, TDO and commitment hearing processes. He also discussed the importance of collaboration between emergency departments, student health and institution administrators who have responsibility for students’ well being. Dr. Martin also discussed FERPA and HIPAA regulations as it relates to confidentiality and cases of substantial likelihood of endangering self or others.

examiners, the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Educational Committee for foreign medical graduates undertake a review of the entire USMLE program to ensure that the design, structure and format of the USMLE is effectively meeting the needs of primary and secondary users. A twelve member review committee was formed to start the review. Also, discussed at the spring CAS meeting was the challenge of integrating basic sciences and clinical science concepts in undergraduate medical education. Also, considered was the practical challenge of changing the USMLE exam schedule.

Other discussions during the CAS spring meeting included opportunities to develop mutual training between medical schools and Veterans Administration Hospitals. It was reported that VA has increased funding to support GME. With increase in the numbers of medical students graduating there will be the need for increased GME training positions.

Dr. Marcus Martin gave a talk on Lessons learned from the VT tragedy during the CAS business meeting luncheon. Dr. Martin discussed elements of counseling and psychological services for students at academic institutions and how the departments of emergency medicine play a

SAEM 2008 Research Grants Emergency Medical Services Research Fellowship

Since 1998, the SAEM Research Fund has provided grants to help train emergency medicine researchers. Following is a brief description of some of the available grants along with the application deadlines. All applications should be sent electronically (see General Instructions for Electronic Submission on the website) to SAEM and one hard copy mailed to SAEM, 901 N. Washington Ave., Lansing MI 48906. For more information, see the Research section of the saem.org web site.

This grant is sponsored by Physio-Control, Inc., a division of Medtronic. It provides $60,000 for a one year EMS research fellowship for emergency medicine residency graduates at an SAEM approved fellowship training site. The fellowship must provide the fellow the opportunity to acquire research and leadership skills and to begin to develop expertise as part of an academic career with a focus in emergency medical services. The mission of the grant is to develop the academic potential of the selected fellow by providing support for a one-year training grant that develops both EMS leadership and research skills. Potential for and experience with EMS leadership and research are weighted equally when evaluating the applications. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Emergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group Grants These grants provide funding of $500 each to help support the educational or research activities of emergency medicine medical student organizations at U.S. medical schools. Established or developing interest groups, clubs, or other medical student organizations are eligible to apply. It is not necessary for the medical school to have an emergency medicine training program for the student group to apply. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Further information and application materials for all the awards can be obtained via the SAEM website at www.saem.org.

Research Training Grant (RTG)

SAEM Geriatric News

This grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years of formal, full-time, mentored research training for an emergency medicine academician. The award is intended to support the development of sound research skills rather than to support a specific research project. The trainee must have a concentrated, mentored program in specific research methods and concepts, and complete a research project. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

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Dr. Teresita M Hogan has been awarded a 2008 Brookdale Leadership in Ageing Fellowship. The Brookdale Foundation’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for America’s senior citizens and to further the fields of gerontology and geriatrics. This award is intended to encourage and support emerging leaders in the field of ageing. Dr. Hogan’s work is: Emergency Medicine Resident Education and Preparedness to Care for the Older Adult. She will focus on development of 5 core topics in geriatrics essential for the competent emergency care of elders.

Institutional Research Training Grant (IRTG) This grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years for an academic emergency medicine program to train a research fellow. The sponsoring program must demonstrate an excellent research training environment with a qualified mentor and specific area of research emphasis. The training for the fellow may include a formal research education program or advanced degree. It is expected that the fellow who is selected by the applying program will dedicate full time effort to research, and will complete a research project. The goal of this grant is to identify, develop, and fund promising institutions dedicated to providing high quality training to Emergency Medicine research fellows. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Drs. Carpenter and Hogan are important members of the Geriatric Task Force and the Geriatric Interest Group.

2008 SAEM DUES A summary of SAEM 2008 membership rates are listed below: 2008 Dues $495 Active $140 Resident $430 Faculty group $120 Resident group $460 Associate $140 Fellow $290 1st yr graduate $120 Medical Student $400 2nd yr graduate

Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Research Fellowship Award Through the generous sponsorship of the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF), in collaboration with SAEM, this award provides $75,000 funding per year for two years for a research fellowship in the area of patient safety. Successful applications will describe a significant, relevant, and feasible research project in the area of patient safety, as well as a mentored training program designed to provide the applicant with a foundation for becoming an emergency medicine patient safety research leader. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Membership Count 2853 Active 137 Associate 26 Emeritus 8 Honorary 351 Medical Students 2458 Resident / Fellow 5833 TOTAL

RON WALLS, MD

2008 Hal Jayne Award for Academic Excellence John A. Marx, M.D., Chief and Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Carolinas Medical Center

Ron Walls, M.D., completed his medical education at the University of British Columbia in 1979, and immediately proceeded on to a rotating internship and specialty training at the Denver Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine where he also served as chief resident in his senior year. Thereafter, and despite his relative youth, Dr. Walls established not one but two emergency medicine teaching programs between 1987 and 1993. He was an Associate Professor and Head of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia. During his tenure there, he developed the first medical student elective rotation in emergency medicine and established the first academic emergency department in Canada staffed only by specialty trained emergency physicians. From 1996 to the present, he has sat as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at which he has been largely responsible for the development of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency. Under his aegis, this program has achieved national prominence for educational excellence, outstanding faculty members, and the accomplishment of substantive and high quality peer review and non-peer review academic projects. Not to be missed is the fact that under Dr. Walls’ mentorship, nine former members of his faculty have been awarded leadership positions in teaching programs at other institutions across the nation, to include 5 sitting academic chairs. With regard to teaching, Dr. Walls has accomplished wide renown as reflected by the numerous invitations to speak in keynote, plenary and other positions in regional, national and, notably, international arenas. It is inarguable that he is the preeminent emergency physician lecturer in the field of emergency airway management in this country. In collaboration with others, but under his leadership, he has implemented the National Emergency Airway Management course which has been and continues to be a critical handson and didactic instructional tool for hundreds to thousands of participants from various disciplines since 1997. The course format has been adopted by the Royal College of Surgeons as the method by which British emergency physicians are trained in emergency airway management. The manual for the course, which is now in its second publication, has been translated into 5 languages. Dr. Walls also held the position of Co-Chair of the Undergraduate Steering Committee for the Division of Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Medical School through which he oversaw the construction of a core elective for emergency medicine for all the Harvard teaching hospitals.

He was recently awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians. From my vantage, however, Dr. Walls’ greatest achievements in teaching are those which receive the least national acclaim. Since 1997, he has garnered six lecturer and teaching awards from his residents. These are his greatest honors as they reflect his dedication, effort and expertise given over to these young physicians. While at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Walls developed the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, one of the most advanced centers for medical simulation that exists in emergency medicine. It has been designated as the primary center for all medical education simulation at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is responsible for training not only emergency physicians, but physicians of all specialties, including anesthesia and surgery, as well as nurses and emergency medical providers. In research, Dr. Walls has created a special niche in emergency medicine by virtue of his founding the National Emergency Airway Registry in 1996. This ongoing multicenter data collection instrument is responsible for the most rigorous and the largest ongoing repository of realtime emergency medicine airway management data in the world and has to date recorded over 15,000 emergency intubations. This has led to a considerable series of peerreviewed publications and will continue to be responsible for the ongoing improvement in the understanding and betterment of this most critical skill in emergency medicine. He currently is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Emergency Medicine, the Editor-in-Chief of Journal Watch Emergency Medicine, and is the newly appointed Editorin-Chief of Emergency Medicine for UpToDate. He also has been a Senior Editor for Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts in Clinical Practice for the 5th through 7th editions. Notably and finally, in 2006, Dr. Walls became the first physician trained in emergency medicine to be promoted to the rank of full professor at Harvard Medical School. I confess I have been a close colleague and friend of Dr. Walls these many years. While that may lay foundation for bias in this offering, I would submit that it allows me to give an uncommonly intimate appraisal. I believe he possesses rare intellect, tremendous intuitiveness, consummate leadership, and unyielding dedication to the specialty of emergency medicine. More importantly, he is a compassionate care provider, a highly principled and intellectually honest physician, and a tireless and selfless Chair who spends enormous time towards the betterment of his faculty and residents. It has been my great privilege to nominate Ron Walls, M.D. for the Society’s Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award. This terrifically gifted man is richly deserving of this prestigious honor.

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National Press Briefing where we represented the house of medicine (not just emergency medicine) with esteemed colleagues from Congress and the Acting Director of CMS. We published an open letter to the presidential candidates inviting them to attend SAEM. We will convene a town hall style meeting with chief health advisors of the 3 campaigns on May 29th at our annual meeting. We have reached out and have been included. In 2008 we will choose our next US President. As I watch the debates, speeches and media coverage, I can’t help but wonder which campaign promises the candidates really intend to keep. I thought it would be a good time for us to reflect upon whether or not I kept my promises. Below is the quote directly from my candidate bio in 2006. “My major goals are to enhance the benefits of SAEM membership. I would like to expand the office infrastructure to make SAEM more “user friendly.” I would like to protect and grow the research fund. I would like to develop a separate educational fund to enhance educational efforts by SAEM members. Additionally, I would like to enhance collaboration with other EM organizations so that we could be more effective and costefficient on shared policy objectives.” I don’t know how often we carefully evaluate our own leadership and whether or not our goals have been accomplished. I wouldn’t even begin to claim credit for most of the things that happened over the past year. It was a very large group effort. But, I do have one question for you, “How’d we do?”

academic emergency medicine. We will provide new awards this year including one for the advancement of women in emergency medicine. We created a new research award that will be awarded for the first time next year. Many of our committees were phenomenally productive. Our two new ones made a huge dent. The Guidelines Committee reached out to other organizations and has received voluminous requests to help participate in the creation of multidisciplinary guidelines. The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee immediately and graciously included us in the process. The range of guidelines that we named representatives to in includes cardiac arrest, COPD, allergy, HIV, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, heart failure, sickle cell disease, simulation, geriatrics, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, headache and transitions of care. We were quite disappointed when the AHA and ACC published the focused update on STEMI management without any emergency medicine representation. Subsequent dialogue with the leadership of these organizations assured us that SAEM will have representation on the next set of STEMI and NSTEMI guidelines. The Crowding Task Force has several manuscripts already in the pipeline, as well as multiple research projects demonstrating the impact of ED boarding and crowding on patients. We will provide the data to mandate change. We forayed into the world of advocacy and have very much appreciated the assistance of ACEP as we embarked on this new course. We contributed position statements and advisory letters on a variety of topics to Congress, CMS and NIH. We participated in a US News and World Report

CDEM: First SAEM Academy Established First Annual CDEM Meeting at SAEM 1:00 Opening Remarks SAEM President Kate Heilpern CDEM President David Manthey 1:30 CDEM Board and Committees CDEM Committees and their charge 2:00 Committee Breakout Work Sessions 2:45 Break 3:00 Keynote - Lou Pangaro, MD (ACE) 3:30 Effective Feedback – Esther Choo, MD 4:00 Demonstration of Website and Forums 4:30 Future Goals and Networking

It is with great pleasure and eager anticipation that we announce the formation of the first SAEM Academy: Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM). CDEM is comprised of emergency medicine clerkship directors and medical student educators who are committed to enhancing medical student education in emergency medicine. Our vision is to serve as a unified voice for medical student educators within our specialty. CDEM will provide a forum for communication and collaboration to provide its members with solutions to common problems we face as educators. Membership in CDEM is open to all categories of SAEM members. Please visit the new CDEM website at http://www. saem.org/cdem to learn more about CDEM, opportunities to participate and to join. You can also join by contacting Sandy Rummel at srummel@saem.org We will be holding our first official meeting at the 2008 SAEM annual meeting in Washington, DC on May 30th from 1pm - 5pm in the Maryland Suite C.

We would like to thank both the SAEM and CORD Board of Directors for their support as we moved forward with the development of CDEM through uncharted waters. Specific projects that CDEM members will be working on in our first year include, but are not limited to: (Continued on page 28)

SAEM 2008 Annual Meeting The SAEM Annual Meeting is the largest forum for the presentation of original research in emergency medicine. The meeting will be held May 29 - June 1 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Over 2000 emergency physicians are expected to attend. The Annual Meeting will include 567 original research presentations, as well as Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (IEME) Exhibits. The oral papers consist of 10 minute presentations followed by five minutes for questions and answers. Selected oral paper sessions will include additional time for discussions. The posters are scheduled in two-hour sessions each day. Most posters will focus on one-on-one discussion between the presenters and the attendees. However, each day moderated poster sessions will be assigned to one-hour discussion sessions within the two-hour poster sessions. The moderators will focus discussion on furthering the research in the topic. The IEME Exhibits will be held during the poster sessions. More details regarding the Annual Meeting are posted on the SAEM web site at www.saem.org. The web site is updated daily and includes a PDF Download of the PreConference Brochure (over 40 pages). A copy of the Abstract Supplement will also be provided to all Annual Meeting attendees in Washington D.C.

registration lines in Washington D.C. and assists staff in preparing name badges that are required for admission into all Annual Meeting sessions. Attendees may also register via fax or mail using the registration form included in this newsletter. For the cost of the basic registration fee attendees may attend all paper, poster, and didactic sessions, except those sessions that have limited enrollment, require pre-registration, or require an additional registration fee. Some of the limited enrollment sessions may be sold out prior to the Annual Meeting. Therefore, be sure to register early. For those who have pre-registered to attend sessions that require pre-registration, be sure to arrive a few minutes early. It is the policy of SAEM to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If special arrangements are necessary, please contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or 517-485-5484. Continuing Medical Education The 2008 Annual Meeting has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of SAEM and Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine. Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Registration Attendees are strongly urged to pre-register for the Annual Meeting using the online registration form at www.saem.org. Pre-registration ensures shorter

David C. Cone, MD Named New Editor of AEM David Cone has been selected as the new Editor in Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine. After a ten month national search, Jill Baren, EIC Search Committee Chair, presented the Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation to the Board of Directors.

Yale University School of Medicine. With a strong interest in EMS, he is the current President of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). Additionally, his editorial experience includes Deputy Editor for NAEMSPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official journal, Prehospital Emergency Care. David grew up working in a publishing family. His father, who was editor and publisher of a newspaper in NJ, adds a greater understanding of publishing issues than most academic emergency physicians.

Dr. Cone serves as the Editor of the SAEM Newsletter and has played an active role with Academic Emergency Medicine, as a Manuscript Reviewer since 1995; an Associate Editor, January 1999 - September 2001 and Senior Associate Editor since October 2001.

The SAEM Board of Directors looks forward to Dr. Cone beginning his duties as editor in chief January 2009. He will work closely with Michelle Biros during the transition and continue the excellent advancements made under her tenure.

Dr. Cone is Chief, Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery,

Joint Scientific Dinner Session American College of Cardiology and The American College of Emergency Physicians In cooperation with the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Limited to 100 participants – Advance Registration Required Nurses

Friday, May 31, 2008 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Emergency Medicine Perspective on Implementation of STEMI SystemS Dr. James Hoekstra, Presiding Immediate Past President, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

The ACCF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 continuing education hours. Each attendee should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Capitalizing on the two independent meetings in Washington, D.C., May 30-31, 2008, The American College of Cardiology and SAEM have collaborated on a special evening session to address STEMI issues in the ER at the Fairmont Washington Hotel, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. Although there is no additional fee for this dinner symposium, advance registration is required due to the limited number of seats available.

While offering credits noted above, the program is not intended to provide extensive training or certification in the field.

Join us for a lively dialogue regarding improving STEMI care in the real world. Combine your SAEM annual meeting experience with this interactive session on cardiovascular issues facing emergency physicians and staff. • Latest Advances in Guidelines and Policy in STEMI Treatment ACC/AHA/ACEP - Drs. Granger and Hoekstra • AHA Lifeline/D2B - Dr. Jacobs • CMS Changes and Policy - Dr. Marcozzi • STEMI System Regional Examples - Dr. Jollis • EMS Issues: Pre-hospital ECGs - Dr. Pratt SAEM members, please contact accreg@saem.org to make your dinner reservation.

If you have not received SAEM all member emails, or have difficulty accessing the online version of Academic Emergency Medicine we need your current email.

ACCREDITATION As part of the full conference entitled “Emergency Cardio-vascular Care 2008: Strategies for Enhancing STEMI Systems for Reperfusion”, this session provides the following to attendees of the SAEM Annual Scientific Meeting: Physicians The American College of Cardiology Foundation is ac-credited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Please send your current email address to: membership@saem.org

The ACCF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 2 hours of ACEP Category 1 credit. 10

Deadline for Registration for the 2009 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Initial Certifying Examination The 2009 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Initial Certifying Examination will be administered on March 30, 2009, by the American Board of Pediatrics.

hours before the deadline so that any technical difficulties can be addressed. Applications submitted after the 3:00 pm deadline on October 1, 2008, will require a late fee. The new applicant’s late registration period commences October 2, 2008, and ends October 31, 2008, at 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time. No applications may be submitted after that time. Applicants are urged to review the requirements for certification found on the ABP Web site.

The new applicant regular registration period for the 2009 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Initial Certifying Examination commences August 4, 2008, and will end October 1, 2008, at 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Applicants must ensure that they apply online at www.abp.org at least 24

Call for Proposals

2009 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference

Deadline: April 16, 2008

The editors of Academic Emergency Medicine are accepting proposals for the 2009 AEM Consensus Conference, which will be held on May 13, 2009, the day before the SAEM Annual Meeting, in New Orleans. Proposals must advance a topic relevant to emergency medicine that is conducive to the development of a research agenda and be spearheaded by thought leaders from within the specialty of emergency medicine. The goals of the AEM consensus conferences are to heighten awareness related to the topic, discuss the current state of knowledge about the topic, identify knowledge gaps, propose needed research, and issue a call to action to allow future progress. Previous topics have included errors in emergency medicine, the unraveling safety net, quality/best practices in emergency care, information technology in emergency medicine, disparities in emergency care, emergency research without informed consent, the science of surge, knowledge translation, and the science of simulation in healthcare. Developed proposals will be reviewed on a competitive basis by the AEM Editorial Board. The topic chosen for the 2009 AEM Consensus Conference will be announced at the SAEM Business Meeting during the 2008 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Proceedings of the meeting and original contributions related to the topic will be published exclusively by AEM in its Special Topic Issue in November 2009. Submitters are strongly advised to review the Special Topic issues of previous AEM Consensus Conferences (see November issues of AEM) to guide the development of their proposals. Proposals must include the following: 1. Introduction of the topic. • brief statement of relevance. • justification for this topic choice. 2. Proposed conference chairs and sponsoring groups (i.e., SAEM interest groups, committees). 3. Proposed conference agenda and proposed presenters • plenary lectures • panels • breakout topics and questions for discussion

4. Anticipated audience • stakeholder groups/organizations • federal regulators • national researchers and educators • others 5. Anticipated budget. 6. Potential funding sources and strategies for securing conference funding.

Proposals must be submitted electronically to the AEM office at aem@saem.org no later than April 16, 2008 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.

SAEM Scholarly Sabbatical Grant 2008 Alan E. Jones, MD, Carolinas Medical Center On behalf of the SAEM Grants Committee This year an outstanding applicant, Dr. Howard Smithline, was chosen to receive the SAEM Scholarly Sabbatical Grant. His project is entitled “Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Methods in Heart Failure”. The project seeks to allow Dr. Smithline protected time to acquire the knowledge and skills to apply magnetic resonance spectroscopy to heart failure research. He will accomplish these goals by attending seminars and laboratory meetings at the Integrated Magnetic Resonance Research Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, taking educational courses, and developing several MRS measures and then applying them to a clinical project under the mentorship of Dr. Greenman. This award will allow him to redirect his focus to translational research involving energy metabolism pathophysiology in heart failure using multinuclear MRS. His overarching aim is to acquire the data to justify conducting several clinical trials to better understand the pathophysiology and to

conduct interventional trials of novel therapies. Several other investigators in Dr. Smithline’s home department are interested in a similar line of research and the skills he gains will therefore also benefit these individuals. The SAEM Scholarly Sabbatical Grant provides maximum funding of $60,000 divided over two to twelve months to help mid-career, established emergency medicine faculty at the level of assistant professor or higher obtain release time or other needed support to develop research skills that will advance their academic careers. The goal of the grant is to increase the number of independent career researchers who may further advance research in emergency medicine. The grant may be used to learn unique research methods or procedures which require day-to day, in-depth training under the direct supervision of a knowledgeable mentor, or to develop a knowledge base that can be shared with the faculty member’s department to further research.

Academic Announcements SAEM members are encouraged to submit Academic Announcements on promotions, research funding, and other items of interest to the membership. Submissions must be sent to saem@saem.org by June 1 to be included in the July/August issue.

Sabine Brouxhon, MD from the University of Rochester has received an R21 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Larrabee will also become the medical director of the flight program, HealthNet I. She is currently the Assistant Residency Director at the University of Cincinnati.

Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, Professor and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Yale University is a Senior Co-Investigator on a recently awarded $9,848,000 grant from NHLBI. VIRGO examines the factors associated with AMI in young women. A total of 3000, < 55 year old women, from over 100 sites will be enrolled with 1000 matched male controls. The PI is Harlan Krumholz MD.

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH, was promoted to Chief, Division of Prehospital Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. In addition, Dr. Shah has been appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics. He also holds an appointment in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine.

Debra Houry, MD, MPH has been named the Vice Chair for Research, Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Houry also serves as Director of the Emory Center for Injury Control. She is an exceptionally accomplished researcher and a member of the SAEM Board of Directors.

Philip Shayne, MD has been named the Vice Chair for Education, Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr Shayne will maintain his position as Residency Program Director. He is an officer in CORD and has been named Chair, SAEM Consultation Services Committee.

Demetrios N. Kyriacou, MD, PhD, was named the American Medical Association National Advisory Council on Violence and Abuse, “Linda E. Salzman Honoree” for Research Contributions in Violence Prevention.

Dr. Jeff Suchard, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, received the “Outstanding Contribution in Medical Toxicology Education” from the North American College of Medical Toxicology at the annual ACMT Spring Conference. This is the only teaching award given by the college, and one of just three national awards. Dr. Suchard received the inaugural recognition.

Hollynn Larrabee, MD, has accepted the position of Residency Director with the Dept. of Emergency Medicine at West Virginia University starting July 1, 2008. Dr. 12

SAEM Emergency Medical Services Research Fellowship 2008 Christopher Kahn, MD, University of California, Irvine On behalf of the SAEM Grants Committee

Jose Cabañas, MD, EMT-P, has been selected for the 2008 SAEM EMS Research Fellowship Grant. Dr. Cabañas, who will graduate from the University of Puerto Rico residency program this spring, will complete his fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while simultaneously studying for a Masters of Public Health degree. He will be conducting a study of induced hypothermia vs. standard care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with the goal of comparing the neurologic function of survivors from both groups at hospital discharge. Through the generous support of Physio-Control, Inc. a division of Medtronic, the SAEM EMS Research Fellowship provides $60,000 for a one-year fellowship for a qualified emergency physician to acquire important skills and begin to develop expertise as part of an academic career with a focus in emergency medical services. The mission of the grant is to develop the academic potential of the selected fellow by providing support for a one-year training grant that develops both EMS leadership and research skills. Potential for and experience with EMS leadership and research are weighted equally when evaluating the applications.

SAEM Institutional Research Training Grant 2008 Alan E. Jones, MD, Carolinas Medical Center On behalf of the SAEM Grants Committee

This year two outstanding applications were chosen to receive the SAEM Institutional Research Training Grant. Dr. John Younger’s application entitled “Mechanical Defenses Against Line Sepsis,” from the University of Michigan and Dr. Mark Angelos’ application entitled “Studies of Low Flow Reperfusion in the Heart,” from Ohio State University, were the two awardees. Dr. Younger’s grant proposes to offer the trainee the opportunity to study device-related bloodstream infection from both the immunological perspective and an applied mathematical perspective. Dr. Younger, a federally funded and respected investigator in the field of bacteriology and sepsis will serve as the primary mentor. A number of related projects are possible (including studying the nuances of bacterial growth in microcolonies, examining the rheological properties of microaggregates in an in vitro model, and studying and modeling in vivo the dynamics of bacterial infection and clearance). A large emphasis of this training is placed on applied mathematical tools (including statistical analysis). The opportunity to obtain one of a few advanced degrees related to the training is included in the program. The ultimate goal is to equip the trainee with the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue extramural funding within three years of completing the training. Dr. Angelos’ grant proposes to provide fundamental research skills through formal didactic education, journal club participation, and integration into research within the Davis Institute at Ohio State University. The proposed research project is examining myocardial reperfusion using a new methodology. The primary mentor will be Dr. Angelos, who has a long track record of excellence in resuscitation research. The fellow is Dr. Mark Brauner, who has worked with Dr. Angelos previously. Dr Brauner will complete a masters degree and write two manuscripts and both an AHA and a K08 grant application by the end of the project. This training will no doubt leave the trainee

in an optimal position to obtain federal funding as an independent investigator in emergency medicine. The SAEM Institutional Research Training Grant provides support in the form of $75,000 per year for two years in order to train a research fellow. This grant is awarded to the institution of an established investigator who has demonstrated excellence in academic emergency medicine and who is capable of successfully training future clinicianscientists.

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Emergency Medicine: Past, Present, and Future 11th Annual Mid-Atlantic SAEM Regional Research Meeting September 26-27, 2008 Penn State University Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA

The Mid-Atlantic Planning Committee is pleased to announce the SAEM Mid-Atlantic Research Meeting on September 26-27, 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty to present their findings and collaborate with other scientists. As in prior years there will be plenary and brief oral presentations. We are pleased to announce a kickoff dinner presentation on September 26, 2008 starting at 7pm. September 27th will include a lunch speaker on EM’s rich and sordid history and a panel discussion on the Future of EM. Brian Zink, M.D., author of Anyone, Anything, Anytime (A History of Emergency Medicine) will be featured. CME credit will be offered. Abstracts should be submitted before 5:00pm Eastern Time on Monday, August 25, 2008 thru the web site at apps.saem.org. Acceptance notifications will follow in early September. Hershey, PA is less than a 3-hour drive from DC, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Hershey park is open on the 27th, other interests include outlet shopping, the Gettysburg battlefield and Lancaster Amish communities. Overnight lodging is readily available and affordable. Questions are welcome to Glenn Geeting, MD at ggeeting@ hmc.psu.edu.

Western Regional Research Forum The 11th Annual SAEM Western Regional Research Forum was held on March 28-29, 2008, and hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Edward Panacek from UC Davis presented the keynote address entitled, “Really Understanding Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Decision Making.” In addition, there were two parallel didactic sessions. Dr. Kristi Koenig from UC Irvine led a panel discussion on “How to Find Money to Support a Successful Research Career.” Panelists were Dr. Sam Stratton and Dr. Federico Vaca from UC Irvine, and Dr. Bryant Nguyen from Loma Linda University. Dr. Stephen Hayden from UC San Diego and Dr. Mark Langdorf from UC Irvine presented a writing workshop entitled, “Turning your Abstract into a Paper: Academic Writing Made Simpler.” On Saturday, more than 90 mini-oral research abstracts were presented from 20 universities. Drs. Michael Menchine and Chris Kahn from UC Irvine headed the peer-review effort to select the abstracts and choose the award winners.

Maricopa Medical Center, and Dr. Susan Promes from UC San Francisco-SFGH. Eric Silman and Pam Swan, EMIG co-Presidents, led the effort to recruit students from other campuses. A residency forum with 15 programs from the western US offered information and advice to the students. The award for Best Research Project of the meeting, given to the top plenary session abstract went to Maria Nelson, MS4 for her project, “The Influence of Media Content on Opting-Out of an Exception to Informed Consent Outof-Hospital Clinical Trail.” Co-authors on the project were Nicole Delorio, Terri A. Schmidt, Denise E. Griffiths, Jerris Hedges, Mohamud R. Daya, Liana S. Haywood, Dana M. Zive, and Craig D. Newgard from Oregon Health & Science University. The award for Outstanding Resident Research Project went to Drs. Eric S. Hegedus and Samuel J. Stratton from the University of California, Irvine, for “Outcome Study of Same-Level Falls in The Elderly with Momentary Loss of Consciousness or Acute Neurological Deficit.” The award for Outstanding Student Research Project went to Maria Nelson, MS4, again, for “A Geospatial Analysis of Persons Opting-Out from an Exception to Informed Consent Outof-Hospital Interventional Trail” with co-authors Craig R. Warden, Denise E. Griffiths, Dana M. Zive, Terri A. Schmidt, Jerris R. Hedges, Mohamud R. Daya, and Craig D. Newgard from Oregon Health & Science University.

Also on Saturday, Dr. Chris Fox from UC Irvine organized and taught an Emergency Ultrasound Didactic and Workshop session to 40 eager medical students and residents. This was followed by the Medical Student Forum, organized by Dr. Shahram Lotfipour, attended by almost 100 students from 10 medical schools. The medical student forum speakers included Dr. Wendy Coates from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dr. Susan Stroud from University of Utah, Dr. Jennifer Casaletto from

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2008 Semi-Final CPC Competition The Semi-Final Clinical Pathological Cases (PCP) Competition will be held on Wednesday, May 28th (the day before the Annual Meeting) from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. Annual Meeting attendees are encouraged to attend. There is no registration fee to attend the Competition, which showcases emergency medicine residency programs. The CPC consists of the presentation and discussion of the best 72 cases submitted from approximately 90 submissions. The CPC Competition finalists will be announced during a reception held from 5:30-7:00 pm. The CPC Competition is sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA, and SAEM. The CPC Final Competition, consisting of the six semi-finalists, will be held during the ACEP Scientific Assembly, which will be held in Chicago, IL, in October 2008. The following programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cases have been accepted for presentation at the 2008 Semi-Final CPC Competition. Northwestern

Advocate Christ Medical Center Alameda County Medical Center-- Highland Hospital Baystate University Beth Israel Medical Center Beth Israel Medical Center- Albert Einstein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Medical Center Brown University Carolinas Medical Center Christiana Care Christiana Care EM/IM Darnall Army Medical Center Denver Health Drexel University Duke Medical Center Emory University Grand Rapids MERC Henry Ford Hospital Jacobi/Montefiore Kings County / SUNY Downstate Kings County / SUNY Downstate EM/IM Lehigh Valley Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Long Island Jewish Long Island Jewish EM/IM Madigan Army Medical Center Maimonides Medical Center Maine Medical Center Maricopa Medical Center Metropolitan Hospital Morristown Memorial Hospital Mt. Sinai - New York Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Naval Medical Center San Diego New York Presbyterian Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

NYU/Bellevue Oregon Health & Science University Orlando Regional Medical Center Penn State Pitt County Memorial Hospital - ECU EM/IM Regions Hospital Resurrection Medical Center San Antonio Uniformed Services St. John Hospital SUNY @ Buffalo Synergy Tampa General Hospital Texas A & M/Scott White The Brooklyn Hospital Center The George Washington University University of Florida - Gainesville UNDMJ - New Jersey Medical School University of Arizona University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of Cincinnati University of Florida-Jacksonville University of Iowa University of Maryland University of Nevada University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Texas - Houston University of Virginia UT Southwestern Medical Center Virginia Commonwealth University Wayne State - Detroit Receiving Hospital William Beaumont Yale-New Haven Hospital

Young Investigator Award SAEM recognizes up to three (3) candidates for the Young Investigator Awards each year. The Society’s core mission includes the creation of knowledge; these awards recognize those SAEM members who have demonstrated commitment and achievement in research during the early stage of their academic career. The SAEM Young Investigator Awards are presented during the SAEM Annual Meeting. Any SAEM member may nominate a candidate.

Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, Young Investigator Award co-investigator of consultant on 10 additional grants. He has submitted a K08 to the NIH/NIBIB. Terry is the author of 28 peer-reviewed publications and another 26 publications (chapters, etc.) as well as 22 published abstracts and 18 proceedings papers. He is currently completing the Health Research & Educational Trust/NSPF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. True to his paramedic beginning, Terry serves as the Associate Regional EMS Medical Director and Chair of the Regional EMS Advisory Council. He is medical director for 5 local EMS agencies. He was honored as the New York State EMS Physician of the Year in 2004 and Weber EMS Leadership Award in 2007. Terry is a true triple threat. He has integrated a somewhat eclectic set of skills (engineering, medicine and prehospital experience) into an innovative and scientifically sound career path. He is an example of why education, regardless of the field, is valuable. While Terry will clearly be a superstar within research, he is an excellent clinician and teacher. Students and residents see him as approachable as well as knowledgeable. He has shown the ability to work with and value all members of the healthcare team, and even broadening the team to fields usually not associated with medicine. It is his ability to create innovative teams, to ask innovative questions, and to solve them by collaborative thinking ‘outside the box’ that will lead Terry to bigger and better things.

Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks is the recipient of the 2008 Young Investigator’s Award. Terry received his undergraduate degree from Potsdam College and shortly thereafter became a paramedic. He received a master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering from Virginia Tech where his research focus was transportation safety. He received his MD from the Medical College of Virginia where he was a Shiai scholar and recipient of the SAEM medical student award. After completing his emergency medicine residency at the University of Rochester, he remained as faculty, focusing his research talents in the area of patient safety. He has created interdisciplinary teams involving industrial and human factors engineers, patient safety researchers and pharmacists to develop new and innovative approaches to patient safety issues in EMS, the ED and the hospital. Together they have defined the field of patient safety in emergency medicine and the field of emergency pharmacy. Terry wrote his first grant as a resident and soon was being funded on a regular basis. He is PI on an AHRQ U18, an NIH/NINR STTR, and 4 foundation grants including the SAEM Patient Safety Grant funded by the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. He has been co-PI,

Jason S. Haukoos, MD, Young Investigator Award on to complete residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. Dr. Haukoos stayed on at Harbor-UCLA to complete a two-year clinical research fellowship under the direction and mentorship of Roger Lewis, M.D., Ph.D. During his fellowship, he continued work in HIV prevention while obtaining his Master of Science degree in epidemiology. After twelve years of formal scientific education, Dr. Haukoos came to Denver, Colorado to serve as Director of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Denver Health Medical Center.

Jason S. Haukoos, M.D., M.Sc. graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. As part of a combined, seven-year B.S./ M.D. program through UCR and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Dr. Haukoos completed medical school in 1998. During his years at UCLA, he completed a Medical Student Honors Thesis entitled, “Emergency Department Triage of Patients Infected with HIV.” He went

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statistical reviewer and Decision Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine; a content reviewer for Annals of Emergency Medicine; a content reviewer for a number of HIV-related journals; a member of the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board for the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; and he holds multiple other local, regional, and national positions.

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physician-scientist in emergency medicine and is dedicated to advancing our academic specialty. His productivity began as a resident and has steadily accelerated over the past five years. His level of extramural funding is impressive for this stage of his career and includes a Research Training Grant from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), an Individual National Research Service Award (F32) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a program grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, a large, multi-year grant to evaluate routine opt-out rapid HIV screening in the emergency department (ED) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and most recently, an Independent Scientist Award (K02) from AHRQ. The total costs for these awards and grants approach nearly two million dollars. With this support, he has focused his academic energy, publishing approximately 40 peer-review publications since 2003.

In addition to these organizational volunteerisms, Dr. Haukoos is selfless with his time as Director of Research for our department, including efforts that have led to his involvement in over 20 peer-reviewed publications and countless academic projects across multiple specialties and a number of institutions. His methodological and statistical expertise has proven to be the bellows on the fire of research productivity at our institution. His expertise, however, is not limited to our specialty. We have witnessed Dr. Haukoos advising internal medicine and surgical faculty and residents on multiple occasions. He has lectured nationally and authored several textbook chapters and review articles on statistical methodology. For these reasons we cannot think of anyone more deserving of the SAEM Young Investigators Award!

Dr Haukoosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; research in HIV prevention and its application in ED settings has led him to become a nationally recognized figure in this important public health area. Beyond personal academic success, Dr. Haukoos has given back immensely to the field of emergency medicine. He has served as a member of the Grants, Research, and Program Committees for SAEM; he is a content and

Stephen J. Wolf, M.D. Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado Roger J. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

Roland Clayton Merchant, MD, Young Investigator Award Roland Clayton Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD has charted and navigated a challenging but highly successful course in becoming an accomplished investigator worthy of the 2008 SAEM Young Investigator Award.

in subsequent years, and then in 2004 received a five-year K23 Career Development Award from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases for rapid HIV testing in the ED. Concurrently, he received a one-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant for $120,000. He later received another significant grant from the Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR) to study ethical concerns and justifications about new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding HIV testing practices in the healthcare setting. As part of the K23 grant and research fellowship, Dr. Merchant has pursued highlevel research training. He recently completed his Doctor of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in epidemiology. He also received a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard during his research fellowship at Brown.

When Dr. Merchant completed his emergency medicine residency at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, he was determined to continue research work in the intersection of the fields of infectious diseases, public health, and emergency medicine. He knew this would require excellent research training, and he took a stepwise approach with a long term view.

Early in his academic career, Dr. Merchant advanced the understanding of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis utilization in the ED and other settings. He is well-known for his efforts in helping to create non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis guidelines for the State of Rhode Island, and was an advisor to the State of New York, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization for their exposure guidelines. His guidelines are widely acknowledged by emergency

Dr. Merchant received the SAEM Resident Research Award in 2001 which enabled him to further his work on HIV in the emergency department. Also in 2001, he began a research fellowship at Brown Medical School that was jointly sponsored by the then Division of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Infectious Diseases. For this fellowship he was supported by the SAEM Resident Research Award and later by a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded T32 from the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brown. He received smaller foundation grants

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Jeff Runge, MD, SAEM Special Recognition Award The Society of Academic Emergency Medicine confers its 2008 Special Recognition Award to a researcher, leader, change agent, and public official whose impact in medicine and traffic safety has been felt around the world.

diving-related deaths. • Jeff promulgated the legislation that required the motor vehicle manufacturer industry to improve the safety of SUVs, especially toward the goal of reducing rollover crashes. • Jeff provided a rare fresh breath of green air from the Bush Administration when he pushed for legislation requiring manufacturers to raise fuel economy standards for light trucks and SUVs. With this track record, he has continued his productivity as the Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Home-land Security. His accomplishments there include: • Leading an effort for influenza pandemic prepared-ness, creating a tangible policy that is in operation today. • Creating the entire office of Health Affairs, including a staff of 120 people with a $117 million dollar budget. • Overseeing the realignment of programs shared among different branches of government, including the BioShield initiative, and the transition of the national disaster medical safety to the HHS, as well as the Division of Immigrant Health Services to the DHS. • Developing and leading an intensive program to facilitate the next generation of bio-detection technology in anti-bioterrorism methodologies.

Dr. Runge—Jeff to those who know him—graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1981, and in 1984, completed a residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center. There, he went on to become the Research Director and Assistant Chair. Prior to his public service, Jeff was active in SAEM, having served on numerous committees and task forces. He was an active researcher, having published over 40 original peer-review manuscripts. His research focus was on injury prevention, with a special interest in drunk driving intervention. His political action that led to the continuation of a motorcycle helmet law in North Carolina prompted his recognition in national politics, leading to his appointment as Director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2002. Recognizing his achievements in this role, Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, appointed Jeff as that Department’s first Chief Medical Officer in July of 2005. His official start date to this post was September 5, 2005.

Throughout this time, Jeff has remained visible to us in academic emergency medicine, having frequently appeared at national meetings.

Returning to his accomplishments that have affected the citizens of the United States: • Jeff led the national “Click-it-or-Ticket” campaign that is credited for increasing safety restraint use from 71% to 82%, accounting for at least 2,000 lives saved a year in the United States. • During his tenure at NHTSA, our nation experienced its largest and most consistent decrease in the absolute numbers of highway deaths since the early 1990s. • Jeff’s innovative research and policies designed to target and apply therapy-directed interventions on drunk drivers in the ED remains recognized by law enforcement agencies across the country as a key innovation toward reducing drunk

Those who know Jeff personally recognize his uniquely pithy common sense. Jeff’s many mini-philosophies have long been the target of much affectionate analysis, especially his philosophy toward administrators and bureaucrats. One of Jeff’s simplest tenets came from the Woody Allen line: “Half of life is just showing up.” We are all better off that Jeff kept showing up because he relentlessly pushes for change to protect us. For his contributions to SAEM, to emergency medicine, and to the United States of America, Jeff is bestowed with the Special Recognition Award from SAEM in 2008.

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proven to be an effective collaborator at our institution. In recognition of his work, in 2006 Dr. Merchant was awarded the Paul Calabresi Faculty Research Award by the Department of Emergency Medicine of Brown Medical School.

physicians and infectious disease experts as evidencebased, practical approaches to HIV exposure prophylaxis provision. His research has already changed clinical practice. He has clearly emerged as one of the leaders in emergency medicine research in HIV, AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Merchant has produced over 30 peer-reviewed publications and is first author on the great majority of these. Another 8 publications are in press. At this early stage of his career, he has already made 27 national presentations and given numerous invited lectures.

In an amazingly brief time Dr. Merchant has gained national recognition and support to continue his innovative research in emergency medicine and public health. Importantly, his contributions are not just scholarly – he has helped the communities he serves by finding new ways to control HIV transmission and lessen the burden of HIV. Dr. Merchant is truly an outstanding young investigator.

Dr. Merchant has done it the right way, with patience and perseverance, and a strong work ethic. He has

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SAEM Annual Business Meeting

Saturday May 31, 2008 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. All SAEM members are urged to attend 1.

SAEM Award and Grant Presentations, Judd E. Hollander, MD, President a. Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award b. Leadership Award c. Young Investigator Awards d. Institutional Research Training Grant s e. EMS Research Fellowship Grant Special Recognition Award f. 2007 Annual Meeting Awards: g. ŏ Best Faculty Award Helen Straus, MD Measuring Patient Satisfaction In A Public Hospital ED. ŏ Best Young Investigator Presentation Jesse Pines, MD The Association Between ED Crowding and Time to Antibiotics for Pneumonia. ŏ Best Basic Science Award Laura Bechtel, PhD Verapamil Toxicity Induces Dysregulation of Insulin - Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3 - kinase Pathway. ŏ Best Resident Award David Messenger, MD Low - Dose Ketamine Versus Fentanyl As adjunct Analgesic To Procedural Sedation With Propofol: A Randomized, Clinical Trial. ŏ Best Medical Student Award Tara Scherer Effect of an Expedited Referral System on Follow-Up Rate of Emergency Department Patients to a Federally Funded Health Clinic System. ŏ Best IEME Award Tim Heilenbach, MD An Ultrasound Simulator for Emergency Medicine Resident Education ŏ Medical Student Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner Maria Nelson ŏ Resident Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner Tom Richards, MD

Election Results, Judd E. Hollander, MD, President President Elect Board of Directors Constitution and Bylaws Committee Nominating Committee Resident Board Member

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

AEM Report and Announcements: Michelle Biros, MD, Editor-in-Chief Bylaws Amendments: Judd E. Hollander, MD President’s Address: Judd E. Hollander, MD Introduction of 2008-2009 President Katherine L. Heilpern, MD: Judd E. Hollander, MD New Business Adjournment

Note: Award and grant recipients, newly elected member of the Board and Nominating and Constitution and Bylaws Committee are asked to remain after the Annual Business Meeting to participate in a brief photo session. Photos will be published in upcoming issues of the SAEM newsletter.

The 2008 NRMP Match in Emergency Medicine Louis Binder, MD, Cleveland, Ohio MetroHealth Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic/Case Medical School EM Residency The results of the 2008 NRMP Match became final on March 20, 2008. Emergency Medicine residency programs offered a total of 1475 entry level positions (6% of total positions in all specialties). The following numbers (taken from the 2008 NRMP Data Book) include information from all programs that entered the 2008 Match: 2006 2007 2008 Total # of NRMP positions 24,083 24,685 25,066 Overall % of positions unfilled 6.8% 6.2% 5.6% Number of EM programs listed 135 138 141 (124 PG1, 11 PG2) (127 PG1, 9 PG2) (133 PG1, 8 PG2) Total PG1/PG2 entry positions 1366 1385 1475 (1251 PG1, 115 PG2 (1288 PG1, 97 PG2) (1399 PG1, 76 PG2) EM positions/total NRMP positions 5.7% 5.6% 6.0% # EM programs with PG1 vacancies 13/124 (11%) # unmatched EM PG1 positions 34/1251 (3%)

2/127 (1.6%) 11/133 (7.5%) 6/1288 (0.5%) 29/1399 (2.1%)

# EM programs with PG2 vacancies 1/11 (9%) 1/9 (11%) 1/8 (12%) # unmatched EM PG2 positions 1/115 (1%) 1/97 (1%) 1/76 (1%) Total # EM programs with vacancies 14/135 (10%) Total # unmatched EM positions 35/1366 (2.6%)

3/136 (2.2%) 12/141 (9%) 7/1385 (0.5%) 30/1475 (2%)

Applicant Pool Data Applicants who ranked only EM programs: 2006 2007 2008 US graduates 996 1105 1125 Independent applicants 363 385 317 Total applicants 1359 1489 1442 Applicants who ranked at least one EM program: US graduates 1147 1140 1239 Independent applicants 494 584 606 Total applicants 1641 1724 1845 US seniors applying only to EM Programs who went unmatched

45/996 (4.5%)

78/1105 (7.1%)

36/1071 (3.4%)

Independent applicants applying only to 108/363 (30%) 150/384 (39%) 117/371 (32%) EM programs who went unmatched Percent of matched US seniors 1037/12,250 (8.5%) 1027/12,591 (8.2%) 1128/14,339 (8%) who matched in EM residencies Breakdown of filled EM positions by type of applicant: 2006 2007 2008 PG1 EM positions 1251 1288 1399 Filled by US graduates 944 (75%) 1027 (80%) 1083 (77%) Filled by independent applicants 274 (22%) 255 (19.5%) 287 (21%) Total filled 1218 (97%) 1282 (99.5%) 1370 (98%) 97 PG2 EM positions 115 Filled by US graduates 93 (81%) 77 (79%) Filled by independent applicants 22 (19%) 19 (20%) Total filled 115 (100%) 96 (99%)

76 45 (59%) 30 (39%) 75 (99%)

1385 1475 Total EM positions 1366 Filled by US graduates 1037 (76%) 1104 (79%) 1128 (76%) Filled by independent applicants 296 (22%) 274 (20%) 317 (21%) Total filled 1333 (98%) 1378 (99%) 1445 (98%) ** For PG1 filled entry positions (1370), 1083 were filled by US seniors, 70 were filled by US physicians, 133 by osteopathic physicians, 55 by US international medical graduates, 20 by international medical graduates, 2 by Canadian physicians, and 7 by Fifth Pathway graduates. From these data, several conclusions can be drawn: 1. Emergency Medicine experienced a historically sizable increase of 111 entry level positions in the 2008 Match over 2007 Match numbers (a 9% increase, compared with 1.3% last year), occurring from quota increases occurring in EM 1-3 programs, and from three new program in the EM match. Emergency (Continued on page 21)

Innovation in Emergency Medicine Exhibits (IEME) SAEM Annual Meeting 2008 Presenting on Thursday & Friday May 29 – May 30, 2008

Presenting on Saturday & Sunday May 31 – June 1, 2008

1. YouTube for Ultrasound Education

11. 199 Dawn Patrol Patient Follow-up Protocol Justin Barrett Williams, MD - Brooke Army Medical Center 12. 196 Highly Interactive Teaching: A “HIT” With Residents Linda Regan, MD - Johns Hopkins 13. 208 Knowledge Translation Shift Rawle A Seupaul, MD - Indiana University 14. 220 The Use of Medical Simulation to Enhance the Clinical Exposure to International Emergency Medicine David B Bouslough, MD, MPH, FACEP - Brown University 15. 218 Assessing the Clinical Reasoning Skills of Emergency Medicine Clerkship Students Using a Script Concordance Test Aloysius Humbert, MD - Indiana University 16. 229 A Novel Approach to “See One, Do One”: Multimedia Presentations Before Procedure Workshops and Simulation Amita Sudhir, MD - University of Virginia 17. 242 Our Patients, Our Residents, Their Case-Based Evidence: Development of an Intradepartmental Medical Education Journal Christopher N Miller, MD - Naval Medical Center 18. 211 Graduate Medical Education and Knowledge Translation: One Problem-Specific Approach in Residency Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc - Washington University in St. Louis

Michael M Liao, MD - Washington University 2. 197 Incorporation of Audience Participation Technology into Resident Curriculum Review Brian Sayger, DO - Advocate Christ Medical Center 3. 258 Taking a History From the Challenging Patient in the Emergency Department Bruce Becker, MD - Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University 4. 206 A Multimedia Web-based Interactive Quiz Module For The Education of Emergency Medical Personnel James D’Agostino, MD - Upstate Medical University 5. 216 The Contraption: A Low-Cost Participatory Hemodynamic Simulator James V Ritchie, MD - Naval Medical Center 6. 204 The AERIS Course: A Focused Abdominal CT Interpretation Course for Abdominal Emergencies Requiring Immediate Surgery Eric Schultz, MD - Stony Brook University 7. 233 Layered Simulation: A Novel Approach to Medical Malpractice Education Nathaniel R Schlicher, MD, JD - Wright State University 8. 262 The Observed Teaching Encounter: Providing Residents Feedback on Their Teaching Skills Ankur A Doshi, MD - Allegheny General Hospital / Drexel 9. 240 A Communication Tool for Emergency Medicine Residents to Improve Patient Care and Professional Development Jacqueline J Mahal, MD, MBA - New YorkPresbyterian Weill Cornell

19. 243 A Novel Approach to Residency Education in EMS: The MD-PM Ambulance Angela B Fiege, MD - Indiana University

10. 219 A Rapid, Simple and Inexpensive Method for Construction of Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound Phantoms Hal Minnigan, MD - Indiana University

The 2008 NRMP Match in Emergency Medicine Continued from page 20 Medicine now comprises 6 percent of the total NRMP positions and 7.8% of matched US seniors. 2. Using the higher demand figures (applicants ranking at least 1 EM program), the overall demand for EM entry level positions increased 9% among U.S. Seniors applying to EM programs, and demand from other categories of applicants increased slightly (22 applicants). The excess applicant demand over and above the size of the training base is 0 to 370 applicants (0% to 25% surplus), depending on how the parameters of the applicant pool are determined. 3. The proportions of EM positions filled by US seniors versus Independent Applicants (US graduates, Osteopaths, and International Medical Graduates) remained similar in 2008 compared with 2007 and 2006. In 2008, 76% of EM entry positions were filled with US graduates, which is a comparable percentage with recent years. 4. An increase of 111 in the supply of EM entry level positions in 2008, coupled with a similar increase in demand among U.S. Seniors and a steady demand from other categories of applicants, resulted in a nearly equivalent increase in the fill rate for EM programs in 2008 (98%) versus 2006 (99.5%). The cumulative effect of these three trends was also manifested by an increased number of unfilled EM positions in the Match (30 in 2008, versus 7 in 2007). 5. The unmatched rate of 3% for US seniors, and 32% for Independent Applicants going into EM, continue to support the notion that most US seniors and Independent Applicants who apply will match into an EM residency.

18th Annual SAEM Midwest Regional Meeting Meeting Announcement & Call for Abstracts

Monday, September 29, 2008 Coralville Marriot Hotel & Conference Center Coralville, Iowa

The Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Iowa is pleased to announce that abstracts are now being accepted for the SAEM Midwest Regional Meeting. The theme of the meeting will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quality Emergency Medicineâ&#x20AC;? and will include a keynote address by SAEM past-president Dr. Sandra Schneider of the University of Rochester. The program will feature oral and moderated poster presentations of original research, as well as discussion-panel and short lectures from various invited faculty whom have defined aspects of quality in resident and medical student education, patient care, and quality of life. The meeting location is the Coralville Marriot Hotel & Conference Center which is minutes away from down-town Iowa City and the University of Iowa. Registration to this event includes a complimentary continental breakfast and lunch. The Iowa City and Coralville communities are bursting with things to see and do. Enjoy a vibrant downtown Iowa City with a pedestrian area full of great restaurants, unique shops, and live entertainment. Experience anything from history to jazz to art to a Big 10 sporting event. For more information visit: http://www.iowacitycoralville.org/visitors. asp The deadline for abstract submission is FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008 at 5:00pm. Only electronic submissions via the SAEM online abstract submission form at www.saem.org will be accepted. Acceptance notification will be sent by August 14, 2008. Questions concerning the meeting can be directed to the Program Chair, Hans House, MD at hans-house@uiowa.edu.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine

HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is seeking a fulltime board eligible/certified Emergency Medicine physician at the rank of Assistant Professor to fill an important academic-clinical position. This will be a non-tenure or tenure-earning position.

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is seeking applicants for full-time academic faculty positions. We are seeking individuals interested in joining us in our tripartite mission of caring for the underserved, preparing residents and fellows for careers in Emergency Medicine and contributing to the ongoing development of our specialty. Our 400-bed public teaching hospital serves as a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Cardiac Reperfusion Center and a major teaching affiliate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The DEM has an annual census of approximately 70,000 and supports a fully-accredited Emergency Medicine residency with 15 residents per year in a PG1-3 format, as well as fellowship programs in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Clinical Research, Medical Education, EMS and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Ultrasound. Candidates must be residency trained and board certified or prepared in Emergency Medicine and possess excellent clinical and teaching skills. All faculty participate in clinical, administrative, teaching and scholarly activities. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience and accomplishment. For further information, contact:

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) was established in 1996 at the highly successful University of Alabama School of Medicine. We are committed to the academic growth of faculty, excellence in patient care, and began a PGY-2-4 EM Residency training program in July 2002. The Department of Emergency Medicine has responsibilities for educating medical students, rotating house officers and EMT/Paramedic students. The DEM coordinates activities of the Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness, a multidisciplinary research and service organization focused on biodefense. The DEM has been highly successful in developing extramural support for research in this warmly collaborative institution.

The UAB Hospital is a 930-bed teaching hospital, Level I Trauma Center with over 58,000 patients seen annually in the ED. A highly competitive salary is offered. Compensation and tenure status are based upon accomplishments and experience.

Robert S. Hockberger, M.D. Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1000 W. Carson Street, Box 21 Torrance, CA 90509 (310) 222-3504 E-mail: hock@emedharbor.edu

Please send your curriculum vitae to: Janyce Sanford, M.D., Associate Professor & Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Emergency Medicine; 619 South 19th Street; JTN 266; Birmingham, AL 35249-7013. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

SAEM 2008 Annual Meeting Tentative Schedule of Organizational Meetings SAEM and AEM Committee/Task Force/Board Meetings (COMM and TF)* * Time and Rooms are subject to change. Wednesday 5-28-08 4:00p-6:30p 6:00p-12:00p

Thurgood Marshall-West Park Tower Suite #8228

SAEM Committee/Task Force Orientation SAEM Program & Program Sub-Committee Member Meeting

Park Tower Suite #8228 Capital Boardroom Park Tower Suite #8210 Park Tower Suite #8211 Park Tower Suite #8210 Park Tower Suite #8210 Marriott Ballroom Balcony A Park Tower Suite #8222 Park Tower Suite #8217 Park Tower Suite #8218 Park Tower Suite #8210 Park Tower Suite #8212 Park Tower Suite #8219 Park Tower Suite #8211

SAEM Program Committee Meeting SAEM Board of Directors SAEM Consultation Services Committee SAEM Membership Committee SAEM Geriatric Task Force SAEM Research Committee SAEM Technology In Medical Education Committee SAEM Education Fund Task Force SAEM Constitution & Bylaws Committee SAEM Finance Committee SAEM Regional Meeting Task Force SAEM Grants Committee SAEM Faculty Development Committee SAEM WEB Committee

Thursday 5-29-08 7:00a-8:00a 7:00a-12:00p 9:00a-10:00a 9:00a-10:30a 10:00a-11:30a 12:00p-1:00p 1:00p-2:00p 1:00p-3:00p 2:00p-4:00p 2:00p-4:00p 3:00p-4:00p 3:00p-4:00p 3:00p-4:30p 4:00p-5:30p Friday 5/30/08 7:30a-8:00a 8:00a-9:00a 9:00a-10:30a 10:00a-11:00a 10:00a-11:30a 11:00a-12:00p 11:00a-12:00p 12:00p-1:30p 2:00p-4:00p 3:30p-5:00p 4:00p-5:00p

Park Tower Suite #8228 SAEM Program Committee Meeting Park Tower Suite #8209 SAEM Crowding Task Force Park Tower Suite #8206 SAEM GME Committee Park Tower Suite #8210 SAEM Industry Relations Committee Park Tower Suite #8211 SAEM Ethics Committee Park Tower Suite #8206 SAEM International Emergency Medicine Committee Park Tower Suite #8210 SAEM Communications Committee Washington Room #3 AEM Reviewers Lunch/Workshop Park Tower Suite #8211 SAEM Development Committee Park Tower Suite #8212 SAEM Guidelines Committee Park Tower Suite #8210 SAEM National Affairs Committee

Saturday 5-31-08 7:00a-12:00p 7:30a-8:00a 7:00a-8:00a

Capital Boardroom Park Tower Suite #8228 Marriott Ballroom Balcony B

SAEM BOD Meeting SAEM Program Committee Meeting SAEM Past Presidents Breakfast

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Saturday 5-31-08 Continued from page 24

11:00a-12:00p 12:00p-2:00p 3:00p-4:00p

Park Tower Suite #8228 SAEM Program Committee 2009 Planning Meeting Marriott Ballroom Balcony A AEM Editorial Board Meeting Marriott Ballroom Salon #2 SAEM Annual Business Meeting

Sunday 6-1-08 7:30a-8:00a

Park Tower Suite #8228

SAEM Program Committee Daily Meeting

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SAEM Interest Group Meetings (IG)* Thursday 5-29-08 10:00a-11:00a 12:00p-1:30p 12:00p-1:30p 2:00p-3:00p 3:00p-4:00p 3:00p-5:00p

Marriott Ballroom Balcony A Park Tower Suite #8209 Park Tower Suite #8212 Park Tower Suite #8210 Park Tower Suite #8209 Marriott Ballroom Balcony A

SAEM Mentoring Women Interest Group SAEM Sports Medicine Interest Group SAEM Evidence Based Medicine Interest Group SAEM EMS Interest Group SAEM Toxicology Interest Group SAEM EM Educational Research Interest Group

Friday 5/30/08 9:00a-10:00a 9:00a-10:00a 10:00a-11:00a 10:00a-12:00p 1:00p-3:30p 1:30p-3:00p 3:00p-5:00p 3:30p-5:00p 5:30p-6:30p

Marriott Ballroom Balcony A SAEM Simulation Interest Group Park Tower Suite #8210 SAEM Palliative Medicine Interest Group Park Tower Suite #8209 SAEM Patient Safety Interest Group Marriott Ballroom Balcony A SAEM International Interest Group/Research Showcase Marriott Ballroom Balcony B SAEM Ultrasound Interest Group Marriott Ballroom Balcony A SAEM International Interest Group/Country Updates & Business Park Tower Suite #8209 SAEM Diversity Interest Group Marriott Ballroom Balcony A SAEM International Interest Group/Fellowship Directors Meeting Park Tower Suite #8206 SAEM Neuro Interest Group

Saturday 5-31-08 7:00a-10:00a 8:00a-10:00a 10:00a-12:00p 4:15p-5:15p

Park Tower Suite #8212 SAEM Evidence Based Medicine Interest Group Meeting/ Workshop Park Tower Suite #8216 SAEM Public Health Interest Group Washington Room #1 SAEM Geriatric Interest Group/Speaker Park Tower Suite #8212 SAEM Clinical Directors Interest Group HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Important Note: Dates, Times and Locations listed are subject to change. For most recent information, see “Committee/Task Force/Interest Group Affiliated Meetings Dates & Times” spreadsheet available online at www.saem.org in the Annual Meetings section.

A Resident Perspective on SAEM Megan Ranney, MD Brown University My year as the resident member of the Board of Directors has cemented my belief that the Society offers a unique and valuable forum not only for academic emergency physicians, but also for residents aspiring to become academic emergency physicians. SAEM provides numerous opportunities to its junior members; without active engagement with the Society’s activities, however, the full benefit of membership cannot be appreciated. The most obvious way for a resident to get involved is by being appointed to a committee. Each committee has a set of goals for the year. The resident committee member can offer valuable fresh perspectives on ways to achieve these goals. This year’s application deadline for committee membership has already passed. However, if you think you might be interested in a committee next year, and you can make it to the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, it is worth sitting in on a committee meeting. Although membership is selective, attendance is open. Second, you can join an interest group. These are more informal, and often less time intensive, than committees. In exchange, interest groups have more latitude about what projects to take on. If you have a burning desire to see something added to SAEM, or to create a certain product for the Society, an interest group is a great option. Interest groups are also more thematically organized than committees: here, you may find a match for what you think your academic niche might be. Through participation in an interest group, you can connect with possible mentors and collaborators for the future. Again, you are welcome to sit in on interest group meetings during the Annual Meeting in May; you do not have to be an interest group member to do so. If you are attracted to an interest group, consider emailing its chair. Third, SAEM has regional task forces. You have most likely attended your region’s annual SAEM meeting. Being involved with the regional meeting is a wonderful way to advance the Society’s mission, shape the educational and research opportunities available to residents in your region, and get to know the leaders in academic EM in your area. Your program director should be able to put you in touch with the leadership of your regional SAEM task force. Fourth, there are multiple events at the annual meeting that can be useful to aspiring academicians. Be sure to peruse the posters, and don’t be afraid to ask questions of those presenting. You may also consider asking a senior member of your department to either accompany you to see the posters (helping you to analyze the research methodology and poster presentation skills) or to introduce you to folks from other institutions. And look closely at the schedule for didactic sessions related to your area of interest! Fifth, on a more passive (but no less important) note, take a look at the resident section of the website. It has valuable articles, including career guides and hints on how to make a CV. It also provides overviews of other resident opportunities, such as research grants and fellowships. Finally, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about involvement with SAEM during residency. (megan_ranney@brown.edu)

CLASSIFIEDS OHIO, The Ohio State University: Department of Emer-

and affiliated hospitals. Send curriculum vitae to: Douglas A. Rund, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, 146 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210; or E-mail; sharon.pfeil@osumc.edu; or call 614-293-8176. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

gency Medicine seeks observation medicine director for 6 bed unit with 20 bed expansion in late 2008. The director will oversee expansion efforts and develop protocols. The ideal candidate will have clinical, administrative, and leadership experience in ED based observation medicine. Board certification required; experience in EM and IM preferred. Compensation commensurate with qualifications, experience and academic appointment. Send CV to: Douglas A. Rund, MD, Professor and Chairman, OSU Emergency Medicine, 146 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210; sharon.pfeil@ osumc.edu; (614) 293-8176. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor. Faculty Academic/Clinical Staff

Position. Seeking BC/BP EM physician to join St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Level II Trauma Center with on-site Medflight air ambulance service that sees 92,000 patients annually between the ED, adult and pediatric ambulatory care centers, and chest pain observation unit. Approved EM Residency program sponsored by hospital and U of M Medical Center. Employed position offers excellent remuneration plus faculty stipend, productivity bonus, paid malpractice, relocation allowance, paid family medical benefits, 401(k), flexible scheduling, and more. Contact Nancy Ely at 800-466-3764, x337 or nely@epmgpc.com.

OHIO, The Ohio State University: Assistant/Associate or

Full Professor. Established residency training program. Level 1 trauma center. Nationally recognized research program. Clinical opportunities at OSU Medical Center 26

The SAEM Guidelines Committee Update Charles Victor Pollack, Jr. MA, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System MD; Ed Jauch, MD, David Karras, MD; Jeff Kline, MD; W. Frank Peacock, MD; Nathan Shapiro, MD; Rita Cydulka, MD; and David Talan, MD. In addition, the SAEM EvidenceBased Medicine Interest Group, led by Eddy Lang, MD, participated in many of the Committee’s activities. In its first year, the success of this approach was demonstrated by: (1) a new commitment from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to solicit an EM rep from SAEM for future guidelines development in acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, etc; (2) a request from the Infectious Diseases Society of American (IDSA) for an SAEM rep to a committee developing new guidelines for the management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections; (3) a request from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for a rep to a committee developing new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergies; (4) a request from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) for a rep to a working group developing new guidelines for the management of acutely decompensated heart failure; (5) a letter of intent from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) to seek SAEM representation on working groups developing future guidelines for the management of acute respiratory diseases; (6) a request from the Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service for a rep to a working group developing new guidelines for the management of NMS; and (7) participation in the peer review of two ACEP clinical policies (headache and community acquired pneumonia). In addition, the Committee and the SAEM Board have contacted multiple other associations and agencies to offer “our services” on similar efforts. It is hoped that our current track record portends greater involvement and success on multiple fronts next year, bringing academic EM more and more into mainstream thinking of many specialties for whom we have long been only an afterthought.

The SAEM Guidelines Committee was formed in 2007, with the noble mission of inoculating other specialties’ clinical guideline documents with the emergency medicine mindset. If guidelines for, say, pneumonia, or sepsis, or stroke, are to published with any evidence assessment or advice about how these patients should be managed while in an ED or EMS setting, then we want to insist gently that emergency medicine — specifically academic emergency medicine as represented by SAEM — be at the table as the evidence is evaluated and recommendations are crafted. The process: we ingratiate ourselves, we get in the door, and then we bring a (likely unexpected) academic gravitas to the other society/agency. As Chairman of this new Committee, Charles Pollack, MD (Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania), assembled a group representative of various areas of special interest within EM, who would be able — or would know other EPs who would be able — to (1) anticipate when guidelines are to be developed or are needed but absent, (2) identify key contacts within that process at other societies with whom SAEM could speak, and (3) identify academic EPs whom SAEM would support in the consummation of the new evidence-based relationships. Some of our targets, such as hypertensive emergency guidelines, do not yet exist. In that example, SAEM would approach both the American Society of Hypertension and the JNC and offer to help develop evidence-based guidelines for — for example — intoxication-associated htn, pregnancy-associated htn, htn in stroke/ACS/CHF, and asymptomatic acute severe htn, either as a standalone document jointly developed by SAEM and ASH/JNC, or (at their preference) as part of an expanded htn management guideline that already exists, but is not pertinent to EM practice because it only addresses chronic management. Other targets, such as the IDSA and ATS for pneumonia guidelines, already exist but have insufficient EM input and therefore get very little press (and therefore limited compliance!) in the EM world. The opportunity to enhance and then expand the influence of such existing guidelines would presumably be appealing to these societies. Committee members for 2007-8 were: Jill Baren, MD; Lance Becker, MD; Deborah Diercks, MD; Charles Emerman,

Western Regional Research Forum Continued from page 14

Honorable mention awards went to the Resident Project “Low Rate of MRSA Colonization Among Residents is Stable Over Time” by Jennifer Carnell, H. Gene Hern, Amandeep Singh, Paul Cheung, and Bradley Frazee from Alameda County - Highland Hospital, as well as the Student

Project, “Study of False-Positive Emergency Medical Services Twelve-Lead Triages in Orange County California” by Pamela Swan, MS2, Beverly A. Nighswonger, Gregory L. Boswell, and Samuel J. Stratton from the University of California, Irvine and the Orange County Health Care Agency. 27

News of Interest to Academic Emergency Medicine Readers

Wiley-Blackwell Merger: Current News on the Combined Online Journal Platform Dear Academic Emergency Medicine Colleagues: The following is an update on our new publisher, WileyBlackwell, and their plans to combine their online journal platforms, Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience. In January 2009, a new online service will be launched that will bring together the best of both platforms and introduce many innovative new features and capabilities. Their guiding principle is to improve the user’s experience while providing a strongly-branded online presence for their journals.

both the existing Wiley and Blackwell licensing models and the timing will enable their sales teams to manage library renewals for all journals under the current models and with a new combined sales model across one system. Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available effective July 1, 2008. The second phase will begin in January 2009, with the launch of an exciting next-generation online service that will go beyond the current features and functionality of Wiley InterScience and Blackwell Synergy, while retaining the best of each.

The new service will be released in two phases. The first release will take place on July 1, 2008, and will bring together all Blackwell journal content with all Wiley online content on Wiley InterScience. The initial integration of Wiley InterScience and Blackwell Synergy content will benefit users by enabling them to search across 5,000 online books and more than 2 million journal articles in over 1,300 journals. Having such a large collection of journals and books in one place brings the potential for significant increases in online readership.

The primary objective is to ensure a smooth transition for all customers and users, and reps shall be in touch with customers again shortly with more detailed information. Aware that there will be many questions, future communications will strive to answer all of these. However, if there are any immediate questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Thank you. Editors of Academic Emergency Medicine.

All Blackwell journal access rights information will be transferred to enable continuous access to licensed content for all customers. The combined service will accommodate

For any questions, please contact: Journal Manager, Sandra K. Arjona, sandrak.arjona@gmail.com

CDEM: First SAEM Academy Established Continued from page 8

The CDEM website has online forums for the members to discuss various issues pertaining to medical student education and maintain a database of helpful educational resources. CDEM is nearing completion of an EM primer for medical students, which will be available at the SAEM Annual Meeting. The Medical Student Educator Track at 2008 CORD Academic Assembly was a huge success. With a peak attendance of over 60 participants, the lectures appealed to educators of all types. Our speaker list included distinguished educators including: Glenn Hamilton, MD (Faculty Development for the Medical Student Educator) Peter DeBlieux, MD (Mentoring the EM Bound Medical Student) Rob Rogers, MD (Expectations of the EM Clerkship Director) Michelle Lin, MD (Medical Education Journal Club) David A. Wald, DO (State of the Clerkship) Douglas Ander, MD (Simulation in Medical Education) Sorabh Khandelwal, MD (Developing a Procedural Skills Course), David E. Manthey, MD (Teaching Adult Learners), and Tom Morrisey, MD (LCME update). It was also a great opportunity to network and interact with other medical student educators. In addition, we had strong showing of Medical Student Education Posters in the Abstract session. Visit us online at http://www.saem.org/CDEM

CDEM Founding Members: Jonathan Fisher, MD; David E. Manthey, MD; Douglas Ander, MD; David A. Wald, DO; Michelle Lin, MD

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Clerkship Director’s Handbook (2nd Edition) Membership Committee (Directories) Technology (Website and Virtual Advisor) National Clerkship Evaluation Form National Curriculum (Text, Cases, Quiz) Educational Meetings

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Medical Student Symposium May 31, 2008 The Medical Student Symposium is intended to help medical students understand the residency and career options that exist in Emergency Medicine, evaluate residency opportunities, and select the right residency. At the completion of the session, participants will: 1) Know the characteristics of good emergency physicians and the “right” reasons to seek a career in this specialty, 2) Have a better understanding of the application process, 3) Consider factors important in determining the appropriate residency, including geographic locations, patient demographics, length of training, etc. 4) Understand the composition of an emergency medicine rotation and what to expect while they are rotating in the ED, 5) Discuss the skills needed to get the most out of your educational experience in the ED rotation, 6) Identify the standard sources of information in the field of emergency medicine 7) Have an appreciation of various career paths available in Emergency Medicine, including academics, private practice, and fellowship training, and 8) Discover current areas of research in Emergency Medicine. The cost is $75. 8:00-8:10 am

Introduction Terry Kowalenko, MD University of Michigan

8:10-8:50 am How to Select the Right Residency for You (Annie Sadosty) An overview of EM residency programs will be discussed. Important factors to consider in the selection process including length of training, geographic location, patient demographics, and academic vs. clinical setting will be reviewed. The speaker will also discuss the difference between allopathic and osteopathic programs. 8:50-9:20 am

Getting Good Advice (David Milzman) One of the keys to any successful career is getting and following good advice. How do you choose the right advisor(s) and use their wisdom to help you succeed? What do you do when your medical school doesn’t have an EM Residency Program? What resources are available to you about the various programs? How do applicants get reliable information about programs from mentors, attendings, residents, students, and websites?

9:20-9:50 pm The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) “The Dean Letter” (Yolanda Haywood) The speaker, an Emergency Medicine physician and Dean, will review the components of the MSPE. Medical school deans adapt the MSPE template to prepare your Dean’s letter. What is MSPE? What is the role of the MSPE in the residency process? How can you take a proactive role in your MSPE? 9:50-10:00 am

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10:00-10:45 am Navigating the Residency Application Process and Interview Tactics(Peter DeBliuex) This presentation will provide students with tips on how to prepare their ERAS application, how and when to successfully interview and how to follow-up with top programs. 10:45-11:30am Getting the Most of Your Clerkship (Gus Garmel) This session will provide students with valuable tips for getting the most from your Emergency Department Clerkship. Specific topics to be discussed will include: 1) Appropriate educational goals for an emergency medicine rotation; 2) How to best prepare for your rotation in order to make the most of your ED experience; 3) Recommended textbooks and references; and 4) Important considerations when and where to do your emergency medicine rotation. 11:30 – 12:00pm Assessing Your Competitiveness as an Emergency Medicine Applicant and the Competitiveness of Programs (Chris Ghaemmaghami) This session will help applicants better understand what PD’s are looking for so that they can assess their own competitiveness when applying for EM residency programs. How important are USMLE/scores? Do I need to be AOA or have “honors” on my EM rotations? These are other potential predictors of success as a resident will be discussed. The speaker will also give some insight into how applicants can find out how competitive they are for individual programs. What should you be asking?

12:00-1:30pm

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1:30-2:00 pm Career Paths and Prospects in Emergency Medicine (Herbert Hern) This session will expose students to a variety of career paths including private practice, academics, and dual training (EM-IM/EM-PEDS) as well as fellowship training. 2:00-2:30pm Emergency Medicine Residency Rules and Regulations (Pamela Dyne) The speaker will introduce the students to the ACGME and EM-RRC. What role do they play with regard to program equirements, certification & accreditation? What should students be asking programs about previous RRC site visits? 2:30-2:45 pm Break 2:45-3:45 pm

Small Groups

Balancing Act (Charlene Irvin) This session will discuss how to optimize your career and personal life.

Financial Planning (Dave Overton) This session will review practical tips on financial issues. The speaker will address such issues as how to put together a budget and what to do with medical student loan.

Optimizing your 4th Year (Doug Ander) This session will provide students with recommendations for making the most of their senior year including information about EM and other electives, research experience, and when to take their Board exams. Medical Schools without Residencies (Patricia Lanter) This Q&A session will help guide medical students from medical schools without EM residencies through the complicated maze that leads to a residency and career in EM. It will specifically address how this process differs from those students with an EM residency at their medical school. Osteopathic Students and Programs (Greg Garra) This session will be geared toward the Osteopathic Medical Student. The speaker will discuss the differences between Osteopathic and Allopathic programs. There will be plenty of time for questions. 3:45-4:15 pm Resident Panel This will be a Q & A session for students to ask residents from different programs and levels questions regarding residency and the application process. 4:15-4:30 pm

Closing Comments - Terry Kowalenko, MD University of Michigan

Residency Fair Application Each year SAEM sponsors a Residency Fair. This year, the Residency Fair (and Medical Student Symposium) will be held on Friday, May 30th. The Residency Fair will be conducted as follows: All EM residency programs, both allopathic and osteopathic, are invited to participate in the Residency Fair. 1. In 2007, there were 90 programs that participated in the Residency Fair. 2. Each participating program will receive a table, which is 6 feet long and 18” wide. 3. The residency program tables will be arranged in rows geographically. Applications received after May 10 may not be assigned to their geographic area. 4. Because the tables will be in rows, there will not be walls, so there will be no opportunity to have stand-alone exhibits or attach materials to walls. 5. The tables may be used to set up a small display, for brochures, or modest give-aways. Programs may bring handouts or brochures or CDs but are not obligated to bring any materials. 6. Each participating program may have up to 3 individuals staff the programs table. These individuals may include the residency director, a chief resident, and/or a faculty member. 7. The students will move around the room talking with the various program representatives. 8. Last year approximately 150 medical students attended the Medical Student Symposium and the Residency Fair. Again this year SAEM expects a larger attendance, due to the large number of medical schools in the area. Only medical student registrants of the Medical Student Symposium and registered program representatives will be allowed to attend the Residency Fair. 9. Upon receipt of the completed application (including payment) participating programs will be listed on the Annual Meeting web site in order to inform medical student registrants of the names of participating residency programs. 10. Programs may set up for the Residency Fair beginning at 4:00 pm on May 30. The Residency Fair will be held at 5:00 – 6:30 pm. The registration fee for the Residency Fair is only $75 per program until May 10. The registration fee after May 10 is $100, and the registration fee after May 20, including on-site registrations on May 30 is $150. The registration form is used to cover the cost of table rental and refreshments for the participants. Complete the application below and send it to jennifer@saem.org or via fax to 517-485-0801 or mail it to SAEM, 901 North Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906. ___ Yes, our program wishes to participate in the SAEM Residency Fair. Name of residency program: __________________________________________________________________________________ The following individuals (no more than 3) will represent our program at the Residency Fair: 1. Name:_____________________________________________________ E-mail address: ______________________________ 2. Name:_____________________________________________________ E-mail address: ______________________________ 3. Name:_____________________________________________________ E-mail address: ______________________________ Name of person completing this form:__________________________________________________________________________ E-mail address of person completing this form: _______________________________________________ Payment can be made by check (make checks payable to SAEM) or credit card (VISA or MasterCard only) Our program will pay the registration fee by (please circle): CHECK VISA MASTERCARD Card number: _______________________________________________________ Expiration date: ________________________ Zip code of card holder: ____________________________________ Signature (as it appears on credit card):_ _______________________________________________________________________ 31

Faculty Department of Emergency Medicine The Department of Emergency Medicine of the Henry Ford Health System is seeking board certified/ prepared emergency physicians to join the faculty of our Emergency Medicine Residency Program. The successful candidate will join our staff of 30 full-time faculty involved in teaching and research. The Emergency Medicine residency program is in its 32nd year and has a total of 53 residents in three tracks including EM, EM/IM, and EM/IM/Critical Care. We have an active research division with NIH funding that focuses on sepsis, the emerging role of biomarkers, neurologic emergencies including stroke, hemorrhage, seizure, and brain injuries. This ED is the birthplace of early goal directed therapy. The Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Department is an urban, level 1 trauma center with over 90,000 patient visits per year. Our facility has 80 rooms including a 16 bed emergency critical care unit. The Henry Ford Health System is known for its comprehensive, system-wide, electronic medical record (EMR). The Emergency Department is paperless and is fully integrated into the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EMR. Henry Ford Health System is an integrated health system that includes 25 medical centers and six hospitals. It is the largest health system in Southeast Michigan (population approaching 5 million). The Henry Ford Hospital is a 750 bed facility serving as the flagship of the system. Qualified candidates must have a strong interest in furthering the academic mission of the department through research and education. We offer a highly competitive salary and excellent benefits. Please forward your CV for consideration to Scott Johnson, Physician Recruiter. Email: sjohns10@hfhs.org or fax to (313)874-4677. AA/EEO

Department of Emergency Medicine Academic Positions Associate Residency Director Clinician-Educator

Faculty Positions Clinician-Educator Track Clinician Track

The Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine is seeking highly motivated individuals for academic and leadership faculty appointments in the positions of Associate Residency Director and Clinician-Educator. The responsibilities include integral roles at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University Medical Center, the Manhattan Harbor VA and the New York University School of Medicine.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine is seeking highly motivated individuals for full time clinical and academic faculty positions in Emergency Medicine. Responsibilities include primary clinical roles at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University Medical Center or the Manhattan Harbor VA. Candidates must be residency trained and board certified/prepared in Emergency Medicine. Qualified candidates should send a letter of intent and curriculum vitae to: Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine New York University School of Medicine 462 First Avenue, Room 345A New York, New York 10016 Phone: 212.562.3346 E-mail: goldfl03@med.nyu.edu New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer

2008 Annual Meeting - Marriott Wardman Park Hotel May 29 - June 1, 2008 Do Not Use This Form If You Have Registered Online Do Not Submit Duplicate Registration Forms. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE Send this form and appropriate fees to SAEM by fax or mail. No Phone Registrations. This form may be photocopied.

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WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (Day before Annual Meeting) AEM Consensus Conference (Limit 400) (Includes Lunch)

$100.00

Intensive Grantsmanship Workshop (Limit 25)

$100.00

Conference on Emergency Care Research Networks (Limited Enrollment, Includes continental breakfast and lunch)

$100.00

Friday, May 30, 2008 Chief Resident Forum (Limit 200) (Includes continental breakfast and lunch, attendance is limited to 200 participants)

$150.00

Saturday, May 31, 2008 Medical Student Symposium (Limit 200) (Includes lunch with program directors, medical students may register for the medical student symposium without registering for the Annual Meeting)

$75.00

FUN RUN Saturday, May 31, 2008 Join us for a 5K run starting promptly at 7:00am. The registration fee includes a t-shirt, bottled water, and fruit. Any profits generated will be donated to the SAEM Research Fund. $15.00

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Membership Benefits Include: x Subscription to SAEM’s monthly, peer-reviewed journal, Academic Emergency Medicine x Subscription to the bi-monthly SAEM Newsletter x Reduced registration fees to attend the SAEM Annual Meeting Check membership category: U Active – $495.00

Open to individuals with an advanced degree such as MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DSc or equivalent who hold a university appointment or are actively involved in Emergency Medicine teaching or research. Active members are eligible to vote for proposed C&B amendments and to fill elected positions in the Society. ͕ Yes ͕ No I attest that I hold a university appointment or am actively involved in Emergency Medicine teaching or research. Open to health professionals, educators, government officials, members of lay, or civic U Associate – $460.00 organizations, and members of the public who have interest in Emergency Medicine. U Young Physician – Year 1 – $290.00 First year following residency graduation.

U Young Physician – Year 2 – $400.00 Second year following residency graduation. U Resident – $140.00 U Fellow – $140.00 U Medical Student – $120.00

Open to residents interested in Emergency Medicine. Anticipated month/year of residency graduation: ____/____ Open to fellows interested in Emergency medicine. Anticipated month/year of fellowship completion ____/____ Open to medical students interested in Emergency Medicine. Anticipated month/year of med. school graduation: ____/____

Interest Groups: Society members are invited to join any of the dedicated Interest Groups listed below. Include $25.00 annual dues for each Interest Group you check (resident members may join one Interest Group at no charge): U Academic Informatics U Airway U CPR/Ischemia/Reperfusion U Clinical Directors U Disaster Medicine U Diversity U Educational Research U EMS U Ethics U Evidence-Based Medicine

U Geriatrics U Health Svcs & Outcomes U International U Med-Student Educators U Mentoring Women U Neurologic Emergencies U Palliative Medicine U Patient Safety U Pediatric EM U Public Health

U Research Directors U Sepsis & Resuscitation U Simulation U Sports Medicine U Toxicology U Trauma U Triage U Ultrasound U Uniformed Services

Signature of Applicant: Date: My signature certifies that the information provided herein is accurate and indicates my desire to join SAEM. 35 Approved October 8, 2007

Boston Harvard Affiliated Teaching Hospital The Department of Emergency Medicine of the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has positions available for faculty committed to academic Emergency Medicine. Board certification or preparation in Emergency Medicine with four years of training or experience are prerequisites. The base hospital is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Level I trauma center, with an ED that sees over 50,000 patients a year. Our community practice, BIDNeedham Campus, sees over 14,000 patients a year. We provide needed direction for three 911 systems. Academic opportunities include access to lab space, international programs, and teaching at Harvard Medical School. Salaries are highly competitive for the community and are incentive based. We are currently seeking faculty with interests in Academics, EMS, Ultrasound, Sepsis, Medical Education and Neurologic Emergencies.

WellRewarded Opportunities Please call Laura Myers at 1-866-230-1477 for more information or e-mail lmyers9@wellspan.org

Please send your curriculum vitae to: Richard E. Wolfe, M.D. Chief of Emergency Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 330 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Position in Clinical Research Associate Chair for Research Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine (tenure/tenure track position) Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking

a highly qualifiedDepartment individual with an outstanding record isof seeking basic science Wayne State University of Emergency Medicine applicants for investigation in the arena of brain injury and neuroprotection. The will be those tenure or tenure track positions in clinical research. Applicants considered successful applicant willoflead a team of physician scientists and PhD with a track record nationally-recognized, funded research. focusedinclude on neurological and cardiovascular emergencies. Areas ofinvestigators research emphasis neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, and The Associate for Research serves as the principal for palliative care. TheChair department houses(ACR) an active basic science teamleader of physician basic, clinical andischemia translational efforts in alignment with scientists all anddepartmental Ph.D.s specializing in brain and reperfusion injury. Collaboration the the vision andand strategic the WSU Schoolexciting of Medicine. between basic clinicaldirection researchofteams provides opportunities for translational research in as stroke, head injury, hypertensionleadership and congestive The ACR serves a member of the department’s team,heart failure. The department is aresearch Neurological Emergencies Treatment (NETT) network site overseeing planning, implementation, and Trials monitoring activities. and an The active collaborator with thefor Center for African-American Urban Health. The ACR provides direction the overall operation of a 2200 squareclinical research infrastructure includes research assistants, and those with foot, well-equipped basic science laboratory and its coordinators prestigious research expertiseteam, in methodology, and database management. The successful applicant with a recordanalysis of NIH funding (http://www.med.wayne.edu/em/ will preferably enhance the department’s research focus areas but those with interest in research/basic.asp). other areas will be considered. Rank will be commensurate with academic and clinical As a clinical hub for the NINDS Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials experience. Compensation and benefits are highly competitive. (NETT) and partner with the Center for African-American Urban Health, the department has bridged its clinical and basic science research teams Please contact Suzanne R. White, MD, Dayanandan Professor and Chair, to offer unique translational opportunities. Rank is commensurate with Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, academic clinical experience. Compensation and benefits are 4201 St. Antoine,and/or 3R DRH, Detroit, MI 48201; 313-745-3030; swhite1@dmc.org. highlyWSU competitive. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Please contact Suzanne R. White, MD, Dayanandan Professor and Chair, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, 4201 St. Antoine, 3R DRH, Detroit, MI 48201; 313-745-3030; swhite1@med.wayne.edu. WSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty

York Hospital - Pennsylvania

• Fully accredited, 3-year Emergency Medicine residency with 11 residents/year • Level II Regional Trauma Center with 75,000 ED visits/year • New $2.5 million, 16-bed Transitional Care Unit • Support of lab turnaround within 1 hour, 20-member hospitalist team, 2 digital imaging exam rooms and EMR • Resident teaching & academic affiliations with opportunity for research • Guaranteed salary, CME with stipend, relocation and paid medical malpractice • South-central PA location ranked among the Top 100 Best Places to Live by CNN/Money magazine — 45 min. to Baltimore/DC metro areas, 90 min. to Phila. Candidates must be ABEM or AOBEM-certified/prepared.

and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Emergency Medicine — Toxicologist Seeking a diverse slate of candidates for BC/BE toxicologist to join consulting service at a top academic center with a well established EM residency program. Current faculty includes 3 toxicologists involved in research, didactic and bedside teaching, who are developing a fellowship program. Research, administrative and teaching opportunities are available. We expect the new faculty member will take over the duties of fellowship director upon ACGME approval. Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package is offered. Barnes-Jewish, ranked among the top 10 best U.S. hospitals, is a nationally certified Level I Trauma Center with over 88,000 ED annual visits, and an Emergency Medicine residency program (PGY 1-4) in its eighth year. Washington University ranks fourth among all medical schools in the U.S. Contact Brent E. Ruoff, M.D., Chief, Emergency Medicine Division 660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8072, St. Louis, MO 63110-8072 Phone 314-362-9202 Email ruoffb@wustl.edu

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Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking applicants for forpositions tenure orintenure track positions in clinical considered research. will be those tenure or applicants tenure track clinical research. Applicants Applicants considered be those with a track record of nationallywith a track recordwill of nationally-recognized, funded research. funded research. Areas ofrecognized, research emphasis include neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, and palliative care. The department active basicdisease, sciencecardiovascular team of physician Areas of research emphasishouses includeanneurological scientists disease, and Ph.D.s in brain ischemia and reperfusion injury. andspecializing palliative care. The department houses an active basicCollaboration between the basic clinical research provides exciting opportunities for science teamand of physician scientiststeams and Ph.D.s specializing in brain translational research stroke, head injury, hypertension and congestive heart failure. ischemia and in reperfusion injury. Collaboration between the basic and The department is a Neurological Emergencies Trials network site clinical research teams provides excitingTreatment opportunities for (NETT) translational and an research active collaborator with the Center for African-American Urban Health. The in stroke, head injury, hypertension and congestive heart clinical research infrastructure research assistants, coordinators and those with failure. The departmentincludes is a Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials expertise(NETT) in methodology, analysis database management. successful applicant network site and anand active collaborator with the The Center for will preferably enhance theUrban department’s research areasinfrastructure but those with interest in African-American Health. The clinicalfocus research other areas will beresearch considered. Rank coordinators will be commensurate academic and clinical includes assistants, and those with with expertise experience. Compensation and benefits are highly competitive. in methodology, analysis and database management. The successful

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University anticipates faculty openings for emergency physicians at the rank of assistant professor or above, depending upon the candidate’s qualifications. Tenure-track or clinical-track appointments are available depending on academic interest. Our growing faculty has diverse interests and expertise leading to extensive state and national-level involvement. The emergency medicine residency program is one of the most established, with 12 EM and two EM/IM residents per year. Pitt County Memorial Hospital is an expanding 740-bed Level I trauma center, with more than 80,000 ED visits per year. Greenville, N.C., has the benefits of being a very family-oriented community and a university town, located ninety minutes from the North Carolina Crystal Coast. The university offers exceptional cultural opportunities as well as sporting and outdoor events. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with qualifications; an excellent fringe benefits program is provided. Requirements: BC/BP in EM and excellent clinical and teaching skills; ability to obtain a license to practice medicine in North Carolina, medical staff privileges at PCMH, approval to practice medicine through ECU Physicians, and medical liability insurance coverage through our carrier. Screening begins July 1 and will remain open until filled.

Please contact White,areas MD,will Dayanandan Professor Chair, but those withSuzanne interest R. in other be considered. Rank and will be Waynecommensurate State University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, with academic and clinical experience. Compensation 4201 St. Antoine, 3R DRH, Detroit, MI 48201; 313-745-3030; swhite1@dmc.org. and benefits are highly competitive. WSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Confidential inquiry may be made to Theodore Delbridge, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine (delbridget@ecu.edu). Must apply online by using ECU OneStop on the main ECU page: www.ecu.edu.

Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Faculty Position PositionininClinical ClinicalResearch Research Tenure/Tenure Track Department of Emergency Medicine, StateSchool University Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne StateWayne University of Medicine Michigan School ofDetroit, Medicine Detroit, Michigan

applicant will preferably enhance the department’s research focus areas

Please contact Suzanne R. White, MD, Dayanandan Professor and Chair, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, 4201 St. Antoine, 3R DRH, Detroit, MI 48201; 313-745-3030; swhite1@dmc.org.

ECU is an EEO/AA employer and accommodates individuals with disabilities. Applicants must comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Proper documentation of identity and employability required at the time of employment. Current references must be provided upon request.

www.ecu.edu/med

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WSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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and Barnes-Jewish Hospital

A jointly sponsored program between the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies and the Department of EM at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University seeks candidates for a combined two-year clinical research and graduate education fellowship. An intensive and wellestablished program of mentored research, graduate coursework, and thesis preparation culminate in an MS degree in Clinical Research and position the fellow for a career as independent investigator and leader in clinical research.

Academic Appointment • Emergency Medicine Assistant/Associate Professor appointment for physician with an established track record in clinical or basic research. Must be board certified in emergency medicine. Seeking a diverse slate of candidates. Preference will be given to candidates who have had extramural funding for their research activities. Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package is offered.

Eligible candidates will have completed an ACGME-recognized residency program in Emergency Medicine. All candidates must be US citizens or have permanent resident status at the time of application. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center are equal opportunity employers.

Barnes-Jewish, ranked among the top 10 best U.S. hospitals, is a nationally certified Level I Trauma Center with over 88,000 ED annual visits, and an Emergency Medicine residency program (PGY 1-4) in its eighth year. Washington University ranks fourth among all medical schools in the U.S.

Fellows have modest clinical duties in the Tufts Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine and have appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine. The ED is located in downtown Boston, offers tertiary care-level of services in a modern facility, and sees 40,000 patients/year. Fellowships are funded jointly by the Department of Emergency Medicine and Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA funds from the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. For more information visit:

Contact Brent E. Ruoff, M.D., Chief, Emergency Medicine Division 660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8072, St. Louis, MO 63110-8072 Phone 314-362-9202 Email ruoffb@wustl.edu

www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/icrhps/gradprog

To request an application, contact: Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH at

sweiner@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

ATLANTA, GA

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Bring your skills in diagnosis, healing and teaching to Emory, one of Emergency Medicine’s largest and best programs. Opportunities include:

Exceptional opportunity for highly motivated, EM residency trained physician to join prestigious group. Enjoy an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (based on experience; Instructor and Associate Professor positions also available) with excellent benefits including very competitive remuneration, occurrence-based malpractice, health and disability insurance, 403b retirement plan, tuition remission, and CME allowance. Established group presence at three major hospitals, with a 4th emergency department opening at a new, state-of-art facility currently being built in a premier location in Cincinnati. Live in a city with professional sports, outstanding visual and performing arts, two major universities, superb private and public schools, an international airport, zoo, aquarium, and a stable economy anchored by ten Fortune 500 companies. The University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine established the first Emergency Medicine residency training program in 1970 and currently has 48 residents involved in a four year curriculum. We are seeking talented and energetic physicians to train future leaders in the field of Emergency Medicine. Our Department has a long history of clinical excellence, both in teaching and patient care, with outstanding institutional support.

Academic Practice: If you are an outstanding clinician and love teaching, contact us. Specific opportunities exist in brain injury and clinical research. Fellowships: Emory offers an exceptional environment for postresidency training. We will be considering applicants for the following fellowships: Emory/CDC Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medical Services, Global Health, Clinical Research, Injury Prevention and Neuroinjury, Palliative Care & Hospice Medicine, Observation Medicine. Candidates must be Board eligible or Board certified. For further information, visit our web site at http://www.emory.edu/em, then contact: Katherine Heilpern, MD, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine 531 Asbury Circle , N-340, Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: (404)778-5975 Fax: (404)778-2630 Email: pbokros@emory.edu

Please send Curriculum Vitae to: Richard J. Ryan, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0769 Phone: 513/558-8086 Fax: 513/558-4599 E-mail: Richard.Ryan@uc.edu www.ucemergencymedicine.org

Emory is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply

and Barnes-Jewish Hospital NEW DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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Emergency Medicine — Ultrasound Fellowship Director Seeking a diverse slate of candidates for BC/BE emergency medicine physician with ultrasound fellowship training to join our faculty as Ultrasound Fellowship Director. Current faculty includes 2 RDMS-trained physicians involved in research, didactic and bedside teaching who are developing a fellowship program. Opportunities exist for educational collaboration with other specialties. Immediate responsibilities would include recruitment of fellows, resident ultrasound curriculum development, and QA. Expected to work closely with multi-disciplinary Simulation Center, opening early 2009. Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package is offered.

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at El Paso, Texas

College of Medicine - JACKSONVILLE

Robert H. Woolard, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville is adding a full-time faculty position to the existing faculty structure. The department is recruiting BE / BC emergency medicine physician to fill a wide range of clinical and academic roles. Benefits include sovereign immunity occurrencetype medical malpractice, health, life and disability insurance, vacation, sick leave, a generous retirement plan and a competitive compensation package. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a progressive and innovative healthcare system with a great leadership team. There is a strong core of experienced emergency medicine faculty to provide mentorship and growth opportunities for junior faculty in trauma, critical care, tactical medicine, prehospital services, simulation training, business operations, government affairs, toxicology and pediatric emergency medicine. Become part of this exciting opportunity at one of the nation’s largest emergency medicine training programs. Send your CV to Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD at Kelly.grayeurom@jax.ufl.edu or fax to 904-244-5666. EOE / AA Employer.

Texas Tech at El Paso seeks candidates for full-time faculty positions in the Department of Emergency Medicine. TTUHSC-El Paso is a thriving regional campus of TTUHSC School of Medicine. El Paso is an international city at the base of the Rocky Mountains and is rated as the third safest city in the US. Texas Tech has over 300 faculty and residents and 11 clinical departments. The campus is undergoing major expansion in preparation for the opening of the new school of medicine. El Paso has a population of over 750,000 and is projected to grow over 10% in the next 2 years with new industry attracted to the region. Thomason Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center, is the primary ED site with a volume of 60,000 visits. TTUHSC will open the new medical school in El Paso with the first students scheduled for 9/2009. Construction of the state of the art medical school building will be completed by 9/2008. Construction of a new $36 million research building has recently been completed. Joining the Department of EM at Texas Tech in EL Paso represents a unique opportunity to help establish and define a larger role for EM in Medical Education and academia at the inception of the Medical School. Positions include: • CoDirector of Medical Simulation • Director of Medical Student Education • Academic Attending Physician • Director of Research • Clinical Attending Physician • Assistant Director of Toxicology Medical Spanish is highly desirable. Academic rank commensurate with qualifications. Visit www.texastech.edu. Shawn Teed, President Teed & Company 21 Ann St., Suite AC-1 Norwalk, CT 06854

1-877-901-0191 1-203-857-0191 Fax:1-203-857-0190 Email: steed@teedco.com

Teed & Company is the exclusive recruitment firm for this engagement.

Academic Positions Associate Residency Director Clinician-Educator The Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine is seeking highly motivated individuals for academic and leadership faculty appointments in the positions of Associate Residency Director and ClinicianEducator. The responsibilities include integral roles at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University Hospital Center, the Manhattan Harbor VA and the New York University School of Medicine. Qualified candidates should send a letter of intent and curriculum vitae to: Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 462 First Avenue, Room OB-345A, New York, New York 10016. Phone: 212.562.3346 E-mail: goldfl03@med.nyu.edu

JOIN ONE OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE’S BEST PLACES TO WORK IN THE U.S.!

Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Department—now managing 4 sites in Pennsylvania—has grown. Our 50+ salaried Emergency Medicine physicians and 15 PAs and NPs enjoy a collegial atmosphere and evaluate over 150,000 patients annually. Candidates must be clinically excellent, patient focused, BC/BE and EM Residency trained. We have a paperless ED, the largest Level I Trauma program in PA w/Primary Angioplasty and Stroke Alert and MI Alert Program, an 18-bed Burn Center and an Emergency Medicine Residency along with 13 additional accredited programs. LVH is listed in U.S. News & World Report for the 12th consecutive year as one of our nation’s best hospitals. Our organization is physician-led, financially strong, and the winner of many quality awards including MAGNET status in nursing. We offer a competitive salary and robust benefits including family healthcare with no employee contribution, 3 forms of retirement, medical liability coverage, 6 weeks of PTO plus 1 week of CME with $4,500 annually plus ACEP/ACOEP boards paid, etc. Opportunity for teaching, research, and career advancement. Our ED locations are in the Lehigh Valley and in Hazleton, PA. Both locations are within close proximity to NYC and Philadelphia, offer a moderate cost of living, and have excellent public school systems. To learn more, e-mail CV to Richard MacKenzie, Chair of Emergency Medicine, LVH at Debra. Perna@LVH.com. Phone (610) 969-0216

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Future SAEM Annual Meetings 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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SAEM Regional Meetings MidAtlantic Regional Meeting, September 26-27, 2008, Hershey, PA. Contact Glenn Geeting, MD, at ggeeting@hmc.psu.edu Midwest Regional Meeting, September 29, 2008, Coralville, Iowa. Contact Hans House, MD, at hans-house@uiowa.edu with questions.