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Academic Announcements
Patrick Burns, MD, has been promoted to clinical associate professor at Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Burns is director of the Stanford Emergency Medicine wilderness fellowship and a frequent medical lead for
Dr. Patrick Burns the Racing the Planet ultramarathon series. His research focus includes wilderness medicine, altitude sickness, and ultramarathon medicine.
Dr. Joel Moll Promoted to Full Professor of EM at Virginia Commonwealth
Dr. Joel Moll Joel Moll, MD, was promoted to full professor of emergency medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Moll is the immediate past residency program director and medical education fellowship director at VCU. He currently serves as vice chair of education.
Dr. Tiffani Johnson Promoted to Associate Professor of EM With Tenure at UC Davis
Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the department of emergency medicine at The University of California, Davis. Dr. Johnson also joined the 40/40 club as the author or coauthor of 40
Dr. Tiffani Johnson publications before her milestone 40th birthday. Her scholarship was recently honored with the SAEM Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM) Senior Author Research Publication Award and a Digital Health Award for her Article “Your Silence Will Not Protect You.” She is also the recent recipient of the inaugural American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Minority Health Equity and Inclusion Award and the UC Davis Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Johnson is a nationally recognized researcher and thought leader on racism and its impact on child health who is working to ensure all children achieve their highest level of health and well-being. Her research program is focused on understanding root causes of health care disparities and examining racism in health care and the early childhood education settings. Dr. Johnson is “an agitator and abolitionist” working to dismantle structures of racism through clinical practice, research, teaching, and advocacy.
Dr. Katharina Schultebraucks Receives Columbia Irving Scholars Award and a NIH RO1
Katharina Schultebraucks, PhD is the recipient of the prestigious Columbia Irving Scholars Award and will be appointed as the Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (in Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry) Dr. Katharina Schultebraucks for three years. Dr. Schultebraucks was also awarded a five-year NIH R01 $2.5M grant for her computational methods research to predict posttraumatic stress disorder among emergency department patients. Dr. Schultebraucks has received scholarship awards from the National Science Foundation, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the German Research Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Benjamin Lindquist, MD, has been promoted to clinical associate professor at Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Lindquist is codirector of the Stanford Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship and a Dr. Benjamin Lindquist member of Stanford Emergency Medicine International. Dr. Lindquist served as chief resident during his Stanford emergency medicine residency and completed a fellowship in global emergency medicine at Stanford. His recent research has centered on prehospital emergency care and emergency medical technician training in India and the creation of innovative educational tools.
Dr. Scott Weiner Appointed Inaugural Incumbent of the McGraw Distinguished Chair in EM at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, has been appointed as the inaugural incumbent of the McGraw Distinguished Chair in Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Weiner in an associate professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical
Dr. Scott Weiner School and a national expert in opioids and opioid use disorder treatment. He directs the hospital’s opioid stewardship program, is the recipient of a five-year R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) evaluating predictors of overdose using linked public health datasets, and has authored more than 100 publications.
Dr. Liliya Abrukin Appointed Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety at Columbia University
Liliya Abrukin, MD, was appointed vice chair of quality and patient safety for the Columbia University Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Abrukin previously served as
Dr. Liliya Abrukin director of quality and patient safety for the emergency medicine department where she led departmental and enterprise-wide quality initiatives. Recently, Dr. Abrukin was selected from a distinguished pool of candidates to join the NewYork–Presbyterian Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Academy for Physicians.
Dr. Peter Chai Receives $1.5 Million Avenir Award From NIDA for HIV/AIDS Research
Peter Chai, MD, MS, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was awarded one of five $1.5 million Avenir Awards from the National
Dr. Peter Chai Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for HIV/AIDS research. The program funds high risk, high reward research for early career investigators. The study will use an ingestible biosensor and passive smartphone data to understand adherence to HIV pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP). Dr. Chai is the first emergency physician to receive this award.
William Mulkerin, MD, has been promoted to clinical associate professor at Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine. A member of the emergency medical services
Dr. William Mulkerin (EMS) faculty, Dr. Mulkerin is a recipient of the EMS Distinguished Service Medal by the California EMS Authority for his role as medical director for fire departments throughout Santa Clara County. Dr. Mulkerin completed his emergency medicine residency and an EMS fellowship at Stanford.
Rhode Island Hospital Announces New Injury Control Research Center
Rhode Island Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine has received a $12.1 million federal grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for a first-ofits-kind Injury Control Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). The Injury Control COBRE brings together junior investigators, senior faculty, and advisory committee members to investigate all phases of injury control from prevention of injury occurrence to defining optimal treatment of and rehabilitation from injuries. Michael Mello, MD, principal investigator of the new center and a national injury control expert, will work with colleagues at both Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University to produce high level, independent investigators equipped to address the
Dr. Michael Mello burden of injury. The Injury Control COBRE will support studies by early career investigators and will house the Injury Control Digital Innovation Core led by Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, and the Injury Control Research to Practice and Policy Core led by Francesca Beaudoin, MD, PhD.
Duke Division of EM Elevated to Department Status
The Division of Emergency Medicine within the Department of Surgery in the Duke University School of Medicine is elevated to department status, effective July 1, 2022. Elevation from division to department signals the growth and independence of the division. Charles (Chuck) J. Gerardo, MD, chief of the division, will assume the role of interim chair of the new department. Dr. Gerardo joined Duke’s newly designated academic Division of Emergency Medicine in 2000 and
Dr. Charles Gerardo has served in multiple leadership roles including Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Director of Emergency Medicine Global Health Program, and Vice Chief of Clinical Operations. He is an NIH-funded researcher and internationally recognized expert in snake envenomation.
