September-October 2008

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Newsletter 901 N. Washington Ave. • Lansing, MI 48906-5137 • (517) 485-5484 • saem@saem.org • www.saem.org

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SAEM STAFF Executive Director James R. Tarrant, CAE ext. 212, jtarrant@saem.org

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SAEM MEMBERSHIP Membership Count as of July 25, 2008

2470 Active 100 Associate 2929 Resident/Fellow 278 Medical Students

2008 SAEM DUES $495 Active

$140 Fellow

$460 Associate

$120 Resident Group

$430 Faculty Group

$120 Medical Student

$400 2nd yr. Graduate

$100 Emeritus

$290 1st yr. Graduate

$100 CDEM

$140 Resident

$25

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4 International Affiliates 26 Emeritus 8 Honorary 5815 Total

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NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NAMED FOR: ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE (AEM) The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) has named David C. Cone, MD as the next Editor-in-Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the society’s official journal. Effective January 2009, Dr. Cone will succeed Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS who is completing her second five-year term.

Dr. Cone is an associate professor of emergency medicine and public health at Yale University School of Medicine. He attended medical school at Columbia University in New York, and completed his emergency medicine residency and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fellowship training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, where he remained part of the faculty for several years before moving to Yale. He has served as a senior associate editor at AEM since 2001, and has also served as deputy editor of Prehospital Emergency Care, the official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians, where he currently serves as president.

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18 Editor for SAEM Newsletter Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, is seeking a newsletter editor beginning January, 2009. The newsletter is published bi-monthly.

The editor will serve as consultant to the newsletter staff. The position entails reviewing select articles and/or member news as needed.

Letters of interest and editorial background may be sent via e-mail to: James R. Tarrant Jtarrant @saem.org 517-485-5484 ext. 212

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President’s Message Staring at a huge block of marble, Michelangelo believed the human form lay within.

Painstakingly, he’d chisel, imagine, chip and chisel again to release the figure...first an arm, then a hand, the torso and so on, until the magnificent sculpture emerged.

While not nearly as elegant, allow me to liken this to Katherine K th i H Heilpern, il MD the processes we have put in place to strengthen the SAEM financial policies and internal controls. In response to Sarbanes-Oxley federal legislation, created to ensure proper checks and balances in the for-profit world, the Society began the same painstaking process five years ago. Based on the recommendations from the initial CPA/audit firm we retained in 2003, there were a number of financial policies and internal controls that required creation or strengthening. With consistent attention from the finance committee, under the steady leadership of Dr. Frank Zwemer, and dedication from the administrative staff, the Society has chiseled and chipped away. In light of this consistent focus, the Audit Subcommittee made a recommendation to the Board of Directors that we engage a CPA firm to conduct an audit of fiscal year 2007. I am very pleased to share the news that the 2007 audit is an excellent report. In the words of Dr. Brooks Bock, SAEM Audit Subcommittee Chair, “the Audit provided a clean bill of health for the Society”. The major recommendation centers on increasing the ‘robustness’ of the information membership data system. There were a couple of other minor recommendations related to internal controls and many have already been fixed. So, we will continue to chip and chisel but we should have pride in our accomplishments as a Society -- the sculpture has really taken shape. The administrative team and the members of the finance committee deserve enormous kudos for these efforts.

On the research front, SAEM partnered with ACEP to respond to the following NIH RFI [request for information]: “In response to a set of 2006 reports from the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health Care System, NIH began to review its research and research training opportunities relevant to acute illness in the pre-hospital and Emergency Department (ED) setting. The NIH Task Force on Research in the Emergency Setting, created to facilitate the coordination of emergency care research across the NIH, felt that discussions between pertinent Institutes/Centers and key individuals in the emergency medicine and related medical research communities would help to delineate both barriers to and opportunities for research in this area. To this end, the NIH is planning a series of roundtable meetings with experts in the field of emergency medicine research for the summer and early fall of 2008. Specifically, the roundtables will focus on three broadly defined areas: trauma (including spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury), neurological and psychiatric emergencies (including stroke, epilepsy, suicidality, psychosis, etc.), and surgical and medical emergencies (including non-traumatic emergencies that require surgery, sepsis and septicemia, infectious diseases, anaphylaxis, organ failure, etc).” The latest data I’m aware of suggest that emergency medicine researchers receive far less than one percent of the NIH research funding dollars. Therefore, research leaders in our specialty developed responses to specific questions posed by the NIH and volunteered to participate in the roundtable discussions. This is a rare but exceptionally well-earned opportunity for emergency medicine.

Through the newsletter and website, we will keep you posted on these important developments.

As we consider the opportunity to compete for NIH dollars, ‘the jewel in the crown, it is important to recognize that we need to grow our own so they can compete at the federal level. To that end, I ask you to consider making a donation to the SAEM Research Fund in the “100 for $1000 / 1000 for $100 Campaign”. The time is now, and it’s never been better. Please visit www.saem.org for more details.

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Executive Director’s Message 2008 ELECTION: PHYSICIAN INVOLVEMENT IMPACT ON MEDICINE Who will win the election and how will the election impact your professional life?

Are you prepared? I recently attended a conference where two of the three keynote speakers discussed the elections and the future of healthcare reform. What will the impact be on physicians?

In an NBC commercial promoting its election coverage Tom Brokaw reminds young Americans the importance of voting as part of democracy. Why bother being involved?

Darrell Kirch, MD, President of AAMC, sent information that included two important issues which should be of interest to the SAEM membership. First, S. 3272, the NIH Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008: Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Arlen Specter (RPa.) have been hard at work trying to secure more budget support for the NIH. Those efforts are on hold until September. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) postponed a hearing at which committee members were expected to consider a second FY 2008 supplemental appropriations bill. The legislation included an additional $500 million in NIH funding.

We encourage everyone to contact their elected officials urging them to support these additional NIH funds and emphasize the importance of a sustained investment in the NIH.

If your Senators are listed, it is important that you contact them and explain the need for more NIH research funding. If your Senator is not on the Committee, use the opportunity to inform them of the need for increased NIH funding and offer to serve as a resource to answer their questions on this and future healthcare issues.

JJames T Tarrant, t CAE

The second item noted by AAMC was Securing support for capital IME payments: As of July 28, 2008, more than half of the Senate has put itself on the record as opposing the capital indirect medical education (IME) cut. The letter, sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY), includes 51 signatures and urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prevent elimination of the IME adjustment in the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for capital costs. House and Senate members have signed two bipartisan letters urging Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Kerry Weems to withdraw the Medicare regulation eliminating the Indirect Medical Education (IME) adjustment in the capital prospective payment system. The regulation phases out the IME (continued on page 8)

Senate Appropriations Committee Members: Byrd, Robert C. (WV) , Chairman Inouye, Daniel K. (HI) Leahy, Patrick J. (VT) Harkin, Tom (IA) Mikulski, Barbara A. (MD) Kohl, Herb (WI) Murray, Patty (WA) Dorgan, Byron L. (ND) Feinstein, Dianne (CA) Durbin, Richard (IL)

Johnson, Tim (SD) Landrieu, Mary L. (LA) Reed, Jack (RI) Lautenberg, Frank R. (NJ) Nelson, E. Benjamin (NE) Cochran, Thad (MS), Ranking Member Stevens, Ted (AK) Specter, Arlen (PA) Domenici, Pete V. (NM) Bond, Christopher S. (MO)

McConnell, Mitch (KY) Shelby, Richard C. (AL) Gregg, Judd (NH) Bennett, Robert F. (UT) Craig, Larry E. (ID) Hutchison, Kay Bailey (TX) Brownback, Sam (KS) Allard, Wayne (CO) Alexander, Lamar (TN)

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The SAEM Member Campaign for the Research Fund Off to a Good Start, But Needs Your Help!

The 100 for $1,000 / 1,000 for $100 Campaign for the SAEM Research Fund had a rousing kick off at the SAEM Annual Meeting in Washington, DC in May. The Campaign was promoted at the Plenary Session and Annual Business Meeting and at a special Donor Reception. Stories of past SAEM grant recipients were featured on posters in the registration area.

SAEM members had an impressive responsive in the early months of the Campaign. To date, we are nearly 20% to our goal with both categories of donations. An unprecedented 19 individuals have contributed at the $1,000 level or higher. This is already a record for contributions at this level in a single year. We owe a great debt of thanks to them for leading the way on the Campaign. However, we will need 81 more donors at this level to reach our goal by the end of 2009. In the $100 (and up to $1,000) category, we have 244 donors to date, and will need 756 more to get to the goal of 1,000 donors. So far, the Campaign has raised $53,677, which means that we are 27% of the way to our overall target of $200,000.

2. Research funding works – we have ample evidence that SAEM research grants have led to high quality science that helps emergency patients. SAEM grant recipients have been very successful in securing federal and foundation funding for their subsequent work.

3. As SAEM members – the true believers of academic emergency medicine – we must show our support at a high level if we are to convince others to support emergency medicine research.

If you have already donated to the Campaign, let me thank you again. If you have not yet donated, please consider becoming one of the 100 who offer major support at the $1,000 level. But at the very least, we must count on you to become one of the 1,000 who contribute at the $100 level. Our future depends on it. To make an online donation please visit www.saem.org, or send a check to: SAEM 901 N. Washington Ave. Lansing, MI 48906

You can follow the success of the Campaign on the SAEM website homepage, and we will send periodic I have previously spent many pages and given many emails. presentations on the importance of SAEM member contributions to the Research Fund. This time I will If you have any questions, please call Jim Tarrant or be brief and emphasize only these points: Holly Gouin at SAEM for more information.

1. The SAEM Research Fund is the single largest funder of emergency medicine research training grants in the world. It is a vital source of research support at a time when research dollars are particularly tight at federal and local levels.

Brian Zink, MD Chair, SAEM Development Committee SAEM Past President

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adjustment over two years starting in FY 2009 and, when fully implemented, would cut an estimated $375 million in funding for teaching hospitals. If this regulation becomes final, it would threaten the financial viability of our teaching hospital members, who serve a high volume of Medicare patients and provide critical community services. A withdrawal of this harmful policy is imperative, and I (Dr. Kirch) want to thank those of you who have been working to secure your congressional member’s signature for this important correspondence. While it is unlikely that Acting Administrator Weems will withdraw the regulation, we believe that the letters will help raise the visibility of this issue, and increase its potential for inclusion in any legislation that may move before Congress adjourns for the November election.

Again, these issues provide a reason to contact your Washington representatives and those running for office to open a dialogue. Congressional Representatives in office do not hear from physicians often enough.

One thing is certain; the new administration elected in November will need to address these issues. This will be an excellent time for SAEM members to become involved in educating those in the decision-making process. All members of the House of Representatives and onethird of the Senators are running for reelection. They are coming to a neighborhood near you. Introduce yourself and tell them the real stories of the patients you help everyday and the need to improve our healthcare system through research, education and continued funding.

Do your homework, learn the positions your representatives and candidates have expressed regarding medical care.

Then, contact those in office or running to voice your opinion on the issues that impact your professional life.

Lastly, share your knowledge on the issues with family, friends and most importantly your colleagues.

This election year make a difference.

2009 ANNUAL ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY March 5th - 7th, 2009 The Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa

Kelly has been a member of SAEM since 1996 where she has taken an active role as the Grants Committee Chair and as a member of the AEM Editorial Board. Currently, Kelly is the Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA and the Director of Pediatric and Pain Management Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA. Kelly’s vision for SAEM; “is one of an organization that tirelessly nurtures and promotes quality emergency medicine research and research training for emergency medicine practitioners”.

Invitation for

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN ICEM 2010 International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2010) 9 - 12 June 2010, Singapore Contact information is as follows: Prof. V. Anantharaman E-mail: anantharaman@sgh.com.sg

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Neurocritical Care Society 6th Annual Meeting on October 22-25, 2008

USC Emergency Medicine Symposium For EM Bound Medical Students Saturday, September 6th, 2008 USC Keck School of Medicine Quad One day event is designed for all medical students who are interested in pursuing careers in emergency medicine.

Free with advanced registration by 8/23/08 $15 for a day of event admission.

Miami Beach, Florida www.neurocriticalcare.org Featuring a SAEM sponsored session: “Neurocritical Care in the Emergency Department”

2008 ACEP Scientific Assembly October 27th - 30th, 2008 Hilton Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois For more detailed information go to www.acep.org and select the ‘Scientific Assembly’ quick link.

E-mail: KeckEMSIG@gmail.com to reserve your place or for more information.

2009 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Subspecialty Certification Examination Deadline: October 31, 2008 The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) will administer the certifying examination in Pediatric Emergency Medicine on Monday, March 30, 2009.

Physicians who are certified in Emergency Medicine by ABEM must submit an application to ABEM. Physicians who are certified in General Pediatrics by ABP must submit an application to ABP. Physicians who are certified by both boards may apply through either. Upon successful completion of the examination, certification is awarded by the board through which the physician applied.

ABEM must have received independent verification by March 16, 2009. Applicants must have completed an ACGME accredited fellowship program in Pediatric Emergency Medicine to be eligible to take the exam. The complete eligibility criteria are available from each board office or you can find them at www.abem.org or www. abp.org.

Application materials will be available for physicians applying through ABEM starting August 1, 2008. Completed applications must be submitted to ABEM by October 31, 2008. ABP diplomates should contact ABP for application information at 919-929-9255.

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Academic Announcements REBECCA BLOCH, MD, CARL GERMANN, MD and CHRISTINE IRISH, MD have all been promoted to Assistant Professor at Maine Medical Center - University of Vermont College of Medicine.

SABINA A. BRAITHWAITE, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia.

KERRY BRODERICK, MD and KRISTEN NORDENHOLZ, MD were promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Broderick practices at Denver Health Medical Center and Dr. Nordenholz is at the University of Colorado – Denver School of Medicine.

MICHAEL BULLARD, MD was awarded the International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM) Humanitarian Award at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) meeting in San Francisco.

LISA CHAN, MD has been promoted to Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona in Tucson.

ANDREW K. CHANG, MD, MS, received his Master of Science Degree in Clinical Research Methods and was promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York.

MELISSA COSTELLO, MD, FACEP and ALAN HEINS, MD, FACEP have been promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine for the University of South Alabama - College of Medicine. Both have been at the University of South Alabama since 2003.

COLONEL (DR.) ROBERT A. DE LORENZO, MD, MSM, FACEP was promoted to the rank of Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He is appointed in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. Colonel De Lorenzo is the first emergency physician promoted to the rank of professor at the University and is currently the only professor in the specialty on active duty. He is currently assigned to the Department of Clinical Investigations at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio), Texas.

DANIEL DEBEHNKE, MD, has been named Senior Medical Director for Hospital Services at Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin. At the hospital, he will be responsible for medical administrative oversight of laboratory and

pathology services, radiology services, supply chain management and hospital disaster preparedness. Dr. DeBehnke is currently Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

CHRISTOPHER J. DEFLITCH, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, was appointed Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s first chief medical information officer (CMIO). Dr. DeFlitch will guide clinical information technology enhancement across the Medical Center.

DEBORAH DIERCKS, MD and W. FRANK PEACOCK IV, MD along with a few other colleagues have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine’s May 15, 2008 issue. Their article, “Cardiac Troponin and Outcome in Acute Heart Failure” can be viewed at www.nejm.org in the Past Issues section.

CHRIS A. GHAEMMAGHAMI, MD has been named ViceChair of Academic Affairs for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Ghaemmaghami was also recently promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine with Tenure.

MICHAEL A. GIBBS, MD and ANDREW D. PERRON, MD, were both promoted to the rank of Professor by the University of Vermont - College of Medicine.

BRIAN HOLROYD, MD was appointed the Chair of the Specialty Committee in Emergency Medicine for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for the July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010 term.

KEN ISERSON, MD has announced his retirement and become Professor Emeritus after serving more than 27 years at the University of Arizona. Dr. Iserson plans on completing his new book, “Improvised Medicine” (Cambridge University Press) and pursuing a career in disaster and international medicine.

GREGORY D. JAY, MD, PHD was promoted to Full Professor at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

RUSSELL JONES, MD and TIM STALLARD, MD were both promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center - College of Medicine.

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Academic Announcements LOUISE KAO, MD has been appointed the Director of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program at Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine.

KRISTI L. KOENIG, MD, was promoted to Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Step VI at the University of California, Irvine. Advancement to this level is granted to those who have sustained academic excellence throughout their careers, and have garnered great academic distinction recognized nationally or internationally. Dr. Koenig is the Director of Public Health Preparedness and Co-director of the EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

DEMETRIOS N. KYRIACOU, MD, PHD, has been promoted to Professor of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

PHILLIP D. LEVY, MD, MPH has been awarded a grant in the amount of $299,811 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program for a project entitled “Pre-clinical Cardiac Dysfunction Among Asymptomatic Hypertensive Patients in an Urban Emergency. Department: Is a Program Focused on Early Detection and Blood Pressure Control Clinically and Cost Effective?”. Dr. Levy has also been appointed the Associate Director of Clinical Research.

SHAHRAM LOTFIPOUR, MD, MPH, has been appointed the Assistant Dean Clinical Science Education and Program Director of the MD/MPH program effective May 1, 2008, at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

DEBRA G. PERINA, MD recently became PresidentElect of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Perina currently holds the rank of Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia.

JOHN PRESCOTT, M.D., has been named Chief Academic Officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges. An emergency physician by training, Dr. Prescott will join the AAMC in September after 15 years of leadership at West Virginia University that has included serving as the dean and senior associate dean of the school of medicine, the president and CEO of WVU’s integrated, multi-specialty faculty practice plan, the first chair of the WVU Department of Emergency Medicine, and the founding director of the WVU Center for Rural Emergency Medicine.

BRIAN ROWE, MD was awarded the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Presidents Award at the CAEP Annual Meeting and Conference in Ottawa June 10th 2008.

KENNETH N. SABLE, MD, FACEP has been appointed Associate Vice Chairman for Operations at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

LEE SHOCKLEY, MD was promoted to Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado - Denver School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shockley practices at Denver Health Medical Center.

JEFFREY SUCHARD, MD, received the American College of Medical Toxicology Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Toxicology Education. Dr. Suchard has coordinated the CPC Competition for the ACMT for the past eight years.

TODD TEMPLEMAN, MD was honored with the 2008 New Faculty of the Year Award.

HAROLD A. (HAL) THOMAS, MD, FACEP has assumed the office of President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). He represents ABEM as a representative to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and as a director liaison to the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Subboard. Dr. Thomas served as residency director for over 15 years and is currently Professor of Emergency medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.

FEDERICO E. VACA, MD, MPH, was promoted to Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Irvine. He continues to serve as the Executive Director of the UCI School of Medicine’s Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research.

HENRY E. WANG, MD, MS has been appointed Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In addition to overseeing the department’s research activities, Dr. Wang will also serve as a lead investigator for the Alabama clinical trial site of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium.

DALE WOOLRIDGE, MD, PHD has been promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona in Tucson.

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2009 Concensus Conference PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: SURVEILLANCE, SCREENING, AND INTERVENTION Steven L. Bernstein, MD | Consensus Conference Chair The 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Consensus Conference will be held on May 13, in New Orleans, LA, immediately preceding the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting.

The theme of this conference, the 10th to be sponsored

by AEM, is “Public Health in the Emergency Department: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention.” Original papers will be published together with the conference proceedings in the November 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Illness and injury related to risky health behaviors account for a substantial proportion of emergency department (ED) visits. Substance use, injury, interpersonal violence, mental illness, and unsafe sexual behavior collectively account for approximately 30% of all ED visits. Other chronic conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes, are frequently diagnosed during an ED visit. Individuals who present to the ED as a consequence of risky health behavior may be receptive to a “teachable moment”; thus, the ED may provide an opportune time for intervention by a healthcare provider. These behaviors have become the focus of extensive clinical investigation in emergency medicine. Studying health behaviors at the population level (via surveillance), and individual level (via screening), and designing interventions, positions emergency medicine at the nexus between clinical medicine’s traditional realm of disease- or injury-centered care, and the broader domains of population health and prevention.

Policymakers and researchers have often used the ED as a site for surveillance for emerging trends in illness and injury. While this work has focused on describing and defining the epidemiology of illness and injury attributed to risky behavior, much current investigation is focused on screening and intervention. Collectively, these latter activities are known as Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). For example, a growing body of evidence suggests that brief ED-based interventions may reduce alcohol consumption and negative consequences of drinking in patients with hazardous and harmful drinking.

The conference will focus on these key domains of public health-relevant ED practice. It will feature a keynote address by Georges Benjamin, MD, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, and speakers from many federal agencies, including the National

Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. Other speakers include emergency physicians and content experts from other specialties.

Planned events include a lunchtime debate, interactive facilitated workshops and conference attendee voting on consensus issues.

The ED represents an important clinical laboratory to study the efficacy of health behavior interventions, but important gaps in knowledge remain. These include: identifying the most effective approaches to screen patients for risky health behaviors, identifying evidence-based, costand time-sensitive interventions, overcoming barriers to dissemination and implementation and evaluating the proper role of behavioral interventions within emergency medicine’s traditional focus on management and stabilization of acute illness and injury. In the area of surveillance, important methodological challenges remain in improving the reliability of source data used in national administrative datasets and expanding use of these datasets by the EM community.

The goals of this conference are to: • Increase awareness of the clinical burden of illness and injury related to risky health behaviors.

• Review the current state of knowledge regarding ED surveillance, screening and intervention.

• Identify gaps in knowledge regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions.

• Review challenges in the methodology of screening and intervention studies.

• Define a research agenda in ED-based surveillance, screening and intervention.

• Explore options to improve the reliability and usability of administrative datasets used in surveillance.

• Highlight funding sources for future research.

The major output of this conference will be the establishment of a research agenda for emergency physicians and others to study the epidemiology and treatment of risky health behaviors, design evidencebased, cost- and time-sensitive interventions, and examine effects on clinically pertinent outcomes. A related aim will be to identify strategies to demonstrate

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the importance of ED-based health behavior intervention to educators, policy makers and funding sources, many of whom will be in attendance.

Original contributions describing relevant research or concepts on this topic will be considered for publication in the November 2009 special topics issue of Academic Emergency Medicine if received by Monday, March 2nd, 2009. All submissions will undergo peer review and publication cannot be guaranteed.

We are asking for your input into the meeting. Various working and writing groups are forming, to address discrete content areas. For queries, please contact Steven L. Bernstein, MD, sbernste@montefiore.org or Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, gail.donofrio@yale.edu, Consensus Conference Co-Chairs. Information and updates will be posted in Academic Emergency Medicine, the SAEM newsletter, and on the SAEM web site (www.saem.org).

CARVING A CAREER IN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE MICHIGAN FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Sponsored by Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, William Beaumont Hospital and St. John Hospital and Medical Center

Monday, September 8, 2008 Kresge Eye Institute Kresge Auditorium 4707 St. Antoine Detroit, MI

Call for information: 313-993-2530 or visit www.saem.org and download brochure (located on the lower left side)

AEM News Rolling Open Access - New Policy

New Online AEM Journal System

Effective as of 12 months after publication, the contents of Academic Emergency Medicine, official journal of SAEM, will be freely available on the journal’s website with Wiley InterScience at the following www3.interscience.wiley. com. Select Medical, Veterinary and Health Sciences and then Medicine (general). You will find Academic Emergency Medicine listed under the A’s.

Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Readers and Subscribers: Please note that as of July 1, 2008, the URL used to access your subscription to the journal on Blackwell-Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com/ loi/acem) will no longer be valid. The following URL is what should be used: www.interscience.wiley.com.

This is part of the “rolling open access” program, a service made available by Wiley-Blackwell, to increase usage and readership of the journal’s content. We hope you will partake of this regularly and recommend it to your colleagues, allied health care professionals etc.

All users will be automatically migrated over to the new URL. There will be a redirect to it, as well. Should you have any problems, please contact Sandra K. Arjona, Journal Manager, at sandrak.arjona@gmail.com.

Our continuing thanks to you for your support of the journal. We look forward to many new and exciting developments with the publisher’s new online platform, to be officially up and running beginning January 2009.

Again, please use the URL listed above until then.

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Emergency Medicine Synchrony:

Women at the Helm of Six National Organizations 2008-2009 Marian Wiseman | ACEP News Contributing Writer Photos by SAEM Published in August 2008 edition of ACEP News In an unusual coincidence, this year the top elected officials of six national emergency medicine organizations are all women.

They gathered for a photo during the May annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and stayed to talk about leadership in emergency medicine and the roles of women, past and future.

Leaders of EM Organizations - 2008/09 Standing (back row, left to right)

Judith Tintinalli, MD

Chair, Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine

Sandra Schneider, MD

Chair, Residency Review Committee-Emergency Medicine

Mary Jo Wagner, MD

Chair, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Sitting (left to right)

Linda Lawrence, MD

President, American College of Emergency Physicians

Rita Cydulka, MD

President, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Katherine Heilpern, MD

President, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Is There a “Woman Leader” Profile?

Before being contacted by ACEP News about this article, the presidents and chairs themselves had not noticed the all-female “phenomenon” of their roles. “We didn’t recognize it because we look at one another as leaders and not as women leaders,” commented Rita Cydulka, M.D. They do see differences in leadership styles of men and women, finding men more authoritative and women more collaborative.

Nevertheless, Dr. Cydulka pointed out, “When I look around this group, we’re not all warm and fuzzy—we’re not pushovers.” Katherine Heilpern, M.D., agreed, noting that she had been described as having an “iron fist in a velvet glove.”

“I didn’t get the glove,” quipped Dr. Cydulka.

The women believe that having a more collaborative leadership style is a plus for their respective organizations.

“It’s bringing people in under the tent so that people feel comfortable addressing controversy,” Dr. Heilpern said.

Support at Home Essential Juggling parenthood, career, and organizational responsibilities emerged as a challenge they all had faced.

“I have a supportive husband, and I’ve seen that what allows women to succeed is support at home,” said Linda Lawrence, M.D. All had developed strategies to manage parenting while assuming leadership responsibilities. Some had husbands who stayed home with the kids; other planned family vacations around meeting dates. Mary Jo Wagner, M.D., said her family often accompanies her to meeting venues.

“My daughter asks ‘what day on vacation is mom going to be speaking?’” she said.

“We’ve all figured out how to coordinate our lives around our work,” Sandra Schneider, M.D., noted.

While the women receive support from their families, it was clear that their families were also their top priority. Dr. Cydulka, for example, noted that her decision to skip an ABEM meeting and attend her son’s band concert was an obvious choice for her. And heads nodded when Dr. Heilpern commented that she’s most proud of being a mom with two kids.

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Judith Tintinalli, M.D., pointed out that men’s roles at work and in leadership positions have changed, too, especially as double-career families have become more common. She cited examples of men whose child-care responsibilities were a priority that precluded changes in work schedules.

Dr. Heilpern agreed: “The world is changing a bit, and traditional roles are breaking down on both sides.”

Working Past the Biases Although the women started their careers over some three decades, all had encountered various kinds of gender biases along their career and leadership paths. Such bias ranged the gamut—from lower salaries for women at a university to being overlooked when male colleagues were planning a social event, whether a golf outing or an excursion to a strip joint.

Being ignored in groups was commonplace in their experience. Everyone nodded in recognition as Dr. Schneider mentioned instances when her input in a meeting was ignored, but five or 10 minutes later the same idea proffered by a man gained traction. “That happens all the time,” Dr. Tintinalli commented. Dr. Schneider concluded, “Then, at the end of the meeting, they’re referring to it as his idea. It’s like you’re invisible.”

Several had encountered discrimination related to their motherhood. For example, after she lost an election, one woman was told by a man, “I couldn’t vote for you because you have young children at home.” Others were told that they had not been given leadership responsibilities or included in certain activities because “we know you have young children and we wouldn’t want you to be away from them.”

The women reported numerous ways they have found to cope with bias. Dr. Schneider said she is inspired by women she knows from previous generations. One of the stories she relayed was about a woman who was in residency during World War II and was asked to leave when the male residents returned. Dr. Heilpern noted that she interacts with the power structure by “having some fun with it. In my

HOW OFTEN HAVE WOMEN BEEN CHAIR OR PRESIDENT IN EM? ABEM ................... 4 in 28 SAEM ................... 2 in 21* ACEP .................... 2 in 39 RRC-EM ............... 2 in 12 AACEM ................. 2 in 19 CORD ................... 4 in 10 Total ...................... 16 in 128 ** * 3 in 53 when SAEM’s precursors, the University Association for Emergency Medicine and the Society of Teachers of Emergency Medicine are included. ** The total of 16 represents 11 women, because Drs. Tintinalli and Schneider have each headed several organizations.

meetings with the dean, at a huge table with 28 department chairs, I’m the only one with young kids [her children are 3 and 8 years old], and I’m the only one wearing a Barbie Band-Aid. So you have a little private giggle.” Dr. Lawrence commented, “My mantra every time I’ve bumped against the glass ceiling is that success is the best revenge.”

Working harder than everyone around them was an essential part of how all of the women got where they are.

As Dr. Wagner pointed out, “Showing up and working hard are 99% of everything.” She added, “‘Persistent’ is a good word to describe all of us.”

Preparing for the Next Generation The women agreed that they want to mentor young leaders— both men and women—and that for women, especially, they can serve as role models. “The discussion we’re having will be very different for the next generation,” Dr. Schneider said. “They don’t have our history—the baggage that we carry with us from incidents in our past.”

As an example of how times have changed, Dr. Schneider said one of her female residents complained that a senior physician had called her “honey.” “I told her ‘honey’ would have been nice compared to some things that have been said to me,” she said.

Everyone hopes that some day the fact that all of the presidents and chairs of EM organizations are women would go unnoticed. “Everyone is here because they are very capable, not because they are a woman,” said Dr. Tintinalli.

“Eventually,” Dr. Schneider concluded, “we will get to the point where people are considered for their skill sets.”

LEADERSHIP TIPS FROM THE SIX TOP EMERGENCY MEDICINE LEADERS IN 2008 • Early on, sit quietly and learn the lay of the land.

• Understand the organization’s mission and goals, and be sure you are a good fit.

• Discover what you are passionate about and follow that, even if it is not a path to leadership.

• Seize opportunities at hand if they interest you.

• Don’t be afraid of the “dirty work” or scut work, like being the note-taker.

• Identify your allies early.

• When running a meeting, cut off rambling discussions and summarize.

• Have a vision for the organization-know where you want to take it by the time you leave office.

• Stay focused on the targets and not on personal aggrandizement.

• Identify role models and seek feedback on your own performance.

• Don’t complain-take control.

• Listen.

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Update on ED Crowding Task Force Steven L. Bernstein, MD | Chair, ED Crowding Task Force Emergency department crowding has become a leading topic for policy, clinical, and educational research in emergency medicine. The 2008 Annual Meeting included six sessions on crowding, the most ever: two didactic, two oral, and two poster sessions. All were well-attended, with more than 100 individuals at the didactic and oral abstract sessions.

In response to the Institute of Medicine’s report on emergency care, the SAEM Board of Directors last year created a new task force to create a research agenda around crowding. The task force includes many of the specialty’s thought leaders in the area, along with resident members. Chaired by Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH, in the past year the task force accomplished the following:

Communications Committee to create a teaching slideset on Emergency Department and Hospital Crowding.

• Prepare a manuscript reviewing international experiences w/crowding. Michael Schull, MD is leading this effort.

In addition, Dr. Asplin is part of a National Quality Forum group developing quality measures for emergency care.

Please go to www.qualityforum.org/projects/ongoing/ emergency for more information.

If you have specific materials that you would like to include on the crowding web page, please contact Steve Bernstein at sbernste@montefiore.org.

• Presented a didactic session at the SAEM Annual Meeting discussing crowding’s effects on clinically oriented outcomes • Presented another didactic session addressing crowding’s effects on resident education • Submitted three manuscripts to Academic Emergency Medicine discussing crowding’s effects on patient outcomes, resident education, and medical student education.

Our goals for the 2008-9 academic year are to: • Develop a didactic proposal for the 2009 Annual Meeting that addresses the state-of-the-art on the effects of crowding on ED trainees and patient outcomes.

• Partner with the Web Editorial Board, Communications Committee and the National Affairs Committee to identify research opportunities and dissemination of newsworthy items to SAEM constituents.

• Create a comprehensive website for www.saem. org to contain resources on crowding, including slide sets, papers, links to other sites, etc.

• Develop a concepts paper for publication that discusses, compares and contrasts the multiple ‘crowding scales and scores’ referenced in the academic and healthcare management literature.

Ula Hwang, MD, is leading this effort.

• Partner with the Geriatrics Task Force to discuss and develop potential research studies and funding opportunities assessing the effects of ED crowding on the aging population.

Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards The Jahnigen Scholars program, supported by the Hartford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies and administered by the American Geriatrics Society, offers two-year career development awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, and urology. 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.

For information, go to www.americangeriatrics.org, and select the Geriatrics-for-Specialists link.

2008 Winners of the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards: • • • • • • • • •

Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE Jeremiah Schurr, MD, MHS Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD Thomas Robinson, MD Matthew H. Ho, MD, PhD Milam A. Brantley, Jr., MD, PhD Jacque L. Duncan, MD Kourosh Parham, MD, PhD Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD

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Call for Papers

Public Health in the Emergency Department: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention Deadline: March 2, 2009 The 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Consensus Conference on Public Health in the Emergency Department: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention will be held on May 13, 2009, immediately preceding the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Original papers, if accepted, will be published together with the conference proceedings in the November 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.

The theme of this conference is Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention in the Emergency Department (ED). We will focus on these key domains of ED-based public health practice. The conference will include a keynote speaker, lectures by content experts and clinicians, a lunchtime panel discussion, interactive facilitated workshops, and conference attendee voting on consensus issues.

Illness and injury related to risky health behaviors account for a substantial proportion of ED visits. Illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco use, injury, interpersonal violence, and unsafe sexual behavior collectively account for approximately 30% of all ED visits. Individuals who present to the ED as a consequence of risky health behavior may be receptive to a “teachable moment”; thus, the ED may provide an opportune time for intervention by a healthcare provider.

These behaviors have become the focus of extensive clinical investigation in emergency medicine. Studying health behaviors at the population level (via surveillance), and individual level (via screening), and designing interventions, positions emergency physicians at the nexus between clinical medicine’s traditional realm of disease- or injurycentered care, and the broader domains of population health and prevention.

Policymakers and researchers have often used the ED as a site for surveillance for emerging trends in illness and injury. While this work has focused on describing and defining the epidemiology of illness and injury attributed to risky behavior, much current investigation is focused on screening and intervention. Collectively, these latter activities are known as Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). For example, a growing body of evidence suggests that brief ED-based interventions may reduce alcohol consumption and negative consequences of drinking in patients with hazardous and harmful drinking.

Important gaps in knowledge remain. These include: identifying the most effective approaches to screen patients for risky health behaviors, identifying evidence-based, cost- and time-sensitive interventions, overcoming barriers to dissemination and implementation, and evaluating the proper role of behavioral interventions within emergency medicine’s traditional focus on management and stabilization of acute illness and injury. In the area of surveillance, important methodological challenges remain in improving the reliability of source data used in national administrative datasets, and expanding use of these datasets by the EM community.

The goals of this conference are to: • Increase awareness of the clinical burden of illness and injury related to risky health behaviors.

• Review the current state of knowledge regarding ED surveillance, screening, and intervention.

• Identify gaps in knowledge regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions.

• Review challenges in the methodology of screening and intervention studies.

• Define a research agenda in ED-based surveillance, screening and intervention.

• Explore options to improve the reliability and usability of administrative datasets used in surveillance.

• Highlight funding sources for future research.

The major output of this conference will be the establishment of a research agenda for emergency physicians and others to study the epidemiology and treatment of risky health behaviors, design evidence-based, cost- and time-sensitive interventions, and examine effects on clinically pertinent outcomes. A related aim will be to identify strategies to demonstrate the importance of ED-based health behavior intervention to educators, policy makers, and funding sources.

Original contributions describing relevant research or concepts in this topic will be considered for publication in the November 2009 special topics issue of Academic Emergency Medicine if received by March 2, 2009. All submissions will undergo peer review and publication cannot be guaranteed. For queries, please contact Steven L. Bernstein, MD, sbernste@montefiore.org or Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, gail.donofrio@yale.edu, Consensus Conference Co-Chairs. Information and updates will also be posted in the Academic Emergency Medicine journal, the SAEM Newsletter and on the SAEM Web site.

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Grant Announcements • STEVEN L. BERNSTEIN, MD, has received a $25,000 grant from the CDC and the Association of American Medical Colleges to create a center to enhance instruction in public health, population health, and prevention for residents in emergency medicine and social medicine.

• DEBORAH GUTMAN, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been awarded $25,000 from the Association of American Medical Colleges, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Gutman’s study, A Longitudinal Curriculum in Public Health for Emergency Medicine Residents, will identify a comprehensive set of public health competencies appropriate for emergency physician training, and develop a both a general public health curriculum to integrate into existing GME educational strategies and a specialized curriculum for several scholarly concentrations in public health. Dr. Gutman has also received an award from the Rhode Island Hospital Graduate Medical Education office. A Learner Responsive Standardized Patient Communication Skills Workshop for Emergency Medicine Interns, and will utilize the Simulation Center to develop six core communications skills scenarios. The program will target new interns in Emergency Medicine and be integrated into their existing month of intern orientation.

• GREGORY JAY, MD, PHD, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been awarded a 2-year R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Jay’s project, Restitution of Lubrication in ACL Deficient

Joints Preventing Wear, will study levels of lubricin in animal models to better understand synovial homeostasis as it relates to lubrication and how chondroprotection can be restored to traumatized joints.

• NATHAN KUPPERMANN, MD, MPH, Professor and Bo Tomas Brofeldt Endowed Chair of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine has received a $2.67 million dollar grant to continue participation of the ACORN node of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), the first federally funded pediatric emergency medicine research network in the United States. The grant, which covers three years, was awarded by the Emergency Medicine Services for Children (EMSC) Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

• SELIM SUNER, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has been awarded $35,000 from the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) through a subcontract with the Division of Engineering at Brown University. Dr. Suner’s study, Rapid and Noninvasive Hemoglobin Determination Using Compact Liquid Crystal Optical Sensors, will assess the potential for different liquid crystal embodiments for a spectral discrimination device and demonstrate the utility of such devices in measuring hemoglobin levels non-invasively in Emergency Department settings. Dr. Suner will also search for alternative applications of liquid crystal spectral discrimination devices in medical diagnostics.

Call for Nominations

Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award Deadline: 4 weeks prior to certificate date SAEM is pleased to sponsor the Excellence in Emergency Medicine award. This award is made available for each medical school to select a senior medical student who has demonstrated excellence in the specialty of emergency medicine. Each medical school is limited to one recipient each year. The student selected from each school for the award will receive: 1. One year subscription to the SAEM monthly journal, Academic Emergency Medicine.

2. One year subscription to the SAEM Newsletter.

3. One academic year Resident/Medical Student membership in SAEM (July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010).

4. A certificate of “Excellence in Emergency Medicine.”

The award form can be located on the SAEM website (www.saem.org), under the Awards section. Let us know the name of the award winner four weeks prior to the date the certificate is needed for graduation/presentation ceremonies. Be sure to fill in the student’s address on the form and their e-mail account, as we need it to be able to send the various subscriptions to the student. You may fax the form to SAEM at 517-485-0801.

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SAEM Grants Available EMS Research Fellowship Grant Application Deadline - November 1, 2008 The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine strives to foster teaching, education, and research in emergency medicine. Through the generous support of Medtronic Physio-Control, this Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides an opportunity for a qualified emergency physician to acquire important skills and begin developing 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 will be weighted equally when evaluating the applications. Leadership will include but is not limited to involvement with administration, education and medical direction.

Selection of the Emergency Medical Services Fellow will weigh equally the fellow applicant, the proposed research project and the environment and opportunities at the institution that will host the fellow. One fellow per year

SAEM/AACEM Education Session During AAMC David Sklar, MD University of New Mexico Saturday, November 1, 2008 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Marriott Riverwalk, Alamo E room San Antonio, TX

Addressing Advocacy as a Role of Academic Emergency Medicine Moderator: David P. Sklar, MD Importance and Impact of Physicians’ Participation in Advocacy – James Tarrant, MA, CAE My Experience inside the Belt Way, What really Happens – Arthur Kellerman, MD Preparing Residents for Advocacy – Making a Difference for Patients? – Theodore Christopher, MD

is selected from the applicant pool. The selected fellow must choose his/her fellowship site prior to applying for the grant and must describe that site in their application.

This grant provides $60,000 for a one-year fellowship for emergency medicine residency graduates at an SAEMapproved fellowship training site. The fellow must have an in-depth training experience in EMS with an emphasis on research concepts and methods. All applications must be submitted electronically on the SAEM website at www. saem.org under the Grants section.

EMF/SAEM Medical Student Research Grant Application Deadline: January 5, 2009 This grant program is sponsored by the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). A maximum of $2,400 over three months is available to a medical student to encourage research in emergency medicine.

This grant is administered by the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF). Please go to their web site, www. acep.org and select the ‘EMF’ quick link.

On November 1, 2008, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, Marriott, Riverwalk, at the AAMC Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, SAEM and AACEM will jointly sponsor a session titled “Addressing Advocacy as a Role of Academic Emergency Medicine.”

Building on our recent success in working with the NIH, this session will explore the important connections between research and education and the political process. Public Health researchers have long recognized the importance of advocacy to bring about legislative changes that impact immunization, injury prevention and access to care. However, academicians have not consistently been engaged in the political process.

The speakers: Arthur Kellerman, MD, Theodore Christopher, MD and James Tarrant, MA, CAE, all have experience at local and national levels for political advocacy and will describe opportunities they can foresee, regardless of the outcome of the elections. They will explain what limitations exist based upon the tax status of the organization and opportunities for partnering with others. Gordon Wheeler, Associate Executive Director of the ACEP Washington office, will respond to the presentations and provide further information concerning the latest updates on bills of interest to emergency physicians.

Following the presentations, the group will discuss priority areas for advocacy for the coming year and options for partnering with other academic groups, specialty organizations and public groups. If you want your voice heard, this will be the place to be.

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Call for Judges

2009 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition Deadline: January 16, 2009 The Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) Task Force of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) is charged with the organization and judging of the 2009 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition jointly sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA and SAEM. As many as 30 individuals will be appointed to the CPC Task Force in one year terms to serve during the entire competition cycle. If a sufficient number of high quality cases are submitted, 5 Team Leaders will coordinate a team of 5 additional judges and will be responsible for the evaluation of cases submitted by Emergency Medicine Residencies for the Preliminary Competition. Cases will be forwarded to the CPC Task Force in March 2009 and must be judged and returned within 10 days. Each member of the CPC Task Force judges must attend the Semi-Final Competition held during the 2009 SAEM Meeting in New Orleans.

Judges must be present during the entire competition that begins at 8:00 am and usually concludes by 5:00 pm.

Team Leaders must also attend and judge the Final Competition held during the 2009 ACEP Scientific Assembly in Boston. A CPC Task Force Meeting is held after each competition.

Membership on the CPC Task Force is open to all Emergency Medicine Faculty. Team Leaders will be appointed based on previous participation as CPC judges. If you or a member of your faculty would like to serve as a CPC Task Force Member and judge the 2009 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition, please contact the CORD Office by e-mail at cord@cordem.org by January 16, 2009. Please indicate if you have served as a CPC judge before.

I hope you’ll consider serving on the CPC Task Force or will encourage a member of your faculty to do so. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me, Douglas McGee, DO, Chair, CPC Task Force at mcgeed@einstein.edu.

Call for Didactic Proposals

2009 Annual Meeting May 14 – 17, 2009 | New Orleans Deadline: September 8, 2008 The Program Committee is inviting proposals for didactic sessions for the 2009 Annual Meeting. Didactic proposals may be aimed at medical students, residents, junior faculty and/or senior faculty. The format may be a lecture, panel discussion, or workshop. The Program Committee will also consider proposals for pre- or post-day workshops or multiple sessions during the Annual Meeting aimed at in-depth instruction in a specific discipline. Didactic proposals must support the mission of SAEM (to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine) and should fall into one of the following categories: • Education (educational research or teaching methodology, improving the quality of education, enhancing teaching skills) • Research (research methodology, improving the quality of research) • Career Development • State-of-the-Art (presentation of cutting-edge basic science or clinical research topics that have important implications for further investigation or the future practice of emergency medicine; note that State-of-theArt sessions are not a review of the literature or a summary of clinical practice).

• Health Care Policy and National Affairs affecting emergency medicine.

The deadline for submission is September 8, 2008 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. Only online submissions will be accepted. To submit a proposal, complete the online Didactic Submission Form at www.saem.org. For additional questions or information, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or call 517-485-5484.

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Call for Submission

Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education Exhibits Deadline: Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Program Committee is accepting Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (IEME) Exhibits for consideration of presentation at the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 14 – 17, 2009 in New Orleans. Submitters are invited to complete an application describing an innovative new educational methodology that they have designed, or an innovative educational application of an existing product. The exhibit should not be used to display a commercial product that is already available and being used in its intended application. Exhibits will be selected based on utility, originality, and applicability to the teaching setting. Commercial support of innovations is permitted but must be disclosed. The descriptions/abstracts of the selected IEME Exhibits will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. However, if submitters have conducted a research project on or using the innovation, the project may be written up as a scientific abstract and submitted for scientific review in the appropriate subject category by the December 4 deadline.

The deadline for submission of IEME Exhibit applications is December 11, 2008 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. Only online submissions using the form on the SAEM website at www.saem.org will be accepted. For further information or questions, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or (517) 485-5484.

Call for Photographs Deadline: January 26, 2009

Original photographs of patients, pathology specimens, gram stains, EKGs and radiographic studies or other visual data are invited for presentation at the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting. Submissions should depict findings that are pathognomonic for a particular diagnosis relevant to the practice of emergency medicine or findings of unusual interest that have educational value. Accepted submissions will be mounted by SAEM and presented in the “Clinical Pearls” session or the “Visual Diagnosis” medical student/resident contest.

No more than three different photos should be submitted for any one case. Submit one hard copy glossy photo (5 x 7, 8 x 10, 11 x 14, or 16 x 20) and a digital copy in JPEG or TIF format on a disk or by email attachment (resolution of at least 640 x 48). Radiographs and EKGs should also be submitted in hard copy and digital format. Do not send X-rays. The back of each photo should contain the contributor’s name, address, hospital or program and an arrow indicating the top. Submissions should be shipped to SAEM, 901 N. Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI, 48906, in an envelope with cardboard, but should not be mounted.

Photo submissions must be accompanied by a brief case history written as an “unknown” in the following format: 1) chief complaint, 2) history of present illness, 3) pertinent physical exam (other than what is depicted in the photo), 4) pertinent laboratory data, 5) one or two questions asking the viewer to identify the diagnosis or pertinent finding, 6) answer(s) and brief discussion of the case, including an explanation of the findings in the photo and 7) one to three bulleted take home points or “pearls.”

The case history for the photograph(s) must be submitted on the template that is posted on the SAEM web site at www.saem.org, under the 2009 Annual Meeting page. The photographs must be submitted electronically to jennifer@ saem.org. The case history is limited to no more than 250 words. If accepted for display, SAEM reserves the right to edit the submitted case history. Submissions will be selected based on their educational merit, relevance to emergency medicine, quality of the photograph, the case history and appropriateness for public display. Contributors will be acknowledged in the Annual Meeting onsite program and the 2009 July/August SAEM newsletter. Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the official SAEM journal, may invite a limited number of displayed photos to be submitted to AEM for consideration of publication. SAEM will retain the rights to use submitted photographs in future educational projects, with full credit given for the contribution.

Photographs must not appear in a refereed journal prior to the Annual Meeting. Patients should be appropriately masked. Submitters must attest that written consent and release of responsibility have been obtained for all photos except for isolated diagnostic studies such as EKGs, radiographs, gram stains, etc. The attestation statement is included in the submission template.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or 517-485-5484.

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Call for Abstracts

Annual Meeting May 14 – 17, 2009 | New Orleans, LA Deadline: December 4, 2008 The Program Committee is accepting abstracts for review for oral and poster presentation at the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting. Authors are invited to submit original emergency medicine research in the following categories: • Abdominal/gastrointestinal/ genitourinary pathology • Administration/health care policy • Airway/analgesia/analgesia • CPR • CV basic science • Cardiovascular (non-CPR) • Clinical decision guidelines • Computer technologies • Diagnostic technologies/radiology

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Disaster medicine • Disease/injury prevention • Education/professional development • EMS/out-of-hospital • Ethics • Geriatrics • Infectious disease • Ischemia/reperfusion • Neurology • Obstetrics/gynecology

Overcrowding Pediatrics Psychiatry/social issues Research design/methodology/ statistics Respiratory/ENT disorders Shock/critical care Toxicology/environmental injury Trauma Wounds/burns/orthopedics

Abstracts detailing Innovations in Emergency Medicine Exhibits (IEME) are also being requested. The online IEME submission form will be posted October 1, 2008 and the deadline for submission is December 11, 2008. The deadline for submission of abstracts for the Annual Meeting is Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time and will be strictly enforced.

The online abstract submission form and instructions will be posted September 2, 2008. Only electronic submissions via the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) online abstract submission form will be accepted, and will be available on the SAEM website at www.saem.org. For further information or questions, contact SAEM at saem@ saem.org or 517-485-5484 or via fax at 517-485-0801. Only reports of original research may be submitted. The data must not have been published in manuscript or abstract form or presented at a national medical scientific meeting prior to the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting. Original abstracts presented at regional meetings in April or May 2009 will be considered. Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the official journal of SAEM. SAEM strongly encourages authors to submit their manuscripts to AEM. AEM will notify authors of a decision regarding publication within 60 days of receipt of a manuscript.

Meeting Announcement & Call for Abstracts

11th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Deadline: September 8, 2008 Emergency Medicine: Past, Present, and Future | September 26 - 27, 2008 Penn State University Hershey Medical Center | Hershey, PA The Program 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.

A kickoff dinner presentation will be on September 26, 2008 starting at 7pm. The highlight on 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, MD, author of “Anyone, Anything, Anytime (A History of Emergency Medicine)” will be featured. CME credit will be offered.

Abstracts must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time, September 8, 2008 to www.saem.org. Acceptance notifications will follow in early September.

Hershey, PA is less than a three hour drive from Washington 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.

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Call for Nominations

Leadership Award Deadline: February 1, 2009 SAEM seeks nominations for the Leadership Award. This award honors a SAEM member who has made exceptional contributions to emergency medicine through leadership - locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. The Awards Committee wishes to consider as many exceptional candidates as possible.

The SAEM Leadership Award is presented during the SAEM Annual Meeting. Candidates are evaluated on their leadership contributions, including but not limited to those related to the following: 1. Emergency medicine organizations and publications.

2. Emergency medicine academic productivity.

3. Growth of academic emergency medicine.

4. Advancement of emergency medicine regionally, nationally or internationally.

Nominations may be submitted by any SAEM member. Nominations should include a copy of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter describing his/her qualifications. Each completed application must include the following: • • • • •

Nominee’s Name (first name, middle initial, last name, earned degrees) Principal Honors and Awards Received Major Leadership Positions Within SAEM Major Non-SAEM Leadership Positions, Societies and Boards Person Nominating Award Candidate (include mailing address, phone and fax numbers and email address) • Statement on how this individual had a positive impact on academic emergency medicine and met the criteria for this award (limited to 2 pages) • While not required, up to 2 additional supporting letters (each limited to 2 pages) may be submitted.

All nominations must be submitted electronically to saem@saem.org. If electronic signature is not available, please submit nomination electronically but provide one hard copy to the SAEM headquarters.

Completed nominations must be received by February 1, 2009.

CPC Competition Submissions Sought Deadline: February 1, 2009 Submissions are now being accepted from emergency medicine residency programs for the 2009 Semi-Final CPC Competition to be held May 13, 2009, the day before the SAEM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The deadline for submission of cases is February 1, 2009 with an entry fee of $250. Case submissions and presentation guidelines are posted on the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) website at www.cordem.org in the CPC Competition page.

Residents participate as case presenters and programs are encouraged to select junior residents who will still be in the program at the time of the Final Competition, which will be held during the 2009 ACEP Scientific Assembly, October 5 – 8 in Boston. Each participating program selects a faculty member who will serve as discussant for another program’s case. The discussant will receive the case approximately 4 – 5 weeks in advance of the competition. All cases are blinded as to final diagnosis and outcome. Resident presenters provide this information after completion of the discussant’s presentation.

The CPC Competition will be limited to 72 cases selected from the submissions. A Best Presenter and Best Discussant will be selected from each of the six tracks. Winners of the Semi-Final Competition will be invited to participate in the CPC Finals.

The CPC Competition is sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA, and SAEM. If you have any questions, please contact CORD by email at cord@cordem.org, or by phone, 517-485-5484.

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Nominations Sought

ABEM Board of Directors Deadline: November 1, 2008 The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) will elect two new directors at its February 2009 Board of Directors meeting. ABEM is soliciting nominations for these two positions from Emergency Medicine organizations, as well as from individuals. ABEM has invited and encouraged SAEM to submit nominations.

The ABEM Nominating Committee will review all nominations and prepare a slate of candidates for consideration by the ABEM Board of Directors, who will vote on this slate at its February 2009 meeting. The newly elected directors will begin an initial four-year term in July 2009. Upon successful completion of that term, he/she will be eligible for election to a second and final four-year term. New directors will attend the summer 2009 ABEM Board meeting as observers.

Nominated physicians must meet the following criteria: • Be a graduate of an ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency program.

• Be an ABEM diplomate for a minimum of ten years.

• Have demonstrated extensive active involvement in organized Emergency Medicine. Ideally, this includes long-term experience as an ABEM item writer, oral examiner, or ABEM-appointed representative.

• Be actively involved in the clinical practice of Emergency Medicine.

Interested SAEM members should send a letter of interest, a current CV, and a letter of willingness to serve as an ABEM director by November 1, 2008 to James Tarrant, SAEM Executive Director, CAE, jtarrant@saem.org.

The SAEM Board will select a slate of nominees to forward to ABEM.

SAEM Ultrasound Interest Group Meeting Minutes Friday, May 30th 1pm | Washington, DC • The meeting was called to session by interest group chair Romolo Gaspari, MD. • Judd E. Hollander, MD presented an award for academic achievement in emergency ultrasound to Vivek Tayal, MD. The process for selection of the recipient of this award was then reviewed by Dr. Gaspari.

• The possibility of revising the structure of the ultrasound interest group into an “academy” was discussed. The group discussed the pros and cons of this change. A recommendation was made to form a workgroup to evaluate this restructuring and report back to the group via listserve and at the next group meeting in Chicago (ACEP Scientific Assembly).

• Christopher Raio, MD summarized the ultrasound consensus meeting that took place in New Orleans at the CORD Academic Assembly. The plan for formation of a consensus document discussing curriculum, resident education, and competency assessment for EM residents in emergency ultrasound was reviewed. Members will present document to CORD in Chicago at the ACEP Scientific Assembly.

• Marina Del Rios, MD discussed opportunity to put together an application for next years AEM consensus conference. A workgroup will be formed to plan an appealing and productive agenda.

• Thomas Cook, MD gave a talk on alternative educational methods using interactive tools online.

• Elections for interest group chair position were held with Anthony Weekes, MD named chair-elect.

• Dr. Raio was installed as the new interest group chair. Goals for the upcoming year were reviewed: Completion of recommendations to CORD for resident education in emergency ultrasound (in collaboration with other leaders in the field of emergency ultrasound); Development of a peerreviewed, national question bank in emergency ultrasound to be available for all Emergency Medicine residency programs; Continued development of emergency ultrasound fellowship website; Evaluate development of emergency ultrasound research collaboration network; Evaluate restructuring of interest group into “academy” format.

• The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:00pm

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Call for Abstract Reviewers Deadline: October 1, 2008 The Program Committee is currently accepting applications to serve as expert reviewers of scientific abstracts submitted for consideration of presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting, which will be held May 14 -17 in New Orleans. The minimum requirement for new abstract reviewers is at least two first author peer-reviewed original research manuscripts in the topic area for which you are applying. Residents are invited to apply but must meet the same criteria. If you have been an abstract reviewer in the past five years, you do not need to reapply.

Interested individuals should electronically submit to saem@saem.org the following by October 1, 2008: an abbreviated CV (full CVs will not be considered) with a detailed listing of peer-reviewed original research publications, review articles, textbook chapters, and prior scientific abstract presentations published on the specific area(s) of expertise selected from the list below: • Abdominal/gastrointestinal/ genitourinary

• Disaster medicine

• Overcrowding

• Disease/injury prevention

• Pediatrics

• Administration/health care policy

• Education/professional development

• Psychiatry/social issues

• Airway/analgesia

• EMS/out-of-hospital

• Research design/ methodology/statistics

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• Ethics

• Respiratory/ENT

• Geriatrics

• Shock/critical care

• Infectious disease • Ischemia/reperfusion

• Toxicology/environmental injury

• Neurology

• Trauma

• Obstetrics/gynecology

• Wounds/burns/orthopedics

• Cardiovascular (non-CPR) • Clinical decision guidelines • Computer technologies • Diagnostic technologies/ radiology

Each year, the Program Committee selects approximately six reviewers for each of the topic areas, including expert reviewers and members of the Program Committee. Therefore, not every approved reviewer will be invited to review each year. Individuals selected to review submitted abstracts will be expected to review up to 100 abstracts, must adhere to the SAEM abstract scoring system, and must submit their abstract scores by the deadline. The deadline for authors to submit abstracts is December 4, 2008. Abstracts will be sent for review by December 8 and abstract scores will be due by noon on December 22. All scores will be submitted online.

Call for Nominations

Special Recognition/Leadership Award Deadline: February 15, 2009 Nominations are being sought for the SAEM Special Recognition/Leadership Award. This award was designed to enable the Society to recognize individuals who have made, or are making a substantial contribution to the Society, organized medicine, or global health. Nominees may be a physician or a non-physician, but must be a current or previous member of SAEM. Types of activities to be considered are: humanitarian, international, political, or governmental service. The nominee’s activities in these areas should be in line with and reflective of the SAEM mission, which is: “To improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine.”

All nominations must be submitted electronically to saem@saem.org with the subject line as: Special Recognition/ Leadership Award. If electronic signature is not available, please submit the nomination electronically but provide one hard copy to SAEM headquarters. The Awards Committee will consider nominations each year, but the award may not necessarily be awarded annually.

Completed nominations must be received by February 15, 2009.

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Call for Nominations

Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award Deadline: February 15, 2009 SAEM is proud to announce the Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award. This award recognizes an SAEM member who has made significant contributions to the advancement of women in academic emergency medicine. The nomination of both women and men who have contributed toward this goal will be accepted.

The Awards Committee wishes to consider as many exceptional candidates as possible. This new award will be presented during the SAEM Annual Meeting. Candidates are evaluated for their impact on advancing the individual and collective successes of women in academic emergency medicine positions. This award is intended to address contributions not addressed by other SAEM Awards.

Nominations may be submitted by any current SAEM member. Nominations should include a copy of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter describing his/her qualifications. Each completed application must include the following: • Nominee’s Name (first name, middle initial, last name, earned degrees) • Person Nominating Award Candidate (include mailing address, phone and fax numbers and email address) • Statement on the impact in individual women or groups of women in academic emergency medicine with clear examples and detail (limited to 2 pages) • While not required, up to 2 additional supporting letters (each limited to 2 pages) may be submitted.

All nominations must be submitted electronically to saem@saem.org. If electronic signature is not available, please submit nomination electronically but provide one hard copy to the SAEM headquarters.

Completed nominations must be received by February 15, 2009.

Call for Nominations

Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award Deadline: February 1, 2009 SAEM seeks nominations for the Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award. This prestigious award is presented to a member of SAEM who has made outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through research, education and scholarly accomplishments. The Awards Committee wishes to consider as many exceptional candidates as possible.

The Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award is presented during the SAEM Annual Meeting. Candidates can be nominated by any SAEM member and are evaluated by the Awards Committee on their accomplishments in emergency medicine, including: 1. Teaching a. Didactic/Bedside b. Development of new techniques of instruction or instructional material. c. Scholarly works. d. Presentations. e. Recognition or awards by students, residents, or peers.

2. Research and Scholarly Accomplishments a. Original research in peer-reviewed journals. b. Other research publications (e.g., review articles, book chapters, editorials) c. Research support generated through grants and contracts. d. Peer-reviewed research presentations e. Honors and awards.

The nomination must include 1) a current CV of the candidate and 2) a cover letter by the nominator addressing above areas and the impact on emergency medicine and physicians, maximum of 2 pages. While not mandatory, a maximum of 2 additional support letters may be forwarded, each with a 2 page limit.

All nominations must be submitted electronically to saem@saem.org. If electronic signature is not available, please submit nomination (cover letter) electronically and provide one hard copy to the SAEM headquarters.

Completed nominations must be received by February 1, 2009.

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Call for Nominations

Young Investigators Award Deadline: December 15, 2008 SAEM recognizes up to 3 candidates for the Young Investigators Award each year. This award recognizes SAEM members who have demonstrated commitment and achievement in research during the early stage of their academic career. The Society’s core mission includes the creation of knowledge (in addition to the spread of knowledge), and this award recognizes those who have achieved early success in this sphere.

The SAEM Young Investigators Award is presented during the SAEM Annual Meeting. Any SAEM member may nominate a candidate.

The specific criteria for the award include: 1. Training and certification in emergency medicine or an ABEM specialty.

2. Evidence of research collaboration with a senior clinical investigator/scientist. This may be in the setting of a collaborative research effort or a formal mentor-trainee relationship.

3. Academic accomplishments which may include: a. Post-graduate training/education: research fellowship, master’s program, doctoral program, etc. b. Publications: original scientific manuscripts (one of the two most weighted criteria), abstracts, review articles, chapters, case reports, etc. c. Grant awards (also one of the most weighted criteria). d. Presentations at scientific meetings. e. Research awards/recognition.

Candidates must not have completed initial residency training before June 30, 2001.

The nomination must include 1) a current CV of the candidate and 2) a cover letter by the nominator addressing above areas and the impact/ future potential of the work on emergency medicine and physicians (maximum of 2 pages.) While not required, no more than 2 additional support letters may be forwarded, each with a 2 page limit.

All nominations must be submitted electronically to saem@saem.org. If electronic signature is not available please submit nomination (cover letter) electronically and provide one hard copy to the SAEM Headquarters.

Completed nominations must be received by December 15, 2008.

The SAEM Newsletter is limited to postings for fellowship and academic positions available and offers classified ads, quarter-page, half page and full page options.

The SAEM Newsletter publisher requires that all ads be submitted in camera ready format meeting the dimensions of the requested ad size. See specific dimensions listed below.

• A full page AD costs $1250.00 (7.5” wide x 9.75” high) • A half page AD costs $675 (7.5” wide x 4.75” high) • A quarter page AD costs $350 (3.5” wide x 4.75” high) • A classified AD (100 words or less) is $120 We appreciate your proactive commitment to education, as well as personal and professional advancement, and strive to work with you in any way we can to enhance your goals.

Contact us today to reserve your Ad in an upcoming SAEM newsletter. The due dates for 2008 are: February 1, 2008 for the March/April issue April 1, 2008 for the May/June issue June 1, 2008 for the July/August issue

August 1, 2008 for the September/October issue October 1, 2008 for the November/December issue December 1, 2008 for the January/February 2009 issue

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CLASSIFIEDS University of California, Irvine – Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a HS Clinical Instructor - Research Fellow for July, 2009. UC Irvine Medical Center is a Level I Trauma center with 2200 runs/year, 40,000 ED census. This two-year research fellowship will include formal public health education leading to an MPH degree coupled with training in injury prevention with a traffic safety focus.

Completion of an ACGME accredited Emergency Medicine Residency is required prior to start. Salary is commensurate with the level of clinical work. Send CV, statement of interest, and three letters of recommendation to: Federico Vaca, MD, MPH, FACEP, at Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Irvine Medical Center, Route 128-01, 101 The City Dr, Orange, CA 92868, or email to fevaca@uci.edu, 714-456-6986, www.ucihs. uci.edu/ctipr/. The University of California, Irvine, is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.

University of California, Irvine – Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking applicants for the fellowship in Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine for July 1, 2009. UCI Medical Center is a Level I Trauma center with 2200 runs/year and a 40,000 ED census. Fellows serve as HS Clinical Instructors. The program combines the disciplines of emergency management/disaster medicine and public health with traditional emphasis on EMS research. A key focus of the fellowship is health policy and health services systems research including mass casualty management and triage. Completion of American council of graduate medical education (ACGME) accredited Emergency Medicine Residency required prior to start. The twoyear combined program, with an integrated Masters of Public Health, will be jointly administered by Director, EMS and Disaster Medicine. Salary commensurate with level of clinical work, send CV, statement of interest and three letters of recommendation to: Carl Schultz, MD. Department of Emergency Medicine, Route 128, UC Irvine Medical Center, 101 City Drive, Orange, CA 92868. The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.

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 and affiliated hospitals. Duties and primary responsibilities include didactic and bedside teaching with medical students and residents; participation in other educational activities.

Conducts translational research in laboratory settings and/or clinical settings with medical students and/or residents. 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.

The University of Pittsburgh – Department of Emergency Medicine offers fellowships in the following areas: • Toxicology • Emergency Medical Services

• Research • Education

Fellows enroll in a Master’s level program as a part of all fellowships. We provide intensive training and interaction with the nationally-known faculty from the Department of Emergency Medicine, with experts in each domain. Faculty appointments may be available and fellows assume limited clinical responsibilities in the Emergency Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and affiliated institutions. We provide experience in basic or human research and teaching opportunities with medical students, residents and other health care providers. The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Each applicant should have an MD/DO background or equivalent degree and be board certified/prepared in emergency medicine (or have similar experience). Please contact Donald M. Yealy, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 to receive information.

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Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Newsletter

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 901 N. Washington Avenue Lansing, MI 48906

2008-2009 SAEM Board of Directors Katherine L. Heilpern, MD President

Executive Director James R. Tarrant, CAE

Jill M. Baren, MD President-Elect

Advertising Coordinator Maryanne Greketis, CMP mgreketis@saem.org

Jeffrey A. Kline, MD Secretary-Treasurer

Send Articles to: Anna Ashworth techsupport@saem.org

Judd E. Hollander, MD Past President Leon L. Haley, Jr, MD, MHSA Cherri D. Hobgood, MD Debra Houry, MD, MPH O. John Ma, MD

The SAEM newsletter is published bimonthly by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAEM.

Adam J. Singer, MD For newsletter archives and e-Newsletters Click on Publications at www.saem.org

Ellen J. Weber, MD Joseph Becker, MD

FUTURE SAEM ANNUAL MEETINGS 2009 2010 2011 2012

May 14 - 17 June 3 - 6 June 1 – 5 May 9 – 13

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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

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Midwest Regional Meeting September 29, 2008, Coralville, Iowa Contact Hans House, MD at hans-house@uiowa.edu with questions.

Western Regional Research Forum January 30-31, 2009 Park City, Utah Contact Kelsey Klem at klemke@ohsu.edu Register before December 29th, 2008 to get the Early Bird Rate.

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