CURRICULUM VITAE Laura Pimentel, MD MMM CPE CMO, Maryland Emergency Medicine Network Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine University of Maryland, School of Medicine 6/26/2007 PERSONAL INFORMATION CMO, Maryland Emergency Medicine Network Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Division of Emergency Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine 22 South Greene Street, Suite 280 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Phone (410) 328-8025 Fax Number (410) 545-5167 E-mail doctorlaura3@gmail.com 2007 – Present Interim Chairman Department of Emergency Medicine Upper Chesapeake Health Services Bel Air, MD EDUCATION 1975 - 1979 Bachelor of Science, Psychology Major, Biology Minor, Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences, Washington, DC 1979 - 1983 Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 1997 - 1999 Business of Medicine Certificate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 2003 Certificate of Medical Management, American College of Physician Executives and Carnegie Mellon University 2004 Master of Medical Management, Carnegie Mellon University 2005 Certified Physician Executive, American College of Physician Executives POST GRADUATE EDUCATION 1983-1984 Transitional Internship, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 1984-1986 Emergency Medicine Residency, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 1986 Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical center, Tacoma, Washington
CERTIFICATIONS 1984-1986 Advanced Trauma Life Support 1984-2006 Advanced Cardiac Life Support 1985 Diplomat, Federal Licensing Exam 1987 Diplomat, American Board of Emergency Medicine, recertified, 1997 1988-1990 Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support 1989-1991 Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider 1995-2006 Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support MEDICAL LICENSURES 1985 Washington State (inactive) 1990 Washington, DC (inactive) 1990 Maryland MILITARY SERVICE nd 1979-1983 2 Lieutenant, US Army Reserves 1983-1989 Captain, Active Duty, US Army Medical Corps 1989-1990 Major, Active Duty, US Army Medical Corps 1990 Honorable Discharge EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Faculty Appointments 1988 ACLS Affiliate Faculty, Military Training Network, Honolulu, Hawaii 1989-1990 Faculty, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 1990-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 1996-2004 Faculty Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland Major Clinical Tasks 1986-1987 Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 1987-1988 Assistant Chief, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 1990-1993 University of Maryland School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Residency Coordinator, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 1993-1994 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Faculty Director of
Emergency Services, Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 1994-1995 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Residency Coordinator, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 1995-Present Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 1984-Present American College of Emergency Physicians 1998-2006 American Academy of Emergency Medicine 1999-Present American College of Physician Executives (Lifetime member) 2000-Present Society for Academic Emergency Medicine HONORS AND AWARDS 1984 Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 1985 Best Resident and Best Overall Presentation, Southern Medical Association/American College of Emergency Physicians, Case Presentation Competition, New Orleans, Louisiana 1989 US Army Commendation Medal 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award for Leadership/Administrative Curriculum, Awarded by the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Institutional Service 1995-present Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy Medical Center • • •
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Responsibilities: Provide leadership and medical direction for 50,000 visit emergency department in an urban teaching hospital. Successfully manage annual physician services budget of $5 million to the satisfaction of School of Medicine and Mercy Medical Center administrations. Directly manage 15 faculty physician FTEs who provide or supervise all clinical care in Mercy’s emergency department. th Coordinate clinical rotations for approximately 10 4 year medical students, 15 internal medicine interns, and 12 emergency medicine residents per year. Provide support for 1-3 emergency medical services and research fellows by reserving half time clinical instructor faculty positions at Mercy Represent the School of Medicine on the Medical Executive Committee and multiple other hospital committees at Mercy Medical Center.
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Provide consultation to hospital administration on risk management situations involving emergency care Participate in sentinel event investigations Work 2 clinical shifts per week including teaching and supervision of residents, interns, and medical students Report to Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at Mercy Medical Center. Accomplishments: Presided over 6% annual growth in patient volume and hospital admissions from the emergency department over the past 10 years. Worked with the faculty physicians and hospital administration to design state-of-the-art renovated and expanded clinical space opened in January 2003. Modernized communication, documentation, and information systems within the department to support efficiency and quality care. Successfully worked with the faculty and hospital administration to achieve and maintain the lowest number of Yellow Alert (ambulance bypass) hours in Baltimore City for the past 6 years. Maintained patient satisfaction for overall emergency services and physician services that has th exceeded the 90 percentile of a national benchmark for the past 4 years. th Maintained medical staff satisfaction exceeding 90 percentile of national benchmark. Successfully integrated bedside ultrasound into the daily clinical practice in Mercy’s emergency department; this effort included implementation of a rigorous QA mechanism and credentialing process for faculty emergency physicians Established a rigorous peer review process for evaluation of all quality concerns involving emergency department care; our process constitutes a subcommittee of the Medical Staff Quality Assurance committee Complete absence of litigation against emergency physicians or staff over the past 10 years.
1995-present Emergency Department Leadership Committee 1995-present ACLS Instructor; 1995-1997 Mercy Medical Center GME Committee 1997-2001; 2006-present Mercy Medical Center ACLS medical director 1995-present Medical Executive Committee 1996-present Medical Staff Quality Assurance Committee 1997-2000 Administrative Council 2000-present Medical Records Committee 2000-present Ethics Committee 2002-present Utilization Management 1992-present Interviewed 20 candidates per year for the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine residency including categorical, combined internal medicine and combined pediatric programs 2001-2002 Emergency Medicine In-Service Mentoring: I mentored 1 emergency medicine resident, Dr. Gina Schindelheim, by reviewing exam questions and emergency medicine core curriculum topics for 1-2 hours every other month over the academic year. 2004-2005 Introduction to Clinical Medicine preceptor for 7 first year medical students
2005-present Lead preceptor for a group of 7 (year one) and 6 (year two) 2 year physical diagnosis medical students
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2005 Arranged special public policy Grand Rounds presentation attended by a large representation of School of Medicine Faculty and local legislators entitled “On the Road to Revolution: Fear and Loathing in the US Healthcare System� delivered by former Oregon Governor and emergency physician John Kitzhaber th 2006-present Participated each month in the lecture series for 4 year medical students rotating in the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine by delivering a one hour lecture on skin and soft tissue infections National Service 2004-present Peer Reviewer, Journal of Emergency Medicine 2006 External Reviewer, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology 2005-present American College of Emergency Physicians Practice Management Committee Regional Service 2000-present Board of Directors, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates 2002-present Alternate Councilor, Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians 2004-present Board of Directors, Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians 2006-present Chairman, Public Policy Committee, Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians 2005 Quality Reviewer, Maryland Board of Physicians Local Service 11/2006 Continuing Medical Education Lectures to Baltimore City EMS Providers
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES 1995-present Clinical supervision and teaching of 1 emergency medicine
th resident, 1 internal medicine intern, and intermittently 1-2 4 year medical student during clinical shifts in the emergency department. Usual contact time is 8 hours per week over 46 weeks of the year. nd 1992-1993 Physical Diagnosis Instructor for 2 year Medical Students, University of Maryland School of Medicine: I met with 2 medical students for 2 hour blocks every other week during the academic year. 1995-present Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor, University of Maryland and Mercy Medical Center 2000-2001 Administrative Rotation for Senior Residents, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. I met with 1 -2 residents for 2 hour periods on a monthly basis to discuss emergency medicine administration and professionalism. 2003-2006 Leadership and Administrative Curriculum Design and Implementation, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine Residency Program: I designed and implemented this curriculum. It consists of monthly formal 1 hour presentations to the University of Maryland Emergency th Medicine residents, faculty, and rotating 4 year medical students. Selected readings are assigned prior to most lectures. I delivered most lectures personally. Individual lecture titles are listed in my teaching portfolio. Topics have included physician leadership qualities, medical errors in the emergency department, health care law, economics of emergency medicine, ethical challenges in clinical care, and much more. I have arranged for guest lecturers to present selected topics. These have included elected officials for discussions of health care policy. 2004-present Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Physical Diagnosis preceptor GRANT SUPPORT Active Protocol 2004-2005 Protocol H-23258 “Pro-BNP for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients Presenting with Dyspnea” Multi-center clinical trial of the utility of the serum marker, pro-BNP for diagnosis and prognostication of congestive heart failure in emergency department patients with shortness of breath. I am the principal investigator at the Mercy Medical Center emergency department clinical site. The project’s principal investigator is Dr. Christopher DeFilippi at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Cardiology. Funding source: Dade Behring, Inc. Costs: $80,000.00 for enrollment of 100 patients at Mercy. PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed) 1. Gatrell CB and Pimentel L: Abdominal aortic aneurysm with aortocaval fistula: an unusual
cause of dyspnea and edema. Annals of Emergency Medicine 14(9):889-896, 1985. 2. Pimentel L: Nursemaid’s elbow: Radiographic findings. Letter to the Editor, Pediatric Emergency Care 6(3):255, 1990 3. Pimentel L and Hughes B: Amantadine toxicity presenting with complex ventricular ectopy and hallucinations. Pediatric Emergency Care 7(2):89-92, 1991 4. Pfaff JA and Pimentel L: Chlamydia antigen testing on female patients presenting to the emergency department. Military Medicine 156 (7):362-362, 1991 4. Pimentel L: Mother and child: Trauma in pregnancy. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 93(3)549-564, 1991 4. Pimentel L: Medical complications of oncologic disease. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies, 11 (2):407-419, 1993 4. Sirois JG and Pimentel L: Prognostic Value of the Emergency Department for in-hospital complication of acute myocardial infarction. Annals of Emergency Medicine 22(10):1568-1572, 1992. 4. Pimentel L and Trommer L: Cyclic antidepressant overdoes, a review. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 12(2):533-547, 1994 4. Pimentel L, Booth D, Greenwood J, Browne B: Secondary acute narrow Angle glaucoma: a complication of AIDS. Journal of Emergency Medicine 15(6):811-814, November-December , 1997 4. Pimentel L and McPherson S: Community-acquired pneumonia in the Emergency department: a practical approach to diagnosis and management. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders Company, August, 2003 4. Pimentel L: Scurvy: historical review and current diagnostic approach. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2(4):328-332, July, 2003 4. Pimentel L and K Hansen KN: Thyroid disease in the emergency department: a clinical and laboratory review. Journal of Emergency Medicine 28(2):201-209, February, 2005 4. Pimentel L. Antibiotic resistance to community-acquired infections: clinical impact on emergency department practice. Emergency Medicine Reports 26(22):269-280, October 17, 2005 4. Pimentel L: Orthopedic trauma: office management of extremity injuries. Medical Clinics of North America 90: 355-382, 2006 4. Pimentel L: Statistical Process Control: Managing Change and Understanding Variation. ACPE’s Leading Edge Online Magazine 2(4): Fall 2005 4. Pimentel L: Tackling the MRSA epidemic: How should you change your practice? Practical Summaries in Acute Care 1(3):17-24: March, 2006 4. Pimentel L and Mayo D: Chronic methadone therapy complicated by torsades de Pointes: a case report. Journal of Emergency Medicine accepted for publication.
PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles (Non-Peer Reviewed) 1. Pimentel L and Mayo D: Lightning and electrical injuries. Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 17 (9):1-8, May 2003 Book Chapter 1. Pimentel L and McPherson S; “Oncologic Emergencies”: In Howell, Altieri, Jagoda, et al (eds) Emergency Medicine, W.B. Saunders Company 1998, 00 693-712. 2. Thoureen T, Pimentel, L, and Meltzer A; “Maternal Evaluation”: In Quirk, Garry, and Figueroa (eds) Trauma in Pregnancy, Cambridge University Press, In Press. 3. Pimentel L; “The Healthy Emergency Department”: In Croskerry, Cosby, Schenkel, Wears (eds) Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine, Lippincott, In Press. PRESENTED ABSTRACTS 1. Sirois JG and Pimentel L: “The prognostic value of emergency department ECGs for in-hospital complications of acute myocardial infarctions.” International Conference of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington, DC, May 9, 1992. Abstract published Annals of Emergency Medicine 21(4): April 1992. 2. Kuo D, Hirshon J, Pimentel L. “Compliance with mandatory syndromic surveillance using emergency department information surveillance.” American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly Research Forum, October 2002. Listed Annals of Emergency Medicine October 2002, part 2. 3. Pimentel L, Martin BK: “Emergency department utility of ultrasensitive thyroid stimulating hormone levels.” Southeastern Regional Conference of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Poster presentation, March 2004. 4. Pimentel L, Martin BK: “Emergency department utility of ultrasensitive thyroid stimulating hormone levels.” New York State Regional Conference of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Poster presentation, March 2004.
INVITED SPEECHES AND LECTURES 1. Health Care Financing: Can the Safety Net be Saved? February 9, 2007, Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students. 40 participants (est.) 2. Emergency Medicine Economics. January 2005, Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Teaching Conference, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students. 30 participants (est.) 3. Health Care Law. January 2005, Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Teaching Conference, Johns
Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 particpants (est.) 4. Office Emergencies: Pearls from the Emergency Department. June 2004, Maryland Academy of Family Physicians Annual Assembly, Ocean City, MD; Audience: Family medicine physicians. 200 participants (est.) 5. Emergency Department Information Systems: Leveraging Technology for Patient Safety: September 2004, Leveraging and Optimizing Emergency Department Information Systems Conference, World Research Group, Chicago, IL; Audience: Emergency physicians, hospital administrators. 40 participants (est.) 6. Munchausen’s Syndrome in the Emergency Department: March, 1999, Maryland American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency physicians, 50 participants (est.) 7. Trauma in Pregnancy. May, 1997, Mercy Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Obstetricians, obstetrical residents, and medical students. 20 participants (est.) 8. Prehospital Management of Diabetic Emergencies. April 1994, State of Maryland Emergency Medical Services Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians, 60 participants (est.) 9. Mother and Child: Trauma in Pregnancy. May 1991, Society for the Advancement of Emergency Medical Care, Leningrad, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic; Audience: Russian physicians, 200 participants (est.) 10. Salicylate Toxicity. February 1991, Johns Hopkins Toxicology Conference, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Audience: Emergency Medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 60 participants (est.)
TEACHING PORTFOLIO Leadership and Administration Curriculum 1. “Integrity, the foundation of effective leadership” July 2003, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Readings: Souba WW: Eyewitness to Leadership, Am Surg. 2003 Jan;69(1):56-8. DePree, M: Chapter 2 from Leadership is an Art, Doubleday 1988 2. “The leadership power of relational coordination” University of Maryland School Of Medicine, th Baltimore, MD August 2003; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Gittell, JH: Chapter 3-5 from The Southwest Airlines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2003 3. “Emotional intelligence: a predictor of success” September 2003, University of Maryland School Of
th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Goleman, D: The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders from Hesselbein F and Johnson R, On Mission and Leadership, Jossy-Bass 2002 4. “Leadership and lifelong learning” October 2003, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, th Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Chapter 12 Leadership and Llifelong Learning in Kotter JP, Leading Change, Harvard Business School Press 1996 5. “To err is human: reducing errors in the emergency department” November 2003, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, th and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Executive Summary pg. 1-5 and Chapter 8 Creating Safety Systems in Health Care Organizations in To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, The National Academy Press 1999 6. “Institute of Medicine Report 2001: Crossing the Quality Chasm – Application to Emergency Medicine Practice” December 2003, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; th Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Chapter 8 Aligning Payment Policies with Quality Improvement in Crossing the Quality Chasm: st A New Health System for the 21 Century, The National Academy Press 2001 7. “EMS and administration in-service exam review” January 2004, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 8. Guest lecturer, Dr. Thomas Gilbert, “Observation services in the emergency department” February 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine th faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Readings: Ross MA, Compton S, Richardson D et al. The use and effectiveness of an ED observation unit for elderly patients. Ann Em Med 41(5) May 2003, pg. 668-677. Brillman J, Mathers-Dunbar L, Graff L, et al. Managing observation units. Ann Em Med 25(6) June 1995, pg. 823-830. 9. “Overview of health care law: Part I” March 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, th Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Readings: Case Law, Fraud and False Claims: US v. Greber; Corporate Practice of Medicine: Flynn Brothers v. First Medical Associates et al. 10. “Overview of health care law: Part II” April 2004, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Case Law, Federal Antitrust: Patrick v. Burget 11. Guest lecturer, Dr. DePriest Whye, “Risk management in emergency medicine” May 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty,
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“Emergency department administration: an overview” July 2004, University of Maryland th School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.)
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“Physician leadership” August 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, th MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Readings: Wright SM, Kern DE, Kolodner K, et al.: Attributes of Excellent Attending Physician Role Models; NEJM 1998;339:1896-93
14. Guest Lecturer, Dr. Kraig Melville, “Job searching and interviewing skills: Part I” September 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine th faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 15.
“Leveraging technology for patient safety” October 2004, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.)
16. Guest Lecturer, Dr. Kraig Melville, “Job searching and interviewing skills: Part II” November 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine th faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 17. “Emergency medicine practice: Physician reimbursement strategies” December 2004, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, th residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 18.
“Emergency medicine economics and policy” January 2005, University of Maryland School th Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.)
19. “The malpractice insurance crisis: Impact on emergency medicine practice” March 2005, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, th residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 20. Guest Lecturer, Dr. Larry Linder, “Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: Impact on emergency medicine practice” April 2005, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, th Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) 21. Guest Lecturers, Dr David Hexter and Maryland State Delegate Christopher Shank, “Health care policy and emergency medicine practice” May 2005, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 50 participants (est.) 22.
“Integrity: The foundation of physician leadership” July 2005, University of Maryland School
th Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Readings: Souba WW: Eyewitness to Leadership, Am Surg. 2003 Jan;69(1):56-8. Enzenaur RW: Leadership insights of Xenophon, Physician Executive Journal. July-August 2004, pg. 3437. 23.
“Ethical challenges for emergency physicians” August 2005, University of Maryland School th Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: McCullough L: Primer in Bioethics (selected excerpts) from Center for Medical Ethics and Health: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 24.
“National Disasters: EM physician response” September 2005, University of Maryland School th Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Cone DC, Weir SD, and Bogucki S: Convergent Volunteerism, Ann EM 2003;41: 457-462.
25. “Patient Satisfaction: Characteristics of the Successful Physician” October 2005, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, th and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Walsh DP, Seff LR, and Mayer TM: Customer Relations in the Emergency Department in …. And Wellstood K, Wilson K, Eyles J: “Unless you went in with your head under your arm”: Patient perceptions of emergency room visits, Social Science & Medicine 2005; Articles in Press. 26.
“Mid-level providers in Emergency Medicine” November 2005, University of Maryland th School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.)
27. Guest Lecturer, Dr. Glenn Treisman, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, “DNR Orders and Ethical Decision-Making at the End of Life” December 2005, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency th medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.). Reading: DNR Orders handout written by Dr. Treisman. 28.
“Emotional intelligence: a predictor of success” January 2006, University of Maryland School th Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.)
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“Leadership and lifelong learning” February 2006, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.). Reading: Chapter 12 Leadership and Llifelong Learning in Kotter JP, Leading Change, Harvard Business School Press 1996. 30.
“Leadership lessons from the Mayo Clinic” March 2006, University of Maryland School Of th Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.) Reading: Berry, Leonard L: “The Collaborative Organization: Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic” Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 33(3), p. 228-242, 2004.
31. Guest Lecturer, Dr. Thomas Gilbert, “Observation services in the emergency department” April 2006, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: Emergency th medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.). 32. Guest Lecturer, Dr. DePriest Whye, “Risk management in the emergency department. The UMMS experience” May 2006, University of Maryland School Of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; th Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and 4 year medical students. 30 participants (est.). MEDICAL STUDENT TEACHING 1. “Skin and soft tissue infections” University of MD School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: 16 th 4 year medical students on emergency medicine elective rotation. July 14, 2006; August 11, 2006; September 12, 2006; October 6, 2006, December 1, 2006 2. Toxicology seminar small group faciliatator: University of MD School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Audience: 12 PGY-2 medical students. November 8, 2006 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE Second year student physical diagnosis group coordinator, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD; September, 2005 through May, 2006. Served as main preceptor and coordinator for 7 second year medical students for physical diagnosis. 1. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; November 16, 2004. Audience: 7 first year students 2. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; November 30, 2004. Audience: 7 first year students 3. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; December 14, 2004. Audience: 7 first year students 4. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; February 22, 2005. Audience: 7 first year students 5. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; March 1, 2005. Audience: 7 first year students 6. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; March 29, 2005. Audience: 7 first year students 7. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; April 19, 2005. Audience: 7 first year students 8. First year student history-taking preceptor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; May 3, 2005. Audience: 7 first year students
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EMERGENCY MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS/TEACHING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. “Hypertensive Emergencies” September 1990; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, 20 participants (est.) 2. “Emergency department evaluation and treatment of bacterial meningitis” March 1992; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 25 participants (est.) 3. “Hypertensive Emergencies” August 1992; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 25 participants (est.) 4. “Diabetic Ketoacidosis” October 1992; Audience Emergency medicine faculty, resident, and medical students, 25 participants (est.) 5. “Emergency department evaluation of acute weakness” April 1993; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 25 participants (est.) 6. “Adult respiratory distress syndrome: Emergency department management and pathophysiology” October 1994; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 50 participants (est.) 7. “Rapid evaluation and treatment of acute myocardial infarction” July 1995; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 40 participants (est.) 8. “Munchausen’s syndrome in the emergency department” March 1999; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 40 participants (est.) 9. “Emergency department administration” May 2000; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 50 participants (est.) 10. “Trauma in pregnancy” April 2001; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 50 participants (est.) 11. “Emergency department administration” November 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 50 participants (est.) UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY FIFTH HOUR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. “Skin and soft tissue infections” July 2001; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.) 2. “Neurological emergencies” March 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.) 3. “Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” April 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.) 4. “Hematological emergencies” May 2002; “Neurological emergencies” March 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.)
5. “Emergency management of abdominal pain and refusal of care” July 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.) 6. “High risk headaches” August 2002; Audience: Emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students, 30 participants (est.) MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INTERNAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. “Salicylate toxicity” Fall 1991; Audience: Internal medicine, residents, interns, 3 medical students, 20 participants (est.)
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“Emergency department evaluation of acute weakness” July 1996; Audience: Internal medicine, rd th residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 5.
“Emergency department evaluation of acute weakness” February 1998; Audience: Internal rd th medicine, residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 6.
“Muchausen’s Syndrome in the emergency department” May 1999; Audience: Internal medicine, rd th residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 7. “Soft tissue infections” November 2001; Audience: Internal medicine, residents, interns, 3 th 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.)
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“Physician leadership: the engine of success” March 2003; Audience: Internal medicine, residents, rd th interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 9.
“IOM Report: To err is human: reducing errors in the emergency department” November 2003; rd th Audience: Internal medicine residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 10.
“Office emergencies: Pearls from the emergency department” August 2004; Audience: Internal rd th medicine, residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 11.
“Emergency department information systems: Leveraging technology for patient safety” rd th December 2004; Audience: Internal medicine, residents, interns, 3 and 4 year medical students, 20 participants (est.) 12.
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EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENT ADMINISTRATIVE ROTATION 1.
Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, July 2000. Audience: Emergency Medicine Residents, 2 participants
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, September 2000. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, November 2000. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, December 2000. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, March 2001. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, May 2001. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant
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Administrative Rotation: Attending Physician Success Qualities, Mercy Medical Center, June 2001. Audience: Emergency Medicine Resident, 1 participant BALTIMORE CITY EMS CONTINUING EDUCATION LECTURES
1. “Congestive heart failure protocol update; evaluation of shortness of breath” November 16,17,21; Baltimore Fire Academy, Baltimore, MD. Audience: Paramedics, 50 participants PARAMEDIC LECTURES TO ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PREHOSPITAL PROVIDERS 1. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Spring 1991; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 2. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Fall 1991; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 3. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Spring 1992; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 4. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Fall 1992; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.)
5. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Spring 1993; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 6. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Fall 1993; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 7. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Spring 1994; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 8. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Fall 1994; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 9. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Spring 1995; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) 10. “Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies” Fall 1995; Paramedic CME course, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Audience: Paramedics, 45 participants (est.) ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT TEACHING PRESENTATIONS 1. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Bradyarrhythmias, Transcutaneous Pacing, and Airway Adjuncts” University of Maryland Medical Center, September, 1998. Audience: physicians and nurses, 40 participants (est.) 2. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Bradyarrhythmias, Transcutaneous Pacing, and Airway Adjuncts” University of Maryland Medical Center, October, 1998. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 40 participants (est.) 3. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Megacode Teaching and Testing; University of Maryland Medical Center; May 1999. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 24 participants (est.) 4. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Bradyarrhythmias, Transcutaneous Pacing, and Airway Adjuncts” University of Maryland Medical Center; October 1999. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 40 participants (est.) 5. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; March 2000. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 6. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture and Skill Station: “Airway Management” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; June 2000. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 7. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture and Skill Station: “Airway Management” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; February 2001. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 8. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; March 2001. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 9. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; May 2001. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 10. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; May 2002. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.)
11. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; October 2002. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 12. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; June 2003. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 13. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Tachydysrhythmias,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; October 2004. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.) 14. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Lecture: “Myocardial Infarction/Stroke,” Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; March 2001. Audience: Physicians and nurses, 20 participants (est.)