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Welcome to the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. We are dedicated to the ongoing developments and improvements in the quality and efficiency of clinical care, achievements in science, success in medical student and resident education, and breakthroughs in technology that improve patient care delivery. All of the programs within emergency medicine are geared toward a single vision, which is the achievement of the best patient experience.
News and Announcements
Congratulations to Dr. Amer Aldeen on the publication of the second edition of his book, “Questions to help you pass the EM boards”
Congratulations to EM Department Chair Dr. James Adams and EM Department Administrator, Brian Spector, MPA, who planned this year’s AACEM/AAAEM national meeting in Washington, DC on April 2-4th. This year’s conference brought together over 130 EM chairs and their administrators from across the country to discuss current issues facing the specialty, network, participate in workshops on leadership, and hear from leaders at the national level, including AHRQ, NHLBI, ABEM, AAMC, and MGMA.
Congratulations to Katherine Torres, executive assistant to the chair, and Arthur knight, assistant to the vice chair, DA and faculty affairs resource coordinator, whose administrative support was instrumental in the months leading up to the conference, as well as staffing of the event a huge success. You can read more about the AACEM and AAAEM at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine website.
WELCOME CLASS OF 2016!!!
Congratulations to Dr. Usha Periyanayagam, who has been selected as a participant in the Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program. She will travel to Indonesia to complete a clinical rotation at Alam Sehat Lestari in Sukadana, West Kalimantan, Borneo. You can find more details about the program, here.
Submission deadlines are fast approaching for the Global Health Council's 39th annual Global Health Conference, You can find more details, including links to the Global Health Council's web site, here.
You can go to the Global EM page to find initial details about the African Conference on Emeregency Medicine, which will take place in October of 2012.
In celebration of EM Resident Appreciation Day 2012, the faculty of Northwestern Emergency Medicine Residency gifted each resident with a custom fleece-lined jacked. We celebrated Resident Appreciation Day a little early, on February 29th, so that the residents have a treat to look forward to on the morning of the ABEM In-Training Exam.
Dr. Rahul Khare has returned from his third volunteer trip to Haiti, where he gave lectures on Emergency Medicine and worked side by side with Haitian doctors at the Justinian University Hospital in Cap Haitian. You can read a full article about his experience here, or look through the blog he kept during his time there.
Congratulations to Dr. Usha Periyanayagam, who just took first place, and three thousand dollars in prize money, in the Resident Research Competition at the AAEM Scientific Assembly in San Diego! Usha expertly presenter her project, "Predictors of Assault in Female Trauma Patients in Illinois", fielding numerous questions with oustanding detail and great poise. She really did a wonderful job.
Rahul Khare, MD, emergency medicine, was interviewed live on FOX Chicago regarding cold weather safety. Khare comments that minor injuries such as bumps, bruises and sprains and sprains from slips and falls, as well as major injuries, such as hypothermia, are all very common this time of year and offers tips on how to stay out of the emergency department this winter.
Rahul Khare, MD, was interviewed live on Fox Chicago about cold weather safety. You can watch the interview here to see his commentary on everything from minor like sprains from slips and falls to major concerns like hypthothermia, as well as various tips for how to stay safe.
Dr. James Adams, MD, is featured in an article titled PerformanceMetrics Improve ED Efficiency in January's Emergency Medicine News Journal. You can read the article at the Emergency Medicine News Website.
Rahul Khare, MD, will be speaking at the January 20th Northwestern University Value and Innovation in Healthcare Delivery (NUVIHD) Seminar Series. You can find more details form the NUVIHD's event flyer, here.
Congratulation to the members of our faculty and staff who will be publishing Patient Input into the Development and Enhancement of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions: a Focus Group Study in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Contributing authors include James Adams, MD, Barb Buckley, RN, Kirsten Engel, Md, Victoria Forth, MA, Danielle McCarthy, MD, Michael Schmidt, MD, and PAula Tenabe, PhD, MPH, RN.
A listing of Global EM conferences for the 2012 year are now posted on our global EM page. You can check them out on the site's Calender, or on the 2012 Global EM Conference page.
Congratulations to Peter Pang, M.D, who was recently selcted to recieve a KL2 Award, begining in the summer of 2012. This is an NIH award through the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS). Peter will be part of the Multridisciplinary Clinical and Translational SCientist (MCTS) Scholars program.You can read more about the MCTS and NUCATS here.
Congratulations to Brian Patterson, who has published his MPH thesis in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. You can read the article, titled "Cost-effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination of Older Adults in the ED, here.
Congratulations to Barbara Buckley, who recieved the 2011 Annual ENA Conference Poster Award for Research while representing our department's Davee research team at this year's Emergency Nurses' Association conference in Tampla, Florida.
Ccares and the the Center for Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning have been featured in the Chicago Tribune. You can read the article here.
Congratulations to Department Chair Dr. James Adams, who received the Hal Jayne Educational Excellence Award! This prestigious award is presented to a memeber of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) who has made outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through the teaching of others and improving knowledge about the teaching of learners. You can read Dr. Adams' response, published in the most recent SAEM Newsletter.
Congratulations to Dr. Usha Periyanayagam, who has been awarded the TeamHealth INDUS Grant for Global Emergency Medical Sciences! Usha will travel to India with Dr. Mamta Swaroop from the Division of Trauma Surgery as part of the grant and its related educational and research programs. Dr. Swaroop and Dr. Marie Crandall have been wonderful mentors for Usha on the project that earned her this award: Racial Disparities in Trauma in the United States. Thanks and congratulations to each of them.
Congratulations to resident Kori Sauser (NUEM 2012) who was recently selected for the extremely competitive Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program! She will be pursuing her research training after Northwestern at the University of Michigan.
Older Northwestern EM News can be found in our News Archive.
Events
January Grand Rounds
"Human Interaction: Practical Ways to Prevent Malpractice”
Dr. Greg Henry
January 25, 2012, at 10am
February Grand Rounds
"New Drugs of Abuse"
Dr. Mark Mycyk,
Cook County Hospital.
February 8, 2012 at 10am
March Grand Rounds
"Critical Care"
Dr. Scott Weingart,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
March 28, 2012 at 8am
"Biomarkers in Acute Cardiorenal Syndromes "
Dr. Alan Maisel,
Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System
March 29, 2012 at 9am
"Documentation, Coding & Billing for Emergency Medicine"
Dr. John Boe,
Indiana University
March 29, 2012 at 10am
April Grand Rounds
"Sore Throats That Kill"
Dr. Gene Hern,
Highland-Oakland CA
April 18, 2012 at 10am
May Grand Rounds
“Cardiac Arrest Care: Winning Hearts and Brains”
Dr. Bentley Bobrow,
Marcopia Medical Center, AZ
May 30, 2012 at 10am
