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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.
Special Notice: Faculty Recruitment
The Emergency Medicine Department is currently recruiting for two faculty positions. For more information on these positions, follow the links below:
News and Announcements
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.
Congratudaltion 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
August Grand Rounds
"A Stroke of Good Luck: Opportunities for Emergency Medicine in Acute Stroke" with
Dr. Edward Jauch.
August 17, 2011, at 10am
Click HERE for details.
September Grand Rounds
"SBIRT: Screening and Brief Intervention in the ED" with Dr. Kerry Broderick.
September 7, 2011 at 10am
Click HERE for details.
October Grand Rounds
"Practice Variation: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions"
Dr. Erik Kulstad
October 12, 2011 at 10am
Click HERE for details.
November Grand Rounds
"Evolving Stategies in Early Sepsis Management"
Dr. Alan Jones
November 16, 2011 at 10am
December Grand Rounds
TBA
Dr. N. Ewan Wang
December 14, 2011 at 10am
