Emergency Medicine Research Faculty

D. Mark Courtney, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Research Director

Email: mcourtney@nmff.org

Research Training: Fellowship, 2000 - 2001, Carolinas Medical Center

Areas of Interest:

• Hematological Disease

Publications:

• Kline JA, Courtney DM, Beam DM, King MC, Steuerwald M. Incidence and Predictors of Repeated Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography in Emergency Department Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Oct 4.

• Kline JA, Courtney DM, Kabrhel C, Moore CL, Smithline HA, Plewa MC, Richman PB, O’Neil BJ, Nordenholz K. Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria. J Thromb Haemo. 2008 May; 6(5):772-78.

Rahul Khare, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Email: rkhare@northwestern.edu

Research Training: Fellowship, 2006 - 2008, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University

Areas of Interest:

• Cost-effective analysis of new technology
• Large database outcomes research
• Operations research using computer simulation modeling of the ED

Publications:

• Khare RK, Powell ES, Reinhardt G, Lucenti M. Adding More Beds to the Emergency Department or Reducing Admitted Patient Boarding Times: Which Has a More Significant Influence on Emergency Department Congestion? Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Sep 9.
• Khare RK, Courtney DM, Powell ES, Venkatesh AK, Lee TA. Sixty-four-slice Computed Tomography of the Coronary Arteries: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Low-risk Chest Pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Jul; 15(7): 623-32.

Amy Kontrick, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Email: a-kontrick@northwestern.edu

Areas of Interest:

• Medical Education

Demetrios Kyriacou, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Research Director

Email: d-kyriacou@northwestern.edu

Research Training:

Areas of Interest:

• Epidemiology

Publications:

• Wang TC, Kyriacou DN, Wolf MS. Effects of an Intervention Brochure on Emergency Department Patients' Safe Alcohol Use and Knowledge. J Emerg Med. 2008 May 5.

• Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Soltysik RC, Self WH, Wunderink RG, Schmitt BP, Parada JP, Adams JG. Derivation of a Triage Algorithm for Chest Radiography of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Jan; 15(1):40-44.

Peter Pang, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Email: ppang@northwestern.edu

Areas of Interest:

• Cardiopulmonary/Cardiovascular
• Communication in the Emergency Department

Publications:

• Heart Failure Executive Committee, Peacock WF, Fonarow GC; Heart Failure Diagnosis Subcommittee, Ander DS, Maisel A, Hollander JE, Januzzi JL Jr, Yancy CW; Heart Failure Risk Stratification Subcommittee, Collins SP, Gheorghiade M, Weintraub NL, Storrow AB, Pang PS, Abraham WT, Hiestand B; Heart Failure Treatment Subcommittee, Kirk JD, Filippatos G, Gheorghiade M, Pang PS, Levy P, Amsterdam EA. Society of Chest Pain Centers Recommendations for the evaluation and management of the observation stay acute heart failure patient: a report from the Society of Chest Pain Centers Acute Heart Failure Committee. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2008 Jun; 7 (2): 83-6.

• Pang PS, Cleland JG, Teerlink JR, Collins SP, Lindsell CJ, Sopko G, Peacock WF, Fonarow GC, Aldeen AZ, Kirk JD, Storrow AB, Tavares M, Mebazaa A, Roland E, Massie BM, Maisel AS, Komajda M, Filippatos G, Gheorghiade M. A Proposal to Standardize Dyspnoea Measurement in Clinical Trials of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: the Need for a Uniform Approach. Eur Heart J. 2008 Mar; (6):816-24.

Paula Tanabe, PhD, RN - Research Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Email: ptanabe2@nmff.org

Research Training: Fellowship, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University

Areas of Interest:

• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Health Services

Publications:

• Tanabe P, Gisondi M, Medendorp S, Engeldinger L, Graham L, Lucenti M. Should You Close Your Waiting Room? Addressing ED Overcrowding Through Education and Staff-Based Participatory Research. J Emerg Nurs. 2008 Aug; 34(4):285-289.

• Pearlman MK, Tanabe P, Mycyk M, Zull DN, Stone DB. Evaluating Disparities in Door-to-EKG Time for Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain. J Emerg Nurs. 2008 Oct; 34(5):414-8.