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Leadership Greater Chicago Signature Fellows Program
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Quarles who was recently selected into the Leadership Greater Chicago Signature Fellows Program.
Welcome new Assistant Program Director
Dr. Kelly Williamson joins the residency leadership team as an Assistant Program Director.
Meet our new Assistant Program Director & Assistant Clerkship Director
After completing the Northwestern Medical Education Fellowship, Dr. Matthew Klein joins our residency and clerkship teams in dual leadership roles.
Medical Education Fellow
Learn more about Dr. Dana Loke, Medical Education Fellow with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern.
Clinical Operations & Administration Fellow
Learn more about Dr. Kumar Gandhi, Clinical Operations & Administration Fellow with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern.
Clinical Operations & Administration Fellow
Learn more about Dr. Luke Neill, Clinical Operations & Administration Fellow with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern.
NMH ED Physician Extends the Reach of Disaster Relief
Learn more about Dr. Jennifer Chan, Director of Global Emergency Medicine for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern.
Quality Improvement Initiative - Opioid Prescribing
Dr. Howard Kim and the EM team through the Academy of Quality and Safety Improvement (AQSI) program recently published findings of opioid prescribing reduction in the Emergency Department by providing peer-comparison prescribing feedback
EMRA 45 under 45
Congratulations to Dr. Seth Trueger who was recently named one of EMRA's 45 Under 45 Influencers in Emergency Medicine. These recipients are accomplished influencers in emergency medicine who are helping to shape the future in communities, hospitals, and the specialty.
Health Navigator
Amazon recently acquired start-up Health Navigator, founded by faculty member David Thompson, MD. Health Navigator provides online symptom checking and triage tools to companies that are looking to route patients to the right point of care.
Publications
Pendergrast TR, Jain S, Trueger NS, Gottlieb M, Woitowich NC, Arora VM Prevalence of Personal Attacks and Sexual Harassment of Physicians on Social Media. JAMA Intern Med 2021 Jan 04;. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7235
Kenny JF, Hemmert KC, Lo AX Implementing geriatric emergency departments across a large hospital system: operational considerations and the evidence gap. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2020 Dec;1(6):1288-1290. doi:10.1002/emp2.12304
Kim HS, Ciolino JD, Lancki N, Strickland KJ, Pinto D, Stankiewicz C, Courtney DM, Lambert BL, McCarthy DM A Prospective Observational Study of Emergency Department-Initiated Physical Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain. Phys Ther 2020 Dec 22;. pii:pzaa219
Pruitt P, Naidech A, Prabhakaran S, Holl JL, Courtney DM, Borczuk P External Validation of a Tool to Predict Neurosurgery in Patients with Isolated Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurg 2020 Dec 10;. pii:S1878-8750(20)32562-6
