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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine

Publications

Browse the list below to catch up on the most recent faculty publications. For more information on our research, see the Emergency Medicine section on Northwestern Scholars.

  1. Hwang U, Sifnugel N, Cohen I, Han L, Araujo K, Bianco LM, Brandt CA, Capelli S, Carpenter CR, Cruz DS  et al.  The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Standardization Study (GEARSS): An Observational Study of Older Emergency Department Patients.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Jul 12;. doi:10.1111/acem.70101
  2. Fellner A, Kim HS  Usual Care for Low Back Pain at United States Emergency Departments, 2016-2022.  Ann Emerg Med  2025 Jul 11;. pii:S0196-0644(25)00378-6
  3. Baloescu C, Bailitz J, Gottlieb M  User Trust in Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound-Reply.  JAMA Cardiol  2025 Jul 02;. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2025.2056
  4. Kim J, Kim HS, Nam M, Chae YK  Tissue-agnostic biomarkers in solid tumors: current approvals and emerging candidates.  Cancer Metastasis Rev  2025 Jun 27;44(3):58. pii:58
  5. Gupta M, Schoettler ML, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait S, Orozco G, Battiwalla M, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Savani BN, Schoemans H  et al.  Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Study.  Transplantation  2025 Jun 23;. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005397
  6. Gupta M, Schoettler ML, Orozco G, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait S, Battiwalla M, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Savani BN, Schoemans H  et al.  Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Study.  Transplantation  2025 Jun 23;. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005377
  7. Lee S, Suh M, Ragsdale L, Seidenfeld J, van Oppen JD, Lapointe-Shaw L, Diniz Hooper C, Jaramillo J, Wescott AB, Lo AX  et al.  A systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Jun 19;. doi:10.1111/acem.70074
  8. Kim HS, Woo W, Choi YG, Bharat A, Chae YK  Novel association between graft rejection and post-transplant malignancy in solid organ transplantation.  World J Transplant  2025 Jun 18;15(2):102384. pii:102384
  9. Klein MR, Loke DE, Mitchell ME, Barsuk JH, McGaghie WC, Salzman DH  Developing Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curricula for Emergency Medicine Skills Training.  AEM Educ Train  2025 Jun;9(3):e70058. pii:e70058
  10. McCarthy DM, Malone S, Papanagnou D, Leiby BE, Doty AMB, Watts P, Yadav R, Pugliese JK, Woodworth J, Camacho TE  et al.  Targeted EHR-based communication of diagnostic uncertainty (TECU) in the emergency department: Protocol for an effectiveness implementation trial.  Contemp Clin Trials  2025 Jun;153:107910. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.107910
  11. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Aljumaily R, Win KZ, Pejovic T, Thomas SS, Robinson WR, Kim HS, Chung LI  et al.  A phase II basket trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: durable responses and delayed pseudoprogression in small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type cohort.  Cancer Commun (Lond)  2025 May 22;. doi:10.1002/cac2.70020
  12. Gifford A, McClellan C, Daven M, Ellenbogen M, Foster B, Gil H, Johnson J, Jobe D, Carpenter CR, Dresden SM  et al.  Engaging Community Reviewers: The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0)-Advancing Dementia Care Network Approach.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2025 May 16;. doi:10.1111/jgs.19515
  13. Ngoc Nguyen O, Amin D, Bennett J, Hetlevik Ø, Malik S, Tout A, Vornhagen H, Vellinga A  GP or ChatGPT? Ability of large language models (LLMs) to support general practitioners when prescribing antibiotics.  J Antimicrob Chemother  2025 May 02;80(5):1324-1330. doi:10.1093/jac/dkaf077
  14. Desai AN, Jacobs E, Ogedegbe O, Rubenfeld G, Berlin J, Shulman L, O'Cearbhaill R, Studenski S, Powell E, Mmeje O  et al.  The Global Public Health Imperative-Where Do We Go From Here?  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e2517283. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.17283
  15. Greenwood-Ericksen M, Kamdar N, Swenson K, Pruitt P, McCrum ML, Paul G, Myaskovsky L, Kocher KE, Zachrison KS  Emergency Department Boarding, Inpatient Census, and Interhospital Transfer Acceptances.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e2512299. pii:e2512299
  16. Caretta-Weyer HA, Schnapp BH, Brown CA, Fant A, Gisondi MA, Kropf CW, Magda M, Pirotte M, Scott KR, Yarris LM  Implementing the 5 Core Components of Competency-Based Medical Education in US Emergency Medicine Residency Programs.  J Grad Med Educ  2025 May;17(2 Suppl):57-63. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-24-00639.1
  17. Trueger NS, Friedman AB  Triage, the Tip of the Shears.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e258508. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8508
  18. Dresden SM, Dickens JC, Lo AX  Emergency Care for Persons Living with Dementia.  Emerg Med Clin North Am  2025 May;43(2):235-248. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2024.09.002
  19. Cohen I, Curiati PK, Morinaga CV, Han L, Gandhi T, Araujo K, Avelino-Silva TJ, Bianco LM, Brandt CA, Capelli S  et al.  The PRO-AGE Tool and Its Association With Post Discharge Outcomes in Older Adults Admitted From the Emergency Department.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2025 May;73(5):1419-1428. doi:10.1111/jgs.19374
  20. Strickland KJ, Kim HS, Seitz AL  Application of Algorithm-Based Treatment Approach to Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department.  Phys Ther  2025 Apr 02;105(4). pii:pzaf016
  21. Kim HS, Gupta R, Rali P  Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Lung Transplant Recipients: Data From a Nationwide Registry.  Pulm Circ  2025 Jan;15(1):e70056. pii:e70056
  22. Fihn SD, Jacobs EA, Kim HS, Perencevich EN  JAMA Network Open-The Year in Review, 2024.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Mar 03;8(3):e257199. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.7199
  23. Sanford TJ, Kaul P, McCarthy DM  Response to Tangkamolsuk and La RE: Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):378-379. doi:10.1111/acem.70007
  24. Baloescu C, Bailitz J, Cheema B, Agarwala R, Jankowski M, Eke O, Liu R, Nomura J, Stolz L, Gargani L  et al.  Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound by Nonexperts.  JAMA Cardiol  2025 Mar 01;10(3):245-253. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4991
  25. Sanford TJ, Kaul P, McCarthy DM  Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):300-308. doi:10.1111/acem.15047
  26. Kontrick AV, Alinger JB, Goins EC, Mollo AF, Cruz DS, McCarthy DM  Documentation of incidentally noted hepatic steatosis to emergency department patients: A retrospective study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):284-291. doi:10.1111/acem.15044
  27. Ambroggio L, Florin TA, Williamson K, Bosma G, Wagner BD, Yeomans L, Kim JH, Sucharew H, Macaluso M, Ruddy RM  et al.  Urine Metabolites of Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia.  J Infect Dis  2025 Feb 12;. pii:jiaf072
  28. Kim HS, Schauer JM, Kan AK, Alinger JB, Strickland KJ, Garreau A, McCarthy DM, Taylor ZB, Fishman IL, Muschong KM  et al.  Emergency Department Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Dizziness and Vertigo: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Feb 03;8(2):e2459567. pii:e2459567
  29. Woo W, Kim HS, Bharat A, Chae YK  The association between pretransplant malignancy and post-transplant survival and cancer recurrence in bilateral lung transplantation: An analysis of 23,291 recipients.  JHLT Open  2025 Feb;7:100161. pii:100161
  30. Royan R, Ayodele I, Stamm B, Alhanti B, Sheth KN, Pruitt P, Mac Grory BC, Meurer WJ, Prabhakaran S  Door-In-Door-Out Times at Referring Hospitals and Outcomes of Hemorrhagic Stroke.  Ann Emerg Med  2025 Feb;85(2):132-143. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.09.002
  31. Klein MR, Loke DE, Barsuk JH, Adler MD, McGaghie WC, Salzman DH  Twelve tips for developing simulation-based mastery learning clinical skills checklists.  Med Teach  2025 Feb;47(2):212-217. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2024.2345270
  32. Liu H, Zhang W, Di M, Lee H, Shi L, Wang X, Xingyu Z, Powers CA, Sethi V, Li X  et al.  Survival benefit associated with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma based on tumor burden scores at listing.  Hepatol Commun  2025 Jan 01;9(1). pii:e0619
  33. Itzkowitz NG, Burford KG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Prevalence of indications of alcohol and drug use among patients treated for injurious falls by Emergency Medical Services in the USA.  Inj Prev  2025 Jan 02;. pii:ip-2024-045447
  34. Chera T, Tinetti M, Travers J, Galske J, Venkatesh AK, Southerland L, Dresden SM, McQuown C, Gettel CJ  "What Matters" in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Analysis of Older Adults' Concerns and Desired Outcomes.  Med Care  2024 Dec 01;62(12 Suppl 1):S50-S56. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000002053
  35. Lo AX, Shih RD, Rackman AS, Kennedy RE  Challenges for emergency departments: Anti-amyloid therapy and amyloid-related imaging abnormalities in persons with dementia.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2024 Dec;72(12):3945-3949. doi:10.1111/jgs.19099
  36. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Gerber DE, Tanvetyanon T, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Lopez G, Chen HX  et al.  Phase II trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors SWOG/NCI experience: invasive mucinous or non-mucinous lepidic adenocarcinoma of the lung (formerly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma).  Ther Adv Med Oncol  2024;16:17588359241293401. pii:17588359241293401
  37. Olson AS, Li-Sauerwine S, Kraut AS, Burns W, Williamson K, Branzetti J, Hartman ND, Oskvarek JJ, Aldeen A,   Perceptions of the current and future emergency medicine workforce.  J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open  2024 Oct;5(5):e13279. pii:e13279
  38. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel S, Powers B, Hsueh CT, Govindarajan R, Bucur S, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod C  et al.  Phase II basket trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: the desmoid tumors.  J Immunother Cancer  2024 Sep 28;12(9). pii:e009128
  39. Kannam A, Cowett A, Caruso K, Lau K, Allen K, Lank PM, McCarthy DM, Kim HS  Fentanyl test strip distribution acceptability and use among substance-related emergency department visits.  Acad Emerg Med  2024 Sep;31(9):925-928. doi:10.1111/acem.14934
  40. Burford KG, Itzkowitz NG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Clinical trauma severity of indoor and outdoor injurious falls requiring emergency medical service response.  Inj Epidemiol  2024 Aug 09;11(1):36. pii:36
  41. Chan JL, Tsay S, Sambara S, Welch SB  Understanding the Use of Mobility Data in Disasters: Exploratory Qualitative Study of COVID-19 User Feedback.  JMIR Hum Factors  2024 Aug 01;11:e52257. pii:e52257
  42. AbiNader MA, Rundle AG, Park Y, Lo AX  Population-Level Surveillance of Domestic Assaults in the Home Using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS).  Prev Sci  2024 Aug;25(6):882-890. doi:10.1007/s11121-024-01683-w
  43. McHugh MC, Muschong KM, Bradley SM, Lo AX  Perspectives from persons living with dementia and their caregivers on emergency department visits, care transitions, and outpatient follow-up: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2024 Aug;31(8):767-776. doi:10.1111/acem.14898
  44. Fridland S, Kim HS, Chae YK  Differential impact of intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) on survival outcomes in early-stage lung squamous and adenocarcinoma based on tumor mutational burden (TMB).  Transl Lung Cancer Res  2024 Jul 30;13(7):1481-1494. doi:10.21037/tlcr-24-226
  45. Klein MR, Leibowitz MK, Fant AL  Evidence-Informed Emergency Medicine Career Advising.  AEM Educ Train  2024 Jun;8(3):e10969. pii:e10969
  46. Yeung SJ, Qdaisat A, Bischof JJ, Caterino JM, Kyriacou DN, Coyne Md C  A case series of adrenal insufficiency (likely due to hypophysitis) in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Jun;80:227.e1-227.e5. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2024.04.046
  47. Dirr MA, Ahmed A, Schlessinger DI, Haq M, Shi V, Koza E, Ma M, Christensen RE, Ibrahim SA, Schmitt J  et al.  Rosacea Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials and Practice: A Consensus Statement.  JAMA Dermatol  2024 Jun 01;160(6):658-666. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.0636
  48. Burford KG, Itzkowitz NG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Clinical Trauma Severity of Indoor and Outdoor Injurious Falls Requiring Emergency Medical Service Response.  Res Sq  2024 May 07;. pii:rs.3.rs-4202941
  49. Pruitt P, Castillo R, Rogers A, Prabhakaran S, Muschong K, Scudder M, McCarthy DM, Holl JL, Courtney DM, Borczuk P  et al.  External Validation of a Tool to Identify Low-Risk Patients With Isolated Subdural Hematoma and Preserved Consciousness.  Ann Emerg Med  2024 May;83(5):421-431. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.481
  50. Serina PT, Xu C, Baird J, Wang HE, Donnelly JP, Amanullah S, Lo AX  Emergency department resource utilization among nursing home residents, a National Cross-Sectional Study.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Apr;78:76-80. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2024.01.008

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