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Accreditation
New Fellow
New Faces
Faculty Announcements
Residency Announcements
Lectures / Presentations
Publications
ACEP 2011
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Issue: #8October 2011
Accreditation

We are happy to announce that the ACGME Residency Review Committee has granted the UCSF-SFGH EM Residency Program five-year full accreditation! The next Site Visit will be in September 2016. Special thanks to everyone who helped make this possible. We could not have done this without your support.

New Fellow

Dr. Starr (Roneesha) Starr KnightKnight has joined the DEM at UCSF as a Clinical Fellow in emergency ultrasound having completed her residency at Highland Hospital.  Starr is from the Los Angeles inner city and has dedicated herself to serving indigent and underrepresented communities locally and abroad.  She is a mentor for undergraduate minorities through the Physicians Medical Forum as well as Mentoring in Medicine.  She has served as an ultrasound instructor in developing nations such as Kenya and El Salvador as well as more developed ones.  She enjoys camping, live music, festivals, basketball, running, drum circles, and going out.   

New Faces
Welcome (again) to Dr. Eric Suess and Dr. Melanie Watts who joined our group in September at UCSF Medical Center. Dr. Suess will also be working at SFGH.  (See last month's newsletter to read more about them.)
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Dr. Eric Suess                                          Dr. Melanie Watts

Faculty Announcements
Dr. Jacqueline Nemer is teaching the Debriefing Workshop for Orientation Day at the Teaching and Learning Center of UCSF on Oct 11th from 3:00-4:30pm.

Dr. Jeff Tabas is Acting Chair of the CME governing board. He is covering the CME office while Dr. Baron is on sabbatical for the year.

 

Dr. Jeff Tabas was invited to be a member of UCSF's medical education monthly leadership meeting chaired by the new Vice Dean of Education, Catherine Lucey.

Residency Announcements

Congratulations to Dr. Dina Wallin who is now a member of the AAEM/RSA Vice President's Council!  

Lectures / Presentations

Dr. Renee Hsia is invited to speak at a press and policy briefing held by Health Affairs on "Disparities in Health and Health Care" in Washington DC on October 6, 2011, on the topic of geographical access to trauma centers.

 

Dr. Renee Hsia will present her poster, "Effect of Trauma Center Closures on In-Hospital Mortality," at the American College of Surgeons National Meeting in San Francisco on October 26.  

 

Dr. Renee Hsia will be giving Grand Rounds at OHSU on November 2 on "The 10,000-ft view of emergency care in the United States: How it affects everyone," in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Maria Raven was invited to speak in New York on September 23 at a forum on Supportive Housing's role in redesigning healthcare for the most vulnerable hosted by the Supportive Housing Network of New York and Common Ground. She was part of panel which discussed "Re-Imagining Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable: What is Supportive Housing's Role? "  
Publications

Meeker E, Weber EJ, Dennehi C, Kayser S. Emergency Department Management of Patients on Warfarin. Therapy. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2011; 58:192-199.

 

Weber EJ, McAlpine I, Grimes B. Mandatory triage does not identify high-acuity patients within recommended periods. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2011: 58:137-142. 

 

Hsia RY, Shen YC. Rising Closures of Trauma Centers Disproportionately Burdens Vulnerable Populations. Health Affairs (October 5, 2011).

   

Shen YC, Hsia RY. (2011). Does Decreased Access to Emergency Departments Affect Patient Outcomes? Analysis of AMI Population 1996-2005. Health Services Research (forthcoming). NIHMS317156

  

Hsia RY, Srebotnjak T, Kanzaria HK, McCulloch C, Auerbach AD. System-Level Health Disparities in California Emergency Departments: Are Minorities and Poorly Insured Patients At Higher Risk of Losing Their EDs? Annals of Emergency Medicine (forthcoming).

  

Newgard CD, Zive D, Rea T, Bulger E, Holmes J, Liao M, Staudenmayer K, Hsia RY, Wang NE, Sporer KA, Fleischman R, Haukoos J, Jui J, Gubler D, Mann NC, Hedges JR. A Multi-Site Assessment and Validation of the ACSCOT Trauma Triage Criteria for Identifying Seriously Injured Children and Adults. Journal of the American College of Surgeons (forthcoming).

  

Raven MC, Doran K, Gillespie C, Kostrowski SM, Elbel BD "An Intervention to Improve Care and Reduce Costs for High-Risk Patients with Frequent Health Services Use," BMC Health Services Research (forthcoming).   

 

Raven MC, Gillespie C, Van Busum K, DiBennardo R, Elbel BD "Vulnerable Patients' Perceptions of Health Care Quality and Quality Data," Medical Decision Making (forthcoming).  

ACEP Scientific Assembly 2011
The American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2011  will be held on October 15-18 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center.

Dr. Jeff Tabas is Chair of the meeting.  See the schedule below for dates and times of events where our faculty and residents will be presenting and where you can participate. If you would like to join the group for dinner on Sunday night, click on Eve Phong below to RSVP.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

Procedural Cadaver Labs / Jeff Tabas (Co-Director), Nate Teismann, David Malmud, Jackie Nemer, Eric Isaacs, Preston Maxim

 

Advanced EMS Practioners' Forum and Workshop / Karl Sporer (invited speaker)

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

EMRA EM Resident Sim War Competition / Jackie Nemer (planning, case development and judging)

 

7:30 AM - 9:00AM

Lightning Oral Presentation - Does Chest CT Detect Clinically Significant Injuries Missed on Chest X-Rays in Blunt Trauma Patients? / Bory Kea

 

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

SA-04 Pain and Sedation in the Trauma Patient / David Duong

SA-05 Infectious Disease Jeopardy / Rachel Chin

 

8:00 AM - 9:50 AM

SA-11 Driving too FAST: Pitfalls in FAST Scan Imaging Lab (Limited to 25 participants) / Starr Knight

 

SA-13 Surviving Sepsis: Improving Care Through an Innovative Learning Workshop (Limited to 150 participants) / Rob Rodriguez

 

8:00 AM - 10:50 AM

SA-14 Advanced Bedside Echocardiography Lab (Limited to 25 participants) / Warren Wiechmann

 

12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

SA-27 Driving too FAST: Pitfalls in FAST Scan Imaging Lab (Limited to 25 participants) / Starr Knight

 

3:00 PM - 4:50 PM

SA-49 Driving too FAST: Pitfalls in FAST Scan Imaging Lab (Limited to 25 participants) / Starr Knight

 

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

SA-60 Tattoos, Earrings, and Other Body Modifications: ED Implications and Complications / Rachel Chin

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

SU-82 Toxicology Lab (Limited to 90 participants) / Rais Vohra

 

8:00 AM - 9:50 AM

SU-87 Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Lab / Ralph Wang

 

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

SU-105 Toxicology Lab (Limited to 90 participants) / Rais Vohra

 

12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

SU-121 Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Lab / Ralph Wang

 

3:00 PM - 4:50 PM

SU-145 Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Lab / Ralph Wang

 

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

SU-156 Cutting-Edge: Highlights of Emergency Medicine Research (No badge or course ticket is required) / Michael Callaham

 

7:30 PM - Dinner for PGY-4s and Faculty at First Crush Restaurant - RSVP to Eve Phong to reserve a seat.

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17

9:00 AM - 10:50 AM

MO-189 So You Want a New Job?: Time to Update Your CV (Limited to 45 participants) / Susan Promes

 

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

MO-195 Head and Neck Trauma in Children: To Scan or Not to Scan and Other Questions / Judy Klein

 

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

MO-204 Broken, Not Fractured / Greg Hendey

 

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

MO-214 Burning Down the House: Smoke Inhalation, Cyanide Toxicity, and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Craig Smollin

MO-215 HIV and the Emergency Department / Rachel Chin

 

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

MO-225 Advanced Wound Closure Techniques / Michelle Lin

 

5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

MO-250 Anti-DON'Ts: Cases in Poisoning Management / Craig Smollin

MO-255 Hematology/Oncology Emergencies in Children / Judy Klein

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

TU-264 Management of Difficult Dislocations / Greg Hendey

TU-268 Tricks of the Trade: Helpful Hints for the Daily Practice of Emergency Medicine / Michelle Lin

 

8:00 AM - 9:50 AM

TU-269 Maintaining Your ABEM Certification: Preparing for the 2011 LLSA Test / Susan Promes

 

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

TU-287 Palliative Care Toolkit and Tips: What Can You Do Differently for Better Outcomes? / Eric Isaacs

TU-288 Pediatric Abdominal Trauma / Judy Klein

 

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

TU-292 Back Pain: Cases that You Simply Cannot Miss! / Michelle Lin

TU-294 Bone Chillin'! Orthopedic Reductions and Regional Blocks / Greg Hendey

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Patrick Lenaghan, John Stein and Nate Teismann, "Sonographic Assessment of Optic Disk Swelling"

 

Clement Yeh, Evan Bloom, Prasanthi Ramanujam, "A Comparison of Time to Scene Response Intervals for Acute Stroke: Is Time Saved by Red Lights and Siren Response?"

 

Chris Fee, Renee Hsia, "Emergency department length of stay as a quality measure: Will there be unintended consequences for safety-net emergency departments?" #266

 

Hangyul Chung-Esaki, "Validation of a prediction instrument for endocarditis in injection drug users with fever"

 

Julian Villar, "Latino and African American Adolescent and Young Adult Homicide Mortality Peak: Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System 2005-2008"

 

Save the Dates
October 16, 7:30 pm Dinner at First Crush Restaurant, 101 Cyril Magnin Street, SF, 94102, for PGY-4 and faculty.  RSVP to Eve Phong ASAP.

October 20, 8:30 am Grand Rounds Speaker Mike Gibbs, MD (Maine Medical Center), Case Studies in Airway Management

October 21-23 Faculty Retreat, Lafayette Park Hotel

November 3, 11:30 am Grand Rounds Speaker Thom Mayer, MD (President and CEO, Best Practices, Inc.), Leadership for Great Customer Service

December 4 UCSF Holiday Party

December 11 SFGH Holiday Party