 Renee L. Riggs, DO
PRESENT
TITLE :
Assistant
Professor Department of Emergency Medicine
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School
July
2005 - Present
OFFICE ADDRESS:
One
Robert Wood Johnson Place
MEB Room 104
New
Brunswick , NJ 08901
Tel: 732-235-8717
UNDERGRADUATE
EDUCATION:
Pennsylvania State University
Certificate in Healthcare Management, 2002
Rutgers University
BA Biology, 1996-1998
Pennsylvania State University
Biology Major, 1994-1995
GRADUATE EDUCATION:
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 1998-2002
POST GRADUATE
TRAINING:
UMDNJ/RWJMS, Cooper University
Hospital , Camden , NJ
Chief Resident Department of Emergency Medicine
2004-2005
UMDNJ/RWJMS Cooper University
Hospital, Camden , NJ
Resident Physician Department of Emergency Medicine
2002-2005
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Attending Physician, July 2005 - Present
LICENSURE:
State of New Jersey
CERTIFICATIONS:
Diplomate American Board
of Emergency Medicine, 2006
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
:
American College of Emergency Medicine
(ACEP)
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
New Jersey ACEP Resident
of the Year May 2005
TEACHING
RESPONSIBILITIES :
Medical Resident education
and supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
Physician Assistant student clinical education UMDNJ-RWJMS
Medical student clinical supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Emergency department physician
at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
PUBLICATIONS:
Fiesseler
FW, Riggs RL , Silverman ME, Szucs P. Indication
for hyperbaric oxygen treatment as a predictor of otic barotraumas.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. Jul-Aug 2006
Fiesseler
FW , Riggs RL, Shih R, Richman PB. Do patients
with recurrent headaches attempt abortive therapy prior to their
emergency department visits? Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Accepted for publication 2006.
Fiesseler
FW, Riggs RL, Holubek W, Eskin B, Richman PB.
Canadian Headache Society Criteria for the diagnosis of acute migraine
headache in the ED – do out patients meet these criteria? American
Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2005;23(2):149-154.
Fiesseler FW, Kec B, Mandell
M, Eskin B, Anannab M, Riggs RL , Richman PB. Do ED patients with
migraine headaches meet internationally accepted criteria? American
Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2002;20(7):618-623.
Fiesseler
FW, Riggs RL , Shih R. Ruptured renal artery aneurysm
presenting as hematuria. American Journal of Emergency Medicine,
2004;22(3):232-234.
Fiesseler
FW, Richman PR, Riggs RL. Pharyngitis followed
by hypoxia and sepsis. Lemierre syndrome. American Journal of
Emergency Medicine, 2001;19(4):320-322.
ABSTRACTS:
Riggs RL , Fiesseler FW,
Richman PB. The accuracy of physicians in determining “non-life
threatening” headache etiologies upon presentation to the emergency
department.Presented at Third Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress
2005.Accepted for presentation at ACEP annual meeting 2006
Fiesseler FW, Riggs RL , Shih R, Richman
PB. Do patients with recurrent headaches attempt abortive therapy
prior to their emergency department visits?Presented at SAEM annual
meeting 2004
Fiesseler
FW, Riggs RL , Holubek W, Eskin B, Annannab MEskin
B, Richman PB. Canadian Headache Society Criteria for the diagnosis
of acute migraine headache in the emergency department: Do our patients
meet these criteria?Presented
at ACEP annual meeting 2003
Fiesseler
FW, Kec, B, Mandell M, Eskin B, Annannab M, Riggs RL ,
Richman PB. The International Headache Society definition of acute
migraine headache – do emergency department patients with headaches
meet these criteria?Presented
at SAEM annual meeting 2001
BOOK CHAPTER:
Chansky
ME , Riggs RL : Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia State
. Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 4 th edition. Editors:
Wolfson, Hendey, Linden , Rosen, et al 2004.
GUEST LECTURER:
AAEM Emergency Medicine
Written Board Review Course
Hematology/Oncology/Immunology
October 2006, Newark NJ
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Neurology/Headaches
Sepsis
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