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Research Meetings

Department of Emergency Medicine Research Meetings for 2008

Wed 1/16/08 4:30 pm
Tue 2/5/08 12 noon
Wed 2/20/08 4:30 pm
Tue 3/4/08 12 noon
Wed 3/19/08 4:30 pm
Tue 4/1/08 12 noon
Wed 4/16/ 08 12 noon
Tue 5/6/08 12 noon
Wed 5/21/08 12 noon
Tue 6/3/08 12 noon
Wed 6/18/08 12 noon
Tue 7/1/08 12 noon
Wed 7/16/08 12 noon
Tue 8/ 5/08 12 noon
Wed 8/20/08 12 noon
Tue 9/2/08 12 noon
Wed 9/17/08 12 noon
Tue 10/7/08 12 noon
Wed 10/15/08 12 noon
Tue 11/4/08 12 noon
Wed 11/19/08 12 noon
Tue 12/2/08 12 noon
Wed 12/17/08 12 noon


All meetings are held in the 2nd floor conference room of the
EMS Building, 126 Paterson Street, New Brunswick

For more information about this meeting please contact Dr. Mark Merlin:
merlinma@umdnj.edu

Tel 732-235-5278

Publications by Department of Emergency Medicine
2005 to present

Amy Church, MD, FAEEM, FACEP

Church A. Critical care and emergency medicine. Critical Care Clinics. 2003 Apr; 19(2):271-8, viii-ix.

Cohen V, Cohe n H, DiGregorio R, Borgen E, Goldman W and Church A. The Appropriate Selection of a Low-Molecule-Weight Heparin for an Acute Coronary Syndrome Clinical Pathway. The New York Health-System Pharmacist. Volume 21, Number 1 January/February 2002.

Church AS , Witting MD . Laboratory Testing in Ethanol, Methanol, Ethylene Glycol and Isopropanol Toxicity. Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 15, Number 5. 

ABSTRACTS:

Nelson M, Likourezos A, Jellinek S, Church A , Paris B: Medical Student and Resident Attitude About Young Versus Old Elderly Patients. Oral presentation . American Public Health Association 134 th Annual Meeting, Boston MA November 8 2005.

Shayne P,Nelson S, Gallahue F, Rinnert S, An C, Kyriakedes C, Hern G, Isenhour J, Bowman,S.Promes S, Goyal D, Church A , Regan L, LaMantia J, Kass L, King R, Wald D, McCullough L, Dyne PL, Mallory MN, Doezema D, Wainscott M, Katz E, Char D: Inter Rater Agreement on a Standardized Direct Observational Assessment Tool of Resident Performance in the Emergency Department – the SDOT . oral presentation, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, NYC, NY, May 23, 2005.   

Rajesh Geria , MD, RDMS

Rajesh Geria , MD et al published an article: Utilization of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) by Pediatric and Emergency Residents in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 32, No. 4, pp. 423-427, 2007

Geria, R., and Sierzenski, P. Emergency Physicians Who use Emergency Ultrasound on a Daily Basis Demonstrate Similar or Higher Performance Parameters When Compared to Colleagues Who Frequently or Occasionally Use Emergency Ultrasound Academic Emergency Medicine May 2006

Sierzenski, P., Leech, S., Geria, R. Emergency Physicians Accurately Interpret Thrombolysis in Brain Ischemia (TIBI) Graded Transcranial Doppler Waveforms with High Inter-Rater Reliability in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Academic Emergency Medicine. May 2006

Khan, A., Geria, R., Frank, J., and Davidson, S. Utilization of Personal Digital Assistants 11(5): 498, 2004 Ophthalmology Chapter, Guide to Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, Irving , TX , 2007

Introduction to Ultrasound Guided Procedures for Medical Students Chapter in ACEP Ultrasound Section CD-ROM Project Scheduled Release Date: May 31 st 2006

Ishmael M. Griffin, MD, FAEEM

Emergent Endotracheal Intubation of Head Injured Patients Is Associated With Increased Mortality M. Griffin , V. Hogan, A. Bartolucci, K Denninghoff.

2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference, Injury and Violence: Meeting Challenges, Sharing Solutions Denver, CO May 9-11, 2005


Endotracheal Intubation in Traumatic Brain Injury V. Hogan, M. Griffin , K. Denninghoff SAEM Southeastern Regional Meeting April 8-9 th , 2005

Non-RSI Assisted Endotracheal Intubation in Traumatic Brain Injury, UAB Minority Health Research Day, May 2005

Global Health Disparities Summit; Alabama 's Solutions World Conference of Mayors October 3-5 Tuskegee University “Statewide Medical Reserve Corps”

Raffi Kapitanyan , MD

Kapitanyan R , Su M, Landry DR. Plant Poisoning, Glycosides -Cardiac. eMedicine Journal [serial online}. 2006. Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic439.htm .

Zehtabchi, S., Sinert, R., Goldman, M., Kapitanyan, R ., Ballas, J. Diagnostic performance of serial haematocrit measurements in identifying major injury in adult trauma patients. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 2006;37: 46-52.

Sinert, R., Spektor, M., Weizberg, M., Goldman, M., Kapitanyan, R ., Altura, BM., Altura, BT. The incidence of abnormal diavalent ion levels in patients presenting with chest pain. Acad Emerg Med 2005; 12: Supp. 30.

Robert Levy, MD

R. Levy , D. Cochrane, J. Allegra. Analysis of Intrahospital Variability in the Sensitivity of a Gastrointestinal Chief Complaint. Academic Emergency Medicine. May 2005 Supplement (Abstract). Poster presented at the May 2005 SAEM NYC Conference.

R. Levy , R. Rodriguez, D. Jenkins, J. Garland. Is a Hydroponic Plant's Level of Resistance to Pythium Affected by the Complexity of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities?, Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin, November 1997:p18 (Abstract)

Merlin, M.; Leva, E.; Levy, R.; Brodsky, R.Do All Pediatric Febrile Seizure Patients Need to Be Transported via ALS? (Abstract accepted for presentation National Association of EMS Physicians conference (NAEMSP) in Naples , Florida Annual Conference, January 2007

B. Eskin. R. Levy . Rational Clinical Exam Abstract: “Does This Patient Have Influenza?” Annals of Emergency Medicine RCE Abstract Series Vol 49 No 1 January 2007

Mark Merlin, DO, FACEP

Merlin MA, Pryor P , Bertolini, J. Rabies. Emedicine, 2007

Merlin, M Carolines Paramedic Textbook 2007. Jones and Barlett Publishing. Abdominal Trauma, Pelvic Trauma and Burns

Nichols, Irwin, Merlin, A Fatal Fire Investigation: The Medical Perspective. Fire Engineering March 2007

 

Merlin, M .; Leva, E .; Levy, R.; Brodsky, R.Do All Pediatric Febrile Seizure Patients Need to Be Transported via ALS? (Abstract accepted for presentation National Association of EMS Physicians conference (NAEMSP) in Naples , Florida Annual Conference, January 2007

Merlin MA: Rabies. Boston Publishing Co . www.emedicine .com , 2005.


Renee Riggs, DO

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.

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


Chirag Shah, MD

Halcomb SE, Nelson LS, Shah C, Chaudhry A, Hoffman RS. Telithromycin-induced cholinergic crisis in myasthenia gravis. Drug Safety. 2007; 30:191-194.

 

Shah C, Hsu C. Knowledge of invasive procedures and procedural competency after participation in training labs. Poster presented at: American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly : September 26-29, 2005; Washington , DC .

 

Halcomb SE, Nelson LS, Shah C, Chaudhry A, Hoffman RS. Telithromycin-induced cholinergic crisis in myasthenia gravis. Poster presented at: National American Academy of Clinical Toxicology: September 8-14, 2005; Orlando , FL.

 

Shah C, Padrid PA. Activation status of eosinophils in a murine model of asthma. Poster presented at: a national research symposium in: New Orleans , Oct 1997.

Shah C, Guillen C, Butler P, Lemons M. Characterization of monocyte and endothelial cell surface adhesion molecules in isolated venules during an inflammatory response. Poster presented at: a national research symposium in Miami , Nov 1996.

 

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