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August/September 2018 DEM Newsletter

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UCSF Department of Emergency MedicineNewsletter

August/September 2018 Issue #77

ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr. Cortlyn Brown Dr. Maria Raven

Dr. Cortlyn Brown, PGY3, received the 2018 Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Leadership. Dr. Brown was recognized for her outstanding commitment todiversity, equity, and inclusion.

Dr. Maria Raven, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, received the 2018California ACEP Special Recognition Award.

Dr. Shruti Kant, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr.Jillian Mongelluzzo, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. DinaWallin, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, received the2018 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Academy of Medical Educators.

Dr. Jillian Mongelluzzo, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, was one ofthe 16 faculty scholars who graduated from the 20172018 Teaching Scholars Program.Her scholarly project was titled "Examining the Intersection of Gender and Feedback."

Dr. Bill Whetstone, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine (UCSF), and Dr. ReneeHsia, Professor of Emergency Medicine (ZSFG), won the 20172018 4th Quarter Bedside


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Teaching Award. Dr. Aaron Kornblith, Assistant Clinical Professor of EmergencyMedicine and Pediatrics, won the semiannual award for PEM at Mission Bay.

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Nate Teismann, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, has beenappointed Director of PointofCare Ultrasound for UCSF Health. He will oversee anenterprisewide project that will improve the performance of pointofcare ultrasoundacross multiple departments: OBGYN, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Medicine, AdultED, and Peds ED at both Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco and Oakland.

Dr. Toff Peabody, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, was appointed tothe UCSF Health Hub Internal Board of Advisors. UCSF has partnered with Health Hub, anonprofit designed to help young founders and early stage companies connect tomentors, investors and others in the healthtech ecosystem to help them grow theircompanies.

Dr. Hemal Kanzaria, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and the ZSFG EDSocial Medicine Team were awarded a Hearts grant from the SFGH Foundation. The grantwill support additional patients' services, social medicine physician consultant time, andstaff development.

Dr. Rais Vohra, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, served as course director ofUCSF Fresno's Mini Med School, a series of four lectures presented in September foradults and students to learn about important trends in health.


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Dr. Chris Colwell, Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Sammy Hodroge, EMSFellow, share Medical Health Operations Area Coordinator duties at the "YellowCommand" exercise on September 6 at the San Francisco Emergency Operations Center.

RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Kathy Vo, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine (PI), and Dr. MaryMercer, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine (CoPI), received a grantfrom the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, adivision of the Department of Health and Human Services) for $500,000.00 yearly, for upto four years. The project is First Responder Increased Education and NaloxoneDistribution (FRIEND).

Dr. Jacqueline GruppPhelan, Professor and Chief of the Division of PediatricEmergency Medicine, was selected to serve on the NIMH Mental Health ServicesResearch Committee (SERV) Study Section for the threeyear cycle beginning July 1,2018. Members are selected based on prior NIH review experience, content expertise,current NIH funding and national reputation.

Dr. William Whetstone, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, is senior author of


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"Motor Evoked Potentials Correlate with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and EarlyRecovery after Acute Spinal Cord Injury," published in the June 2018 issue ofNeurosurgery. It was awarded the 2018 Neurotrauma and Critical Care Paper of the Yearby the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

The study: "Validation of the pediatric NEXUS II head computed tomography decisioninstrument for selective imaging of pediatric patients with blunt head trauma," by MalkeetGupta MD, MS; William R. Mower MD, PhD; Robert M. Rodriguez, MD; and Gregory W.

Hendey MD, published in Academic Emergency Medicine, was featured in the AEMpodcast in July. The study received an Altmetric Score of 82 and over 600,000 twitterimpressions.

Dr. Dina Wallin was named a WestJEM Distinguished Reviewer of 20172018.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Ellen Weber, Professor of Emergency Medicine, joined editors from the EuropeanJournal of Emergency Medicine and the African Journal of Emergency Medicine aspanelists for the "Meet the Editors" session at the joint conference of the EuropeanSociety of Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine inGlasgow on September 12.

Dr. Robert Rodriguez, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, presented GrandRounds titled "Selective CT in Blunt Trauma Evaluation" at the University of Texas, RioGrande Valley School of Medicine in McAllen, Texas, on July 12.

Dr. Renee Hsia, Professor of Emergency Medicine, presented Grand Rounds at KaiserPermanente San Francisco Medical Center on September 7 titled "Stickershock,Disparities and Other Systemic Ills in the US Healthcare System."

Dr. Mary Mercer, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dr. EricSilverman, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Sammy Hodroge,EMS Fellow, and Dr. Brian Cheung, PGY3, taught prehospital providers about cardiacarrest at the Base Hospital Lecture Series held at Zuckerberg San Francisco General inAugust.


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RESEARCH ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Kayla Enriquez, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, presented anabstract and poster, "Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis: Its Use and Inappropriate Use ofSurgery and Waste Segregation: Linking Infection Prevention and Control Programs toProject Implementations and Compliance by Health Care Workers," at the 7th InfectionControl Africa Network Congress 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa, July 811.

Hsia RY, Kornblith A, Lin F, Guo J, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT. TenYear Trends inPediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evaluation of Emergency Departmentand Hospital Revisits and Readmissions, 20052014. Academy Health, Annual Meeting,Seattle WA. June 24, 2018.

Hsia RY, Markowitz AJ, Lin F, Guo J, Madhok DY, Manley GT. TenYear Trends inTraumatic Brain Injury: An Evaluation of California Emergency Department and HospitalRevisits and Readmissions, 20052014. Academy Health, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.June 25, 2018.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Dr. Chris Colwell, Professor of Emergency Medicine, discussed new research trackinginjuries at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's emergency departmentattributable to an influx of a new generation of "justintime" shared vehicles. He wasquoted in a New York Times article titled "Health officials prepare to track electric scooterinjuries" published August 2, 2018; a San Francisco Chronicle article titled "Injuries are theuntold part of the scooter trend, doctors and victims say," published September 10, 2018;and a UCSF News article titled "Scooter Safety: UCSF Doctors to Track New Injuries"published online on August 8. He was also interviewed on an NBC Nightly News segmentaired on August 18, "Electric scooters, the latest trend, sparks safety concerns."

Dr. Chris Colwell was interviewed for an article titled "Wines on a Plane: Does DrinkingAffect You Differently While Flying?" published in Wine Spectator on August 21, 2018.

Dr. Dina Wallin, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, andDr. Michelle Lin, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, hosted the EM:RAP featuredpodcast of the month for July titled "LIN Session Pediatric Code Gray."

Dr. Robert Rodriguez, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Dr. Joe Graterol,PGY4, and Dr. Maria Beylin, 2016 Chief Resident, coauthored "Low Yield of PairedHead and Cervical Spine Computed Tomography in Blunt Trauma Evaluation" published inthe Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Jun; 54(6):749756. The article was featured onJournal Feed (blog), "Paired Head/CSpine CT Low Yield," on July 10.

Dr. Hemal Kanzaria, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and the ZSFG EDSocial Medicine Team were featured in the article "Physician Leaders and A3 Thinking at


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Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center" posted August 16, 2018,online at Catalysis.

Dr. Renee Hsia, Professor of Emergency Medicine, received media attention for herpublication in Health Affairs (Millwood) (see below), from Fierce Healthcare in "StudyFinds Surprising Driver of Ambulance Diversion," by Paige Minemyer on July 9, 2018. Dr.Hsia was quoted in (1) "The Affordable Care Act Helped Medicaid Patients in CaliforniaAvoid the Emergency Room, Study Suggests," Gizmodo on June 13, 2018; and (2)"Commentary: Race, Gun Violence, and Equitable Access to Trauma Care," ChicagoTribune on June 27, 2018. A third article quoting Dr. Hsia, "A Baby Was Treated with aNap and a Bottle of Formula. His Parents Received an $18,000 Bill," appeared innumerous sources including Vox on June 28, 2018, Multiple Sclerosis News Today andSouth China Morning Post, both on July 6, 2018. Dr. Hsia was heard on Capital PublicRadio, on August 9, 2018, discussing "Emergency Room Visits, Wait Times on the Rise inCalifornia."

NEW FELLOWS

Dr. Arun Ganti Dr. Cara McAnaney

Dr. Arun Ganti joined our department as a Wilderness Medicine Fellow at UCSF Fresnoon August 15. He attended medical school and obtained his Masters of Population HealthStudies at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, andgraduated from a fouryear Emergency Medicine residency at University of MichiganDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Ganti will be workingclinically in the ED at CRMC Fresno.

Dr. Cara McAnaney joined our department as a Wilderness Medicine Fellow at UCSFFresno on August 15. She attended medical school at University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and completed a fouryear Family and CommunityMedicine residency at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts.Dr. McAnaney will be working clinically at the Prompt Care Clinic at the downtown CRMCFresno campus.


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RESIDENT/FELLOW ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Jessica Chow, PGY3, published Chow JL, Jutte D, Eyre S, Pies C, Syme SL,Shrimali BP, Cheung K, 2018. "How We See Oakland: Lowincome Women and MothersExplore Economic Hardship in Oakland, California Through Photovoice," SpecialPublications, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Dr. Chow also has an article inpress: "Pericardiocentesis," in W. Johnson & D. Teoli (Eds.), CEMRO Essentials:Procedure Quick Guide for Emergency Medicine Residents. Los Angeles, CA: SouthcrestHouse.

Dr. Sammy Hodroge, EMS Fellow, participated as a treatment team physician at thetactical medicine exercise Urban Shield 2018 in Oakland. Sammy is pictured here with histeam.


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Dr. Lily Muldoon, PGY4, received a $5,000 grant from the Rotary Club of San Franciscoon September 11, 2018. This grant is awarded to support the Lake Victoria region, wherethe prevalence of HIV is greater than 30%, and to promote a local radio station thatspreads awareness of emergency services and focuses on HIV education targeting highrisk youth.

CALACEP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The California ACEP Annual Conference, AdvanceED, was held on September 7 in LosAngeles. This year's conference was tailored for residents and medical students.

Dr. Rosny Daniel, Medical Education Fellow, kicked off the meeting with a lightninglecture called "Teamwork makes the dream work" (20 slides in 6 minutes).


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Dr. Tomas Diaz, PGY4, presented hisposter "Mastering Digital Resources"

Dr. Dina Wallin, Assistant Professor ofEmergency Medicine and Pediatrics,presented her poster, "Penny for yourThoughts: Introversion in EmergencyMedicine.

Dr. Jim Hardy, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, gave a lighting lecture called"Don't get hurt...and don't get others hurt. Preventing workplace violence in the ED."

Dr. Chris Fee, Professor of Emergency Medicine, sat on a panel of residency directorscalled "Moderated Program Director Panel Interview Tips/Tricks." Dr. Fee and Dr. Danielrepresented UCSF at the Residency Fair.

PUBLICATIONS

Brown JF, Raven MC, Tangherlini NL, Hall KM. Frequent Users of 911 EmergencyMedical Services: Sign of Success or Symptom of Impending Failure? PrehospitalEmergency Care. 2018 Aug 21:13. PMID: 30130427. [Epub ahead of print]

Caloyeras JP, Kanter MH, Ives NR, Kim CY, Kanzaria HK, Berry SH, Brook RH.Understanding waste in health care: perceptions of frontline physicians regarding timeuse and and appropriateness of care they and others provide. The PermanenteJournal. 2018 Jul 19; 22. PMID: 30010536.

Daftary RK, Murray BL, Reynolds TA. Development of a simple, practicebased tool toassess quality of paediatric emergency care delivery in resourcelimited settings:Identifying critical actions via a Delphi study. BMJ Open 2018; 8:e021123.doi:10.1136/bmjopen2017021123.

Hsia RY, Sarkar N, Shen YC. Is Inpatient Volume or Emergency Department Crowding

a Greater Driver of Ambulance Diversion? Health Affairs (Millwood). 2018;

37(7):111522.


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Hsia RY, Sabbagh SH, Guo J, Nuckton TJ, Niedzwiecki MJ. Trends in the Utilisationof Emergency Departments in California, 20052015: A Retrospective Analysis. BMJOpen. 2018; 8:e021392.

Hsu C, Madhok D, Darger B, Scalea T, Stein D, et al. EAST Multicenter Trial onTargeted Temperature Management for HangingInduced Cardiac Arrest. Journal ofTrauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2018 Jul; 85(1):3747.

Kaiser SV, Lam R, Joseph GB, McCulloch C, Hsia RY, Cabana MD, BardachNS. Limitations of Using Pediatric Respiratory Illness Readmissions to CompareHospital Performance. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2018; doi: 10.12788/jhm.2988.

Mason J, Colwell CB, Grock A. EM:RAP Commentary. Agitation Crisis Control. Annalsof Emergency Medicine 2018; 72(4):3713.

McConville S, Mooney AC, Williams BA, Hsia RY. How Do ED Patients with CriminalJustice Contact Compare to Other ED Users? A Retrospective Analysis of ED Visits inCalifornia. BMJ Open. 2018; 8:e020897.

Mooney AC, McConville S, Rappaport AJ, Hsia RY. Association of Legal InterventionInjuries with Race and Ethnicity Among Patients Treated in Emergency Departments inCalifornia. JAMA Network Open. 2018; 1(5):e182150.

Paetow G, Zaver F, Gottlieb M, Chan TM, Lin M, Gisondi MA. (July 20, 2018) OnlineMastermind Groups: A Nonhierarchical Mentorship Model for ProfessionalDevelopment. Cureus. 10(7): e3013. doi:10.7759/cureus.3013

Puskarich MA, Callaway C, Silbergleit R, Pines JM, Obermeyer Z, Wright DW, Hsia RY,Shah MN, Monte AA, Limkakeng AT Jr, Meisel ZF, Levy PD. Priorities to OvercomeBarriers Impacting Data Science Application in Emergency Care Research. AcademicEmergency Medicine. 2018 Jul 18; doi: 10.1111/acem.13520.

Ratanawongsa N, Cardenas A, Occeña B, Critchfield J, Mercer M, Myers K. CertifiedMedical Interpreters' Perspectives on RelationshipCentered Communication in SafetyNet Care, MedEdPublish, 2018, 7, [3], 31,doi:https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000169.1

Riegels NS, Asher E, Cartwright JR, Chow JL, et al. Listening beyond auscultating: Aquality initiative to improve communication scores in the hospital consumer assessmentof healthcare providers and systems survey. The Permanente Journal 2018;22:16187.DOI: https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/16187.

Rodriguez RM, Hawthorne N, Murphy S, et al. Blunt trauma abdominal and pelvic CThas low yield for injuries in more than one anatomic region. Western Journal ofEmergency Medicine. 2018 Sep; 19(5):76873.

SamuelsKalow ME, Niedzwiecki M, Friedman AB, Sokolove PE, Hsia RY. Comparingresource use between paediatric emergency department visits by triage level.Emergency Medicine Journal. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1136/emermed2017207192. [Epubahead of print]


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Stey A, Kanzaria HK, Brook R. How Disruptive Innovation by Business and TechnologyFirms Could Improve Population Health. JAMA. 2018 Sep; 320(10):9734.

Thoma B, Chan TM, Kapur P, Sifford D, Siemens M, Paddock M, Ankel F, Grock A, LinM. The Social Media Index as an Indicator of Quality for Emergency Medicine Blogs: AMETRIQ Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print].https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.05.003

Vohra R, Vohra SS, Grock A, Mason J. Working Through the Paradox of MethotrexateToxicity. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Aug; 72(2):12932.

Waxman DA, Kanzaria HK, Schriger DL. Acute Myocardial Infarction after LaboratoryConfirmed Influenza Infection (Letter). New England Journal of Medicine. 2018 Jun 28;378(26):25389.

Wei R, Mann NC, Dai M, Hsia RY. InjuryBased Geographic Access to TraumaCenters. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2018; doi: 10.1111/acem.13518.

Wermuth ME, Vohra R, Bowman N, Furbee RB, Rusyniak DE. Cardiac Toxicity fromIntentional Ingestion of PongPong Seeds (Cerbera Odollam). Journal of EmergencyMedicine. 2018 Oct; 55(4):50711.

Yun BJ, Rodriguez RM, Prabhakar AM, Peak DA, Baymon DE, Raja AS. Utilization ofchest CT for injured patients during visits to U.S. emergency departments: 20122015.American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Aug. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.024.[Epub ahead of print]

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