Author Archives: UC EM
Dr. Derek Robinson Honored with Awards
Derek Robinson, MD, MBA, FACEP, Executive Director of IHA’s Institute for Innovations in Care & Quality, was named one of the National Medical Association’s (NMA) Top Healthcare Professionals Under 40 for his work to change the face, practice, and future … Continued
Class of 2014: Where are They Now?
Front Row (kneeling): Left to Right Anna Bargren, MD Emergency Medicine Physician Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY Will Shyy, MD Ultrasound Fellow UC San Francisco San Francisco, CA Corey Bills, MD, MPH International Emergency Fellow Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, … Continued
Dr. Keme Carter gives Pritzer School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony Address
Dr. Aasim Padela leads first study to explore link between cervical cancer screening and religion related factors
From the University of Chicago Hospitals website: The study, entitled Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslims in Greater Chicago, is the first known examination into whether thereΓÇÖs any link between cervical cancer screening behaviors and religion-related … Continued
EM Alumna Spotlight: Bhakti Hansoti
Dr. Bhakti Hansoti (Class of 2012) was featured in the Fogarty International Center’s Global Health Matters newsletter for her work with emergency care for children in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Hansoti developed a triage tool for South African children, … Continued
Dr. Amy Ho (EM1) reflects on her first month as a new physician
Please join us in congratulating Amy Ho on a very well written piece published on the kevinmd.com blog. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/08/reflecting-first-month-new-physician.html
Dr. Keegan Checkett on the News Regarding the Liberia Ebola Outbreak
On ABC7 Chicago news, Dr. Checkett describes our involvement in a long standing project in Liberia which tragically is in the heart of the Ebola outbreak. In addition, she pays tribute to Dr. Samuel Brisbane who was the Chief Medical … Continued
Welcome to the Class of 2017!
Standing (left to right): Yong Suh, Amy Ho, Jennifer Nykiel, Nishma Sachedina, Paul Kukulski, Eric Toone, Carrie Jurkiewicz, Kenneth Young, Alejandro Palma Seated (left to right): Elyssa Berg, Omar Usman, Colton Clay, Joffre Johnson, Andrew Bokarius, Ernest Nwachukwu, Jr.
Dr. Yaniv Kerem at SAEM
Dr. Yaniv Kerem (PGY3) discusses “Congruency of Disposition after Emergency Department Intubation in a Regional Database” at the SAEM Conference.