Emory Emergency Medicine

Dr. Mike Carr serves as Medical Director for
DeKalb County Fire Rescue. DeKalb County is opening Cooling Centers during excessive heat this Friday through Monday.

Find a cooling center here:

Inclement Weather Information | DeKalb County GA Please check back for important information and resources during inclement weather events. # # needing assistance can call the Senior Link Line at (770) 322-2950 for an assessment of need.Persons in DeKalb County who need homelessness assistance or housing services can contact DeKalb County Co...

Congratulations to 's Residency Award Honorees 👏

Honoring and Celebrating Juneteenth: Emory Libraries has a Juneteenth guide with book recommendations, videos and podcasts, articles, audio recordings, primary sources, and books for kids: https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/Juneteenth2024
WABE News also has a guide for Atlanta:
https://www.wabe.org/15-ways-to-celebrate-juneteenth-at-events-across-metro-atlanta/

Congratulations to 's Residency Class of 2024! We're proud of you and looking forward to seeing all that you will accomplish as leaders in Emergency Medicine. Always remember we're here for you and rooting for you!

Congratulations to the Emory University School of Medicine faculty recognized during Educator Appreciation Day👏 is especially proud of Drs. Haan, Leach, Nichols, Paladugu, Patel, and Taylor.
Learn more here: https://med.emory.edu/about/faculty/faculty-development/teaching/educator-appreciation-2024.html

For Educator Appreciation Day, we're honoring our faculty for the passion and skills they put to work educating, encouraging, and supporting scholars across the school. For a full list of outstanding medical faculty who were honored for their work as educators, see ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21wKqDg

Congratulations, Dr. Backster 👏
From ADIEM: "Presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated an extraordinary impact on the academic success of students or residents who are underrepresented in medicine or from historically marginalized groups."
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

Dr. Matthew Dernbach, a psychiatrist and current fellow in the Medical Toxicology Fellowship worked with the Tox team and the Georgia Poison Center (GPC) to create an initiative to help Georgians that call into the GPC experiencing a mental health crisis.

Dr. Dernbach said, “The new protocol for mental health crises demonstrates how university, city, state, and federal resources can all collaborate to help the people of Georgia.”

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Georgia Crisis and Access Line & 988, Georgia Emergency Communications Authority & 911, City of Atlanta 911, Emory University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine’s Medical Toxicology Fellowship all came together to develop this new alliance and protocol for people experiencing a mental health crisis.

https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-29/dbhdd-poison-control-partnership

Join the Southern Regional Disaster Response System (SRDRS) for the FINAL Webinar in the Chemical Emergency Webinar Series on Federal Response to a Chemical Emergency. Happening ➡️Tuesday, May 7 from 3-4 ET.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CA1B4T7kRCW6I9QfaMyPdQ

American College of Medical Toxicology

For the first time in , Grady EMS is now able to give whole blood transfusions in the ambulance on the way to the ED.

Dr. Lekshmi Kumar, Associate Professor and Medical Director of Grady EMS, said, “In trauma patients with significant blood loss, prehospital blood transfusion bridges the critical gap between injury and definitive care to restore perfusion and oxygenation. Donate blood, give the gift of life."

Grady Hospital paramedics can now begin blood transfusions before arriving at hospital During a recent 24-hour period at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, EMS workers employed a new, potentially life-saving process in the ambulances carrying four critically injured patients. In a first for Atlanta, these patients received whole blood transfusions before they arrived at the emergency...

The Emory Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science (EAWiMS) is celebrating Women’s History Month with profiles of exceptional rising star female faculty and staff members in the Emory University School of Medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Akhetuamhen 👏

https://med.emory.edu/about/faculty/faculty-development/career-development/emory-alliance-for-women-in-medicine/womens-history-month-2024.html

We're teaming up with UChicago's Medceep to host 2 events at the Student National Medical Association Inc's AMEC in New Orleans!

1. Fri, 3/29, 9:30 am: Clinical Bootcamp: Clinical Vitals 101
2. Sat, 3/30, 8 am: Clinical Bootcamp: How to Succeed & Present on Your EM Rotations

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The Mentoring for Under-Represented Medical Students in application deadlines are Friday, April 5 for the Class of 2025 and Wednesday, May 1 for the Class of 2026.

If you're and graduating in the Class of 2025 or 2026, apply now to join the MUSE longitudinal program.

Emory University School of Medicine

The team is at in New Orleans. They're excited to connect with everyone!
https://web.cvent.com/event/38f14bf7-9f1a-48cb-8e65-70ed27dd2f41/websitePage:d7f6d4f1-cf81-4425-9374-9acd34037aa8

CORD - Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine

Congratulations to the Mentoring for Under-Represented Students in EM (MUSE) Program's 4th year students on their EM Residency Matches! 🙌

EMRA

Introducing the Residency Class of 2027! We are excited to meet our 🚨 50th Class 🚨 and welcome you to the family! Congratulations 🥳

Excited to announce 's newly elected Chief Residents! Congratulations Dr. Rohit Anand, Dr. Emily Geyer, Dr. Antonio Jackson, and Dr. Brooks Reiber👏

❤️ Today is all about appreciating you - our EM Residents! Thank you for showing up and making a difference every day. ❤️

Sending love to all EM Residents today! Happy Residents' Day 🥳 We💟our Residents!

EMRA Emory University School of Medicine

Congratulations to the newly elected 2024-25 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) leaders taking office in May🥳

https://www.saem.org/about-saem/leadership-opportunities/elections/election-results

"What do I do now: Medical Toxicology,” co-edited by Dr. Brian Patrick Murray ( Med-Tox Fellowship grad) and
Dr. Joe Carpenter , is a case-based book that includes almost 30 Emory affiliated authors including residents, fellows, rotators, faculty, and alumni.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/medical-toxicology-9780197635513?cc=us&lang=en& #

With a grant from CDC, Dr. Joe Carpenter + Dr. Alaina Steck , Dr. Umed Ibragimov, and Nicholas Giordano, PhD, RN, are leading a peer recovery coaching program helping patients with Substance Use Disorder related conditions learn more about recovery resources.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/06/hs_emory_grady_peer_recovery_coaching_for_substance_use_disorders_28-06-2023/story.html

Register now for Webinar #4 in the SRDRS Chemical Emergency Webinar Series on Considerations in a Chemical Emergency & After Event Monitoring. Happening Tuesday, March 12 from 3-4 ET.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OBwbOR19SxOD5ldgu18MFQ

American College of Medical Toxicology
MedGlobal
Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (ISDMC)

Medical school gap year rates continue to rise at Emory, nationally | The Emory Wheel More prospective Emory University School of Medicine students have begun taking gap years to improve their resumes and increase their chances of getting accepted in recent years, the medical school’s director of admissions Ira Schwartz said. Schwartz explained that while well over half of Emory me...

Don't miss an ECHO session on Mycoplasma: What do we do? with Dr. Anna Yaffee and Dr. Andi Shane, Pediatric Infectious Disease, on Thursday, Feb. 29 from 11am to Noon EST. This session will also include a case study.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z2kYlLwdS2aWSrUeGkrh8g #/registration

New Voices Program for Emerging STEM Leaders Announces New Members The New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program has selected its 2024 cohort, a group of 26 outstanding early- and mid-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals who will engage in the work of the National Academies, develop their own interdisciplinary projects, and add to...

Congratulations! Dr. Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem Chief Resident from Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health and Dr. Eri Saikawa from Emory College's Dept of Environmental Sciences are cohort members of the New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

New Voices NASEM

Dr. Nicole Franks is now serving as the interim Chief Quality Officer for Emory Healthcare. Congratulations, Dr. Franks👏

Emory University School of Medicine
Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University

Register now for webinar 2⃣ on Prehospital Considerations in Chemical Emergencies in the SRDRS Chemical Emergency Webinar Series. Happening Tuesday, Jan. 16 from 3-4 ET.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ad9cg4OoT-q4H3WvFtB3_w #/registration

American College of Medical Toxicology MedGlobal Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (ISDMC)