SOUTH FLORIDA
Palm Beach Consortium at St. Lucie By Blaire Laughlin, DO, PGY-3
As the academic year wraps up, St. Lucie has named our new chief: Dr. Oliver Morris, PGY-2. Congratulations! He has been working on new ways to streamline our conference agenda and continues to push our residents to new limits. Once again, special thanks to Dr. Jessica Chambers, PGY-4 for all the hard work she did as chief resident. All of our graduates will be staying in Florida. Dr. Jerome Daniels, PGY-1 attended AAEM in Vegas and did a presentation for faculty and residents on literature updates from the conference. Many of our residents presented at FLAAEM,
including Drs. Jerome Daniels, PGY-1, Shelby Guile, PGY-1, Ashkahn Zomorrodi, PGY-1, Blaire Laughlin, PGY-3 and Michael Gulenay, PGY-3. We also have a recent publication in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, “Polymethylmethacrylate Pulmonary Embolism following Kyphoplasty,” by Drs. Oliver Morris, PGY-2, Karl Weller and Josephin Mathai. We recently wrapped up our SIM curriculum with a SIM war competition featuring an Organophosphate poisoning. Special thanks to the staff at FAU SIM lab for their help in directing us. ■
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Florida Atlantic University By Jeff Klein, MD, PYG-3 Hello from Boca Raton. I would like to welcome our incoming class of residents and congratulate Drs. Matthew Wallace and Damien Carracedo for becoming our program’s first chief residents. Drs. Carracedo and Wallace kicked off their new roles by attending SAEM’s annual Chief Resident Forum in Las Vegas, NV this year. In keeping with the consistent expansion of not just our emergency medicine residency but the FAU residency consortium as a whole, I am proud to announce that FAU’s first ever Residency Research Day was a resounding success. Representing our emergency department, Dr. Jeffrey Klein presented a case series entitled, “Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at a FL Hospital Following Hurricane Irma.” In addition, Dr. Benjamin Mazer presented a case report entitled, “Pacemaker-associated Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens treated with Catheter-directed Thrombolysis.” This quarter’s curriculum was further enhanced by visiting grand rounds speakers, including Dr. Mary Hughes, emergency medicine program director at Michigan State University; Dr. Karen Perkins from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; and Dr. Sharon Mace from the Cleveland Clinic. However, it has not been all work and no play: our wellness retreats continue with activities such as paintball, a day at the local waterpark and a private wine tasting from a vineyard located in Tuscany, Italy. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Symposium by the Sea! ■