North Florida Emergency Medicine

Orange Park Medical Center

By Dillon Smith, DO, PGY-1

North Florida EM

By Jayden Miller, MD, PGY-3

Happy New Year from Gainesville! We finished out 2021 strong and are looking forward to 2022.

Our PGY-3 class visited Boston for ACEP’s Scientific Assembly, where we learned from the many didactic courses offered. A favorite was “Little People, Big Lawsuits” about pediatric bouncebacks and malpractice. The Class of 2022 enjoyed exploring Boston – we were able to take a few tours and eat some delicious food! It was a fun and memorable week, although it was rather chilly for our Floridian sensibilities.

In November, we had a special session during our monthly simulation experience where the cases were based on cases from our own department. This was a novel way to learn about challenges of management in the safe space of simulation. Simulation Director Dr. Evan Stern organized a case where the most challenging aspect was not airway or access, but ethics! We had guest lecturers Dr. Stefanie Lord, the Medical Director of Community Hospice, and representatives from North Florida Regional Medical Center’s risk management team to examine the more delicate aspects of decisionmaker roles and DNR orders, topics which come up frequently in the ED.

Our intern class has become accustomed to residency and we are so happy to have them as the newest members of our North Florida EM family. Katie Johnson, DO, PGY-1 now runs our social media and has put in great work displaying our didactics, wellness, and residents on “Meet a Resident Monday.” You can see her work on Instagram @northfloridaEM. ■ Greetings from Orange Park EM residency! We’ve been busy as ever with lots of exciting news and updates heading into the new calendar year.

On the academic front, our EM residency research program continues to experience exponential growth with the addition of our newest faculty member, Dr. Martin Wegman. Our very own Dr. Kendall Talley, PGY-2, recently won 3rd place at the Clay County Medical Research Competition. Drs. Taylor Bosley, Cody Russell, and Ahmad Mohammadieh, PGY-3s, will also be presenting several projects at the upcoming International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Los Angeles. We’ve also bolstered our clinical curriculum with the addition of a PGY-1 PICU rotation at nearby Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Likewise, our ultrasound program continues to grow by leaps and bounds under the direction of Dr. Michael Euwema and ultrasoundtrained faculty Drs. Taryn Hoffman and Matthew Carr. Our PGY-2s and PGY-3s recently underwent training in resuscitative TEE and we look forward to implementing it in the department very soon.

Many of our residents are preparing to take their talents and influence overseas with upcoming global medicine trips. Dr. Janae Fry, PGY-3 will be heading to Kenya; Dr. Hillary Baker, PGY-2 will be going to Nepal in connection with Stanford University; and Dr. Haley Williams, PGY-2 will be spending time in Trinidad. We’re also planning for our inaugural Winter Resident Sim Wars and are in the process of designing our brand new Simulation Center.

Lastly, we’re busy planning graduation for our inaugural class of residents! We will be sad to see them go, but are celebrating with them as they accept exciting positions in academic and community positions throughout the country. Special shout out to Dr. Uju Eziolisa, PGY-3, who recently matched into an ultrasound fellowship at Baylor.

Follow along @OrangeParkEM for more exciting news and updates! ■

FSU at Sarasota Memorial

Thomas Cox, MD, PGY-3

Greetings from Sarasota! Since our last update, we have made it through the Delta variant surge and the holidays. In addition, our hospital system opened an eight story oncology tower on our main campus and a new hospital in Venice, FL. Somewhere along the line, we even found time to clean and restore a local trail system and host our annual holiday party. to congratulate Dr. Darrel Ray, who has been accepted to the University of South Florida for an ultrasound fellowship. He has served as our ultrasound resident chair and has been instrumental in both starting our TEE resuscitation program and educating residents and students.

Lastly, we would like to thank all the nurses, techs, ancillary staff, residents, and attendings from across the state for making it through another busy holiday season. ■