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Terry Kowalenko Elected President of ABEM
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Terry Kowalenko, MD, has been elected president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). Dr. Kowalenko has been a member of the ABEM Board of Directors since July 2010 and was elected to the ABEM Executive Committee in 2014. Dr. Kowalenko is professor and chair of emergency medicine at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and chair of Emergency Medicine at Beaumont Health Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Point.
The Academic Emergency Medicine app lets you enjoy the AEM journal on your desktop, tablet or mobile device. SAEM members should use their member login and password in order to gain access to content on each of these apps.
IN OTHER NEWS Practice Pathways Closing
The practice pathway for Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) will close in 2018 on the final date of the 2018 ACCM application cycle. The practice pathway for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will close in 2019 on the final date of the 2019 EMS application cycle. If you have any questions about subspecialty certification, please contact ABEM at subspecialties@abem.org, or 517-332-4800, ext. 387.
Robert Muelleman Elected President-elect of ABEM Robert L. Muelleman, MD, has been elected president-elect of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). Dr. Muelleman has been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2011, and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2015. He has served ABEM in a number of capacities, including as an examiner for the Oral Certification Examination since 2005, an item writer for the ConCertTM Examination, and as an ABEM representative to the Residence Review Committee for Emergency Medicine. Dr. Muelleman is professor and past chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Indiana University School of Medicine
Peter S. Pang, MD
Peter S. Pang, MD, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, was awarded R01 HS025411 “Using Short Stay Units (SSU) Instead of Routine Admission to Improve Patient Centered Health Outcomes for Acute Heart Failure (AHF) Patients” from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This 5-year, multi-site, randomized controlled trial will test whether an observation or short stay unit strategy-of-care outperforms inpatient management for lower risk patients with AHF. Other sites include Wayne State University (Phillip D. Levy, MD) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Sean P. Collins, MD).
Working together for more than a decade, Drs. Pang, Levy, and Collins form the nucleus of the EMROC (Emergency Medicine Research and Outcomes Consortium) AHF network; a boutique network of proven clinical trial sites. In addition to PCORI FC14-1409-21656 (GUIDED-HF) and NHLBI 1 R34 HL136986-01 (BLUSHED-AHF), this is the third federal award in the last three years being run through the network. EMROC Sean P. Collins, MD has also emerged to become the premier ED based AHF network in the US with EMROC sites leading the way in enrollment for the last several Phase III clinical trials. In recognition of these contributions, EMROC has earned a seat at the table, serving on the leadership of national and international clinical trials, including as steering committee and executive committee members. Phillip D. Levy, MD
UC Irvine Health
J. Christian (Chris) Fox, MD, has been formally named the new Interim Chair of Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine Health. Dr. Fox previously served as the department's vice chair of academic affairs and was part of the executive leadership team with Dr. Erik Barton. He has served as assistant dean for student affairs in the School of Medicine, is director of ultrasound in medical education and is the department's ultrasound fellowship director. Since joining the faculty in 2001, Dr. Fox has been a national leader in integrating the use of ultrasound in emergency medicine and in medical education.
University of Washington
Susan Stern, MD, has secured departmental status for emergency medicine at the University of Washington (UW) and will become the inaugural chair of emergency medicine at UW effective September 2017. Dr Stern joined the department as professor of medicine and the new head of the Division of Emergency Medicine in 2009. During her eight years as division head, the division has seen unprecedented growth in faculty and educational development, an integrated clinical service, and increased research funding.
Thomas Jefferson University Judd E. Hollander, MD has been appointed enterprise-wide Senior Vice President for Healthcare Delivery Innovation at Thomas Jefferson University. He remains Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives in the Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
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