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Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Profile Rhode Island Hospital.

Brian Zink, MD

Brian Zink is the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Physician-in-Chief, Rhode Island, The Miriam and Hasbro Children's Hospitals, President of University of Emergency Medicine Foundation and Attending Physician at Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospitals effective July 1, 2006. Dr. Zink is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown Medical School.

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Cincinnati Medical Center 84-88, Chief 87-88
Research Interests: History of Emergency Medicine, Brain injury, Alcohol research
Other Distinctions: Present SAEM member; SAEM President: 2000-01, SAEM Chair – Development Committee: 04-06. Reviewer for Academic Emergency Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Emergency Medicine and Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research.
Books and Chapters:
Zink, BJ. Anyone, Anything, Anytime – A History of Emergency Medicine. Mosby Elsevier 2005.
Zink, BJ. “Bone and Joint Infections,” in Marx, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 6. St Louis, The CV Mosby Co., 2005.
Zink, BJ and Lanter P, “Traumatic Brain Injury” in “Trauma Management: An Emergency Medicine Approach”. Verdile V, Colucciello S, Marx J, Ferrara P, eds., St. Louis, The CV Mosby Co., 2001.
Publications and Articles:
Somand D, Zink BJ: The influence of critical care medicine on the development of the specialty of emergency medicine: a historical perspective. Acad Emerg Med 2005; 12(9): 879-883.
Zink, BJ. Creator and keeper of the flame of emergency medicine: John G. Wiefenstein, MD, 1930-2004. Ann Emerg Med. 2005; 45:241-243.
Zink, BJ., Maio, RF., Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation in traumatic brain injury: outcomes research provides us with an unexpected outcome. Ann Emerg Med 2004; 44:451-453.
Abstracts:
Zink BJ, Middleton E, Moroney D, Hammoud M. A comprehensive career development program improves medical student satisfaction with career planning. Presented at the 2005 Joint Student Affairs/Careers in Medicine Professional Development Conference: Preparing for Tomorrow. Orlando, FL, June 2005.
Blane CE, Zink BJ, Desmond JS, Helvie MA, Bailey JE, Yang LD, Dunnick NR. Academic radiology and the ED: does it need changing? Presented at the Association of University Radiologists Meeting in Montreal Canada May 4, 2005.
Stern SA, Zink BJ, Wang X, Mertz M. The effects of resuscitation with tran-sodium crocetinate in a model of combined hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury. Acad Emerg Med; 9(5):415-416, 2002 (abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 2002.
Invited Presentations:
“That 1970’s Emergency Medicine Resident – A History”. Presentation to SAEM Research Fund Donor Luncheon. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, May 2006.
“How to Become Involved in a Medical School” Presenter and Panelist, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, May 2006.
“Starting Out in a Medical School Assistant or Associate Dean Position”. Presenter and Moderator, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, May 2006.
“Transition to Residency – Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?” Presentation and panel member. AAMC Group on Student Affairs National Spring Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.

Kavita Babu, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Jay Baruch, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Link

 

 

Bruce Becker, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Becker has a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He teaches and mentors undergraduate research students at Brown University. In addition, Dr. Becker volunteers some of his time at the Rhode Island Free Clinic.
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Linda Brown, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

 

 

 

Brian Clyne, MD

Brian Clyne is the Residency Program Director and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Clyne attended both Dartmouth and Brown Medical Schools, earning his medical degree from Brown in 1997.
Trained in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland/Shock Trauma Center, Dr. Clyne was a chief resident in 2000. Upon returning to Brown, Dr. Clyne developed an emergency airway management course for the Medical Simulation Center at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Clyne served as Director of Medical Student Education before taking over as the Residency Program Director in 2005.
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School and Brown Medical School
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland; Chief Resident.
Interests: airway management, medical simulation, and medical student and graduate medical education.
Recent Publications:
Clyne B, Butler K. "Management of the Difficult Airway: Alternative Airway Techniques and Adjuncts" Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2003; Vol 2, No. 259-289
Clyne B, Patel B, Schuur J. “Emergency Department Management of Pancreatitis.” Emergency Medicine Reports 2003; Vol 24, No. 19
Clyne B ; Gutman D; Sutton E; Kobayashi L; Spitalnic S; Jay G, Shapiro MJ . “Oral Board vs. High-fidelity Simulation for Competency Assessment: Senior Emergency Medicine Resident Management of an Acute Coronary Syndrome.” Academic Emergency Medicine 2004 11: 500
Napoli A, Girard D, Clyne B. “Update on Cardiac Biomarkers.” Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine. May 2005
Valente JH, Lemke T, Ridlen M, Ritter D, Clyne B, Reinert SE. “Aluminum foreign bodies :do they show up on xray ?” Emergency Radiology 2005; 12: 30-33
Napoli A, Gutman D, Clyne B. “Use of an Audience Response System for Emergency Medicine Resident Board Review.” Presented as an Innovation in Emergency Medicine Education, CORD Annual Assembly Las Vegas, 2006
Gutman D, Clyne B. “WebCT ©: A Curriculum Management System for Emergency Medicine Training.” Presented as an Innovation in Emergency Medicine Education SAEM Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, 2006
Kobayashi L, Nagdev A, Clyne B, Gibbs F, Jay G. “Integration of Ultrasound into Advanced Medical Simulation for Emergency Medicine Resident Training.” Presented as an Innovation in Emergency Medicine Education, SAEM Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, 2006

 

Jeffrey Feden, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

 

 

 

John Foggle, MD

Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Thomas Germano, MD

I graduated from the emergency medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts in 1992 and since then have worked in a variety of clinical settings from level one trauma centers to small community hospitals where I was the only physician in the building. I also served as a flight physician with New England Life-Flight for ten years.  My career brought my family and myself to Rhode Island in 2001 where I worked in a very busy community hospital prior to joining the faculty at Rhode Island Hospital in 2006.  I think that my diversity of clinical experience has given me a unique perspective and has helped me in my role on our faculty.  The challenge of teaching our residents has brought me a new enthusiasm for emergency medicine and a renewed opportunity for learning.  My clinical interests include emergency airway management,  neurologic emergencies, traumatic injuries of the hand and wrist and ophthalmologic emergencies.

Recent Publications:
Germano, T. Traumatic Injuries f the Hand and Wrist. Part One.  Emergency Medicine Reports. 28(17) August 6,2007Germano T. Traumatic Injuries of the Hand and Wrist. Part Two.Emergency Medicine Reports. 28(18) August 20,2007Germano, T. Gonococcal Disease, In: Aghababian RV, et al.,Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Jones and Bartlett, 2005Germano, T. “The Parathyroid Gland and Calcium – Related Emergencies.” Top Emerg Med 2001;23 (4):51-56Germano, T. Diseases Due to Mycobacterium, In: Aghababian RV, Allison EJ, et al., edsEmergency Medicine: A Core Curriculum, Lippencott Raven, 1998Germano, T. Botulism, In:  Aghababian RV, Allison EJ, et al., eds Emergency Medicine: A Core Curriculum, Lippencott Raven, 1998Germano, T. Sepsis, In:  Aghababian RV, Allison EJ, et al., eds Emergency Medicine: A Core Curriculum, Lippencott Raven, 1998 Stroming, S, Germano, T. Approach to the Patient with Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease, In:  Aghababian RV, ed Emergency Management of Cardiovascular Disease, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994Germano, T. Valvular Heart Disease, In: Aghababian RV, ed Emergency Management of Cardiovascular Disease, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994.

 

Frantz J. Gibbs, MD

Frantz J. Gibbs, MD is Director of the Emergency Department at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown, has completed advanced certification in Emergency Ultrasonography, and pursues an active practice in this subspecialty.
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency Training: Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency Program; subspecialty and certification in Emergency Ultrasound at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Research Interests: Clinical uses of ultrasound in the emergent/critical care settings and medical education.

 

Eric Goldlust, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

 

 

 

Deborah Gutman, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Jason Hack, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Thomas Haronian, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown, is an attending physician at Rhode Island Hospital.
Medical School: Brown Medical School
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine at Akron City Hospital
Research Interests: Clinical areas of interest include cardiology/ECG interpretation, Sepsis.
Publications: Text book chapter and SAEM presentation on Head Trauma in the Elderly, Abdominal Pain in the Elderly, and Trauma/Falls in the Elderly.

 

Gregory D. Jay, MD, PhD

Dr. Jay is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medicine and Engineering at Brown Medical School, and an attending physician at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Jay was appointed to the position of Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine as of July 2006. He has served as the Director of Research for Emergency Medicine since 1995. Dr. Jay was former recipient of the Bruce M. Selya Award in 2004. for Research Excellence. Read Doctors & Engineers Pool Knowledge in Inside Brown. Also read Slick and Springy: Brown Research Reveals Protein’s Role in Joints in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Medical Scientist Training Program (MD & PhD)
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts
Research Interests: Active researcher in the areas of biotribology, medical error, and medical simulation, bioengineering and biomedical instrumentation
Publications:
Elsaid, KA, Jay, GD, Warman, ML, Rhee, DK, Chichester, CO: Association of articular cartilage degradation and loss of synovial fluid boundary lubricating ability following injury and inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 52: 1746-1755, 2005.
Demelis, M, Durfey, N, Sidman, R, Spitalnic, S, Jay, GD: Xanthochromia? By which method? A comparison of the visual and spectrophotometric determination of xanthrochromia. Acad Emerg Med 46: 51-55, 2005.
Sucov, A, Proano, C, Jay, GD. Peer review and feedback can modify pain treatment patterns for emergency department patients with fractures. Am J Med Qual 20(3):138-143, 2005.
McMurdy, JW, Jay, GD, Suner, S, Crawford, GP. Diffuse reflectance spectra of the palpebral conjunctiva and its utility as a non-invasive indicator of total hemoglobin. Journal of Biomedical Optics 6177:375-384, 2006. Biomedical Engineering Faculty

 

Ilse Jenouri, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

Leo Kobayashi, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, is Co-director of the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Simulation Center.

Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine.
Residency Training: Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (BWH/MGH).
Research interests: Procedural training and medical error reduction through medical simulation training.

Recent Publications:

Kobayashi L, Overly FL, Fairbanks RJ, Patterson M, Kaji AH, Bruno EC, Kirchhoff MA, Strother CG, Sucov A, Wears RL. "Advanced medical simulation applications for Emergency Medicine microsystems evaluation and training." Acad Emerg Med 2008; 15(11):1058-70.

Kobayashi L, Lindquist D, Jenouri I, Dushay K, Haze D, Sutton E, Smith J, Tubbs R, Overly F, Foggle J, Dunbar-Viveiros J, Jones M, Marcotte S, Werner D, Cooper M, Martin P, Tammaro D, Jay G. "Comparison of sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation performance data obtained from in-hospital incident chart review and in situ high-fidelity medical simulation." Resuscitation 2010; 81(4): 463-71.

Kobayashi L, Dunbar-Viveiros JA, Sheahan BA, Rezendes MH, Devine J, Cooper MR, Martin PB, Jay GD. "In situ simulation comparing in-hospital first responder sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation with semi-automated defibrillators and automated external defibrillators." Sim Healthcare 2010; 5(2): 82-90.

Kobayashi L, Dunbar-Viveiros J, Devine J, Jones MS, Overly FL, Gosbee JW, Jay GD. "Pilot phase findings from high-fidelity in situ medical simulation investigation of Emergency Department Procedural Sedation." Accepted for publication, Simulation in Healthcare, September 2011.

 

Matthew Kopp, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Otto Liebmann, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

David Lindquist, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Gregory Lockhart, MD

Associate Professor (Clinical) of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.

 

 

 

Alyson McGregor, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

 

Roland Clayton Merchant, MD, MPH

Roland Clayton Merchant, MD, MPH is an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Merchant has a Masters degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a volunteer instructor at the Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center of Rhode Island.

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY and Internship at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda.
Fellowship Training: Research Fellow in the Section of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital.
Research Interests: HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, emergency contraception, and HIV and STD testing and prevention.
Recent Publications:
Merchant RC. Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2005;46(1):82-6.
Merchant RC and Mayer KH. Perspectives on new nonoccupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. JAMA. 2005;293(19):2407-9.
Merchant RC, Keshavarz R, Low C. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided to adolescent females after sexual assault at an urban pediatric emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2004;21(4):449-51.
Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Browning CA. Development of guidelines on nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis for the State of Rhode Island. Public Health Reports. 2004;119(2):136-40.

 

James Monti, MD

James Monti, MD is the Assistant Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

Medical School: Georgetown Medical School Residency Training: Brown Medical School Program in Emergency Medicine '02. Internship: Northwestern University.

 

Anthony Napoli, MD

 

Anthony Napoli, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency Training: Brown Medical School Residency Program in Emergency Medicine '06; Chief Resident.
Research Interests: Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring, Application of TranlsationalTechnology in Resuscitation, Sepsis, Acute Cardiovascular Disease, Hypothermia,and Clinical Policies.
Publications (Selected):
Napoli AM, Machan J, Corl K, et al. Tissue Oxygenation Does Not Predict Central Venous Oxygenation In Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Academic Emergency Medicine 2010; 17(4): 349-352.
Napoli AM, Machan J, Corl K, et al. The Use of Impedance Cardiography in Predicting Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Academic Emergency Medicine 2010; 17(4): 452-455.
Napoli AM, Corl K, Gardiner F, Forcada A. Prognostic Value of Noninvasive Measures of Contractility in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Undergoing Early Goal Directed Therapy. Journal of Critical Care, in press May 4, 2010.
Milzman D, Napoli AM, Hogan,C. Emergency Department Use of Thoracic Impedance Compared to Chest Radiograph to Diagnose Acute Pulmonary Edema. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009; 27(7): 770-775.
Napoli AM, Jagoda A. Clinical Policies: Their history, future, medical legal implications and growing importance to physicians. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2007; Vol 33(4): 425-432.

 

Elizabeth Nestor, MD

 

Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School
Residency Training: Medical Center of Delaware
Research Interests: Medical Ethics, Medical Story Telling

Other:
Present SAEM member, Member of the SAEM Ethics Committee 2008-9, 2009-10. Reviewer for Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. RIMWA Woman Physician of the Year, 2008. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award 2008.

Recent Publications:
The Intimate Science in Academic Emergency Medicine, V.16, Issue 2, Feb.2009; The Obligation of Narrative in CJEM, Vol.8, No.4, August 2008.

 

Frank Overly, MD

 

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.

 

 

Robert Partridge, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, is on staff at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr Partridge received his Master's in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a diploma in Tropical Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Medical School: Tufts University
Residency Training: The Medical College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Medical education and international and travel medicine; geriatric emergency medicine and injury control.
Publications:
Girard D, Partridge RA, Becker BM, Bock B. Alcohol and nicotine dependence in elderly emergency department patients: rates, health and medical care utilization.
Acad Emerg Med, 2003 May;10(5):478-9.
Partridge RA, Alexander J, Lawrence T, Suner S. Medical Counter-Bioterrorism: The Effort to Provide Anthrax Prophylaxis to New York City Postal Service Employees. Ann Emerg Med, 2003;41:441-446.

Lawrence Proano, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, is on staff at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Proano has a diploma in Tropical Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is currently the Director of University Emergency Medicine Foundation's (UEMF) International Emergency Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Proano is a senior Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Internship: Milwaukee County General Hospital
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine Denver General Hospital
Interests: Travel medicine, international medicine
Publications:
Proano L. Salmonella Typhi Bioterrorism Attack. In Disaster Medicine" by Gregory Cittone, MD FACEP, September, 2005.
Sucov A, Nathanson A, McCormick J, Proano L, Reinert S, Jay G. Peer review and feedback can modify pain treatment patterns for emergency department patients with fractures. American Journal of Quality Medicine (ACMQ) 2005 May/June; 20(3):138-14.
Proano, L., Jagminas, L., Homan CS., Reinert, S. Evaluation of a Teaching Laboratory Using a Cadaver Model for Tube Thorascostomy. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2002

Neha Parikh Raukar, MD, MS

Neha Parikh Raukar, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown Medical School.
Medical School: Howard University
Residency Training: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship Training: Sports Medicine

Research Interests: Sports Medicine, Sepsis, Disaster Medicine, Resident Education
Publications/Presentations (Selected):
"Sideline Management of the Collapsed Athlete," EMS Update – Seven Springs, Pa – March, 2006
"The Role of Platelet Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears," American College of Sports Medicine – Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference – Harrisburg, Pa - November, 2005 – Speaker
"Wound Care Management" in Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine, Robert Antosia, John Cahill editors; Springer Science and Business Media, 2006, pp.315-318

 

James Rayner, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor.

 

 

 

Jessica Smith, MD

Jessica Smith, MD is the Assistant Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Emergency Medicine at Brown Medical School.
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency Training: Boston University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Boston Medical Center, 2006
Internship: Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Academic Interests: Clinical uses of ultrasound, medical student education, trauma resuscitation
Publications:
Choo E, Mitchell P, Mehta S, Smith J et al. The Utility of Initial Dose Intravenous Antibiotics for Cellulitis Prior to Discharge on Oral Antibiotics from the Emergency Department, Annals of Emergency Medicine 46(3), 2005, ppS84.
Smith J. Case management: Neck Pain, MACEP News, June 2006.
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Residency catalogue of SAEM
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Dale Steele, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.

 

 

 

Andrew Sucov, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine .

 

 

 

Francis Sullivan, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown, has been an attending physician in emergency medicine at Rhode Island Hospital since 1987. Dr. Sullivan completed a categorical internship in internal medicine, serving on active duty with the United States Public Health Services (USPHS) for two and a half years. He serves as co-coordinator for the EMS curriculum in the residency program.
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Internal Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine with Division of Anesthesiology and Respiratory / Critical Care
Board Certified: Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Interests: Local prehospital care training and issues, concentrating on their interface with the Brown Medical School Residency Program in Emergency Medicine; disaster system design.

 

Selim Suner, MD, MS, FACEP

Selim Suner, MD, MS, FACEP is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Engineering at Brown, and an attending physician at Rhode Island Hospital. He completed his Masters degree in Bio-Medical Engineering at Brown University.
Dr Suner was awarded the SAEM Neuroscience Fellowship for 2003-2004 and has received the "Best Scientific Presentation" award from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) in 1999 and 2004. Dr. Suner is the Team Leader of the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), and he has served during multiple disaster deployments including Katrina, the World Trade Center attacks, and the Egypt Air crash off the shores of Massachusetts. Dr Suner also serves as Chairman of Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Preparedness Committee and participates in many state level committees working on disaster preparedness. Dr Suner is an international expert in emergency preparedness and disaster medicine, has given over 100 lectures related to disaster management world-wide and is the associate editor of the textbook “Disaster Medicine” (Mosby, 2006). Dr. Suner also holds patents in the area of biomedical engineering and is a founder of Corum Medical, a company that is developing LumenI, a device which performs a non-invasive rapid test to determine hemoglobin concentration.
Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine.
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine (1996); chief resident.
Research Interests: Neural control of movement, disaster and mass gathering medicine, Bency-to-Bedside or Bedside-to-Bench applications of biomedical engineering concepts, CO toxicity, hyperbaric medicine, and asthma; Medical Simulation applications for disaster medicine research and education.
Recent Publications:
Suner S, Fellows M, Vargas-Irwin C, Nakata K and Donoghue JP. Reliability of signals from chronically implanted, silicon-based electrode array in non-human primate primary motor cortex. (2005) IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 13(4): 524-541.
McMurdy, JW, Jay GD, Suner S, Trespelacios F, Crawford GP. Reflectance Spectra of the Palpebral Conjunctiva and its Utility as a Non-Invasive Indicator of Total Hemoglobin. (2006) Journal of Biomedical Optics 11(1):14019-14027.
Shapiro MJ, Morey JC, Small SD, Langford V, Kaylor CJ, Jagminas L, Suner S, Simon R and Jay G. Simulation based Teamwork Training for Emergency Department Staff: Does it Improve Clinical Team Performance when Added to an Existing Didactic Teamwork Curriculum? Quality and Safety in Healthcare (2004);13(6):417-421.
Yanturali S, Suner S, Aksay E, Cevik AA, Sonmez Y. To Be Vaccinated or Not? A Survey of Turkish Emergency Physicians Regarding Smallpox. (2005) Journal of Emergency Medicine 28(2):139-145.
Yanturali S, Ersoy G, Yuruktumen A, Aksay E, Suner S, Sonmez Y, Oray D, Colak N, Cimrin AH. A National Survey of Turkish Emergency Physicians Perspectives Regarding Family Witnessed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. (2005) International Journal of Clinical Practice 59(4):441-446

 

Elizabeth Sutton, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

Lynn Sweeney, MD

Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Emergency Medicine.

 

 

Robert Tubbs, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency Training: Brown Medical School Residency Program in Emergency Medicine '06; Chief Resident.

 

Jonathan Valente, MD

Jonathan Valente, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics and an attending physician at both Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital. Dr. Valente is an ultrasound and an airway course faculty instructor.
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine Residency training at North Shore University Hospital, (New York University School of Medicine)
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Recent Publications:
Valente JH, Lemke T, Ridlen M, Ritter D, Clyne B, Reinert SE: Assessment of Supraglottic Aluminum Foreign Bodies by Radiography – A Prospective, Blinded Study Using Cadavers. Emergency Radiology, 2005. Napoli A, Mason-Plunkett J, Valente JH: Two cases of severe hydrogen sulfide exposure with complete recovery. Hospital Physician, 2005.
Brown L, Goldstein R, McIlrath S, Valente JH, Witt M et al: ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resuscitation Pocket/PDA Guide, 2005.
Book Chapters:
Schuur J, Valente JH: Yersinia Pestis (Plague) Attack. In: Ciottone G (eds.) Practical Approach to Disaster Medicine and Terrorist Events, Mosby 2005. Valente JH: Minor Infant Problems. In: Baren JM, Brennan JA, Brown L, and Rothrock SG (eds.) Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Elsevier 2005.Brown L, Goldstein R, McIlrath S, Valente JH, Witt M et al: ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resuscitation Pocket/PDA Guide, 2005. Valente JH, Muetterties M: Wound Care Issues. In Meldon SW, Ma OJ, Woolard RH (eds). Geriatric Emergency Medicine, McGraw-Hill. Valente JH, Lee DC: Geriatric Toxicology. In: Woolard RH, Partridge R (eds). Pre-hospital Geriatric Care, Prentice Hall.

 

Michael Waxman, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

 

 

Kenneth Williams, MD

Kenneth Williams, MD is an Associate Professor (Clinical) of Emergency Medicine and is on staff at both Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital. Dr. Williams is project Medical Director and Principal Investigator of the Rhode Island Disaster Initiative, a multi-year federally funded disaster research project. Currently he is Physician Medical Consultant at the RI Department of Health, EMS Division, and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UMASS. Dr. Williams is past President of RI ACEP and the Air Medical Physician Association.
Medical School: University of Massashuetts Medical School
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests: Disaster system design and prehospital care, EMS, airmedical care and medical informatics
Recent Publications:
Rayman, R & Williams, K, The Passenger and The Patient Inflight. In DeHart R , Davis J [ed.] Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine, 3rd Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
Williams K, Suner S, Sullivan S, Woolard R: Rhode Island Disaster Initiative. Medicine & Health Rhode Island Vol 86, No. 7, July 2003, 207-210.

 



 

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