Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM

Academic Focus or Interests

Wilderness Medicine; Healthcare Informatics; Medical Device and Biotechnology startups; Emergency Medicine Administration.

Publications

Kimball AB, Arambula KZ, Stauffer AR , Levy V, Davis VW, Liu M, Rehmus WE, Lotan A, Auerbach PS: Efficacy of a jellyfish sting inhibitor in preventing jellyfish stings in normal volunteers. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 15(2): 102-108. 2004.
Norris RL, Auerbach PS, Nelson EE: Bites and stings. In Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 17th edition, Townsend CM, ed., Elsevier, 2004, pp. 597-612.

Auerbach PS, Norris RL: Disorders caused by reptile bites and marine animal exposures. In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th edition, Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Longo DL, Braunwald E, Hauser SL, Jameson JL, eds., McGraw-Hill, 2004, pp. 2593-2600.

Erickson TB, Auerbach PS: Marine envenomations and seafood poisonings. In Pediatric Toxicology, Erickson TB, Ahrens WR, Aks SE, Baum CR, Ling LJ, eds., McGraw Hill, 2005, pp. 524-532.

Lipman GS, Auerbach PS: Marine envenomation. In Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Wolfson AB, ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, pp. 1727-1731.

Norris RL, Auerbach PS: Animal poisons in the tropics. In Tropical Infectious Diseases, 2nd edition, Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds., Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006, pp. 83-101.

Bobak DA, Auerbach PS: Travel-related health concerns associated with extremes of environment. In Tropical Infectious Diseases, 2nd edition, Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds., Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006, pp. 1685-1699.

Auerbach PS: Wilderness Medicine. 5th edition, Mosby-Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2007.

Auerbach PS, Burgess G: Injuries from nonvenomous aquatic animals. In Wilderness Medicine, 5th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Elsevier, 2007, pp. 1654-1691.

Auerbach PS: Envenomation by aquatic invertebrates. In Wilderness Medicine, 5th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Elsevier, 2007, pp. 1691-1729.

Auerbach PS: Envenomation by aquatic vertebrates. In Wilderness Medicine, 5th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Elsevier, 2007, pp. 1730-1749.

Auerbach P, Lemery J: Wilderness medicine. In Emergency Medicine. The Medical Student Survival Guide. Harkin KE and Cushman JT, eds., Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, 2007, pp. 156-158.

Auerbach PS, Halstead BW: Injuries from non-venomous aquatic animals. In Wilderness Medicine, 4 th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Mosby, 2001, pp. 1418-1449.

Auerbach PS: Envenomation by aquatic invertebrates. In Wilderness Medicine, 4 th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Mosby, 2001, pp. 1450-1487.

Auerbach PS: Envenomation by aquatic vertebrates. In Wilderness Medicine, 4 th edition, Auerbach PS, ed., Mosby, 2001, pp. 1488-1506.

Kimball AB, Arambula KZ, Stauffer AR , Levy V, Davis VW, Liu M, Rehmus WE, Lotan A, Auerbach PS: Efficacy of a jellyfish sting inhibitor in preventing jellyfish stings in normal volunteers. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 15(2): 102-108. 2004.

Auerbach PS: Wilderness Medicine. 4 th edition , Mosby, Inc., St. Louis , 2001.

Presentations

Shark Attacks/Denizens of the Deep: Hazardous Marine Life. The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine. American College of Emergency Physicians; Big Sky, Montana: February 12-16, 2005.

Business Issues for Emergency Medicine/Marine Attacks and Envenomations.  Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine 2005. Stanford University School of Medicine; Kona, Hawaii: March 29-April 2, 2005.

Marine Envenomations/Shark Attacks/Diving the Rainbow Reefs. Wilderness Medicine: “Medicine and the Spirit of Adventure.” American College of Emergency Physicians; Santa Fe, New Mexico: May 18-22, 2005.

Shark Attacks/Marine Envenomations. Ocean Emergencies Emergency Care Conference. MemorialCare; Costa Mesa, California: July 8, 2005.

Surf’s Up: Danger at Sea. 2005 Wilderness Medicine Conference and Annual Meeting, Wilderness Medical Society; Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado: July 23-27, 2005.

Hazardous Marine Life. Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Wilderness Medicine. American College of Emergency Physicians; Big Sky, Montana: August 3-7, 2005

Altitude Illness/ Heat Illness/ Cold Injuries/ Submersion Incidents/Wilderness Medical Supplies/Shark Attacks/Marine Envenomations/infectious Diarrhea/Research Advances in Wilderness Medicine. Wilderness Medicine Adventure. American College of Emergency Physicians; Inca Trail/Amazon Rainforest, Peru: August 29-September 10,2005.

Wilderness Medicine. 12th Annual Pulmonary Hall of Fame Dinner. Colorado Thoracic Society and American Lung Association of Colorado; Denver, Colorado: September 21, 2005.

The Relevance and Future of Wilderness Medicine/Planning a Wilderness Medicine Research Project. UK National WildMedics Conference. Newcastle University; Newcastle, England: October 22-23, 2005.

The Relevance and Future of Wilderness Medicine. Northwest Hospital. Seattle, Washington: February 28, 2006.

Hazardous Marine Life: Marine Envenomation & Shark Attacks. Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine 2006. Stanford University School of Medicine; Poipu, Hawaii: April 18-22, 2006.

Wilderness Medicine Topics. Wilderness Medicine. Wilderness Medical Society; Kathmandu to Mt. Everest Base Camp, Nepal: May 7-24, 2006.

What’s New in Wilderness Medicine: 2006 and Beyond. 2006 Wilderness Medicine Conference + Annual Meeting. Wilderness Medical Society; Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado: July 22-26, 2006.

Hazardous Marine Life: Marine Envenomation & Shark Attacks. National Conference on Wilderness Medicine. American College of Emergency Physicians; Big Sky, Montana: August 2-6, 2006.

Snake Bites; Marine Envenomation; What’s New in Wilderness Medicine; Submersion Injuries.  Tropical Medicine 101. Greene County Medical Society and the Missouri State Medical Association; Lake Atitlan, Guatemala: August 7-12, 2006.

Natural Environmental Hazards During Travel. 4th National Kaiser Permanente Travel Medicine Conference. Kaiser Permanente and the California Department of Health Services, Division of Communicable Disease Control; Walnut Creek, California: October 20-21, 2006.

Submersion Incidents; Shark Attacks; Wilderness Medicine 2007.  Tropical Medicine 101. Greene County Medical Society and the Missouri State Medical Association; Lake Atitlan, Guatemala: February 11-17, 2007.

Wilderness Medicine 2007; Submersion Incidents; Snake Bites; Marine Envenomations. 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians; Hilton Head, South Carolina: March 11-16, 2007.

Wound and Burn Management; Medical Kit and Antibiotics. 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Winter Specialty Meeting on Mountain Medicine. Wilderness Medical Society; Park City, Utah: March 16-21, 2007.

Hazardous Marine Life; Wilderness Medicine. Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine 2007. Stanford University School of Medicine; Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii: March 28-31, 2007.

Hazardous Marine Life. The 5th Annual Pediatric Conference for Physicians and Nurses. The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Lee Lee Memorial Health System; Fort Myers, Florida: April 21-22, 2007.

When Nature Bites Back: Shark Attacks. 10th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: May 20-24, 2007.

“Wound in the Salt,” Not “Salt in the Wound”: Marine Envenomation – An Expert Speaks/Snake and Spikder Envenomation: Current Therapies and Controversies/ Wilderness Medicine 2007. AAPA’s 35th Annual PA Conference. American Academy of Physician Assistants.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 26-31, 2007.

Diving the Rainbow Reefs/ Shark Atack/Marine Envenomations. Wilderness Medicine – Medicine and the Spirit of Adventure. American College of Emergency Physicians; Santa Fe, New Mexico: May 30-June 3, 2007.

Stingray Spines to the Heart – The Relevance and Future of Wilderness Medicine. CAEP 2007. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: June 2-6, 2007

What’s New in Wilderness Medicine: 2007 and Beyond; That’s Why They Call it a STINGray: Marine Envenomations. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society; Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado; July 21-25, 2007.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water… Xtreme Emergency Medicine 2007. Stanford University School of Medicine Division of Emergency Medicine; San Francisco, California: September 5-9, 2007.

Wilderness Medicine 2007/Submersion Injuries and Special Topics in WM/Marine Envenomations. Northeast Wilderness Medicine Conference. Cornell Outdoor Education and New York-Presbyterian Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine; Ithaca, New York: September 26-28, 2007.

Wilderness Medicine: Are You Ready for Anything?/Stingray Impalings and Other Marine Creatures. Mountain & Wilderness Medicine World Congress. Wilderness Medical Society and International Society for Mountain Medicine; Aviemore, Scotland: October 3-7, 2007.

Hazardous Marine Life. The 4 th World Congress on Wilderness Medicine. Wilderness Medical Society. Whistler, British Columbia; August 13, 2003.

Update on Terrestrial Bites and Stings/Denizens of the Deep: Marine Animal Hazards and Infections. 2003 Annual Scientific Assembly. American College of Emergency Physicians; Boston, Massachusetts: October 12-15, 2003.

Healthcare: Who Decides and Who Pays? The International Life Science Summit. Georgetown University; Washington, D.C.: October 20-21, 2003.

Introduction to Wilderness Medicine/Marine Envenomations, An Update/Shark Attacks. The Great Escape: An International Conference In Wilderness Medicine for Medical Students. Oxford Wilderness Medical Society; The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England: November 1-2, 2003.

Awards and Society Memberships

• DAN America Award, Divers Alert Network, Durham , NC
• Outstanding Contribution in Education Award, American College of Emergency Physicians
• 2001 Founders Award, Wilderness Medical Society
• 2006 NOGI Award for Science, Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences

Current Research Activities

Grant applications submitted or to be submitted for preclinical frostbite research, jellyfish sting inhibition research, snake bite venom extraction, peripheral intravenous access device, avalanche rescue device, and acute trauma care research