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Profile in Innovation: Dan Imler, MD

Dan Imler, MD is developing new physician-focused decision-making tools to help caregivers focus on patients.

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Gratitude and Emergency Medicine

How can emergency medicine physicians combat burnout? Al'ai Alvarez, MD shares his tips and experience in implementing a mindful gratitude practice. 

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Tips for Caring for Patients with Disabilities

Cori Poffenberger, MD, emergency medicine physician and mother, offers guidance on language, actions and mindset to ensure inclusion for patients with disabilities.

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Samuel Yang, MD Awarded NIH Grant

Samuel Yang, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year precision health project will explore utilizing single cell microfluidic devices for rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections, with the potential benefits of improving antibiotic stewardship and patient outcomes. Read more >>

Hitting the Field with the 49ers

Peter D'Souza, MD discusses what it's like to be the airway management physician on the field for 49ers home games.

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Burnout and Physician Wellness

Cori Poffenberger, MD was featured on a recent NBC Nightly News story discussing the challenges of physician wellness, her experience with burnout, and her drive to improve the system for all physicians.

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California Wildfires

The Butte County fire destroyed more than 13,000 homes and displaced more than 50,000 people. Physicians, fellows, residents and nurses from our department provided medical support to FEMA and to those in shelters. "Everyone has a story...it's humbling."

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Gun Violence: One Physician's Story

Emergency medicine physician Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD describes the patient encounter that convinced her gun violence is a public health epidemic.

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New Concussion Guidelines

Angela Lumba-Brown, MD was interviewed by NPR  on managing and treating concussions. Dr. Lumba-Brown was lead author of new CDC guidelines on managing and treating head injuries, just released in October 2018.

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High-tech Health

“This project has a twofold advantage...It provides health care to communities without it, and it employs people marginalized within their own communities.” Ayesha Khan, MD shares how her groundbreaking e-curriculum is impacting Haiti, India and beyond in a new Stanford Medicine Magazine article. 

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The Deadliest Flu: Are We Prepared?

Milana Boukhman, MD and Colin Bucks, MD recently discussed the likelihood of a flu epidemic of the same magnitude as the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic that killed 50 million worldwide.

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New Department Chair:  Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA

Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA, a leader in medical device innovation and translational medicine, has joined Stanford’s emergency medicine department. "Stanford has the unique capacity to become the home of the world’s leading experts in emergency care innovation,” noted Blomkalns.

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New Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines

 Angela Lumba-Brown, MD, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine and co-director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center  is lead author on importangt new CDC guidlines for managing and treating head injuries, recently highlighted in the New York Times and JAMA.

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Grant Lipman, MD Nominated Chair of the Wilderness Medical Society’s Research Council

Grant Lipman, MD has been nominated as Chair of the Wilderness Medical Society’s Research Council, and also nominated to the Wilderness Medical Society Board of Directors. He completed a Wilderness Medicine Fellowship at Stanford in 2005, and is now a Clinical Associate Professor.

How to Handle Emergencies

8 Signs You Can Handle a Medical Emergency - Sam Shen, MD provides quick, easy tips to prepare for emergencies in a new Reader's Digest article. 

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Envisioning an Emergency Medicine Career

High school students from around the country convened at Stanford for a ten-day immersion in emergency medicine. Participants had the chance to learn hands-on clinical skills in trauma, wilderness medicine, triage and more, with the ultimate goal of encouraging students to choose a career in emergency medicine.

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Teaching by Virtual Reality

Henry Curtis, MD and collaborators have created a new virtual reality project that enables emergency doctors to practice how to multitask in a fast-paced, high-risk and disruptive environment. 

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Thai Cave Rescue

Paul Auerbach, MD, considered one of the founders of wilderness emergency medicine, provided insight to numerous media outlets during efforts to rescue the Thai soccer team.

NY Times, CNN, NBC,  CTV and 20/20

Search and Rescue

Drs. Gautreau, Mulkerin and Lemieux collaborate with members of FEMA Task Force 3 on communications and teambuilding, while working to extract a 14-year old from a "collapsed" building.

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Preparing for Mass Trauma

"In half an hour, a train will strike a bus near downtown Palo Alto." Stanford Emergency Medicine prepares for mass trauma in a hospital-wide simulation. Read a moment-by-moment account of what it is like to prepare for the worst.

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New Physician Wellness Fellowship

The Department of Emergency Medicine has launched a new fellowship focused on physician wellness. Wellness in the emergency department presents significant challenges from a systems and individual perspective, and emergency physicians have one of the highest burnout rates in medicine. One of the first of its kind in the nation, this fellowship program is led by nationally-recognized faculty, preeminent in the field of physician wellness. 

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Empowering Women in India

Female villagers in India who might otherwise be marginalized are becoming healthcare providers, thanks to an app developed by Ayesha Khan, MD and Stanford Emergency Medicine. The story, which spans many decades and several continents, is featured in SCOPE. 

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Star of Stanford: Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD

"It takes just one case to make you a believer. Bedside ultrasound can save a life...I would love for every single medical student to learn how to use ultrasound." Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD, is profiled in a Stars of Stanford article. 

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Milana Boukhman, MD to Serve on Panel for Future of Military Medicine

Milana Boukhman, MD has been invited to serve on the Medicine panel of the Future of Military Medicine Study sponsored by the Principal Assistant for Research & Technology (PART) of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.  The goal of the panel is to influence investment strategies in support of the military medical mission. This study will inform the identification of technology gaps and provide a “Course of Action” analysis for senior leadership.

The Stanford Walk-In Clinic Opens

The new Stanford Walk-In Clinic opened its doors on February 26 to provide same-day care for patients six months or older with minor illness or injury. Located in Stanford Hoover Pavilion, the clinic provides an additional option for patients unable to obtain an appointment with Primary Care or Express Care. The clinic will be open Monday-Friday from 3:30 – 11 pm, and no appointment is needed.

Stanford Emergency Department Goes Vertical

Stanford Hospital’s “vertical flow model” replaced horizontal stretchers with comfortable chairs. The result? Maximized use of space and reduced length of stay, according to a recent study. Learn more >

Angela Lumba-Brown, MD Named Co-Director of Brain Trauma Consortium

Angela Lumba-Brown, MD has been named Co-Director of the Stanford Brain Trauma Evidence-Based Consortium. The research group, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, also includes Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland State University, and the Brain Trauma Foundation. The consortium will develop an evidence-based classification for the spectrum of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and also model post-TBI trajectories and outcomes, an objective that could lead to significant advances in treatment protocols. 

How to Save Football Player's Brains

One simple rule change could help save football players' brains, according to a Wall Street Journal piece by Paul Auerbach, MD. 

Christmas in the ED

Christmas Day in the Emergency Department was one of the busiest in recent memory, according to physicians who have worked the holiday multiple years in a row. The day brought unique challenges, as well as opportunity to support the work family.  Read article >>

Expanding the Reach of Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine physician Peter Acker, MD, was drawn to Stanford by a fellowship program in international emergency medicine program. He arrived in 2013, but his interest in science is older, driven by his early efforts to uncover a “tangible truth.” Stanford Medicine profiles Acker's international work and philosophy. Read article >>