Global Emergency Medicine

Research & Projects

POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS) CURRICULUM IN RWANDA

Faculty Lead: Michelle Feltes, MD

External Partner: University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)

SEMI faculty are partnering with Rwandan EM faculty to develop a hybrid curriculum to improve the Rwandan residents’ POCUS skills and implement a quality assurance (QA) program. We aim to make the initiative sustainable by building local ultrasound expertise. Current residents are encouraged to join the QA program and gain the expertise needed to teach ultrasound. 
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MEDEVAC UTILIZATION IN RURAL ALASKA 

Faculty Lead: Brian Rice, MD

External Partner: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Dr. Brian Rice uses machine learning to analyze medevac utilization in remote areas of Alaska where air transport is the lifeline for emergencies. 
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UGHE Rwanda

Faculty Lead: Joseph Becker, MD

External Partner: University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

Dr. Joseph Becker spearheads the development of an emergency medicine clerkship program for medical students, addressing the country’s evolving healthcare needs and fostering interest in emergency medicine careers.
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MENTAL HEALTH IN SAN JOSE

Faculty Lead: Jennifer Newberry, MD, JD

External Partners: Community Partners and Promotores from East San José, California

Dr. Jennifer Newberry leads a bilingual team in a multi-year collaboration with community partners to assess and address mental health usage patterns in the East San José Latinx community.
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NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) IN LMICs

Faculty Lead: Christine Ngaruiya, MD

SEMI faculty have been working to understand the prevalence and burden of NCDs in LMICs, with the development of evidence-based interventions using implementation science approaches.

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EMS IN INDIA

Faculty Leads: Matthew Strehlow, MD and Peter Acker, MD

External Partners: GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI)

Description:  Stanford University and Emergency Management and Research Institute Green Health Services (EMRI GHS) continue their multi-decade collaboration to advance emergency medical services in India. This partnership focuses on developing cutting-edge training programs, improving prehospital care protocols, and conducting research into emergency medical systems, significantly elevating the quality of emergency response across the region.


EMS TRAINING IN KENYA

Faculty Lead: Benjamin Lindquist, MD

External Partner: Rescue.co

Stanford EM International (SEMI) physicians have partnered with a private EMS system in Kenya to develop and implement a train-the-trainer education program for pre-hospital providers.

News Stories

  • What Digital Health Tells Us About Disease

    Christine Ngaruiya, MD, uses Natural Language Processing to uncover gender disparities in noncommunicable diseases, while also leading initiatives at the intersection of health and climate change, fostering targeted interventions and policy changes worldwide.

  • Using AI to Save Lives in Rural Alaska

    Brian Rice, MD, uses machine learning to analyze medevac utilization in remote areas of Alaska where air transport is the lifeline for emergencies.

  • Improving Care for Mothers Around the Globe

    In a global effort to increase access to quality emergency care for mothers and newborns, Peter Acker, MD an associate professor of emergency medicine is helping to improve emergency referrals.

  • Evaluating Latinx Mental Health in the Community

    Jennifer Newberry, MD, JD, leads a bilingual team in a multi-year collaboration with community partners to assess and address mental health usage patterns in the East San José Latinx community.

  • Unveiling Child Trafficking Patterns

    Preeti Panda, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Stanford, conducts research to shed light on the socio-economic characteristics of trafficking victims, paving the way for informed policy initiatives in emergency departments.

  • Teaching Ultrasound in Lower-Resource Areas

    Stanford’s Department of Emergency Medicine launched an ultrasound training program for emergency medicine residents at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali in Rwanda.

  • Growing the Emergency Medicine Pipeline in Rwanda

    Joe Becker, MD, spearheads the development of a groundbreaking clerkship program for medical students, addressing the country’s evolving healthcare needs and fostering interest in emergency medicine careers.

  • Stanford-developed app curriculum empowers health care providers in India

    Four local facilitators in India utilized the curriculum app to train women from 54 villages in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. All the women, including Nisha, successfully passed a written exam and simulated patient scenarios. Most are the first trained medical providers in their villages.The app-based curriculum already has a track record of success in Haiti, where it was first developed.

Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Stanford Emergency Medicine International fellows build the skills necessary to work in developing nations and participate in a variety of ongoing international health programs.  Learn more

Faculty

Matthew Strehlow
Director
Michelle Feltes
Fellowship Co-director
Christine Ngaruiya
Global & Population Health Research Director
Benjamin Lindquist
Fellowship Co-director
Joseph Becker
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Peter Acker
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Timothy J Batchelor
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
In-Hei Hahn
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Wei David Hao
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Ayesha Khan
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Patrick Lanter
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
S. V. Mahadevan
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emeritus
Jennifer A. Newberry
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical/Academic)
Enoch Akuffo Obeng
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Preeti Panda
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)
Avinash Patil
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Brian Travis Rice
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Marisa Tienyun Smith
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine