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Recent Emergency Medicine Presentations


SAEM in Pheonix, May 14-17, 2024

  • Elzinga K, Croft A, Steffan R, Bivins K, Ramon K, Frick K, Fellows A, Devireddy D, Johnson A, Jones JS. Educational Insights from the Screen: Analyzing Pediatric Death Communication in Medical Television Programs. Thursday, May 16.
  • Devireddy D, Stavropoulos K, Leach E, Moaddel V, Sena A, Trop B, Khalil F, Kuk C, Rezmer B, Hak L, Thompson J, Benner C. Evaluating Ergonomic Risk Factors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Prospective Clinical Assessment. Friday, May 17.
  • Gay M, Dean M, Sellers L, Clegg A, Coleman A, Cakrani J, Cook T, Melbardis M, Foster J, DeBruine N, Jawahir J, Seamon J, Bach J, Jones JS. Trampoline Safety in Children: Evaluation of the Accuracy and Reliability of YouTube Videos. Friday, May 17.


Corewell Health Research Day in Grand Rapids, May 10, 2024

  • Chad Sutliffe, MHA: Man Yee Keung, MS-3; Erin Leach, MD; Matthew Singh, MD; Thomas Sapp, MD; Mariah Barnes, MD; Bradley Emmerich, MD; Steven Ilko, MD; Jeffrey Jones, MD. Cannabis-induced Anxiety Disorder in the Emergency Department
  • Skovira C, Sargent J, Pham H, Dean L, Finedore M, Vu A, Kolacki C, Judge B, Riley B, Jones JS. Assessing the Quality of YouTube Instructional Videos on Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
  • Lindsey Ouellette, Gay M, Dean M, Sellers L, Clegg A, Coleman A, Cakrani J, Cook T, Melbardis M, Foster J, DeBruine N, Jawahir J, Seamon J, Bach J, Jones JS. Trampoline Safety in Children: Evaluation of the Accuracy and Reliability of YouTube Videos
  • Mangione M, Hudock S, Hysell M, Luna M, Dixon E, Holsinger H, Ambrose L, Zamarripa A, Benner C. Aural Search & Rescue: Techniques for Ear Foreign Body Removal in the Emergency Department.
  • Sellers L, Dean L, Hak L, Thompson J, Vu A, Hak L, Fleeger T, Kolacki C, Seamon J, Chassee T, Jones JS. Assessing the Educational Value of YouTube and TikTok Videos on Home Suture Removal.
  • Nawal Bennett, Finedore M, Devireddy D, Stavropoulos K, Leach E, Moaddel V, Sena A, Trop B, Khalil F, Kuk C, Rezmer B, Hak L, Thompson J, Benner C. Evaluating Ergonomic Risk Factors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Prospective Clinical Assessment.
  • Sims P, Reiber M, Mangione M, Giolitti J, Brief S, Hill E, Elzinga K, Topalli X, Croft A, Bennet N, Sternhagen K, Fleeger T, Jones JS. The Influence of Social Media on Expectations of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes in the Emergency Department.
  • Kaleb Ramon, MS-3; Katrina Elzinga, MS-3; Amanda Croft, MS-3; Richard Steffan, MS-3; Kyle Bivins, MS-4; Kurt Frick, MS-4; Austin Fellows, MS-4; Deepthi Devireddy, MS-3; Ainslie Johnson, MS-2; Jennifer Bach, MD; Angela Zamarripa, MD. Educational Insights from the Screen: Analyzing Pediatric Death Communication in Medical Television Programs.
  • Andrew Hulsman, MS-4; Nora Mertz, MS-2; Benjamin Kowalske, MS-3; Lauren Sellers, MS-2; Nicholas Pigg, MD; Carina Grain, MS-2; Sydney Hudock, MS-3; Jessica Shaltry, MS-2; Sydney Brief, MS-3; Annie Vu, MS-4; Jonathan C. Thompson, MS-4; Larissa Dean, MS-2; Chad Sutliffe, MSH; Jeffrey S. Jones, MD. Pathogens Unleashed: Emerging Infectious Diseases in North America in 2023
  • Skovira C, Dave A, Zhang X, Witteveen-Lane M, Chesla D, Chen B, Jones JS. Incidence And Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment In West Michigan: A Rural-Urban Comparison Utilizing Electronic Health Records
  • Bhargava D, Loney B. Advocating for an Ultrasound-First To Renal Colic in the Emergency Department
  • Mertz N, Panzlau N. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Prolonged Circulatory Survival in Organ Donors
  • Armstrong R, Johnson J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Aortic Dissection in a Patient with ST-Elevation and Hypotension
  • Scott C, Latosinsky A. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Placental Abruption Diagnosis
  • Wilk K, Johnson J. New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Identification of Cardiomyopathy in a Young Patient Experiencing Thyrotoxicosis
  • Kowatch A, Flannigan M. Uremic Pericardial Effusion as an Initial Presenting Sign of Transplant Rejection
  • Kowalski B, Loney B. Utilization of Supraclavicular Nerve Block in Elbow Dislocation
  • Steffen R, Flannigan M. Clinical Use of Regional Pain Blocks in the Emergency Department for Traumatic Injuries
  • Wanamaker J, Jones JS. Increasing Enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Early in Pregnancy
  • Vu A, Grain C, Aurora B. Micromanagement
  • Giolitti J (MS-3), Deschler D, Jones JS. Penetrating Oropharyngeal Trauma Resulting in Acute Quadriplegia in a Toddler
  • Juxhesta Cakrani, MD; Todd Chassee, MD; Andrea Reeder MSN. Flash Pulmonary Edema in the setting of Paroxysmal Mitral Regurgitation
  • Bageris M, Hill E, Benner C, Chassee T. Bottle Mix-up: Ethanol Intoxication in an Infant.
  • Alex Clegg, MD; Matt Flannigan, DO; Bryan Judge, MD; Lisa Ambrose MS. Stress Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Influenza A and Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  • Andrew Coleman, DO; Bryan Judge, MD; Reid Smith, MD, Lindsey Ouellette MS. Acute Refractory Hypocalcemia Following 1, 1-difluoroethane Inhalation: A Case Report
  • Travis Cook, DO; Matthew Singh, MD. Recurrent Torsades de Pointes in an Elderly Woman with a Long QT Syndrome
  • Amanda Dean, DO; Adam Singer, DO; Nate Ladaga, DO, Tiffany Fleeger. Primary Pyomyositis in a Pediatric Patient
  • Nathan D. DeBruine, MD; Kevin J. Boluyt; Bryan S. Judge, MD; Kristen Sternhagen MSN. Severe Amlodipine Toxicity treated with Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Michael J Foster, DO; Jason Seamon, DO; Mariah Barnes, MD, Nawal Bennett MS. Atypical Presentation of Neisseria Meningitidis
  • Mason Gay, MD; Christine Kolacki, MD; Lindsey Ouellette MS. Cerebral Air Embolism Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
  • Jessica Jawahir, MD; Thomas Sapp, MD; Thomas Peterson, MD, Nawal Bennett MS. Frozen Face: Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy Following a Motorcycle Accident
  • Michael Melbardis DO; Jennifer Bach DO; Lindsey Ouellette MS. Incarcerated Diaphragmatic Hernia as a Cause Of Mechanical Bowel Obstruction
  • Mary Reiber MS, Bradley Emmerich, MD; Benjamin Kowalske; Disha Bhargava; Matthew T. Singh MD; May-Thurner Syndrome: An Uncommon Cause of Lower Extremity Pain
  • Megan Coble, MS-3, Benjamin Kowalske, MS-3, Todd Chassee, MD. Bilateral Inguinal Hernias with Bilious Vomiting in an Infant
  • Matthew Bageris, Todd Chassee, Chris Benner. Endovascular Embolization of a Perforated Deep Femoral Artery in a 15-Year-Old Boy
  • Andrea Ramirez, MBS, Emily E. Hill, BS, Amanda Schoonover, MPH, Jasmanpreet Kaurr, MPH, Todd P. Chassee, MD. EVALI complicated by respiratory compensation for metabolic acidosis in 17-year-old patient: Case Report

AIUM Ultracon Conference in Austin, TX, April 6-10, 2024

  • Mertz N, Bhargava D, Loney B. Advocating for an Ultrasound-First Approach to Renal Colic in the Emergency Department
  • Johnson J, Bhargava D, Flannigan M. Use Of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound To Evaluate For Ruptured Ovarian Cyst In Pregnant Patients
  • Devireddy D, Barnes M. Use of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound in Expediting the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  • Mertz N, Panzlau N. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Prolonged Circulatory Survival in Organ Donors
  • Wechsler D, Flannigan M, Johnson J. Testicles Before and After Detorsion, Diagnosis by Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Armstrong R, Johnson J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Aortic Dissection in a Patient with ST-Elevation and Hypotension
  • Johnson J, Flannigan M, Wechsler D. A Case of Cardiogenic Shock that Highlights the Importance and Limitations of Point-of-Care Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Spring Conference in Milwaukee WI, April 4, 2024

  • Vu A, Grain C, Aurora B. Micromanagement.

MSU Medical Education Conference in Grand Rapids, May 21, 2024

  •  Vu A, Grain C, Aurora B. Micromanagement.

Online Publications

Other Department News

  • Welcome to our newest EM research students: Britton Michmerhuizen, Guian Estupigan, Jonathan Slaughter, Cody Maier, Kim-Ngan Nguyen
  • The Medical Student Research Journal (MSRJ) is the longest-running international academic journal in the United States authored, reviewed, edited, and published by MSU medical students for medical students. The group is seeking medical students to become reviewers for the journal. This will allow you to gain experience with the review process, how to effectively evaluate a scientific manuscript, and how to provide meaningful feedback to fellow students. Learn more.
  • Recruiting for research study: If you are onboarded with Corewell (or not) we have several projects available. Contact Jeff Jones, MD.