Emergency Medicine
Jesse M. Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, Jameel Abualenain, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, James Scott, M.D., professor of emergency medicine, and Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, authored a new reference…
The exhibit National Library of Medicine exhibit, “Every Necessary Care & Attention: George Washington & Medicine,” is now at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Himmelfarb Library.
Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine and director of patient-centered care, wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post on her experience as an emergency medicine doctor during the Boston Marathon bombings one year ago.
Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by USA Today for a story on a device that reverses the effects of overdoses from opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers, now approved by The Food and Drug Administration.
Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of pediatrics, was featured by HealthDay for her research finding a big increase in prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers given to headache patients at hospital emergency departments.
Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of emergency medicine, and Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, were featured by several media outlets for their research finding a rising number of opioid prescribing in U.S. emergency rooms.
Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, was interviewed for a story in MedPage Today on how to respond to medical errors.
Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for Slate on how to improve one's care as a patient in the emergency department.
Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of emergency medicine, and Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, were published in Academic Emergency Medicine for their paper titled, "“Rising Opioid Prescribing in Adult U.S. Emergency Department Visits: 2001-…
Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, was interviewed on the American Academy of Emergency Medicine's Emergency Physician Advocates Podcast on how the Affordable Care Act will impact the emergency department.