Emergency Medicine

Cathleen Clancy, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, talked to USA Today about treating young people in the emergency department who have taken the popular club drug "Molly," which is touted as a pure capsule of the hallucinogen Ecstasy.  

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine and director of patient-centered care research, was a guest on The Doctors to discuss ways patients can avoid being overtested and overtreated. 

Urgent Matters, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, announces the winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a newly created competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.

Jeremy Brown, M.D., clinical professor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post examining Judaism and modern science. He is the author of the recently published book, "New Heavens and a New Earth; The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought."

Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of medicine, wrote an op-ed in USA Today about the importance of obtaining patient permission for participation in emergency medical research. This article also appeared in the Marshfield News-Herald.

Jesse Pines, M.D., professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed for an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer about emergency room waiting times. Pines commented that certain time-sensitive conditions are overlooked when the emergency room is crowded.

James Scott, M.D., former dean and professor of emergency medicine, and Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., professor of pediatrics and Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at the Milken Institute of Public Health (formerly the GW School of Public Health and Health Services), played key roles in…

Gary Little, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by The Associated Press about an uptick of heat related visits to the emergency room, due to the heat wave this week. Little was also featured by WNEW-FM and KUIK Radio (Portland, Ore.) about the heat wave.

Joseph Wright, M.D., professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, was a guest on WAMU-FM's  The Kojo Nnamdi Show to discuss aggression among siblings. Wright discussed recent data he has collected on the consequences of bullying inside the home.

Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the department of emergency medicine and professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by WTOP-FM on safety during the Fourth of July holiday.