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Dr. Thompson and Dr. Dawson Honored at 2024 Society of Teaching Scholars Awards

We are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of Dr. Meredith Thompson, Interim Vice Chair of Education for UF Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Ashley Dawson, PGY-3 and AY24–25 Chief Resident, who were honored at the 2024 Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education Reception. Dr. Thompson was inducted into the esteemed…

UF Health Hosts ELSO Workshop to Advance ECMO Training and Certification

The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) brought its expertise to the University of Florida (UF) Health with an on-site Extracorporeal Life Support Education & Training workshop in March. The simulation course was tailored for health care workers who already have a strong foundational knowledge of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation…

EM Fellows present at Research Night

Ultrasound Fellows Dr. Mariah Cruz and Dr. Osvaldo Duran-Melendez present “Recurrent Syncope in a Patient with a Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Untreated Hypothyroidism: A Case Report” at the University of Florida College of Medicine Celebration of Research. Case Report produced by Faculty in the UF Emergency Medicine…

Outcome paper for PRIM-ER Published in JAMA

The UF Health Emergency Department participated in the multi-site PRIM-ER trial from 2019-2021 which focused on evaluating the success of a palliative care program. The final outcome paper for that trial has been published in JAMA (published 1/15/25, doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696). The protocol for the trial can be found at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6661655/.

Department of Emergency Medicine Hosts Professor Ahmed N. Zakariah

The University of Florida Department of Emergency Medicine was proud to host Prof. Ahmed N. Zakariah, MD, MPM, EMBA, MPhil, FGCS, the C.E.O. of the Ghana National Ambulance Service, in January. During his visit, Prof. Zakariah met with several key stakeholders at the University of Florida’s College…

PECARN’s WPEMR node advances mentorship, data linkages, enrollment

The West/Southwest Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research (WPEMR) node – one of the seven nodes within the first federally funded emergency research network in the United States, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) – continues to focus on mentorship and development of rising young talent.