Carolyn K Holland

Carolyn K Holland, M.D., M.Ed., FACEP, FAAP

Clinical Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Emergency Medicine; Division Chief and Interim Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Affiliate Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Me

Department: Department of Emergency Medicine
Business Phone: (352) 265-5911

About Carolyn K Holland

Dr. Holland joined the UF Department of Emergency Medicine as the Physician Director of Quality in 2012. A long-time member of the Gator Nation, she completed both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees at the University of Florida. She spent six years in the workforce as a high school biology teacher and later as a college administrator in Florida and Indiana. She then returned to medical school, earning her medical degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. Following medical school, she completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati and remained in Ohio to complete a three-year pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. After her training, she remained on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati with a dual academic appointment in the departments of pediatrics and emergency medicine.

Dr. Holland divides her clinical time between both the pediatric and adult emergency departments. Her administrative and research interests focus on quality improvement/patient safety and resident education. Since her arrival at UF Health, she has revamped the peer review process, developed a comprehensive QI/Pt Safety curriculum for the residency program, and incorporated transparency and the “just culture” model into the patient safety reporting process in both the pediatric and adult emergency departments.

Dr. Holland was named the Department of Emergency Medicine Vice Chair of Quality and Safety in 2023. In addition to her duties as Vice Chair, she currently serves as the medical director for the Pediatric Emergency Department and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDT7710 Elec Topic Emerg Med
2018
MDC7400 Pediatric Clerkship
2018
MDT7090 Elective Topics
2018
MDC7710 Sr Emerg Med Clerkshp
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics
2018
BMS6812 Intro Clin Med 2
2023-2024
BMS6813 Intro Clin Med 3
2023-2024
BMS6810 Intro Clin Med 1

Board Certifications

  • Emergency Medicine
    American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    American Board of Emergency Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Emergency Medicine
Subspecialties
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Patient Safety
  • quality improvement

Publications

2023
Gaps in the Identification of Child Race and Ethnicity in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
The western journal of emergency medicine. 24(3):547-551 [DOI] 10.5811/westjem.59145. [PMID] 37278792.
2023
Racing toward disaster: A 10-year retrospective analysis of injuries sustained by children in the annual international amateur motocross championship in North Florida
Academic Emergency Medicine. 30(s1)(2) [DOI] doi: 10.1111/acem.14718.
2022
A Quality Education: A Comprehensive Review of a Combined Longitudinal and Specialty Track Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Medical School Curriculum.
American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 37(1):32-38 [DOI] 10.1097/01.JMQ.0000735524.78789.4a. [PMID] 34108392.
2022
Love’s Labor Lost – using an ER episode to teach about Root Cause Analysis
Academic Emergency Medicine. 29(S1) [DOI] 10.1111/acem.14500.
2021
Transforming the Culture of Peer Review: Implementation Across Three Departments in an Academic Health Center.
Journal of patient safety. 17(8):e1873-e1878 [DOI] 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000692. [PMID] 32195781.
2020
Implementation of Targeted Point of Care HIV Testing in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Quality & Safety. 5(1) [DOI] 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000248. [PMID] 32190794.
2019
360 Use of Internal Clinical Case Reviews in Predicting Medicolegal Risk in Emergency Medicine
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 74(4) [DOI] 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.321.
2019
Emergency Department Presentation during and after Radiotherapy at an Academic Tertiary Care Center
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 105(1) [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.300.
2016
Implementation of an evidence- based algorithm reduces blood culture overuse in an adult emergency department
General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovations. 1(2):26-29 [DOI] 10.15761/gimci.1000108.
2015
Adolescent Patient Preferences Surrounding Partner Notification and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections
Academic Emergency Medicine. 22(1):61-66 [DOI] 10.1111/acem.12557. [PMID] 25545855.
2013
Pediatric Emergency Department Provider Perceptions of Universal Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 35(1):76-86 [DOI] 10.1097/tme.0b013e31827eabe5.
2012
Improving Notification of Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Quality Improvement Project and Planned Experiment
PEDIATRICS. 130(2):e415-e422 [DOI] 10.1542/peds.2011-3326. [PMID] 22753557.
2006
High fidelity medical simulation in the difficult environment of a helicopter: feasibility, self-efficacy and cost
BMC Medical Education. 6(1) [DOI] 10.1186/1472-6920-6-49. [PMID] 17020624.

Grants

Jul 2023 ACTIVE
Epidemiology, biomarkers and risk stratification of young infants presenting to the emergency department with hypothermia
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL via GERBER FOUNDATION
Dec 2017 – Nov 2023
Emergency Medicine-Initiated Palliative Care In Older Adults (EMPallA)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE via PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST

Education

Fellowship – Pediatrics/ Emergency Medicine
2010 · Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Residency – Emergency Medicine
2007 · University of Cincinnati
Medical Degree
2003 · Medical College of Hampton Roads
Masters Degree
1994 · University of Florida
Bachelor's Degree
1992 · University of Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-5911
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100186
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1329 SW 16TH ST
GAINESVILLE FL 32608