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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

SAEM ResearchFund: Putting YourDonations to Work

In case you were unable toattend the Annual Meeting in SanFrancisco (or in case you wentshopping or wine tasting), I amhappy to report that there was apalpable buzz surrounding thetopic of the SAEM Research Fund.It was hard not to notice the “wall

of fame” list of donors in the registration hall. John Marxwas front and center at the plenary session touting theResearch Fund and providing “tongue-in-cheek” strategiesto increase patient revenue that could potentially bedonated to the Fund. Brian Zink was seen at multiplelocations signing copies of his book, with free copies givento anyone making a new $100 or greater contribution to theFund. The donor recognition lunch was an extremelysuccessful and well-attended event, honoring over 50generous donors for their contributions to the Fund. Finally,the Fund was “front and center” during the past presidents’breakfast and in the President’s “State of the Society”address.

Why the buzz? Well, there are good reasons for us toshamelessly promote the SAEM Research Fund. First, “ifyou’ve got it, flaunt it.” This fund represents theoutstanding accomplishments of our past leadership, whohad the vision and foresight to create the Fund by adonation of excess SAEM operational revenues to aninvestment vehicle that could be grown to a corpus largeenough to endow training grants for our young andpromising academic faculty. Due to the generosity of theBoard of Directors, the frugal nature of our Society,generous member donations, and shrewd investmentstrategies, we have been able to rapidly grow the Fund fromabout $1 million dollars in the late ‘90s to an amazing $5.2million dollars today. This represents the largest fund ofunrestricted training grants in emergency medicine. It’slarger than the Emergency Medicine Foundation, and largerthan the research funds of many specialty societies. Thatalone is worth crowing about!

Secondly, SAEM Research Fund grants work! This pastyear the Grants Committee was asked to survey therecipients of our awarded grants to track their effectiveness.The results are impressive. Of five respondents whoreceived Research Training Grants, all five remain inacademics, and all five are on the research or academictrack, with four at the assistant professor level and one at

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SAEM

Newsletter of the Society for Academic Emergency MedicineJuly/August 2006 Volume XVIII, Number 4

901 N. Washington Ave.Lansing, MI 48906-5137

(517) 485-5484saem@saem.orgwww.saem.org

“to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine”“to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine”

James Hoekstra, MD

2006 Annual Meeting Award Winners

The Program Committee is pleased to announce the follow-ing award winning papers and presentations:

Best Faculty PresentationMichael A. Ross, MDScott Compton, Philip Kilanowski, Patrick Medado, BrianO’Neil: An Emergency Department Diagnostic Protocol forPatients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A RandomizedControlled Trial.

Best Young Investigator PresentationKenneth J. McConnell, PhDNadia Arab, Christopher F. Richards, Craig D. Newgard, TinaEdlund: The On-call Crisis: A Statewide Assessment of theCosts of Providing On-call Specialist Coverage.

Best Basic Science PresentationJing Chen-Roetling, MDRaymond Regan: Resistance of Astrocytes to the Toxicity ofHemoglobin Requires Heme Oxygenase-1.

Best Resident PresentationGregory L. Roslund, MDTerri Hepps, Kemedy K. McQuillen: The Emergency DepartmentRole of Oral Ondansetron in the Oral Rehydration of Childrenwith Gastroenteritis-related Vomiting.

Best Medical Student Presentation Rebecca H. NerenbergFrances S. Shofer, Jennifer L. Robey, Kara E. Zogby. Aaron M.Brown, Judd Hollander: Impact of a Prior Stress Test onDisposition Decision and 30-day Outcome in EmergencyDepartment Patients with Potential Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Best Innovation in Emergency Medicine Education Exhibit Eddy S. Lang, MDRaghu Venugopal, Ken Doyle, Douglas Sinclair, AntoinetteColacone, Xiaoqing Xue: A Multifaceted Workshop for ImprovingProductivity and Workflow Efficiency Skills in EmergencyMedicine Trainees.

Future SAEM Annual Meetings2007 May 16-19, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, IL

2008 May 29-June 1, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel,Washington DC

2009 May 14-17, Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2010 June 3-6, Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa,Phoenix, AZ

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Annual Business Meeting HeldThe 2006 Annual Meeting in San Francisco attracted 1853

registrants. During the Annual Business Meeting on May 20, Dr.Glenn Hamilton announced the results of the annual elections.The election was held by mail ballot and approximately 625 ofthe active members cast ballots during the election. The resultswere:

President-Elect Judd Hollander, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania

Board of Directors Leon Haley, MDEmory University

Ellen Weber, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco

Resident Member of the Board Jeannette Ebarb, MDEast Carolina University

Nominating Committee Frank Counselman, MDEastern Virginia Medical School

Constitution and Bylaws Committee Debra Diercks, MDUniversity of California, Davis

Dr. Jim Menegazzi introduced the 2006 Hal Jayne AcademicExcellence Award recipient, Donald M. Yealy, MD. Dr. AlanJones, MD, introduced the 2006 Leadership Award recipient,John Marx, MD. Each of the award recipients addressed theSAEM membership.

Dr. Hamilton introduced the 2006 Young Investigator Awardrecipients: Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, and Manish Shah, MD,as well as the recipients of the SAEM Grants Program: AndrewChang, MD (Research Training Grant), James Menegazzi, PhD(Institutional Research Training Grant), and William Northington,MD (EMS Research Fellowship Grant). Each of these grant andaward recipients were profiled in the May/June issue of theNewsletter.

Glenn Hamilton, MD, introduced the 2005 Annual MeetingPresentation Awards: Ian Stiell, MD (Senior InvestigatorAward), Craig Newgard, MD (Young Investigator ClinicalAward), Chad Darling, MD (Young Investigator Basic Award),Dana Edelson, MD (Fellow Clinical Award), Steven Salhanick,MD (Fellow Basic Award), Blake Weaver, DO (Resident Award),Ashish Panchal, PhD (Medical Student Clinical Award) , AmyBetz (Medical Student Basic Award), and Richard Levitan, MD(Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education Exhibit).

Michelle Biros, MD, AEM Editor-in-Chief updated the mem-bership on the status of the Journal. In 2005 AEM received 926manuscripts (645 new submissions and 281 revisions). Thefollowing changes to the AEM Editorial Board were alsoannounced: Rita Cydulka, MD, and Catherine Marco, MD com-pleted their terms on the Editorial Board and E. Brooke Lerner,PhD, John Burton, MD, Amado Baez, MD, and John Ma, MD,were appointed to the Editorial Board.

Dr. Hamilton presented his President's Message and intro-duced incoming President, Jim Hoekstra, MD. Dr. Hoekstrapresented Dr. Hamilton with a plaque and thanked him for hisservice as the SAEM President.

2005 Year End Financial ReportKatherine L. Heilpern MDEmory UniversitySAEM Secretary Treasurer

The SAEM Board of Directors is pleased to provide themembership with a summary of the 2005 year end financialreport. The financial state of the Society remains strong. As ofDecember 31, 2005, the Society had total assets of$6,001,898. The SAEM Research Fund was valued at$4,626,926 and the Society maintained $800,000 in reserve.For 2005, operational expenses exceeded revenue by $85,000.This was due primarily to two factors: delayed payment for aresearch grant previously awarded, and a change to accrualaccounting methodology which defers some categories ofdues revenue to the ensuing fiscal year.

For the past twelve months, the Board of Directors, theFinance Committee and the administrative staff, have dedicat-ed significant time and effort to advancing the processes relat-ed to budgetary policy and procedures and fiduciary responsi-bility. This is important for the Society, its members and devel-opment opportunities for the Research Fund.

Operating Budget RevenuesDues: $1,078,315Annual Meeting: $539,716Journal: $243,469Other: $93,597TOTAL: $1,955,097

Operating Budget ExpensesJournal: $555,545Salaries and Wages: $430,347Administration: $256,467Annual Meeting: $275,659Newsletter: $42,812Other: $100,293TOTAL: $1,661,123

Research Fund (Non-Operating Budget) RevenuesContributions: $89,575Market Gain: $651,774TOTAL: $741,349

Research Fund (Non-Operating Budget) ExpensesGrant Payments: $466,724TOTAL: $466,724

At December 31, 2005 the Research Fund totaled $4,626,926

SAEM Membership Counts as of6/7/06

Active - 2517 Associate - 229Emeritus - 21 Fellow - 135

Medical Students - 858Residents - 2807

TOTAL – 6567

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Call for Didactic ProposalsDeadline: September 7, 2006

2007 Annual MeetingMay 16-19Chicago, IL

The Program Committee is inviting proposals for didactic sessions for the 2007 Annual Meeting. Didactic proposals maybe aimed at medical students, residents, junior faculty and/or senior faculty. The format may be a lecture, panel discus-sion, or workshop. The Program Committee will also consider proposals for pre- or post-day workshops or multiple ses-sions during the Annual Meeting aimed at in-depth instruction in a specific discipline.

Didactic proposals must support the mission of SAEM (to improve patient care by advancing research and educationin emergency medicine) and should fall into one of the following categories:

• Education (educational research methodology, education methodology, improving the quality of education, enhanc-ing teaching skills)

• Research (research methodology, improving the quality of research)• Career Development• State-of-the-Art (presentation of cutting-edge basic science or clinical research that has important implications for

further investigation or the future practice of emergency medicine, not a review of the literature or a summary of clin-ical practice)

• Health Care Policy and National Affairs

The deadline for submission is Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Only online submissions will be accepted. To submit a proposal, complete the online Didactic Submission Form at www.saem.org.For additional questions or information, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or call 517-485-5484.

SAEM

Call for Abstract ReviewersThe Program Committee is currently accepting applications to serve as expert reviewers of scientific abstracts submittedfor consideration of presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting, which will be held May 16-19 in Chicago. The minimumrequirement for new abstract reviewers is at least 2 first author peer-reviewed original research manuscripts in the topicarea for which you are applying. Residents are invited to apply but must meet the same criteria. If you have been anabstract reviewer in the past 5 years, you do not need to reapply.

Interested individuals should electronically submit to saem@saem.org the following by October 1, 2006: abbreviated CV(full CVs will not be considered) with a detailed listing of peer-reviewed original research publications, review arti-cles, textbook chapters, and prior scientific abstract presentations published in the specific area(s) of expertiseselected from the list below:

l abdominal/gastrointestinal/genitourinaryl administration/health care policyl airway/analgesial cardiopulmonary resuscitationl cardiovascular (non-CPR)l clinical decision guidelinesl computer technologiesl diagnostic technologies/radiology• disaster medicinel disease/injury preventionl education/professional developmentl EMS/out-of-hospitall ethicsl geriatrics

l infectious diseasel ischemia/reperfusionl neurologyl obstetrics/gynecologyl overcrowdingl pediatricsl psychiatry/social issuesl research design/methodology/statisticsl respiratory/ENTl shock/critical carel toxicology/environmental injuryl traumal wounds/burns/orthopedics

Every year, the Program Committee selects approximately six reviewers for each of the topic areas, including expert review-ers and members of the Program Committee. Therefore, not every approved reviewer will be invited to review each year.Individuals selected to review submitted abstracts will be expected to review up to 100 abstracts, must adhere to the SAEMabstract scoring system, and must submit their abstract scores by the deadline. The deadline for authors to submitabstracts is January 10, 2007. Abstracts will be sent for review by January 12 and abstract scores will be due by noon onJanuary 23. All scores must be submitted online.

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I am honored by this recogni-tion – honored to be selected bythe Awards Committee andBoard of Directors from anexceptional pool of candidates,honored to be included amongthe previous award recipientswho I admire, and honored toshare this with many importantpeople in my life.

Acceptance speeches (andwritten pieces) are often toolong, too ‘preachy’ or toodetailed. My desire is to focussuccinctly on a key to achieve-

ments: Family.We all live in ‘families’. We occupy certain roles in

each family, roles that can vary over time and betweenfamilies. I grew up in a large family of six children – mybirth family – as a brother and a son. My Mom and Dad,and my sisters and brother, showed me about love andloyalty, disagreement and resolution, and workingtogether for a common good. Each step of the way,each encouraged me in their own way to strive formore and to improve, and each did things that support-ed me. To this day, I cannot ever fully express thethanks I feel for this gift.

I joined ‘professional families’ after finishing school– first in residency and fellowship training, then later aspartner in my Departments, University and SAEM. Ineach family, I experienced similar things as my birthfamily – the brother or cousin for colleagues who wantto share efforts and success; the uncle or (the toughone at my age!) father for those I help guide. Each stepof the way, I have benefited from these families –bound together by common goals, occasionally fight-ing but getting back ‘on track’, and doing more togeth-er than each member could do alone.

I am finally blessed to have my core family – mywonderful children - Trevor, Kevin and Lindsey and myloving wife, Rachel. As a father and a husband, Ireceive the strength and grounding needed to be effec-tive in my other families. I love them and am grateful fortheir love.

So, my advice: Take care of your family and yourfamilies, and you will achieve.

Thank you again – for the recognition, the help, andfor reading. I hope this was not too long, detailed orsermon-like!

SAEM Leadership and Hal Jayne Academic Excellence AwardsDr. John Marx and Dr. Donald Yealy were presented with the SAEM Leadership and the SAEM Hal Jayne Academic ExcellenceAward (respectively) during the Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Their acceptance remarks are published below.

I have no idea how I arrivedhere. I didn't grow up liking hos-pitals or doctors. At age four, Ioutraced three nurses, a pedia-trician, and a secretary down along hallway and two flights ofstairs before being apprehendedand then administered my peni-cillin shot. The following year, inmy first attempted act of paci-fism, I cleverly inserted my lefthand between two fighting dogs.My actions went unrewarded.During suturing at the local ED,my peak scream decibel level

was midway between that of an operating chain sawand a jetliner take-off. At ten, I was quarantined as theonly patient in the ID ward of our county hospital formeningitis. The two lumbar punctures and twice dailyprobing of my antecubital fossae for blood forever andever invigorated my parasympathetic response sys-tem. Through our adolescence and young adulthood,my twin brother and I sustained 23 fractures and dislo-cations, underwent 5 surgeries, and received morethan 400 stitches. Yes, much of this was inflicted uponone another. Finally, at age 22, during a tour of the kid-ney dialysis unit on my very first day of medical school,I watched blood course back and forth through gigan-tic plastic tubes, then somehow managed to stumbleinto a nearby hallway for my unwitnessed vasodepres-sor event. Was I the perfect candidate for emergencymedicine or what?

With regard to getting here, I was aiming at some-thing more significant. I did not grow up in a medicalfamily. I didn’t even think about medical school untilmy junior year in college when I realized that mixingbiological sciences with the chance to be with peoplemight be pretty great. But, life is a huge accumulationof binary decision points, one connected to the nextand the next and the next. Getting from point A topoint B isn't necessarily a straight shot. Many of ourpatients choose or are forced down the wrong side oftheir decision tree and ultimately begin to steer onto anever-increasingly steep slide. I have erred and I havestumbled and I have fallen countless times on my path.In small part, I've relied on my blind stubbornness, mysilly, unspoken pride, and a long run of pretty goodluck. Mostly, though, I've had dear friends andunselfish colleagues who have been willing to pull meback up and to them, I will forever be thankful.

I would like to offer my gratitude to Mr. Caparelli, myhigh school calculus teacher, for showing me intellec-tual honesty and humility; to Peter Rosen for his inspi-ration; to Karin for her indomitable courage and sup-port; to my children, Conner and Shelby, for theirunconditional love and so much more; to 28 classes ofresidents for their enthusiasm and trust; to my co-fac-ulty members of the Denver Affiliated Residency fortheir guidance and the chance; and, to those of the

Donald M. Yealy, MDJohn A. Marx, MD

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Research Fund Over 5 Million Dollars – New Senior Council FormedBrian Zink, MDChair, SAEM Development CommitteeUniversity of Michigan

Development activities and the Research Fund were promi-nently on display at the SAEM Annual Meeting in May in SanFrancisco. Just prior to the meeting SAEM was pleased to learnthat the Research Fund had risen to over 5 million dollars. Thisincredible growth in the Fund since its inception in 1998 is dueto the dedication and generosity of SAEM and its members insupporting research, as well as a sound investment strategycoordinated over the years by SAEM Past President, StevenDronen, MD. This year the Research Fund has had a recordnumber of donors who have contributed $500 or more, andoverall member contributions are at an all time high.

SAEM greatly appreciates the investment that members andfriends are making in the future of research and education in ourspecialty. We are also gratified that the money contributed tothe Research Fund, which supports our research training grantsand scholarly sabbatical grants is producing high qualityresearch, and advancing the research careers of grant recipi-ents. As will be detailed in another article, Research Fund grantrecipients are routinely producing research results that willimprove emergency care for patients, and are going on to com-pete successfully for further research funding, including NIHfunding. The springboard effect that we hoped for when theResearch Fund was established is being realized.

At the Annual Meeting Research Fund donors received red,white and blue SAEM research fund lapel pins and a large posterlisting donors was displayed throughout the meeting. During theplenary session, SAEM Past President, Dr. John Marx updatedmembers on the Research Fund and urged them to contributeas he presented a special oral abstract. This included a fascinat-ing juggling act coordinated to a slide show, further enhancingthe reputation of emergency medicine as a unique and creativeacademic discipline! The Research Fund Donor Luncheon wasvery well attended. Dr. Brian Zink gave a historical presentationon “That 1970’s Emergency Medicine Resident”. Mr. ChuckHammond, our development consultant, was introduced to thedonors at this luncheon. Mr. Hammond was visible throughoutthe meeting, getting to know SAEM better, and having discus-sions with members of the Board.

SAEM held a fundraiser for the Research Fund in whichmembers contributed $100 and received a signed copy of Dr.Zink’s book, Anyone, Anything, Anytime - A History ofEmergency Medicine. Elsevier, the publisher of AcademicEmergency Medicine, generously donated the books for thisfundraiser. We exceeded our expectations by raising $6,600 forthe Research Fund.

In the past few months, the SAEM Board of Directors author-ized the formation of a Research Fund Senior Advisory Council.The Senior Council will act as liaisons, advisors and ambassa-dors for the Fund. We are happy to announce that the following

past and present leaders in emergency medicine have agreed toserve on the Council:

Brooks Bock, MD – Past President of the American Collegeof Emergency Physicians and the American Board ofEmergency Medicine

Gabor Kelen, MD – Chairman, Department of EmergencyMedicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Richard Levy, MD – Past President, University Association forEmergency Medicine, and founding Chairman, University ofCincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine

John Marx, MD – Past President, SAEM, and Chairman,Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas MedicalCenter.

Karl Mangold, MD – Founding Board Member of theAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine, and founder ofFischer Mangold emergency medicine group

Robert Niskanen – Senior Principal Scientist, MedtronicEmergency Response Systems. (Medtronic is the longtimesponsor of the SAEM EMS Research Fellowship)

George Podgorny, MD - Past President of the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians and founding BoardMember and Past President of the American Board ofEmergency Medicine

Brian Zink, MD – Past President, SAEM, and Chairman,Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical Schooland Rhode Island Hospital, current SAEM DevelopmentCommittee Chair

The Senior Council will have its first meeting in conjunctionwith the ACEP meeting in New Orleans in October. SAEM great-ly appreciates the willingness of this outstanding group of lead-ers to help take the Research Fund to the next level.

If you have contributed to the SAEM Research Fund thisyear, we thank you. This fall we will announce our new multi-year member campaign. We hope this will make it easy formembers to create a pattern of giving and help members rise tothe next giving level. If you would like to contribute to theResearch Fund, go to the SAEM website at www.saem.org,where on-line donations can be made. We appreciate your sup-port, and look to big things for the Research Fund in the comingyears.

Carolinas Medical Center for their fierce loyalty and selfless-ness; and, finally, to the thousands of patients who haveallowed me the enormous privilege of being with them duringsome of the most precious moments of their lives…and mine.

As a kid, I didn't dream of being a physician. I never ever

imagined I could be standing before you, today. Though I amcertain there are many as or more deserving of this exception-al honor, I am equally certain that none could possibly bemore grateful than I to receive it. Thank you so very much.

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Annual Meeting Highlights

The past presidents’ breakfast was hosted by SAEM President, Glenn Hamilton. (L-R back row) Jim Hoekstra, MD, incomingpresident, Brian Zink, MD, Art Sanders, MD, Marcus Martin, MD, Sandra Schneider, MD, Glenn Hamilton, MD, Louis Ling, MD,Jerris Hedges, MD, Dave Sklar, MD. (L-R front row) Steve Davidson, MD, Ken Iserson, MD, Jim Niemann, MD, Lou Binder,MD, Bill Barsan, MD, and Don Yealy, MD.

Dr. John Marx showed his talent for multi-tasking as he urged the attendees to donate tothe SAEM Research Fund and juggled withoutdropping a ball.

Dr. Glenn Hamilton, (SAEM President), and Dr. MichelleBiros, (AEM Editor-in-Chief), served as moderators for thePlenary Session.

Dr. Debra Houry, Annual Meeting Program Chair, is pictured withthe plenary session speakers (L-R): Dr. Houry, Eric Logue, BS,Christies Del Castillo, MD, Jeff Perry, MD, Ian Stiell, MD, MSc,and Michael Ross, MD.

Dr. Brian Zink, author of “Anyone, Anything, Anytime – AHistory of Emergency Medicine,” gave an autographedcopy of his book to those who donated $100 or more tothe Research Fund while at the Annual Meeting.

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CORD Meets in San FranciscoThe Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

(CORD) met in San Francisco on May 19. Sarah Stahmer, MD,Cooper Hospital, was re-elected to the Board as member-at-large, and Doug Char, MD, Washington University, was electedto the Board as a member-at-large. The CORD Faculty TeachingAward was presented to Fredrick Abrahamian, MD, Olive View-UCLA, and James Colletti, MD, Regions Hospital. The CORDResident Academic Achievement Award was presented to JoelSchofer, MD, from Naval Medical Center, San Diego. The nextCORD meeting will be held during the ACEP Scientific Assemblyin New Orleans on October 16, 2006.

Medical Student Interest GroupGrants

Deadline: September 8, 2006SAEM recognizes the valuable role of EM Medical Student

Interest Groups to the specialty and has established grants of upto $500 each to help support these groups’ educational activi-ties. Established or developing clubs, located at medicalschools with or without EM residencies are eligible to apply. Thedeadline for the grants for this year is September 8, 2006.Applications can be obtained at www.saem.org or from theSAEM office. Information on the grants approved for funding in2005 can be found in the January/February 2006 issue of theSAEM Newsletter, which is posted on the SAEM website atwww.saem.org.

AACEM and SAEM Sessions to beHeld During AAMC Annual Meeting

The Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine(AACEM) and the National Affairs Committee of the Society forAcademic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) will host the EmergencyMedicine Educational Session at the 2007 Association ofAmerican Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting in Seattle,Washington, from 8:00-12:00 noon.

The theme of this year's educational session is: 'Strategiesand Responses of Academic Departments of EmergencyMedicine to the 2006 Institute of Medicine report on EmergencyCare.” Lively discussion with innovative strategies will be pro-vided by the participants who will include individuals withexpertise in health policy, hospital administration, key specialtiesaffected by the IOM report, and academic leaders in emergencymedicine. All interested individuals are invited to attend.

Call for Abstracts9th Annual Mid Atlantic SAEM Regional Research Meeting

Friday, November 3, 2006Georgetown University/ Washington Hospital Center

Washington Hospital Center Research Training Center and Auditorium

The Program Committee is now accepting abstracts for review for oral presentation for this meeting; as in prior years there willbe no posters only plenary (12 minute) and brief (4 minute) oral presentations. The meeting will take place November 3, 20069:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be a preliminary Critical Care Collaboration Meeting at 7:30 am prior to the meeting as well asa NHL Hockey game: the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center at 7:00 pm, Thursday, November 2, followed by a dinnerand lecture on Sports Medicine Research by the team physician. There will be a limited number of tickets available (40) sorespond early.

The deadline for Abstract Submission is Friday, September 1 at 5:00 pm EST. Only electronic submission via the SAEM onlineabstract submission form at www.saem.org will be accepted. Abstracts already accepted at 2006 SAEM and ACEP meetingsare eligible for consideration. Acceptance notifications will be sent in late September. The goal is to allow as many students/res-idents and junior faculty the opportunity to present their research in an oral format with approximately 5 PowerPoint slides withtime for questions by moderators and audience. More senior investigators are invited to submit abstracts for Plenary presenta-tion. The meeting includes research, teaching and clinical lectures with a focus on grant writing and preparation, CollaborativeTrauma research with Surgeons, Alcohol Research (NIAAA representatives). Katherine L. Heilpern, MD, SAEM Secretary-Treasurer, and Associate Dean of Medicine, Emory University, will deliver the Keynote Address.

There will also be a 3 hour session at 12:00-3:00 pm for Medical Students preparing to enter the EM residency with a focusedreview of How to, What to do and Not to do; including representatives from most of the local residencies. A lunch is also includ-ed in this session.

There will be a block of discounted hotel rooms on campus at the Washington Hospital Conference Center also the meetingsite will be available after July 1, as well as meeting registration which will feature reasonable costs and departmental discountsfor multiple attendees. All preliminary questions can be emailed to: davidmilzman@comcast.net.

Call for Abstracts16th Midwest Regional SAEM Meeting

September 25, 2006 Crowne Plaza, Akron, Ohio

The deadline for submission of abstracts isMonday, July 24, 2006. Only electronic submission viathe SAEM online abstract submission form will beaccepted. The abstract submission form and instructionswill be available on the SAEM website at www.saem.orgin June. Research, didactic and special interest sessionswill be presented. Questions concerning the meeting canbe directed to the Program Chair, John E. Duldner, MD,MS, at: agmcemresearch@mac.com

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Annual Business Meeting

Jim Hoekstra, MD, and Judd Hollander, MD, 2005 Annual MeetingProgram Committee Chair, are pictured with the recipients of the2005 Annual Meeting Awards (L-R) Dr. Hoekstra, Chad Darling, MD,Young Investigator Basic Award Award; Ian Stiell, MD, MSc, SeniorInvestigator Award; Craig Newgard, MD, Young Investigator ClinicalAward; Christopher Kahn, MD, Resident winner Visual DiagnosisContest; and Dr. Hollander.

Dr. Hamilton congratulates Dr. Benjamin Abella, oneof the recipients of the 2006 Young InvestigatorAward.

Dr. Hoekstra congratulates Dr. Manish Shah,one of the recipients of the YoungInvestigator Award.

Dr. Hoekstra is pictured with Dr. DonaldYealy, the recipient of the SAEM Hal JayneAcademic Excellence Award.

Dr. Hoekstra thanks Dr. Lance Scott for his serviceas the Resident Member of the Board (2005-2006).Not pictured: also thanked for his dedication andservice was Carey Chisholm, MD, who served eightyears on the Board, including President in 2004-05.

Dr. JimMenegazzi ispictured withDr. Hoestra.

Dr. Menegazziand the

University ofPittsburgh

received the2006-2008

InstitutionalResearch

Training Grant.

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Call for Papers: KnowledgeTranslation

Deadline: March 1, 2007The 2007 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus

Conference on “Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medicine”will be held on May 15, immediately preceding the SAEM AnnualMeeting in Chicago. Original papers, if accepted, will be pub-lished together with the conference proceedings in theNovember 2007 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Knowledge Translation (KT) describes any activity or processthat facilitates the transfer of high-quality evidence fromresearch into effective changes in health policy, practice orproducts. KT attempts to conceptually combine elements ofresearch, education, quality improvement and electronic sys-tems development to create a seamless linkage between inter-ventions that improve patient care and their routine implementa-tion in daily clinical practice. KT research may pertain to anyand all aspects of this endeavor. Examples of research topicsthat would qualify under this category include:

• Investigations of attitudes towards the use of decision rulesor practice guidelines.

• Studies of effectiveness of decision support systems inincreasing utilization of target interventions.

• Studies of the effectiveness of educational/CPD(Continuing Professional Development) interventions inchanging practitioner behavior.

• Papers in the health care policy arena that describe andmeasure the impact of approaches for closing the researchto practice gap.

• Research that examines the effect of evidence uptakeinterventions on patient outcomes.

• Papers that discuss and contribute to the methodology ofKT related investigations, as well as its conceptual frame-work.

The conference will be designed and conducted to reachconsensus on:

• A research agenda in Knowledge Translation based on anexploration of the most important gaps that currently existbetween research and practice in Emergency Medicine.

• Recommendations that will advance the KT agenda

Original contributions describing relevant research or con-cepts in this topic will be considered for publication in theNovember 2007 special topics issue of AEM if received byWednesday, March 1, 2007. All submissions will undergo peerreview and publication cannot be guaranteed. Manuscripts mustbe submitted online to AEM at: www.aemj.org. For queries,please contact Richard Sinert, MD, Consensus ConferenceGuest Editor at richard.sinert@downstate.edu.

AEM 2007 Consensus Conferenceon Knowledge Translation

Barnet Eskin, MD, PhD, Consensus Conference Co-ChairMorristown Memorial HospitalEddy Lang, MD, Consensus Conference Co-ChairSMBD Jewish General HospitalPeter Wyer, MD, Consensus Conference Co-ChairNew York Presbyterian Hospital

Are you frustrated by the observation that some patients inyour Emergency Department are not receiving care that is sup-ported by valid and important evidence from clinical research?This may take the form of patients not receiving treatments thathave proven efficacy or patients who are given therapies thathave marginal or unproven benefit or carry unfavorable risk-ben-efit ratios when more cost-effective alternatives are available. Inthe diagnostic realm, this phenomenon translates into patientsundergoing unnecessary testing as a result of failure of providersto utilize validated decision rules. This disconnect between“what is known” and “what is done” is well documented in theInstitute of Medicine’s report entitled “Crossing the QualityChasm” http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10027.html#toc. Thegaps between research and practice are rarely related to indif-ference or incompetence on the part of clinicians but rather to amyriad of obstacles both perceived and real as well as a pauci-ty of decision support mechanisms that systematically ensurethat all patients benefit from the fruits of the research endeavor.

If these issues strike a chord with you, then consider attend-ing, or better yet, participating in the preparatory activities forthe 2007 AEM Consensus Conference (CC) on KnowledgeTranslation (KT). KT describes any activity which helps to facil-itate the closure between the bounty of important informationfrom the scientific literature (research glut) and what often onlytrickles down to patient care (practice famine). Research in KTuses scientific methodology to quantify or better understandthese discrepancies and/or examine the impact and acceptabil-ity of interventions designed to narrow or close these gaps.

The Consensus Conference project is involving a rapidlyexpanding constituency of interest groups and stakeholderswithin and without our specialty. Organizers have set threemajor objectives for the meeting. 1. Develop a research agendain KT; 2. Issue a series of recommendations that will facilitate thebroader KT agenda on a number of levels; and 3. Forge a col-laborative network of researchers, clinicians and health careleaders who have experience in spearheading KT initiatives intheir own institutions and who are willing to share wisdom andpotentially join forces in multi-center research. If you wish tocontribute or learn more about the Consensus Conferenceplease contact Dr. Eddy Lang at eddy.lang@mcgill.ca or 514-340-8222 (ext.5568).

AACEM Elections HeldThe Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) held its Annual Meeting and elections in San

Francisco on May 17. During the meeting Bill Barsan, MD, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Universityof Michigan began his term as AACEM President, succeeding Gabe Kelen, MD, Chair of the Department of EmergencyMedicine at Johns Hopkins University. Judith Tintinalli, MD, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill was elected President-Elect. Randall King, MD, Chair of the Department of EmergencyMedicine at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center was elected Secretary/Treasurer.

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Academic Emergency Medicine at the SAEM Annual Meeting

Members of the AEM Science of Surge Consensus Conference Planning Committee: (L-R) Michelle Biros, MD,John McManus, MD, Richard Rothman, MD, David Cone, MD, Kristi Koenig, MD, (co-chair) Gabe Kelen, MD,(chair), Art Sanders, MD, Amy Kaji, MD, and Tom Terndrup, MD. Watch for the Conference proceedings in theNovember isse of AEM.

Dr. Boaz Tadmor, Head of the MedicalDepartment of the Israeli Defense Forces HomeFront Command spoke during the AEMConsensus Conference on the Science of Surge.Dr. Kristi Koenig was co-chair of the AEMConsensus Conference.

Dr. Biros announced new appointees to the AEM Editorial Board. (L-R) Jason Haukoos, MD, John Burton, MD, John Ma, MD, RobertGerhardt, MD, and Brooke Lerner, PhD.

The Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) statistical reviewers met withDr. Roger Lewis, Senior Associate Editor: (L-R) Guohua Li, MD, PollyBijur, MD, Jason Haukoos, MD, Frances Shofer, PhD, Steve Wall, MD,Craig Newgard, MD, Annette Adams, MD, and Dr. Lewis.

AEM and SAEM were honored to have the U.S.Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, speak atthe Annual Meeting on the topic of the MedicalReserve Corps as a tool to augment surgecapacity. Dr. Carmona is pictured with KristiKoenig, MD, Co-Chair of the AEM ConsensusConference.

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2006-2007 Interest Group ObjectivesThere are approximately 30 interest groups in SAEM, which

are open to all members of SAEM. Interest groups are requiredto meet at least annually, during the SAEM Annual Meeting, andmaintain at least 20 members. During the interest group meet-ings at the Annual Meeting each interest group is asked todevelop objectives for the coming year. These objectives arelisted below for the benefit of SAEM members who may wish toparticipate. Members who wish to join interest groups may con-tact the interest group chair and/or the SAEM office. Interestgroup members are listed in the SAEM database and for estab-lished interest groups, are subscribed to the interest group's list-serv. Interest group dues are $25 per year per interest group,but dues will not be charged until the annual dues invoices aresent to the membership in November.

Listed below are the interest group objectives, the interestgroup chair, and the contact information for the interest groupchair. Additional interest group objectives will be published infuture issues of the Newsletter. In addition, narrative reports ofthe interest group meetings held during the 2006 AnnualMeeting will be published in the Newsletter and/or posted on theSAEM web site.

Emergency Medical ServicesWill Northington, MD: northingtonwe@upmc.edu 1. Development and submission of didactic proposals on

important and timely subjects within EMS to the 2007Program Committee.

2. Exploration of the appropriate role of EMS within the med-ical student emergency medicine curriculum.

3. Determination of the current state of EMS education withinemergency medicine residencies in the U.S.

4. Activation and use of the EMS interest group list-serv.

Evidence Based Emergency MedicineBarney Eskin, MD: phdmd@prodigy.net1. To promote the use and teaching of evidence-based medi-

cine by emergency physicians.2. To prepare presentations at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meting

that education members about how to use evidence-basedmedicine for the care of their patients and how to teach evi-dence-based medicine to the residents, students, and fel-lows that they teach.

3. Other ongoing activities outside of the Annual Meeting thatpromote the above objectives. These include on-line cours-es for residents and faculty that help teach evidence-basedmedicine principles and developing an evidence-basedmedicine "tool box" for teaching medical students.

4. Collaborative activities with other interest groups with over-lapping goals, in particular the development of the 2007AEM Consensus Conference on "knowledge translation."

Geriatric Interest GroupManish N. Shah, MD: Manish_Shah@URMC.Rochester.edu1. Develop a didactic proposal on research in medication safe-

ty in order adults for the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting. 2. Develop a didactic session on the impact of disasters on

older adults, including a research agenda for the future, forthe 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting.

3. Work with the Geriatric Task Force to expand geriatrics con-tent on the SAEM web site.

4. Invite a distinguished researcher to speak at the 2007 SAEMAnnual Meeting.

Health Services and Outcomes ResearchShari Schabowski, MD: sschabowski@ccbh.org1. Design a didactic session for the 2007 SAEM Annual

Meeting on the use of cost analysis as a research outcomeand an administrative aid.

2. Establish a communication network to encourage collabo-rative work between members of the interest group.

Neurological Emergencies David W. Wright, MD: dwwrigh@emory.edu1. Improve EM Neurological collaborations through a variety of

initiatives (NETT, funding opportunities, political advocacy,etc.)

2. Utilize the list-serv to send out reports and information.3. Provide a conduit for neurological emergencies curriculum

and education.4. Propose conference programs to forward neurological

emergencies research.

Patient SafetyKaren Cosby, MD: kcosby@ccbh.org1. Maintain a network of individuals interested in patient safe-

ty who may collaborate with one another on projects.2. Share information with members on current research in

safety, recent literature, and actions taken by safety organi-zations to promote improved practice.

3. Improve discussion, via the list-serv, of current topics onsafety.

4. Encourage contributions to:a. The profile in Safety Series in Academic Emergency

Medicine.b. Cases demonstrating concepts in safety for the curricu-

lum on safety on the SAEM website.c. Submission of articles to the SAEM Newsletter on

patient safety.d. Submission of proposals for didactic sessions to the

SAEM Annual Meeting.5. Serve as a resources to those interested in learning, teach-

ing, and investigating patient safety.

Public Health Edwin D. Boudreaux, PhD: boudreaux-edwin@cooperhealth.edu1. Revise and resubmit a consensus conference proposal on

health behavior interventions.2. Complete the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Smoking

Cessation Demonstration Study.3. Prepare and submit at least two didactic proposals for the

2007 SAEM Annual Meeting.4. Clarify the future of the EMNet public health research data-

base.

Sports MedicineDaivd Berkoff, MD: david.berkoff@duke.edu1. Promote awareness of sports medicine among emergency

physicians.2. Incorporate sports medicine lectures into emergency medi-

cine residency curricula and into national emergency medi-cine meeting agendas.

3. Implement sports medicine research within the emergencydepartment.

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More Annual Business Meeting Highlights

Dr. Jim Hoekstra, incoming President, thanks Dr. GlennHamilton for his service to the Society as President(2005-2006).

Congraulations toDr. FrankCounselman, whowas elected to theNominatingCommittee.

Election results were announced during the Annual BusinessMeeting in San Francisco. (L-R) Jeanette Ebarb, MA, MD,Resident Member of Board, Judd Hollander, MD, President-elect,Ellen Weber, MD, Member-at-Large, Leon Haley, MD, Member-at-Large, and Deborah Diercks, MD, Constitution and BylawsCommittee.

Dr. John Marx, the recipient of the SAEM LeadershipAward, was introduced and presented with theaward by his colleague, Dr. Alan Jones (R).

Dr. Hoekstra congratulates Dr. WilliamNorthington, the recipient of the EMSFellowship Grant.

Dr. Hoekstracongratulates Dr.Andrew Chang,the recipient ofthe SAEMResearch TrainingGrant.

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2006 New York Regional Meeting ReportJames M. Callahan, MDSUNY – Upstate Medical UniversityChair, New York Regional Meeting

The 2006 New York Regional Meeting was held April 8 at the Genesee Grande Hotel and Conference Center in Syracuse, NewYork. The meeting was hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine of SUNY – Upstate Medical University. The meeting wasa great success with over 75 registrants and almost 60 oral research presentations. Medical students and trainees made up a sig-nificant portion of both attendees and presenters. In addition, there were several didactic presentations. Catherine Marco, MD,Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent’s Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio and the Medical University of Ohiospoke about “The Art of Emergency Medicine Research” and having “Fun with Statistics.” Dr. Marco is a member of the SAEM Boardof Directors. Peter Dayan, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine FellowshipDirector, Columbia University College of Medicine, spoke about “The Utility of Research Networks in Emergency Medicine.” JohnMcCabe, MD told medical students and other attendees “Why Being an Academic Emergency Physician is the Best Job in the World”and William Grant, Ed.D. presented “The Needle in the Haystack: Generating and Answering Questions in Emergency Medicine UsingPreexisting Databases.”

Research Award Winners this year included:

4. Integrate procedural and diagnostic techniques commonly used in sports medicine into emergency medicine.5. Involve emergency medicine residents in event coverage.6. Encourage emergency medicine residents to pursue sub-specialization in sports medicine.

Emergency UltrasoundDan Theodoro, MD: daleth44@gmail.com1. Call for data on education related research into how many ultrasounds confer competency in an area. The ultimate goal is to

offer a recommendation to the CORD and RRC regarding best practices for gaining ultrasound proficiency.2. Develop a “toolkit” for residencies that do not have the resources to develop an ultrasound curriculum.3. Organize a subcommittee to submit a proposal for the 2008 AEM Consensus Conference.4. Continue to support narrated lectures on the CORD Sharepoint website.5. Continue the list_serve project.

Interest Group Objectives…(continued from page 11)

Best Student Presentation: Prevalence and self-awareness of obesity in inner city ED patients, and readiness to loose weight.Tamara Beckford, UMDNJ

Best Resident Presentation:A case control study comparing the hemolysis rates using intravenous catheters and vacutainer tubes for obtaining blood samples.Joseph Gibson, MD, Lincoln Medical Center andMental Health Center

Best Fellow Presentation:Predicting pertussis in a pediatric emergency department population.Jennifer Mackey, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Best Young Investigator Presentation:Building Bridges: Breast cancer prevention in emergency departments by connecting at risk women to mammography.Elizabeth Bascom, MD, St. John Oakland Hospital and St. John Hospital and Medical Center

Best Basic Science Presentation:Hemodynamic effects of intralipid in an animal model of severe verapamil toxicity resuscitated with calcium and atropine.Eric Perez, MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University

Best Faculty Presentation:Does the administration of an IV H2 blocker decrease the time in the ED or the admission rate inpediatric patients with acute vomiting.Melissa Fiorini, MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University

The site and date for the 2007 New York Regional Meeting has not yet been determined. The hard work and expertise of theRegional Meeting Planning Committee helped make the Meeting a major success and is much appreciated.

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More Annual Meeting Highlights

Dr. David Karras, (L) Past Chair of the ResearchDirectors’ Interest Group, was presented with aplaque by Dr. Ed Panacek to thank him for hisservice.

he Residency Fair allowed residency programs to introducethemselves to students interested in a career in emergencymedicine. Case Western Reserve representatives Lou Binder, MD,Nicole Wallis, and Joe Piktel talked to medical students Brian Optizand Rahi Kapur. (L-R) Binder, Optiz, Piktel, Kapur, and Wallis).

The 2006 Program Committee (L-R back row) Betty Chang, MD, John Ma, MD, Betsy Datner, MD, Gary Vilke, MD, DebDiercks, MD, Chris Decker, MD, Maria Raven, MD, John Southall, MD, Jack Kelly, MD, Susan Promes, MD, Richelle Cooper,MD, Craig Newgard, MD, and Robert Gerhardt, MD. (L-R front row) Jeff Druck, MD, Wesley Zeger, DO, Michael Turturro, MD,Terry Vanden Hoek, MD, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Brigitte Baumann, MD, Ralph Riviello, MD, and Milly Willy, MD. Not pictured:Andra Blomkalns, MD, Terry Kowalenko, MD, and Manish Patel, MD.

2006-2007 AACEM Executive Committee: (L-R) BrentKing, MD, Secretary-Treasurer, Gabe Kelen, MD,Immediate Past-President, Judy Tintinalli, MD, President-elect, and Bill Barsan, MD, President.

Dr. Debra Houry, 2007 Program CommitteeChair, is pictured with the DidacticSubcommittee Chair, Craig Newgard, MD, (L) and Scientific Subcommittee Chair,O. John Ma, MD.

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To make a donation to the SAEMResearch Fund

* Use the online form at https://www.periwinkle.net/saem/research.htm

* Send check payable to SAEM Research Fund to SAEM,901 North Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906* Contact SAEM via phone (517-485-5484) or email

(saem@saem.org)100% of all contributions go directly to the Research

Fund. All administrative costs are paid by SAEM.

Please support the SAEM Research Fund and the futureof EM Research.

Nominations Sought:ABEM Board of Directors

Deadline: September 1, 2006

The American Board of Emergency Medicine will elect threenew directors at its winter 2007 Board of Directors meeting.ABEM is soliciting nominations for these three positionsfrom Emergency Medicine organizations as well as fromindividuals. ABEM has invited and encouraged our organ-ization to submit nominations for these director positions.

The ABEM Nominating Committee will review all nomina-tions and prepare a slate of candidates for consideration bythe ABEM Board of Directors, who will vote on this slate atits winter 2007 meeting. The newly elected directors willbegin an initial four-year term in July 2007. New directorswill attend the summer 2007 ABEM BOD meeting asobservers.

Criteria for nomination include:

• Be a graduate of an ACGME-accredited EmergencyMedicine residency program

• Be an ABEM diplomate for a minimum of ten years• Have demonstrated extensive active involvement in

organized Emergency Medicine. Ideally, thisincludes long-term experience as an ABEM itemwriter, oral examiner, or ABEM-appointed represen-tative

• Be actively involved in the clinical practice ofEmergency Medicine

Interested SAEM members should contact Barbara Mulder,SAEM Associate Executive Director at barb@saem.org witha Letter of Interest and a current CV.

Geriatric Interest GroupManish N. Shah, MD, University of Rochester

The Geriatric Interest Group had a very productive meetingduring the 2006 SAEM Annual Meeting in San Francisco.Because of the success of having two didactic sessions accept-ed for the Annual Meeting (Establishing a Palliative CareResearch Agenda in Emergency Medicine, proposed with thePalliative Medicine Interest Group, and Geriatric Training forEmergency Medicine Physicians-in-Training: EducationMaterials and Resources with the Reynolds Foundation), themeeting functioned primarily as a business meeting.

The three Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awardwinners were introduced: Dr. Chris Carpenter from WashingtonUniversity, Dr. Fred Hustey from Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. BenSun from UCLA. All researchers with interest in GeriatricEmergency Medicine were encouraged to apply for the 2007-2009 award. The due date will be fall 2007. This is particularlyimportant since it is expected that funding for this award will endin a few more years and it is a tremendous opportunity to begindeveloping a career in Geriatric Emergency Medicine research.

Dr. Tammie Quest spoke about the national course“Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care” (EPEC). Thiscourse is going to be modified for Emergency Medicine. Sheencouraged those with interest to become involved in the train-ing of palliative care for our specialty. Furthermore, she encour-aged the continuation of collaboration between the PalliativeMedicine and Geriatric Interest Groups via liaisons due to thesignificant conceptual overlap.

Goals for the upcoming year were discussed. One priorityidentified involved submitting didactic proposals for the 2007SAEM Annual Meeting. The two topics believed to have thegreatest interest were research directions in older adult medica-tion safety and disaster medicine for older adults. A number ofoptions and potential speakers were discussed, particularlyChicago-area speakers since the 2007 SAEM Annual Meetingwill be there. If neither of these didactic proposals is acceptedby the Program Committee, one of the topics may be used asan educational talk during the Interest Group meeting.

Visual Diagnosis Contest WinnerAnnounced

During the 2006 Annual Meeting in San Francisco a VisualDiagnosis Contest was open to all residents and medical stu-dents in attendance. The following winners are to be congratu-lated on their excellent diagnostic skills:

Medical Student Winner: Aaron Brown, University ofPennsylvania

Resident Winner: Chris Olivares, University of Utah

The recipients will be awarded a one-year membership inSAEM, including a subscription to Academic EmergencyMedicine, a free registration to the 2007 Annual Meeting, a majorEmergency Medicine textbook, a subscription to the SAEMNewsletter, and an SAEM coffee mug.

The Program Committee is already making plans for nextyear’s contest and members are encouraged to submit potentialcases and photos. Please refer to the 2007 Call for Photographsthat is published in this issue of the Newsletter.

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Semi-Final CPC Competition ResultsOn May 17, sixty Emergency Medicine Residency Programs competed in the sixteenth Annual Semi-Final CPC Competition. A

resident from each participating program submitted a challenging unknown case for discussion by an attending from another resi-dency program. The faculty discussant had 20 minutes to develop a differential diagnosis and explain the thought process leadingto the final diagnosis.

Winning presenters and discussants were selected from each of six tracks and these individuals will compete in the CPC Finalsthat will be held at the ACEP Scientific Assembly in New Orleans, on October 16. It is not necessary to register for the ScientificAssembly if you plan to only attend the CPC. The CPC Competition is sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA, and SAEM and was coor-dinated by Doug McGee, DO.

Congratulations to the 2006 winners!

Presenter and Discussant Winners: (L: R) James Hancock, MD; Edward Melnick, MD; Andrej Urumov, MD; Robert Riser, MD;Mohamed Peera, MD; Jeffrey Suchard, MD; Colleen Hickey, MD; David Gordon, MD; Andrea Wolff, MD; Grant Lipman, MD;

Asim Tarabar, MD. Not pictured: Melinda Threlkeld, MD.

Presenter and Discussant Runners Up: (Front row) (L: R) Harold Kim, MD; Nancy Fu, MD; Kathryn Gutillo, MD; Christine Irish, MD;Evie Marcolini, MD.(Back row) (L: R) Ziad Kazzi, MD; Russ Horowitz, MD; Mary Westergaard, MD; David Newman, MD;

Adam Rosh, MD; Joanne Oakes, MD; Mark Haber, MD.

Division 1Best Presenter: Colleen Hickey, MD, Northwestern UniversityRunner-Up: Kathryn Gutillo, MD, University of New York at BuffaloBest Discussant: Grant Lipman, MD, Stanford-KaiserRunner-Up: Russ Horowitz, MD, Northwestern UniversityDivision 2Best Presenter: Edward Melnick, MD, Mount Sinai HospitalRunner-Up: Mary Westergaard, MD, Denver HealthBest Discussant: David Gordon, MD, Duke UniversityRunner-Up: Joanne Oakes, MD, University of Texas - HoustonDivision 3Best Presenter: Mohamed Peera, MD, Long Island JewishRunner-Up: Harold Kim, MD, University of AlabamaBest Discussant: Asim Tarabar, MD, Yale UniversityRunner-Up: Ziad Kazzi, MD, University of Alabama

Division 4Best Presenter: Andrea Wolff, MD, Indiana UniversityRunner-Up: Adam Rosh, MD, New York University/BellevueBest Discussant: Andrej Urumov, MD, Advocate Christ Medical CenterRunner-Up: Marc Haber, MD, Baystate Medical CenterDivision 5Best Presenter: Melinda Threlkeld, MD, Carolinas Medical CenterRunner-Up: Evie Marcolini, MD, Maine Medical CenterBest Discussant: Jeffrey Suchard, MD, University of California, IrvineRunner-Up: Christine Irish, MD, Maine Medical CenterDivision 6Best Presenter: Jim Hancock, MD, Naval Medical Center PortsmouthRunner-Up: Nancy Fu, MD, St. Luke’s RooseveltBest Discussant: Robert Reiser, MD, University of VirginiaRunner-Up: David Newman, MD, St. Luke’s Roosevelt

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Academic AnnouncementsSAEM members are encouraged to submit Academic Announcements on promotions, research funding, and other items of inter-

est to the membership. Submissions must be sent to saem@saem.org by August 1 to be included in the September/October issue.

Juan Fernando Acosta, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, WeillMedical College of Cornell University, has been appointedEmergency Medicine Residency Director of St. BarnabasHospital in Bronx, NY and was selected for a K-30 Master’s inClinical Investigations at Weill Cornell Medical College. He wasalso promoted to Deputy Commander of the NY2 DisasterMedical Assistance Team.

Keith Borg, MD, PhD, has been appointed Research promot-ed to Director of Emergency Medicine at the Medical Universityof South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He will also beAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine on September 1.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine has recentlyannounced that the Division of Emergency Medicine has gainedfull academic Department status within the School of Medicine.Division Head, Brian Browne, MD, will continue his leadershipas Acting Chair.

John H. Burton, MD, has been named Emergency MedicineResidency Program Director at Albany Medical College effec-tive May 15.

Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, is completing a fellowship in trau-ma and surgical critical care at the Hospital of the University ofPennsylvania. Upon completion in June, he will begin theRobert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. The program aspires to train physi-cians in research methodology and health policy.

Ann Chinnis, MD, MSHA, will be assuming a new leadershipposition at WVU beginning in July and will be stepping down asChair, Department of Emergency Medicine, West VirginiaUniversity School of Medicine. Dr. Chinnis will serve asExecutive Director of the EPIC project and Associate Dean forClinical Informatics at WVU.

Valerie J. DeMaio, MD, Assistant Professor of EmergencyMedicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, hasbeen awarded a 2-year American Heart Association grant forher project, “A training intervention to optimize the pre-hospitalresuscitation of pediatric respiratory and cardiac arrest.”

Gus M. Garmel, MD, Co-Program Director, Stanford/KaiserEmergency Medicine Residency Program, received the 2006Education Award for Outstanding Service in AdvancingEmergency Medicine Education from the California Chapter ofthe American College of Emergency Physicians.

Jason B. Hack, MD, has been promoted to AssociateProfessor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at EastCarolina University in Greenville, NC. Dr. Hack is the AssociateChair of the Division of Medical Toxicology.

Glenn C. Hamilton, MD, MSM, professor and chair of emer-gency medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School ofMedicine, has been named one of three McCann Scholars. TheJoy McCann Foundation has awarded $150,000 to each recip-ient in recognition of their success as an educator and mentor.

Richard J. Hamilton, MD, has been appointed Chair,Department of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University Collegeof Medicine. Dr. Hamilton previously served as the ProgramDirector and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine atDrexel University.

Kennon Heard, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery(Emergency Medicine), University of Colorado School ofMedicine, has received a K-08 award from the National Instituteon Drug Abuse to study the effects of long-term antipsychoticmedication treatment on acute cocaine toxicity. Dr. Heard isthe Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director at the RockyMountain Poison and Drug Center.

Philip L. Henneman, MD, has announced that he will stepdown as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, TuftsUniversity School of Medicine and Baystate Medical Centereffective July 1, 2006. He will remain at Baystate as a profes-sor and researcher, as part of a team with a multi-year grantfrom the National Science Foundation.

Gloria J. Kuhn, DO, PhD, has been promoted to a full profes-sor in the clinical educator track at Wayne State University.

Eric F. Reichman, MD, PhD, Emergency Medicine ProgramDirector at the University of Texas at Houston, has beenappointed the Director of the Surgical & Clinical Skills Center.

Jedd Roe, MD, MBA, has been appointed Chair, Departmentof Emergency Medicine and Chief, Emergency MedicineServices at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michiganbeginning June 19.

John P. Santoro, MD, has been named interim Chair at TuftsUniversity School of Medicine and Baystate Medical Centereffective July 1.

Steven J. Stack, MD, was recently elected as the young physi-cian representative to the AMA Board of Trustees. Dr. Stack isthe first emergency physician to serve in this position. Dr. Stackis medical director of the emergency department at BaptistMemorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.

David K. Wagner, MD, will be stepping down as Chair,Department of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University Collegeof Medicine. He will remain with the College, joining theEducational Coordinating, and Admissions Committees.

Peter C. Wyer, MD, has been promoted to Associate ClinicalProfessor of Medicine in Columbia University College ofPhysicians and Surgeons. He has been awarded a two-yeargrant by the Edward J. Stemmler, MD, Medical EducationResearch Fund of the National Board of Medical Examiners forthe project, “Designing Cognitive Measures of Practice-BasedLearning and Improvement as an Iterative Process CombiningRasch and Classical Measurement Methods.”

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CORD Meets in San Francisco

Dr. Jim Colletti, one of the recipients of a CORDFaculty Teaching Award, is congratulated by Dr. FelixAnkel (L).

Dr. Fredrick Abrahamian, was also a recipient of theCORD Faculty Teaching Award and is congratulatedby Dr. Pam Dyne, CORD President.

Dr. David Tanen (R) congratulates Dr. Joel Schofer, therecipient of the CORD Resident Academic AchievementAward.

The CORD Academic Assembly Planning Committee met todiscuss plans for the 2007 Assembly, which will be heldMarch 1-3 in Orlando.

CORD elections were held in San Francisco and the CORD membership elected Dr. Sarah Stahmer and Dr. Doug Char asBoard members-at-large. The 2006-2007 CORD Board of Directors: (L-R) Mary Jo Wagner, MD, President-elect, SteveHayden, MD, Past-President, Gloria Kuhn, DO, PhD, Member-at-Large, Michael Beeson, MD, Secretary-Treasurer, PamDyne, MD, President, Dr. Char, and Dr. Stahmer. Not pictured: Philip Shayne, MD, Member-at-Large.

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Academic Announcements…(continued from page 17)

Robert Zalenski, MD, has been appointed as the first holder ofthe “Brooks F. Bock Endowed Professorship of EmergencyMedicine” at Wayne State University School of Medicine inDetroit.

Brian J. Zink, MD, has been named the inaugural chair of theDepartment of Emergency Medicine at Brown Medical School.

Dr. Zink will also hold the titles of emergency medicine physi-cian-in-chief, Rhode Island Hospital; emergency medicinephysician-in-chief, The Miriam Hospital; and president,University Emergency Medicine Foundation. Dr. Zink will besucceeding Robert H. Woolard, MD, who has served as interimchair since the department was established in 2004.

Emergency Medicine Interest Group Grant: End of Grant Report 2005-2006Michael Long, East Carolina UniversityKori L. Brewer, PhD, East Carolina University

On February 10, 2006, seventeen first and second yearmedical students participated in an Emergency ProceduresLaboratory. The goal of this project was to allow medical stu-dents interested in pursuing a career in emergency medicinethe opportunity to learn and practice life-saving, invasive proce-dures in a safe, non-threatening, educational environment.

The educational session was entirely a hands-on experi-ence. Students learned indications, techniques, and complica-tions of common emergency procedures using case-basedscenarios and procedural simulation. Under the guidance offive EM faculty and 2 EM residents, medical students directlyperformed multiple invasive procedures using four adult anes-thetized pigs. Each student had the opportunity to carry outand/or observe the following procedures: intraosseous andcentral venous cannulation, pericardial centesis, thoracentesis,chest tube placement, cricothyrotomy, thoracotomy, and opencardiac massage. The procedure laboratory lasted approxi-mately 4 hours. At completion, all four animals were eutha-nized.

This procedure laboratory fell under an established animaluse protocol (AUP) entitled, Emergency Medicine and East CareFlight Personnel Skills Training Laboratory (AUP#Z130b). Sincethe laboratory experience was solely educational and volunteer,no formal internal review board (IRB) approval was required. Allrules and regulations established by the Comparative MedicineDepartment and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committeewere strictly enforced.

We feel this laboratory experience offered medical studentsa special opportunity to learn valuable emergency skills early intheir careers and without risk of injuring patients. It also provid-ed an opportunity for medical students to meet and learn fromexperienced EM faculty and residents, who could later serve asmentors to the field of emergency medicine. In the future, wehope to offer similar experiences to ECU medical students earlyin their education.

In addition to the education of students, Michael Long, theprimary applicant on the grant, used this session to test a newprosthetic aiway model that he developed. Using inexpensivecorrugated plastic tubing, a rubber chair-leg tip, and duct tape,he constructed a prosthetic airway to simulate laryngeal carti-lage, cricothyroid membrane, and trachea. This prosthesis wasthen surgically implanted under abdominal skin and subcuta-neous tissues of the anesthetized pigs. Emergency medicineand trauma faculty (N=17) identified anatomical landmarks andperformed a surgical cricothyrotomy on the model and com-pleted a questionnaire that assessed the model’s surfaceanatomy and physiology (bleeding, tissue response). The modelwas also assessed for educational effectiveness. The results ofthis investigation are being compiled and will be submitted forpublication over the next several months.

The EMIG of East Carolina University is grateful for the sup-port of SAEM that allowed for a unique experience for its mem-bers.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars ProgramThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program is intended to strengthen the leadership and aca-demic productivity of junior medical school faculty dedicated to improving health and health care. The Foundation will make upto 15 awards of up to $300,000 each over three years in 2007 to help young physicians develop their careers in academic med-icine. Under the program, scholars are able to devote at least 50 percent of time for 3 years to activities outlined in their sub-mitted proposals; receive funds to support a research project; receive national and local mentorship; and work with other tal-ented scholars.

Each candidate must meet the following requirements: be a physician (MD or DO) who is a citizen or a permanent resident ofthe United States or its territories; be a junior faculty member (instructor or assistant professor) for five years or less in any dis-cipline in a regular line position that could lead to tenure; be committed to a career in academic medicine; provide evidence ofresearch skills, e.g., past research fellowship or equivalent training; have had at least two papers published in peer-reviewedjournals; demonstrate excellence as a teacher; and must care for patients at least one half day per week. Consistent with allRWJF projects, this program embraces racial, ethnic, gender and disciplinary diversity, and encourages candidates with diversebackgrounds to apply.

Each applicant must be nominated by the dean of a four-year, fully accredited U.S. medical school (allopathic or osteopathic).Applications must be received by September 1, 2006. Notification will occur in April 2007 and appointments will begin July 1,2007. Detailed application instructions can be found on the program’s Web site or by contacting: Sally Schroeder, deputy direc-tor at (650) 566-2348 or rwjfpfsp@stanford.edu

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More Annual Meeting Highlights

Dr. Glenn Hamilton is pictured with Dr. Al Villarin.Dr. Villarin has been selected as the Web Editorfor the SAEM website.

During the Medical Student Symposium students met with programdirectors over lunch to discuss residency programs and how to makethe right choice for their future. (L-R) Sunny Wang, Lawrence Kass,MD, Steve Chang, Rebecca Johnson, Benson Yeh, MD, TomSwoboda, MD, Elaine Lu, Akpene Abegnon, and Andy Brainard.

Georgetown University representatives welcomed medical studentsto the residency fair and provided information on their residencyprogram. (L-R) Griffin Davis, MD, Jonathan Davis, MD, Jeffrey Love,MD, and Kulleni Gelreyes, MD.

Congratulations to TedDelbridge, MD, MPH, the newestmember of AACEM, who wasrecently named Chair,Department of EmergencyMedicine at East CarolinaUniversity.

There were 26 Innovations inEmergency Medicine Education(IEME) Exhibits presented at theAnnual Meeting. Dr. Eric Savitskydiscussed his presentation,“Ultrasound-Guided ProceduralTraining Using EmergingTechnologies.”

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Medicare Resident Funding Redistribution: How were EM residency programs impacted?

Emily Hayden MDIndiana UniversityMichael Baumann MDMaine Medical CenterMary Jo Wagner, MDSynergy Medical Education Alliancefor the SAEM National Affairs Committee

Medicare and Graduate Medical Education funding. Twovery enticing subjects that most of you are dying to read about.The regulations on resident limits by Medicare can be page-turners that keep one awake at night.

How many of you were aware that Medicare recently had aone-time redistribution of Graduate Medical Education funding?Most program chairs and directors likely were aware, but veryfew residents were not. Residency program leadership is keen-ly aware of budgets and funding for their programs. Residentsusually just care that the direct deposit paycheck goes throughon time.

What does the redistribution mean to an EM resident? Whatdoes that mean to residency directors? What does this fundingmean for the specialty of Emergency Medicine?

First, so that all readers are on the same page, a brief histo-ry of the funding of Graduate Medical Education (GME) will bedescribed. Then, an explanation of the recent redistribution ofresident funding will follow. Finally, the meaning of the fundingredistribution to EM residency leadership, residents, and thespecialty will conclude.

History of Graduate Medical Education FundingThe concept of internships and residencies was solidifying

around the time of WWI. As graduate medical education wasdeveloping, teaching hospitals paid the majority of the incurredexpenses, usually through the hospitals’ benefactors. To currentEM residents, it may be surprising that this did not mean thatresidents earned a salary. The expenses the teaching hospitalspaid for were only the cost associated with resident education(the teaching hospitals did not consider resident stipends orsalaries to be part of resident education). Teaching hospitalssince their inception were providers of large amounts of charitycare. This care was usually reimbursed by local governments,but not enough to account for all of the expenses. Therefore,teaching hospitals were more expensive to run compared tonon-teaching hospitals due to the resident education they fund-ed and the amount of charity care they provided.

Starting in WWII, the United States society realized howimportant good medical care was. Because of this, societybecame willing to make an investment in medical education.Federal support for medical education began to grow. TheNational Institutes of Health was further developed.

In the 1950-1960’s, private health insurance became morecommon, even though it was first started in the 1930’s. Someof the people who originally were charity care patients sudden-ly were paying patients. Although all hospitals enjoyed the pay-ing patients that private insurance provided, increased health-care costs created a situation where indigent care became rela-tively more expensive. This was noticed especially in the teach-ing hospitals due to the disproportionate amount of charity carethe teaching hospitals provided.

To the hospitals’ delight, Medicare was enacted in 1965.Many of the charity cases in the hospital became paying

patients overnight. From Medicare’s inception, Congress meantfor Medicare to help fund medical education. The original legis-lation states:

“Many hospitals engage in substantial educationactivities, including the training of medical students,internship and residency programs, the training ofnurses and the training of various paramedical per-sonnel. Educational activities enhance the quality ofcare in an institution, and it is intended, until the com-munity undertakes to bear such education costs insome other way, that a part of the net costs of suchactivities…should be considered as an element in thecost of patient care, to be borne, to an appropriateextent by the [Medicare] program.”

H. R. Rep. No. 213, 89th Cong., 1st Sess., 32 (1965)

Medicare would pay teaching hospitals for graduate medicaleducation by providing money for both the “direct” and “indi-rect” costs of resident education. Direct graduate medical edu-cation (DGME or DME) payments cover both resident andsupervising faculty stipends and benefits, clerical personnel inadministrative and GME offices, and overhead(maintenance/electricity). Medicare DME payments are basedon a hospital-specific per-resident amount and then on the rela-tive amount of admitted Medicare patients in that specific hos-pital. Indirect medical education (IME) payments include a per-centage adjustment to the Medicare prospective payment sys-tem that accounts for the higher patient care costs of teachinghospitals versus non-teaching hospitals. The higher cost of run-ning a teaching hospital is due to the more severe illnesses thepatients tend to present with to the teaching hospital, and thecost of providing care in an educational environment with lowerproductivity and additional diagnostic testing usually performed.IME payments are determined by the ratio of interns and resi-dents a teaching hospital has compared to the number of inpa-tient hospital beds. Medicare will pay out the percentage of theamount relative to how many beds in the hospital were Medicarepatients.

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 limited the number of res-idents a teaching hospital can have funded. At that time, with afew exceptions, teaching hospitals had a pool of Medicare fund-ed residents to divvy up amongst their residency programs. Thenumber of funded resident positions was to be unchanged as of1997. If a residency program wanted to expand numbers, or ifa teaching hospital wanted to start a new residency program,the teaching hospital would have to either take funded slotsfrom other residencies in their hospital or find funding fromanother source. Given that several EM programs have startedand others have expanded since 1997, in fact the EM residencyspots have as much as doubled since 1997; many EM residen-cies are funded by sources outside of Medicare.

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Resident Limit RedistributionWe are all aware of the Medicare Prescription Drug

Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 with its MedicarePart D prescription drug plan. This Act also had provisionsincluded that would allow for a one-time redistribution of teach-ing hospital’s resident limits. The total pool of Medicare fundedresidency spots was to remain the same, but the positions wereallowed to be reassigned. Teaching hospitals that were not filledto their resident limit would have their caps reduced 75% of theirunfilled funded spots. A teaching hospital could apply for amaximum of twenty-five new funded resident positions. The pri-ority for gaining funded spots were as follows: hospitals locat-ed in rural areas, hospitals located in small urban areas, thenother hospitals that have a residency program that does nothave another residency program in that same specialty in theirstate. Requests for increasing resident limits were due toCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by June 14,2004. The resident limit redistributed changes were to be ineffect July 1, 2005. The final increases were reported at the endof October 2005 (applied retrograde to July 1, 2005), and thefinal reductions were reported the beginning of March 2006.

One part about the resident limit redistribution that manypeople in EM are not aware of is that a group from ACEP wasone of the main contributors to penning this part of the legisla-tion. Some of the motivating factors for this group of emergencyphysicians was that EM is one of the fastest growing specialties,the Emergency Departments bring in admissions to the hospi-tals and thus EM programs need bigger and better training pro-grams.

What did the Medicare resident limit redistribution mean toEM residency programs?

If you have noticed through the discussion of Medicare GMEpayments, all of the payments are going to teaching hospitals,

not to either the medical school or individual residency pro-grams. It is at the discretion of the individual teaching hospitalto which of their residency programs to apply the increase orreduction in funding. Ninety-five of 135 RCC-accreditedEmergency Medicine residency programs responded to aninformal survey about changes in their Medicare funding. Ofthose programs that responded, ten were aware of an increasein funding to their program, either DME and/or IME. Some ofthose programs were expanding actual resident positions, andsome were able to fund fully the positions they currently have.One program is using their increase in DME funding to help starttheir combined EM/IM program. Several programs knew theirinstitution gained funded positions but the Emergency Medicineprogram did not receive any of those spots specifically.

None of the programs that responded knew of any reductionin GME funding. Part of this could be that the final report of theteaching institutions that were going to have reductions applieddid not get sent out until early March of 2006; however, a pre-liminary report of reductions was sent out with the final report ofincreases at the end of October 2005. Many of the programsresponded that either there was no change in funding, or thatthey were unaware of any changes in funding.

Where do we go from here?We all are aware of emergency departments and their role as

the proverbial safety net for this nation’s healthcare. Morerecently, Emergency Medicine has been in the spotlight at themedical specialty that best serves Homeland Security. Yet forEmergency Medicine to effectively handle a surge in capacityfrom either a terrorist event or an epidemic such as influenza, weneed to ensure adequate funding for both emergency depart-ments and for Emergency Medicine education. We need toadvocate for our specialty and, in doing so, advocate for thesafety of all Americans.

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the associate professor level. They boast 12-39 peerreviewed research publications on their CVs, and four of thefive are federally funded investigators. Of the recipients ofthe Scholarly Sabbatical Grant, five out of five remain inacademics, and three of five are federally funded. Of the twoNeuroscience Grant recipients, both are also federally funded.The purpose of the SAEM Research Fund is to provideunrestricted training grants or bridge funding to build ouracademic base of funded researchers in emergency medicine.We can assure our donors that their contributions are buildingthe future of academic emergency medicine through thedevelopment of successful faculty investigators.

Third, the SAEM Research Fund has finally grown to thepoint where we can put it to work. When the Fund was firstestablished, the Board of Directors decided to leave thecorpus untouched in order to assure its rapid growth. Thegrants were annually supported by SAEM operational funds.That policy was especially important during the dot-comstock market “corrections” of 2000-2002. Now that the Fundhas reached the $5.2 million mark, it is large enough to sustainitself and grow while also funding some grants from interestincome. The growth of member contributions to nearly$50,000 annually also provides steady income to buffer stockmarket fluctuations. For these reasons, the Board hasdecided to fund a conservative $150,000 annually in traininggrants from the Fund. We can tell our donors now that their

donations are funding grants.The Board of Directors acknowledges that in our fiduciary

responsibilities to our members, it is of paramount importanceto guard and grow the SAEM Research Fund. Steve Dronen,in conjunction with the Investment Subcommittee of theFinance Committee, will continue to wisely invest our Fund toassure steady and conservative growth. Brian Zink, theDevelopment Committee chair, and the SAEM office havebeen working with the development consultant firmHammond Rosebush to solidify our development message,cultivate and acknowledge our annual donors, and identifykeystone donors for the future. The creation of a SeniorAdvisory Council to provide advice and strategy for ourdevelopment efforts should also guide us as we develop amulti-year campaign. Finally, Bob Schafermeyer and KateHeilpern will be working with the Finance Committee tosolidify our financial policies with regard to the Research Fundto assure our members that the impact of their donations ismaximized.

With success comes responsibility. We can celebrate oursuccess in the growth and development of the SAEMResearch Fund, but we must also guard against complacencyfor its future. I can assure the membership that the Fund willremain first and foremost on the Board’s agenda, as we workto increase its size, visibility, and return on investment for ourfuture.

President’s Message…(continued from page 1)

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2006 SAEM Medical Student Excellence Award WinnersListed below are the recipients of the 2006 SAEM Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award. This award is

offered to each medical school in the United States to honor an outstanding senior medical student. This is the eleventh year thisaward has been made available. Recipients receive a certificate and one-year membership to SAEM, including subscription to theSAEM Newsletter and Academic Emergency Medicine. Information about next year's Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award willbe sent to all medical school dean's offices in February 2007.

Albany Medical CollegeSalah Baydoun

Arizona College of OsteopathicMedicineDevin Boss

Brown UniversityAllan Hansen

Dalhousie University Emma Burns

David Geffen School of Medicine @UCLARachelle Sohren

Des Moines University – College ofOsteopathic Medicine Paul Berg Duscher

Drexel University Zuleika Ladha

Duke University Brooke R. Rosonke

East Carolina UniversityBrian Dawson

Eastern Tennessee State UniversitySarah Marie Edwards

Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolDonald Christopher Koons

Emory UniversityKelly Owen

Harvard Medical SchoolMedell Briggs

Indiana University Katie Burdick

Johns Hopkins UniversityEmilie Calvello

Kansas City University of Medicineand BiosciencesAndrew Michmerheizen

Loma Linda UniversityMindi Guptill

Louisiana State University,Shreveport Mark R. Urban

Loyola University Chicago StritchSchool of MedicineNichole Sturm

Mayo Medical School Rebecca L. Mooney

Medical College of Georgia Edward Green

Medical College of Ohio @ ToledoMaureen Patricia Gibbons

Medical College of Wisconsin Ryan G. Hata

Memorial University ofNewfoundlandSasha Sealy

Michigan State UniversityKendra Dee Atkinson

Mount Sinai Joseph Chiang

New York Medical College Catherine M. Visintainer

New York University Jahan Fahimi

Northeastern Ohio Universities Stacy Ann Shundry

Northwestern University FeinbergSchool of Medicine Manish Asaravala

Ohio State UniversityJonathan Morris Bowen

Oregon Health & Science University Michelle Shaw

Ottawa UniversityJulien Payrastre

Penn State Eric M. Wells

Philadelphia College of OsteopathicMedicine Courtney P. Wilczynski-Corrin

Queen's UniversityRose Mengual

Rush Medical CollegeKaris Tekwani

Saint Louis University Cameron D. Klug

St. George's UniversityJoseph Lauro

State University of New York, StonyBrook Erin Gonzalez

SUNY Downstate Medical Center Laurie DuBois

SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityJames Campagna

Texas A&M Dominic Lucia

UMDNJ - New Jersey MedicalSchoolCamille Miller

UMDNJ - Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School Andrew Amaranto

Uniformed Services University ofHealth Sciences2Lt. Brett Shafer

University of Alabama @BirminghamJeff St. Amant

University of AlbertaGeoff Sanz

University of ArizonaJoyce Lippe

University of Buffalo School ofMedicine and Biomedical Sciences Thomas M. Forsberg

University of California, DavisMelissa M. Jones

University of California, IrvineWarren Wiechmann

University of California, San DiegoLaura Dolkas

University of California, SanFranciscoJonathan Rosenson

University of ChicagoMaria Del Pilar Ortega

University of Colorado Nathan Cleveland

University of ConnecticutJennifer Pope

University of FloridaAmit Rawal

University of HawaiiRonald M. Kuroda

University of Illinois Kristopher Knopp

University of KentuckyJason Reaves

University of ManitobaCheryl ffrench

University of Massachusetts Craig Longo

University of MiamiJoshua Bobko

University of MichiganJason Sell

University of MinnesotaMaria Neuner

University of MississippiPatrick J. Bufkin

University of Missouri-Columbia Jacob Lee Spain

University of Missouri-Kansas City Deborah Shipley

University of NebraskaAaron N. Barksdale

University of NevadaDutch Van Horn

University of New England Collegeof Osteopathic Medicine Jonathan D. Pierce

University of New MexicoJennifer Hall

University of North Carolina, ChapelHill Tracy Lynn Jalbuena

University of North DakotaPatrick R. Klempel

University of North Texas, FortWorthMatthew J. Messa

University of Oklahoma Matthew Porter

University of Pennsylvania Dave Lu

University of PittsburghAdam Zuckerman Tobias

University of Rochester Michelle S. Circe

University of South Alabama Daniel Zirkin

University of South Carolina Ta-Tanisha Favor

University of South Florida Rahul Salooja

University of Texas, Galveston Rosalyn Nicole Reades

University of Texas, Houston Scott Wiesenborn

University of Texas, San Antonio Sujata K. Sheth

University of Texas SouthwesternBenjamin W. Hatten

University of Virginia William Nicholas Moore

University of WashingtonBrad Edwin Talley

University of WisconsinJeffrey Pothof

Vanderbilt UniversityAlison Winesett Newman

Wake Forest University Kevin Lee Taylor

Washington UniversityJeffrey Glassberg

Wayne State University Christopher Guyer

West Virginia School of OsteopathicMedicine Jenny Guest

Western University of HealthSciences/College of OsteopathicMedicine of the PacificRoderick Y. Ballelos

Wright State University William E. Brady III

Yale School of Medicine Andrew Nerlinger

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“SAEM Tests” at One Year: Nearly 10,000 Tests Taken NationwideEmily L. Senecal, MDHarvard UniversityMichael S. Beeson, MD, MBASumma Health Systems

“SAEM Tests” is an interactive web-based testing tool devel-oped by the SAEM Undergraduate Education Committee (UEC)for students of Emergency Medicine. “SAEM Tests” was pub-lished on the web at www.saemtests.com in June 2005. We arepleased to present a review of its use during its first year of avail-ability.

First, a brief review the content of the “SAEM Tests” and themotivation behind its development: the absence of a standard-ized “Shelf” exam to evaluate medical students rotating throughEmergency Medicine prompted the SAEM UEC to develop anon-line question bank. A joint effort by many members of theSAEM UEC yielded 571 multiple-choice questions covering abroad range of topics within Emergency Medicine. Images,including EKGs, radiographic studies, and photographs,accompany approximately one-quarter of the questions.Answers include brief explanations of the correct answer, as wellas text or literature references for further reading.

“SAEM Tests” is accessible through the SAEM website atwww.saemtests.com. The questions are divided into 27 individ-ual tests, each consisting of ten to twenty-five questions. Thetests are password-protected and are only accessible by med-ical students once they have been registered by their ClerkshipDirector on the website. Clerkship Directors can obtain accessto the site by selecting the “For Clerkship Directors” link atwww.saemtests.com. After a student takes a test, the student’sscores and individual answers are automatically reported to theClerkship Directors by email.

As of June 1, 2006, one year after its implementation on theweb, 9,767 individual tests have been taken by nearly 1,000 stu-dents from across the country. Survey data collected sixmonths after the release of “SAEM Tests” on the web providedpositive feedback from both medical students taking the testsand Clerkship Directors administering the tests. Of the 155 stu-dents who completed the survey, 114 (74%) indicated that

“SAEM Tests” were a useful learning tool. Likewise, 14 of 15(93%) Clerkship Directors responding to the survey reportedthat they would use “SAEM Tests” as an evaluation tool for theirstudents once the questions were validated.

The ultimate goal is to develop “SAEM Tests” into a validat-ed testing tool of known difficulty. To that end, we are conduct-ing periodic analyses of the statistical data which is collected inan ongoing fashion by the testing software, LXR 6.0. The firststatistical analysis occurred in December 2005, six months afterthe release of “SAEM Tests” on the web. The overall scoring onthe tests was 68%, which was consistent with accepted optimalreliability range of 60-80%. Cronbach’s alpha was used toassess reliability of the tests; all alphas were positive, indicatingno negative inter-item correlation, and ranged from 0.22 to 0.87.The standard error of the measurement for individual testsranged from 1.28 to 2.25, indicating a low level of scoring vari-ability. Point biserial correlation was evaluated for each of theindividual test questions, or items. Of the 571 items, point bis-erial correlation was positive for 567 (99.3%) and met the stan-dard desirability level of at least 0.2 for 429 (75.1%).

Based on the statistical data obtained, “SAEM Tests” isundergoing revisions to remove or replace poorly performingitems. Additional ongoing efforts to enhance “SAEM Tests”include: (1) development of a long-term plan for maintenanceand regular editing of all items, as well as generation of addition-al items, (2) matching of “SAEM Tests” to the fourth-year med-ical student Emergency Medicine curriculum published recently(Manthey et al. Report of the Task Force on National Fourth YearMedical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide. AnnEmerg Med. 2006;47:E1-E7), and (3) ongoing annual statisticalevaluation to continue item validation.

We welcome any feedback you wish to provide; please con-tact us at esenecal@alumni.princeton.edu or beesonm@summa-health.org.

Thanks to 2006 Annual Meeting Photo Contributors SAEM would like to thank the following individuals who contributed to this year’s Clinical Pearls and Visual Diagnosis Contest,

which was held during the SAEM Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Alison Abiri MBDavid Andretta MDDavid Bahner MDPaul Barbara MDDerek Bennetsen DORitesh BhandariMichelle Brosnan MDMarcia CasasKerlen CheeJason Cohen DOAyim Darkeh MDNicole DelorioRoel Farrales MDDavid Finkelstein MDSanjey Gupta MD

Barry HahnTracy Hartmann MDAntonia Hipp, MDVallerie Hirsch PA-CRenee Hsia MDCarl Hsu MDWender HwangDaniela Iacona PA-CRafi Israeli, MDNicole Johnson MDJamira Jones MDNathan Karber MDRichard Kleiman MDMridul Kumar MDJason Langenfeld

Brooks Laselle MDIngrid LimRachel May MDEdward Michelson MDLisa Moreno-Walton MDSarah Nafziger MDMaria Nguyen PABret Nicks MDDaniel Nishijima MDRichard OhVivek ParwaniDavid Pigott MDAaron Ray MDRobert Ringelheim MDAdam Rosh MD

Mary Ryan MDRawle Seupaul MDMatt Shepherd MDMark Silverberg MDSamara Soghoian MDDavid Solomon MDD. Matthew Sullivan MDTravis Ulmer MDNicholas Vaccari MDMuhammad Waseem MDLee Wilbur MDRichard Wilkerson MDZev Wimpfheimer MDNadine Youssef

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2006 Residency Fair ParticipantsSAEM would like to thank the following 99 EM residency programs that participated in the Residency Fair that was held immedi-

ately following the Medical Student Symposium on May 20 during the 2006 Annual Meeting. SAEM recognizes the effort and costexpended by these residency programs. The purpose of the Residency Fair is to provide a unique and economical opportunity formedical students interested in a career in emergency medicine. This year’s participation exceeded last year, when 97 programs par-ticipated. This year’s Medical Student Symposium attracted 100 students.

Advocate Christ Medical CenterAlameda County Medical CenterAlbany Medical CenterAlbert Einstein Medical CenterBaystate Medical CenterBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBeth Israel Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineBoston Medical CenterBrown Medical SchoolCarolinas Medical CenterCase Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical CenterChristiana Care Health SystemsColumbia University’s St. Luke’s-Roosevelt HospitalCook County HospitalDenver Health Medical CenterDuke UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEastern Virginia Medical SchoolEmory UniversityGeisinger Medical CenterGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityHennepin County Medical CenterHenry Ford HospitalIndiana UniversityJacobi Medical CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityLos Angeles County-University of Southern CaliforniaLincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterLouisiana State UniversityLouisiana State University-ShreveportLoma Linda UniversityMaimonides Medical CenterMaine Medical CenterMaricopa Medical CenterMayo ClinicMedical College of GeorgiaMedical College of WisconsinMount Sinai, New YorkMichigan State University, KalamazooNew York Hospital, QueensNew York Medical CollegeNew York MethodistNew York PresbyterianNorth Shore UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNYU/Bellevue Hospital CenterOregon Health and Science UniversityOrlando Regional Medical CenterPalmetto Richland Memorial Hospital

Pennsylvania State/Hershey Medical CenterRegions HospitalResurrection Medical CenterSinai Grace Hospital/Wayne State UniversitySt. John Hospital and Medical CenterStanford University Stony Brook UniversitySumma Health Systems-Northeast Ohio UniversitySUNY at BuffaloSUNY Downstate/Kings County HospitalSUNY Upstate Medical CenterSynergy Medical Education AllianceTexas A&M/Scott and White Memorial HospitalThomas Jefferson University HospitalUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesUMDNJ of New JerseyUniversity of California, San Francisco, FresnoUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida, JacksonvilleUniversity of Illinois at PeoriaUniversity of IowaUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of MarylandUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of Michigan/St. Joseph Mercy HospitalUniversity of MississippiUniversity of NevadaUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of North CarolinaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of RochesterUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of Texas at HoustonUniversity of Texas SouthwesternUniversity of UtahUniversity of VirginiaVirginia Commonwealth UniversityWake Forest UniversityWashington UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWright State UniversityYale-New Haven Medical CenterYork Hospital

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Call for PhotographsDeadline: February 23, 2007

Original photographs of patients, pathology specimens, gram stains, EKG’s, and radiographic studies or other visual data areinvited for presentation at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. Submissions should depict findings that are pathog-nomonic for a particular diagnosis relevant to the practice of emergency medicine or findings of unusual interest that have edu-cational value. Accepted submissions will be mounted by SAEM and presented in the “Clinical Pearls” session and/or the “VisualDiagnosis” medical student/resident contest.

No more than three different photos should be submitted for any one case. Submit one glossy photo (5 x 7, 8 x 10, 11 x 14, or16 x 20) and a digital copy in JPEG or TIFF format on a disk or by email attachment (resolution of at least 640 x 48). Radiographsand EKGs should also be submitted in hard copy and digital format. Do not send X-rays. The back of each photo should con-tain the contributor’s name, address, hospital or program, and an arrow indicating the top. Submissions should be shipped in anenvelope with cardboard, but should not be mounted.

Photo submissions must be accompanied by a brief case history written as an “unknown” in the following format: 1) chief com-plaint, 2) history of present illness, 3) pertinent physical exam (other than what is depicted in the photo), 4) pertinent laboratorydata, 5) one or two questions asking the viewer to identify the diagnosis or pertinent finding, 6) answer(s) and brief discussionof the case, including an explanation of the findings in the photo, and 7) one to three bulleted take home points or “pearls.”

The case history must be submitted on the template posted on the SAEM website at www.saem.org and must be submittedelectronically. The case history is limited to no more than 250 words. If accepted for display SAEM reserves the right to edit thesubmitted case history. Submissions will be selected based on their educational merit, relevance to emergency medicine, qual-ity of the photograph, the case history and appropriateness for public display. Contributors will be acknowledged and photoswill be returned after the Annual Meeting. Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the official SAEM journal, may invite a limitednumber of displayed photos to be submitted to AEM for consideration of publication. SAEM will retain the rights to use submit-ted photographs in future educational projects, with full credit given for the contribution.

Photographs must not appear in a refereed journal prior to the Annual Meeting. Patients should be appropriately masked.Submitters must attest that written consent and release of responsibility have been obtained for all photos EXCEPT for isolateddiagnostic studies such as EKGs, radiographs, gram stains, etc. Photos will be returned upon request. If photos are not request-ed to be returned, they will be destroyed one year after submission.

Call for SubmissionsInnovations in Emergency Medicine

Education Exhibits

Deadline: Wednesday, February 2, 2007

The Program Committee is accepting Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (IEME) Exhibits for considerationof presentation at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2007 in Chicago. Submitters are invited to complete anapplication describing an innovative new educational methodology that they have designed, or an innovative educa-tional application of an existing product. The exhibit should not be used to display a commercial product that is alreadyavailable and being used in its intended application. Exhibits will be selected based on utility, originality, and applicabil-ity to the teaching setting. Commercial support of innovations is permitted but must be disclosed. Thedescriptions/abstracts of the selected IEME Exhibits will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2007issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. However,if submitters have conducted a research project on or using the innovation, the project may be written up as a scientif-ic abstract and submitted for scientific review in the appropriate subject category by the January 8 deadline.

The deadline for submission of IEME Exhibit applications is Wednesday, Feburary 2, 2007 at 5:00 pm EasternDaylight Time. Only online submissions using the form on the SAEM website at www.saem.org will be accepted. Forfurther information or questions, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or 517-485-5484 or via fax at 517-485-0801.

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FACULTY POSITIONSNEW YORK: Columbia University -Attending Emergency Physicians- HarlemHospital Center Emergency Services, seeks residency trained or ABEM-certifiedEmergency Physicians who have excellent clinical skills, a strong interest inteaching and a commitment to public medicine. We are a 290-bed, Level 1 trau-ma Center, regional burn center, EMS-based Station with over 75,000 annualvisits. An appointment to the faculty of the Columbia University College ofPhysicians and Surgeons is anticipated at the Instructor or Assistant ClinicalProfessor level, commensurate with experience. Competitive salary and benefitsprovided. Submit CV to: Reynold Trowers, M.D. Director of EMS, HHC, 506Lenox Ave, NY, NY 10037, call him at (212) 939-2253 or e-mail atRLT2@columbia.edu. Columbia University is an EOE/AA employer.

NEW YORK: Physician ER Department – A prestigious Health System establishedin 1891 located in the heart of Westchester, serving the City of Mount Vernon,the Pelham’s, East Yonkers, New Rochelle and North Bronx is seeking a StaffEmergency Department Physician. Must be Board Qualified or Certified byAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine and licensed to practice medicine inNew York and an Approved member of Provider's Medical Staff. Adult and pedi-atric experience preferred. Interested physicians should send their CV to (914)206-5490 or email to apply@executivehealthsearch.com.

OHIO, AKRON: Akron General Medical Center is seeking emergency medicineresidency-trained, board certified/board prepared candidates for clinical/facultypositions at our residency. Our residency is the oldest community-based pro-gram in the country. Our democratic group has been in place for 20-years. Ourfaculty have full academic appointments to the Northeast Ohio UniversityCollege of Medicine. As a center for paramedic education, numerous EMS, tac-tical and hazmat experiences are available. Extensive opportunities for researchexist as well. We offer competitive compensation with excellent benefits.Contact Scott Felten, MD, phone 330-322-7850; E-mail ohio4nu@msn.com.

PENNSYLVANIA, PITTSBURGH: University of Pittsburgh: Emergency medicinefaculty positions are available at all levels. Candidates must be residency trainedand board certified/prepared in emergency medicine. We offer career opportu-nities as a clinician-investigator or clinician-teacher, with current faculty havingwide recognition in research, teaching and clinical care. The ED serves 50,000patients per year, is a Level I trauma center, with Department-based toxicologyand hyperbaric medicine programs. For information contact: Donald M. Yealy,MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The University ofPittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

PENNSYLVANIA, PITTSBURGH: The Department of Emergency Medicine offersfellowships in Toxicology, Emergency Medical Services, Research, andEducation. Structured coursework along with intensive interaction with thenationally-known faculty is provided. We offer research and teaching opportu-nities with faculty, medical students, residents and other health care providers.The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and will wel-come candidates from diverse backgrounds. Each applicant should have aMD/DO or equivalent degree and be board certified/prepared in emergencymedicine. Please contact Donald M. Yealy, MD, University of Pittsburgh,Department of Emergency Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 500, Pittsburgh,PA 15213 to receive information.

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center(UPMC) Shadyside Hospital is a tertiary-careteaching hospital within the city of Pittsburgh.The campus includes the nationally–renownedHillman Cancer Center, offers a full range ofspecialty and subspecialty services, and sup-ports numerous teaching programs. The pro-gressive Emergency Department sees 36,000patients annually with 52 hours of physiciancoverage and 22 hours of physician-extendercoverage daily. Shadyside is an upscale areaof the city with great housing and easy accessto numerous amenities of Pittsburgh, and isalso a short commute from Pittsburgh’s finestsuburbs.

Candidates should have a record of excellencein administrative leadership and clinical skills,as well as a background includingacademic/teaching activities. Interested can-didates should send a letter of introductionand CV to Dr. Robert Maha, Quantum One, 2Hot Metal Street, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA15203 or via email at mahar@upmc.edu.Phone: 412-432-7404.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCECENTER/JACKSONVILLE

EMERGENCY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT

PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE DIVISION

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division of the Emergency Medicine Department at the

University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville (UFHSC) is seeking board certified

pediatric emergency medicine physicians to join our growing department. Candidates must

have excellent clinical skills, interests in teaching and research. Shands Jacksonville hos-

pital, a 625 bed, Level One Pediatric Trauma Center, serves as a regional tertiary care hos-

pital. The Department currently includes 7 PEM faculty, 6 PEM fellows, 24 EM faculty, and

50 EM residents. This position includes a dual appointment with the Department of

Pediatrics. The ED has an annual census of 100,000, including a pediatric volume of

27,000, and is the PEM training site for the Pediatric, Family Medicine, and Emergency

Medicine resident programs. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a progressive and

innovative healthcare system with a great leadership team. There is a strong core of expe-

rienced faculty to provide mentorship and growth opportunities for junior faculty in trauma,

simulation training, business operations, government affairs, tactical medicine, pre-hospital

services, and toxicology. The position will be offered at the level of Assistant /Associate

Professor. We offer a competitive salary and a very generous benefits package. Please

direct inquiries and CV to: Madeline Joseph, MD, Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209.

Fax: (904) 244-5666; E-mail: madeline.joseph@jax.ufl.edu. The University of Florida is an

Equal Opportunity Institution.

The SAEM Newsletter is mailed every other month to approxi-mately 6000 SAEM members. Advertising is limited to fellowshipand academic faculty positions. The deadline for theSeptember/October issue is August 1, 2006. All ads are post-ed on the SAEM website at no additional charge.

Advertising Rates:Classified ad (100 words or less)

Contact in ad is SAEM member $120Contact in ad non-SAEM member $145

Quarter page ad (camera ready)3.5" wide x 4.75" high $350

To place an advertisement, email the ad, along with contact per-son for future correspondence, telephone and fax numbers,billing address, ad size and Newsletter issues in which the ad isto appear to: Kathryn Hall at kathryn@saem.org

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EMERGENCY ROOM ATTENDING PHYSICIANUMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is searching for faculty physiciansfor its newly formed Academic Department of Emergency Medicine on the NewBrunswick campus. Candidates should be residency trained board certified/eligiblein Emergency Medicine (ABEM, ABOEM). Clinical responsibilities include directpatient care and attending supervision of residents and medical students in theRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital Emergency Department.

The department is actively pursuing a residency in Emergency Medicine, has anewly established EMS Fellowship program, is developing a research program andincreasing Emergency Medicine Education within the medical school. Academicresponsibility includes contribution to all aspects of the Department’s growth.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital serves as the medical school’s primaryteaching affiliate. Robert Wood Johnson is a 580 bed Level One trauma centerwith an annual ED census of greater than 60,000 adult visits. A separate pedi-atric Emergency Department sees approximately 13,000 patients per year.RWJUH has an active EMS system and, in conjunction with Hadassah MedicalOrganization in Israel, has formed the International Center for Terror Medicine.

Qualified candidates should send a letter of intent and curriculum vitae to:Robert Eisenstein, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine,Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB104, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

Academic appointment is commensurate with experience UMDNJ is anAffirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Director of Research and Faculty DevelopmentThe newly formed Academic Department of Emergency Medicine on the NewBrunswick campus of UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is searchingfor a Director of Research and Faculty Development. Candidates should be boardcertified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM, ABOEM) with extensive research andteaching experience. Academic responsibilities include working with the ViceChairman in developing a clinical research program, mentoring junior faculty inresearch and academic development and teaching residents and medical students.Clinical responsibilities include direct patient care and attending supervision in theRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital Emergency Department. In addition todeveloping a research program, the department is actively pursuing a residency inEmergency Medicine and has a newly established EMS Fellowship program.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital serves as the medical school’s primaryteaching affiliate. Robert Wood Johnson is a 580 bed Level One trauma center withan annual ED census of greater than 60,000 adult visits. A separate pediatricEmergency Department sees approximately 13,000 patients per year. RWJUH hasan active EMS system and, in conjunction with Hadassah Medical Organization inIsrael, has formed the International Center for Terror Medicine.

Qualified candidates should send a letter of intent and curriculum vitae to: Robert Eisenstein,MD Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB 104, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

Academic appointment is commensurate with experience. UMDNJ is an AffirmativeAction/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Continuum Health Partners, Inc. is the parent company of Beth Israel Medical Center,St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Long Island College Hospital, and New YorkEye & Ear Infirmary. We provide the leadership that brings together outstanding

clinical resources, reinforces strong service traditions and attracts world-renownedphysicians – ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients.

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Assistant Director,

Roosevelt Emergency DepartmentDepartment of Emergency Medicine

We are seeking a leader with a demonstrated record of achievement in academic,administrative and clinical activity to join our RRC fully accredited program with

42 residents (EM 1, 2, 3). The SLRHC-ED consists of 2 sites, serving MidtownManhattan, The Upper West Side, Columbia University/Morningside Heights and

Central Harlem. There are currently 40 full time faculty including 6 pediatricemergency physicians. The Roosevelt site is a Level 2 Trauma Center with a

hospital-based EMS service.The ED also has divisions of clinical toxicology, ultrasound,research and international medicine. Faculty appointment is available to ColumbiaUniversity College of Physicians and Surgeons commensurate with academic status.

We are seeking a physician with proven leadership credentials and administrativeexperience. Responsibilities will include supervision of daily operations in

conjunction with nursing and administrative leadership, CQI activities, scheduling,serving as Director on call, as well as participation in departmental and

hospital-wide committees.

Submit CV for consideration to: Dan Wiener, MD, Chair, Department ofEmergency Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center,

1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025.

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Emergency Medicine Faculty Position

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University School ofMedicine (BUSM)) seeks academic faculty members. Positions are availableat Boston Medical Center (BMC) which is a Level 1 Trauma Center with130,000 visits annually. The Department of EM serves as an independentacademic department within BUSM and BMC.

The department has a nationally recognized, well-established residencyprogram with academic faculty appointments through BUSM. BMC is themedical control and academic base for Boston EMS. In addition, we have anactive research section with particular focus on public health, administration,EMS and cardiovascular emergencies. The ideal candidate will have a strongresearch background or interest. Candidates must be ABEM board certifiedor eligible and must demonstrate a commitment to the training of emergencymedicine residents. Competitive salary with an excellent benefits package.

Further information contact: Jonathan Olshaker MD, Professor and Chair,Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 BMC Place,Boston MA 02118-2393. Tel: 617-414-5481; Fax: 617-414-7759; E-mail:olshaker@bu.edu. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Emergency Medicine Faculty Position

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the BostonUniversity School of Medicine (BUSM)) seeks academic fac-ulty members. Positions are available at Boston MedicalCenter (BMC) which is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 130,000visits annually. The Department of EM serves as an independ-ent academic department within BUSM and BMC.

The department has a nationally recognized, well-establishedresidency program with academic faculty appointmentsthrough BUSM. BMC is the medical control and academicbase for Boston EMS. In addition, we have an active researchsection with particular focus on public health, administration,EMS and cardiovascular emergencies. The ideal candidate willhave a strong research background or interest. Candidatesmust be ABEM board certified or eligible and must demon-strate a commitment to the training of emergency medicineresidents. Competitive salary with an excellent benefits pack-age.

Further information contact: Jonathan Olshaker MD, Professorand Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, BostonMedical Center, 1 BMC Place, Boston MA 02118-2393. Tel:617-414-5481; Fax: 617-414-7759; E-mail: olshaker@bu.edu.An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA /JACKSONVILLE

As part of an extensive faculty expansion project, theDepartment of Emergency Medicine at the University ofFlorida College of Medicine - Jacksonville is adding 5 full-timefaculty positions to the existing faculty structure. The depart-ment is recruiting BE / BC emergency medicine physicians tofill a wide range of clinical and academic roles. Benefitsinclude sovereign immunity occurrence-type medical mal-practice, health, life and disability insurance, vacation, sickleave, a generous retirement plan and a competitive compen-sation package. This is an outstanding opportunity to join aprogressive and innovative healthcare system with a greatleadership team. There is a strong core of experienced emer-gency medicine faculty to provide mentorship and growthopportunities for junior faculty in trauma, critical care, tacti-cal medicine, pre-hospital services, simulation training, busi-ness operations, government affairs, toxicology and pediatricemergency medicine. Become part of this exciting opportuni-ty at one of the nation’s largest emergency medicine trainingprograms. Send your CV to Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD atKelly.grayeurom@jax.ufl.edu or fax to 904-244-5666. EOE /AA Employer.

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Pediatric Emergency Medicine opportunity

Morristown Memorial Hospital (MMH) in Morristown, NJ is seek-ing a BC/BE PEM faculty member to join 20+ BC Emergency andPeds EM certified physicians in an academic practice. Theresponsibilities of this position include teaching residents, directpatient care, and the potential for involvement in academic pur-suits within the department.

MMH has a freestanding Children's Hospital with 70+ full-timepediatric subspecialists. MMH is a Level 1 Trauma Center withan annual volume of 80,000+. The PEM Dept is a 16-bed unitwith an annual volume of 20,000+ patients in a full-service,newly built Children's hospital. MMH is an affiliate of the Univ. ofMedicine and Dentistry of NJ-NJ Medical School with fullyaccredited residency programs including EM and Pediatrics anda new PEM Fellowship starting July 2006.

Morristown is located in Northern NJ, 20 minutes from NewarkAirport and less than 1 hour from Manhattan, the Jersey Shore,and the Appalachian Trail. We offer full and equal partnership,competitive compensation and benefits including medical liabili-ty coverage, health, dental, and disability insurance, CME, and401(k).

Contact Michael Gerardi, Director Pediatric EM, MorristownMemorial Hospital, 100 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960 orJonathan Hughes at jobs@emamd.com, 1-877-692-4665x1138.

New York University School of Medicine

New Academic PositionsVice ChairmanSenior Investigator

The Department of Emergency Medicine at New YorkUniversity School of Medicine is expanding its academ-ic and leadership faculty. The new positions of ViceChairman and Senior Investigator are being created.The academic appointment to the faculty of New YorkUniversity and the salary will be commensurate with theindividual’s potential, experience and academic rank.

The responsibilities include integral roles at BellevueHospital Center, New York University Hospital Center,the Manhattan Harbor VA and the New York UniversitySchool of Medicine. Qualified candidates should send aletter of intent and curriculum vitae to: Lewis R.Goldfrank, MD, Chairman of the Department ofEmergency Medicine, New York University School ofMedicine, 462 First Avenue, Room OB-345A, NewYork, New York 10016. Phone: 212.562.3346 E-mail:goldfl03@med.nyu.edu

New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Department of EmergencyMedicine – Fellowship

Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship (includes aMasters in Public Health – 2 year program)

Applications are currently being accepted for a two-yearEmergency Medicine Research Fellowship funded by theState of New York. Option for additional compensationthrough clinical coverage of Emergency Department atPeconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.

For further information, please contact Adam Singer,M.D.,Professor and Vice Chairman for Research, at 631-444-7856; 631-444-9719 (fax) or mail CV and cover let-ter to Department of Emergency Medicine, HealthSciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony BrookNew York, 11794-8350.

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SAEM 2006 Research GrantsEmergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group GrantsThese grants provide funding of $500 each to help support the educational or research activities ofemergency medicine medical student organizations at U.S. medical schools. Established or devel-oping interest groups, clubs, or other medical student organizations are eligible to apply. It is notnecessary for the medical school to have an emergency medicine training program for the studentgroup to apply. Deadline: September 8, 2006.

Research Training Grant This grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years of formal, full-time researchtraining for emergency medicine fellows, resident physicians, or junior faculty. The trainee musthave a concentrated, mentored program in specific research methods and concepts, and completea research project. Deadline: November 3, 2006.

Institutional Research Training GrantThis grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years for an academic emergencymedicine program to train a research fellow. The sponsoring program must demonstrate an excel-lent research training environment with a qualified mentor and specific area of research emphasis.The training for the fellow may include a formal research education program or advanced degree. Itis expected that the fellow who is selected by the applying program will dedicate full time effort toresearch, and will complete a research project. The goal of this grant is to help establish a depart-mental culture in emergency medicine programs that will continue to support advanced researchtraining for emergency medicine residency graduates. Deadline: November 3, 2006.

Scholarly Sabbatical Grant This grant provides funding of $10,000 per month for a maximum of six months to help emergencymedicine faculty at the level of assistant professor or higher obtain release time to develop skills thatwill advance their academic careers. The goal of the grant is to increase the number of independ-ent career researchers who may further advance research and education in emergency medicine.The grant may be used to learn unique research or educational methods or procedures whichrequire day-to-day, in-depth training under the direct supervision of a knowledgeable mentor, or todevelop a knowledge base that can be shared with the faculty member’s department to furtherresearch and education. Deadline: November 3, 2006.

Emergency Medical Services Research FellowshipThis grant is sponsored by Medtronic Physio-Control. It provides $60,000 for a one year EMS fel-lowship for emergency medicine residency graduates at an SAEM approved fellowship training site.The fellow must have an in-depth training experience in EMS with an emphasis on research con-cepts and methods. The grant process involves a review and approval of emergency medicine train-ing sites as well as individual applications from potential fellows. Deadline: November 3, 2006.

EMF/SAEM Medical Student Research GrantThese grants are sponsored by SAEM and the Emergency Medicine Foundation. A maximum of$2,400 over three months is available to encourage research in emergency medicine by medical stu-dents. Deadline: TBA.

Further information and application materials can be obtained via the SAEM website atwww.saem.org.

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Board of DirectorsGlenn Hamilton, MDPresident

Jim Hoekstra, MDPresident-Elect

Katherine Heilpern, MDSecretary-Treasurer

Carey Chisholm, MDPast President

Jill Baren, MDLeon Haley, Jr, MD, MHSAJeffrey Kline, MDCatherine Marco, MDRobert Schafermeyer, MDLance Scott, MDEllen Weber, MD

EditorDavid Cone, MDDavid.Cone@yale.edu

Executive Director/Managing EditorMary Ann Schroppsaem@saem.org

Advertising CoordinatorElizabeth Webbelizabeth@saem.org

“to improve patient care byadvancing research andeducation in emergencymedicine”

The SAEM newsletter is published bimonthly by the Society for AcademicEmergency Medicine. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the

authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAEM.

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Call for Abstracts2007 Annual Meeting

May 16-19Chicago, IL

Deadline: Monday, January 8, 2007

The Program Committee is accepting abstracts for review for oral and poster presentation at the 2007 SAEM AnnualMeeting. Authors are invited to submit original research in all aspects of Emergency Medicine including, but not limitedto: abdominal/gastrointestinal/genitourinary pathology, administrative/health care policy, airway/anesthesia/analgesia,CPR, cardiovascular (non-CPR), clinical decision guidelines, computer technologies, diagnostic technologies/radiology,disaster medicine, disease/injury prevention, education/professional development, EMS/out-of-hospital, ethics, geri-atrics, infectious disease, IEME exhibit, ischemia/reperfusion, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics,psychiatry/social issues, research design/methodology/statistics, respiratory/ENT disorders, shock/critical care, toxicol-ogy/environmental injury, trauma, and wounds/burns/orthopedics.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, January 8, 2007 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time and will be strict-ly enforced. Only electronic submissions via the SAEM online abstract submission form will be accepted. The abstractsubmission form and instructions will be available on the SAEM website at www.saem.org in November. For furtherinformation or questions, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or 517-485-5484 or via fax at 517-485-0801.

Only reports of original research may be submitted. The data must not have been published in manuscript or abstractform or presented at a national medical scientific meeting prior to the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting. Original abstractspresented at national meetings in April or May 2007 will be considered.

Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2007 issue of AcademicEmergency Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. SAEM strongly encouragesauthors to submit their manuscripts to AEM. AEM will notify authors of a decision regarding publication within 60 daysof receipt of a manuscript.

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