The Department is committed to research that focuses on the development of modern medical solutions and the delivery of best in class emergency care and education. The following is a list of current research projects being conducted by GW Department of Emergency Medicine faculty:
Current Faculty Research Projects:
A Comparison of Asynchronous Web-based Learning and Traditional Educational Conferences On Medical Knowledge Acquisition Among Emergency Medicine Residents
Researchers:
Ali Pourmand, MD and
Ray Lucas, MD
Analysis of User Generated Images as Diagnostic Aid in Acute Care
Researchers:
Neal Sikka, MD (PI) and
Kabir Yadav, MD
A Survey-Based Study of the Pont-of-Care Emergency Ultrasound Administrative Systems within North American Ultrasound Fellowship Programs' Funding Agency
Researchers: Venk Bellamkonda-Athmaram, MD (PI),
Hamid Shokoohi, MD (co-PI), Abdulmohsen Alsaawi,
Keith Boniface, MD,
Teresa Liu, MD,
Amie Woods, MD
Assessment and Implementation of Syndromic Surveillance Under the Revised International Health Regulations
Researcher:
Larissa May, MD (PI)
Choices about Mode of Arrival to the ED
Researcher:
Mary Pat McKay, MD (PI)
Defining an ultrasound curriculum for undergraduate medical evaluation: a survey of the current state of affairs and a consensus recommendation
Researchers:
Yiju Teresa Liu, MD, Ellen Goodman, MD, Jim Blatt, MD,
Keith Boniface, MD
Determinants of Hospital Utilization Following Airplane Crashes
Researchers:
Bruno Petinaux, MD,
Mary Pat McKay, MD and
Jesse Pines, MD
Direct Detection and characteristics of MRSA and clinical outcomes in ED patients with purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Researchers:
Larissa May, MD (PI)
Disparities in unintentional pediatric injury visits to US Emergency Departments
Researchers:
Mary Pat McKay, MD and Jessica Schwartz
Injuries among Lift Accessed Downhill Mountain Bikers in Whistler, BC
Researchers:
Mary Pat McKay, MD and Jessica Schwartz
Molecular Detection of Infections in High Risk Individuals
Researchers: Jeanne Jordan, PhD (PI),
Larissa May, MD
Natural Language Processing of Orbital CT Reports
Researcher:
Kabir Yadav, MD
The Impact of a Brief Educational Intervention on Time to Disposition and Length of Stay for Critically Ill Emergency Department Patients
Researchers:
Ali Pourmand, MD (PI),
Ray Lucas, MD,
Jesse Pines, MD,
Hamid Shokoohi, MD,
Malika Fair, MD, Mary Tanski,
Kabir Yadav, MD
The Impact of ED-Technician Performed Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Vascular Access Program on the Rate of Central Venous Catheter Placement in the ED
Researchers:
Hamid Shokoohi, MD (PI), Kabir Yadav MD, Keith Boniface MD, Tareq Khedir Al-Tiae MD, Melissa McCarthy PhD, Mehdi Sattarian MD, E Schoenfield MD, Yiju, Teresa Liu MD, Robert Shesser, MD
Social Networks Among ED Users
Researcher:
Mary Pat McKay, MD (PI)
Translational Research: From Mechanisms of Influenza Transmission to Prevention
Researchers: Donald Milton, MD PhD (PI) and
Larissa May, MD
Ultrasound, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine: Bridging the gap with an ultrasound educational initiative
Researchers:
Ketih Boniface, MD and Haney Mallemat, MD (co-PIs)
Utilization of Biomedical Informatics Tools to Identify Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Researcher:
Kabir Yadav, MD
Utility of Electronic Education and Improving Medical Knowledge to Interpret Electrocardiogram: A Model to Enhance Core Competency in Emergency Medicine
Researchers:
Ali Pourmand, MD, Steven Davis, MD, Mary Tanski, MD
Willingness to Use Cellphones while Driving Among Users of a Single Urban Emergency Department
Researchers:
Mary Pat McKay, MD and Ryanne Mayersak, MD
Use of Bedside Urasound Protocol to Improve Management of Patients Presenting with Non-Traumatic Hypotension in ED
Researchers: Hamid Shokoohi, MD (PI), Keith Boniface, MD, Ali Pourmand, MD and Kabir Yadav, MD
