Department Research News: Congratulations to the following faculty!
Larissa May, MD - Selected for membership on the International Society for Disease Surveillance Meaningful Use Workgroup and awarded a K12 mentored patient oriented research career development award for her program of research on: "Antimicrobial Stewardship through MRSA diagnosis in ED patients with abscesses.
Ali Pourmand, MD, Hamid Shokoohi, MD and Kabir Yadav, MD: Elected to Fellow Status of ACEP
Larissa May, MD - Awarded the GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Fund Grant for, "Decision Support System for Integrating Epidemic Surveillance, Regional Interdependencies, and Strategic Preparedness."
Kabir Yadav, MD- Acknowledged as one of the 24 Outstanding Reviewers for the Academic Emergency Medicine Journal at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Neal Sikka, MD- Awarded a McKesson Foundation award to study the use of SMS messaging to reduce emergency department visits for people with diabetes.
Hamid Shokoohi, MD and Venkatesh Bellamkonda-Athmaram, MD- Awarded an American College of Emergency Medicine section grant for "A Survey-based Study of the Point-of-Care Emergency Ultrasound Administrative Systems within North American Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Programs."
Keith Boniface, MD- Awarded an American College of Emergency Medicine section grant for "Ultrasound, critical care, and emergency medicine: bridging the gap with an ultrasound education initiative."
The Department was well represented at "Research Days 2012" - an annual George Washington University event in which students and faculty members are invited to present and showcase their research, creative scholarship and cultural discovery through poster sessions, presentations and guest speakers. For a full list of Department presenters, click here.
