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Emergency Medicine ConCert Course Agenda
Thursday, June 15

Cardiovascular Disorders

Dr. Kumar

7:30am - 11:10am

Hematologic Disorders

Dr. Kumar

11:10am - 12:10pm

Lunch Break

 

12:10pm - 12:55pm

Musculoskeletal Disorders (non-traumatic & trauma)

Dr. Sherman

12:55pm - 2:55pm

Test Taking Strategies

Dr. Platts-Mills

3:05pm - 3:35pm

Cutaneous Disorders & Injuries

Dr. Platts-Mills

3:35pm - 4:50pm

Procedures & Skills

Dr. Platts-Mills

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Friday, July 16

Toxicologic Disorders

Dr. Rhee

7:30am - 9:30am

Endocrine, Metabolic, & Nutritional Disorders

Dr. Rhee

9:40am - 11:10am

Immune System Disorders

Dr. Rhee

11:20am - 12:20pm

Lunch Break

 

12:20pm - 1:05pm

System-Based Practice

Dr. Eisenstein

1:05pm - 2:05pm

Environmental Disorders

Dr. Eisenstein

2:05pm - 3:05pm

Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders

Dr. Pulia

3:15pm - 5:15pm

Neck, Facial, Ophthalmologic & Otologic Trauma

Dr. Pulia

5:25pm - 6:55pm
Saturday, July 17
Thoracic-Respiratory Disorders

Dr. Stapczynski

7:30am - 10:40am

Chest Trauma

Dr. Stapczynski

10:40am - 11:10am

Systemic Infectious Disorders

Dr. Halcomb

11:20am - 1:20pm

Lunch Break

 

1:20pm - 2:05pm

Nervous System Disorders

Dr. Halcomb

2:05pm - 4:05pm

Psychobehavioral Disorders

Dr. Park

4:15pm - 5:45pm

Renal & Urogenital Disorders

Dr. Park

5:55pm - 7:25pm
Sunday, July 18

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Trauma in Pregnancy

Dr. Roemer

7:30am - 9:45am

Traumatic Disorders

Dr. Felten

9:55am - 11:25am

Abdominal & Gastrointestinal Disorders Part I

Dr. Felten

11:30am - 1:00pm

Lunch Break

 

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Abdominal & Gastrointestinal Disorders Part II

Dr. Flaherty

1:45pm - 3:15pm

Signs, Symptoms, & Presentations

Dr. Flaherty

3:20pm - 6:30pm

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Emergency Medicine ConCert Course Faculty

Medical Editors


Jason D'Amore, MD


Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, New York University school of Medicine, New York, NY
  • Assistant Research Director, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
  • Attending Physician, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
  • Program Director for the Basic Science Research Fellowship, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
  • Residency, New York University School of Medicine / Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY

Highlights::

Dr. D'Amore has authored multiple journal articles for publications such as Academic Emergency Medicine and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He is also an ACLS and ATLS instructor, and serves as the Faculty Director of the Journal Club in the Department of Emergency Medicine at North Shore University Hospital-Manhasset.

 

Catherine Johnson, MD, FACEP                                 
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL
  • Clinical Associate of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Attending Physician, Hinsdale Hospital, LaGrange Memorial Hospital, and Bolingbrook Hospital

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Residency, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Highlights::

Dr. Johnson's many publications include several chapters in the upcoming publication Emergency Medicine Oral Board Preparation and Review. She has also received the Outstanding Emergency Medicine Faculty Member Mentorship Award at University of Chicago.

David Karras, MD, FACEP, FAAEM                                       
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Temple University School of Medicine
  • College Director, Temple University School of Medicine
  • Attending Physician, Episcopal Hospital of Temple University Health System

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital

Highlights::

Dr. Karras is a reviewer for Academic Emergency Medicine and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He is also on the editorial board of Emergency Medicine News. He has received with awards for his teaching at Temple University, as well as the award for Outstanding Reviewer for Academic Emergency Medicine.

 

Christopher M. McStay, MD, FAWM, FACEP                                       
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Director, Bellevue Hospital Emergency Department, New York, NY
  • Assistant Professor, New York University, Bellevue Hospital Center, and Manhattan VA, New York, NY

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
  • Residency, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY

Highlights::

Dr. McStay has written many articles on various topics in emergency medicine, as well as a chapter in McGraw-Hill's Intensive Review for the Emergency Medicine Qualifying Examination. He has also given numerous lectures, including previous emergency medicine board review lectures.

Leslie Zun, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL
  • Staff Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Clinical Associate of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
  • Residency, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Program in Emergency Medicine
  • MBA, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, IL

Highlights::

Dr. Zun's extensive academic career includes presenting Grand Rounds, lecturing at national and international conferences, and lecturing for board review courses. He also serves as a reviewer for nine scholarly medical journals, such as American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and is section editor for behavioral emergencies for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.

 

Course Faculty

Robert Eisenstein, MD                                               
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Vice Chairman, Emergency Medicine UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Chief of Ambulatory Service/Division of Emergency Care, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Highlights::

Dr. Eisenstein is heavily involved in medical education at his institution, having organized emergency medicine lecture series and participating as a faculty advisor for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Grant. He also serves on several committees at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, such as the Board of Governors and the Graduate Medical Education Committee. Dr. Eisenstein has completed Phase I of the ACEP Director's Academy.

 

Scott Felten, MD, FACEP       
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK
  • Attending Physician, St. Francis Medical Center, Tulsa, OK

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, University of Nebraska Medical School, Omaha, NE
  • Residency, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH

Highlights::

Dr. Felten's extensive experience in medical education includes Advanced Cardiac Life Support Overview and Simulation and an Emergency Medicine Oral Boards Simulation. He also sits on the OU Emergency Medicine Program Committee and the OU Emergency Medicine Resident Education Committee. Beginning in October 2010, Dr. Felten will be an ABEM Oral Board Examiner.

John Flaherty, MD, MPH, FACEP                                         Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Full Time Teaching Staff EM Division, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL
  • Senior Attending Staff, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, and Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • MPH, Northwestern University Graduate School

Highlights::

Dr. Flaherty has been an instructor in BTLS, ATLS, and ACLS. He is also an instructor for the Illinois ICEP Oral Board and Written Board Review Courses. Dr. Flaherty has been honored by Northwestern University Emergency Medicine Residency Program with the Teaching Attending of the Year, Best Role Model, and Best Mentor awards.

Eliza Halcomb, MD                                
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Section Chief Medical Toxicology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Medical Toxicology, American Board of Toxicology

Education:

  • MD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
  • Residency, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Fellowship in Medical Toxicology, NYU/Bellevue Hospital, New York City Poison Control Center, New York, NY

Highlights::

Dr. Halcomb is frequently invited to lecture and present Grand Rounds in emergency medicine and toxicology. She has authored several scientific articles and a chapter in Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. Dr. Halcomb is also a consultant to the Missouri Regional Poison Control Center.

Alan Kumar, MD, FACEP                                          
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Attending Physician, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Clinical Instructor, University of Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL
  • Clinical Instructor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Chairman and Medical Director, Community Hospital Emergency Department, Munster, IN

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency, Brigham & Woman's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Highlights::

Dr. Kumar has written numerous medical journal articles and book chapters, including chapters for Emergency Medicine Oral Board Preparation and Review. He has also received the Advocate Medical Group Outstanding Physician Award.

Richard Park, MD, FACEP                          
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Associate Director Emergency Medicine Operations, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
  • Co-Founder and Partner, StatMD Physicians, New Hyde Park, NY
  • Co-Founder and Director, The Manhattan Written Board Review Course

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
  • Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Highlights::

Dr. Park is the co-editor in chief of Intensive Review for the Emergency Medicine Boards. He has also received a Teaching Award and Teaching the Teacher Fellowship from the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

Timothy Platts-Mills, MD                  
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Attending Physician, UNC Health Care System

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Residency, University of California San Francisco, Fresno, CA

Highlights::

Dr. Platts-Mills is a senior reviewer for Annals of Emergency Medicine and a reviewer for Journal of Emergency Medicine and Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. He is also a co-author of First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Written Boards. Dr. Platts-Mills many honors and awards include the Rockefeller and Fulbright Fellowships at Harvard University and the Socrates Teaching Award at the University of North Carolina.

 

Michael Pulia, MD, FAAEM                   
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
  • Clinical Instructor, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
  • Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Highlights::

Dr. Pulia serves as vice president of the Young Physicians Section of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. He has also been a WGN Talk Radio guest on ER topic, and was the featured physician for the news story "Inside the Real ER" on NBC5 News Chicago.

 


James Rhee, MD, FACEP, FAAEM              
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
  • Attending Physician, Loma Linda University Medical Center
  • Chief Medical Officer, American Cardiac Education Specialists, Murrieta, CA

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
  • Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Fellowship in Medical Toxicology, Toxikon Consortium, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL

Highlights::

Dr. Rhee has received the Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award from the University of Chicago Emergency Residency program, where he previously served as an assistant professor in emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine. He has presented Grand Rounds and lectured extensively in emergency medicine and toxicology at Chicago-area universities and multiple conferences.

 

Howard Roemer, MD, FACEP                  
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Residency Program Director and Director Medical Informatics, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa OK
  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa OK
  • Chairman Emergency Medicine Department, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Ok

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • M.D., Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Residency, University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Highlights::

Dr. Roemer serves as the president of the Oklahoma chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the vice president of Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. He is also an ATLS instructor and has contributed to numerous publications, including articles on the topics of emergency and trauma care in pregnancy

 

Scott Sherman, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Associate Professor, Rush University, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
  • Assistant Residency Director, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Residency, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

Highlights::

Dr. Sherman has authored more than 60 articles and book chapters; he is an editor for the titles Emergency Orthopedics: The Extremities and USMLE Road Map: Emergency Medicine as well as a reviewer for The Journal of Emergency Medicine. He has also been an examiner/faculty for ICEP Oral Board Review Course and a lecturer at ICEP MOREinFOUR Board Review Course. He is an author and editor of CME modules for the website AccessEmergencyMedicine.com by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Sherman regularly lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally on topics in emergency medicine

J. Steve Stapczynski, MD FACEP                                      
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Chair, Emergency Medicine Department, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix AZ
  • Attending Emergency Department Physician, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Board Certifications:

  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine and Undersea/Hyperbaric Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education:

  • MD, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Highlights::

Dr. Stapczynski is a founding member of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine. He has co-authored more than 50 textbook chapters and 5 books, including Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide and Just Facts in Emergency Medicine. His editorial contributions include his current role as co-editor of Emergency Medicine Report.

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Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Clearview CME Institute and The American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies LLC. Clearview CME Institute is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.


Credit Designation: Clearview CME Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

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