Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds takes place the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in the Hillcrest Auditorium (map).

Current Speaker(s)

Speaker	Title	Topic	Date
Rachna Subramony, MD	Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Building High Performance Teams: Psychological Safety in the Emergency Department	April 9, 2024

Past Speakers

Speaker	Title	Topic	Date
Alanna D. Bares, MD, MPH	Public Health Medical Officer, Pesticide Epidemiology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment	Pesticide Use and Pesticide-Related Illness in California	March 13, 2024
Michael E. Winters, MD, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP	Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Maryland SOM Vice-Chair for Clinical and Administrative Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland SOM	Recent Critical Care and Resuscitation Articles You've Got to Know!	February 13, 2024
Justin Seltzer, MD	Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Pharmacogenomic Considerations for Emergency Medicine Practice	January 9, 2024
Rich Childers, MD, MAS	Assistant HS Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Going Deep on Stroke Codes; Is There a Better Way?	December 12, 2023
Kim Feldhaus, MD	Director, American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boulder Community Health	Ethics in Emergency Medicine	November 14, 2023
Paul Ishimine, MD, FACEP, FAAP	Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital	Emergency Medicine Perspectives on Pediatric Sepsis	September 12, 2023
Scott Harvey, MD, MS, FACOG	Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences & Department of Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine, UCSD	Obstetric Emergencies in the ED	August 8, 2023
Michael McCurdy, MD	Chief Medical Officer, BOA Biomedical, LLC and Miraki Innovation Clinical Professor, Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine & Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland	Pathogen Identification in the ED: The Present & Future	July 11, 2023
Corinne Peek-Asa, MPH, PhD	Vice-Chancellor for Research, UCSD Professor with Distinction, Department of Epidemiology, UCSD	Violence, Trauma, and the Biology of Trauma	June 13, 2023
Mike Self, MD	Fellow, Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, UC San Diego	Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography: TEE Time for the ED	May 9, 2023
Adam Engler, PhD Alyssa Taylor, PhD	Professor& Chair, Chien-Lay Department of Bioengineering, UCSD Associate Teaching Professor, Chien-Lay Department of Bioengineering, UCSD	Opportunities in Clinical Bioengineering	April 11, 2023
Alana Iglewicz, MD	Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSD Director of Wellness Initiatives, UCSD SOM	COVID, Grief, and Health Professional Burnout: An Opportunity for Awakening	March 14, 2023
Sean Evans, MD	Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, UCSD Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosciences, UCSD	UC San Diego's Curricular Renewal: Welcome to the COAST!	February 14, 2023
Maria Pelucio, MD, FACEP Chantal L. de Maurégné, JD	Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County District Attorney's Office	Non fatal Strangulation and Intimate Partner Violence: San Diego County CARES Initiative	January 10, 2023
Lynette Cederquist, MD Daniel Callies, PhD	Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, UC San Diego Clinical Ethicist and Program Manager of Clinical Ethics, UC San Diego Health	Overview of Clinical Ethics Program and Physician Aid in Dying	December 13, 2022
Chris Tomaszewski, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FACMT, FIFEM	Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Chief of Staff, UC San Diego Health	Diagnostic Errors in EM: Preventive Strategies	November 8, 2022
Chris Coyne, MD, MPH	Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Sleep and the Emergency Physician: the perils of deprivation and pearls to optimize rest	October 11, 2022
Elena Lopez-Gusman, JD	Executive Director, ACEP	Hot Topics in Health Care Policy	August 9, 2022
Richard Clark, MD, FACEP, FACMT	Distinguished Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	The Past, Present and Future of Antivenoms in the United States	July 12, 2022
Howie Tran, MD, FACC	Associate Professor, Heart Failure/VAD/Transplant Cardiology, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, UC San Diego	Building the UC San Diego Cardiogenic Shock Initiative	June 14, 2022
Michael Pulia, MD, MS	Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Affiliate Faculty, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Human Factors Engineering to Improve Emergency Department Antibiotic Stewardship	April 12, 2022
Matthew Murray, MD	Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	The Scariest Cases: A Video Review of the Pediatric Airway	March 8, 2022
Kristy Schwartz, MD	Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine & Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, UC San Diego	In the Driver’s Seat: A Road Trip To Being a Better Active Learning Educator	February 8, 2022
Karen Van Hoesen, MD	Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Associate Dean of Health Sciences Faculty Affairs, UC San Diego	Best Practices for Inclusive Recruitment	January 11, 2022
Linda Olson, MD	Professor Emeritus, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, UC San Diego	Is There Life After Trauma?	December 14th, 2021
Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMI	Associate Dean, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego Chief Medical Officer & Chief Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health	Achieving High Reliability through People, Process, and Technology Innovation	November 11th, 2021
Michelle Daniel, MD	Vice Dean for Medical Education, UC San Diego Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine & Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Presentation Zen: Creating Enlightened Presentations	October 12th, 2021
Gary Vilke, MD	Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine & Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Emergency Medicine Medical Staff Service Chief, UC San Diego	Risky Business: How to Avoid Panda-monium!	September 14th, 2021
George Cheng, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego Director of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, UC San Diego	Interventional Pulmonology – What is it?	August 10th, 2021
Seema Shah, MD	Voluntary Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Director, Epidemiology and Immunization Services, Public Health Services, County of San Diego	At the Edge of Public Health: The Emergency Department	July 13th, 2021
Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD	Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine section of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University President, American Academy of Emergency Medicine	Teaching Cultural Competency to Residents	June 8th, 2021
Garen Wintemute, MD, MPH	Chair, Violence Prevention, UC Davis Director, University of Califoria Firearm Violence Research Center Director, Violence Prevention Research Program and center for Violence Prevention Research, UC Davis Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC Davis	Firearm Violence, 2021: What Clinicians Can Do	April 13th, 2021
Jay Park, MD	Assistant Clinical Physician, Petrie & Brooklyn, New York, NY Co-Founder, Rente, FinTech Co-Founder, Medical Scribe Pro, Medical Scribe Company Co-Founder, Software and Media, Park Media Circle Co-Founder, Online Physician Education, Cosmetic Medical Training	Novel Career Paths for Physicians	March 9th, 2021
Gabe Wardi, MD	Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Health Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego Health	Paradigm Shifts: New Solutions for Old Problems in the Critically Ill	February 9th, 2021
Jesse Guittard, MD	Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Section, VA San Diego Associate Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Health	Design Thinking: A Perspective on Operations and Project Management	October 13th, 2020
Erin Noste, MD	Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Fellowship Director, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Base Hospital Medical Director, El Centro Regional Medical Center	From Disaster Response to Emergency Care Capacity Building: The Case for International Emergency Medicine	September 8th, 2020
Christine Moutier, MD	Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention	Physician Mental Health During COVID: Preventing Suicide and Building Resilience	August 11th, 2020
Jess Mandel, MD	Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego	COVID-19 Lessons Learned on Both Sides of the Border	July 14th, 2020
Alan Stewart Maisel, MD	Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego	The Combination of Biomarkers and Machine Learning in the Emergency Department: A Marriage of Necessity	June 9th, 2020
Chris Coyne, MD, MPH	Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Cancer in the Emergency Department: What are the current issues & how can we improve patient care?	March 10th, 2020
Doug Ziedonis, MD, MPH	Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, UC San Diego	Leadership, Professionalism, and Teamwork	February 11th, 2020
Frances Rudolf, MD	Medical Education Fellow, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Making it Count: Clinical Teaching in a Busy Emergency Department	January 14th, 2020
Gary Tamkin, MD, F.A.C.E.P.	Medical Director, California Highway Patrol Associate Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Francisco	Cop Tox - What's New on the Street	December 10th, 2019
Suzanne B. Schwartz, MD, MBA	Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships & Technology Innovation, Center for Devices and Radiologic Health (CDRH) Director, Division of All Hazards, Response, Science & Strategic Partnerships, CDRH	Moving the Needle in Medical Device Cybersecurity: FDA Catalyzing Change	November 12th, 2019
Christian Sloane, MD	Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Helicopter EMS - History, Evidence, and Challenges	October 8th, 2019
Andrew Herring, MD Meghan Thornton O'Brien, MD, MBE	Associate Director of Research, Highland Hospital-Alameda Health System Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco	The BRIDGE Model: Opportunities and Pitfalls in Inflating Buprenorphine For Opioid Use Disorder in the Hospital Setting	September 10th, 2019
Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA	Chair, Neurological Surgery, UC San Diego Professor of Surgery, Radiology and Neurosciences, UC San Diego	Neurosurgical Advances and the Emergency Room Patient	August 13th, 2019
David Hom, MD	Professor, Surgery, UC San Diego Co-Director, Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, UC San Diego & UC San Diego SOM Medical Director, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UC San Diego Medical Center Hillcrest	Contemporary Management of Facial Trauma	July 9th, 2019
Chris Coyne, MD	Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Cancer in the Emergency Department: What are the current issues? What does the literature say? How can we improve patient care?	June 11th, 2019
Jorge Fernandez, MD	Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Medical Student Clerkship Director, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Health	CalACEP	May 7th, 2019
Omar Al-Nouri, DO, RPVI, MS	Director, Vascular Services, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, UC San Diego	Emergency Aortic Pathology	April 9th, 2019
Dan Lasoff, MD	Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	The Opioid Epidemic: Where We Are. What We Can Do.	March 12th, 2019
Louis Wang, MD	Professor, Emergency Medicine, Minnesota Medical School Senior Vice-President, ACGME Hospital-based Accreditation	Teaching Thinking and Clinical Decision Making	February 12th, 2019
David Wang, MD	Director of Palliative Medicine, Scripps Health Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego	Top Five Palliative Tips For Your Next Shift	January 8th, 2019
Diane Birnbaumer, MD	Professor, Emeritus, Harbor - UC Los Angeles	Emergencies in the Elderly	December 11th, 2018
Peter Lindholm, MD, PhD	Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden	Breath-hold Diving: A Medical Perspective	November 13th, 2018
Eric McDonald, MD	Deputy Public Health Officer, County of San Diego	The Emergency Department as a Vital Part of the Public Health System	October 9th, 2018
Christian Dameff, MD	Fellow, Clinical Informatics, Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Healthcare Cybersecurity: Hacking Humanity; Patient Safety in the Era of Hyperconnected Healthcare	September 11th, 2018
David Guss, MD	Emeritus Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Healthcare Economics	August 14th, 2018
Greg Hendey, MD	Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Los Angeles	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	July 10th, 2018
Joe Brown, MD	Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Lessons From Distance	June 12th, 2018
Nancy Glober, MD	Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Are you as good as a Paramedic? Tales, lessons and controversies from the pre-hospital world	May 8th, 2018
Roneet Lev, MD	Chief, Emergency Department, Scripps Mercy Hospital Chair, San Diego Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force	Death Diaries - Opioid Epidemic	March 13th, 2018
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH	Executive Director of HEAL Trafficking, Brigham and Women's Hospital	Human Trafficking	January 23rd, 2018
Salvatore Di Somma, MD, PhD	Director of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza Rome Chairman, Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine President, GREAT Network	Utility of Biomarkers in the Emergency Department	January 9th, 2018
Daniel Weissburg, JD	CHC Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, UC San Diego	The Emergency Department - A Cornucopia of Regulatory Issues	December 12th, 2017
Sean Nordt, MD, Pharm.D.	Chief Medical Officer, School of Pharmacy, Chapman University	Homelessness and the Emergency Department	October 10th, 2017
Laurel Riek, PhD	Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego	Healthcare Robotics: Supporting Patients, Caregivers, and the Clinical Workforce	September 12th, 2017
Kristi Koenig, MD	Director Emeritus of Public Health Preparedness, UC Irvine EMS Medical Director, San Diego County	Global Public Health Preparedness	August 8th, 2017
Erik Laurin, MD	Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis	Difficult Airway Management	July 11th, 2017
Chad Kessler, MD	VA National Emergency Medicine Chief	Power of Numbers: Lessons from the Largest Integrated Healthcare System in the United States	June 13th, 2017
Sean Okumura, MD	Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Downcodes, Procedural Billing, and Missed Ancillaries - Where can we improve?	May 9th, 2017
Nicholas Pokrajac, MD	Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	Clinical Updates in Pediatric Emergency Medicine	April 11th, 2017
David Benaron, MD	Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego	The 35 Year Career in Emergency Medicine	March 14th, 2017
Daniel Lee, MD	Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego Director, Owen/Lipid/Lipodystropy Clinic	Post-Exposure Prophylaxis [PEP] vs. Non-Post Exposure Prophylaxis [nPEP] vs. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis [PrEP] in HIV	February 14th, 2017
Terry Kowalenko, MD	ACEP Board Member	Presidential Assassinations	January 10th, 2017
Leslie Zun, MD, MBA	AAEM Board Member	Grand Rounds	December 13th, 2016
Jan Schoenberger, MD	Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California	Trauma in Pregnancy	October 11th, 2016
Bryant Nguyen, MD, MS	Chair, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit Vice-Chair of Research in Medicine Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University	Procalcitonin: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use in Sepsis	September 13th, 2016
Robert Rodriguez, MD	Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, UC San Francisco	Selective Chest Imaging in Adult Blunt Trauma	August 9th, 2016
Khai Nguyen, MD, MHS	Clinical Services Chief, UC San Diego	Emerging Aging Care	July 12th, 2016