Baylor College of Medicine

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Initially established as a section in the Department of Medicine, Emergency Medicine became the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2017 and plays a crucial role in medical education and research. It also provides compassionate, dignified and state-of-the-art emergency care for residents of Harris County, regardless of insurance coverage, socioeconomic status, native language, literacy or disability.

Each Baylor Emergency Medicine faculty physician is board certified or board eligible in the clinical specialty of Emergency Medicine. Located at Ben Taub Hospital, our emergency team includes more than 20 emergency-trained, board-certified physicians from leading healthcare institutions around the country with a diversity of expertise.

Baylor College of Medicine - Emergency Medicine
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Patient Visits Plummet During Pandemic

3/6/2021 Clinton Lam , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
A recent study investigated COVID-19's impact on hospital visits. Patient volume plummeted - disproportionately affecting populations that already struggle with systemic inequities in healthcare.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Adopt Medicaid, Expand Access

2/6/2021 Nishad A. Rahman, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
As physicians who frequently work with underserved patient populations receiving care from safety net hospitals, emergency physicians should be fierce defenders of the ACA and strong advocates for Med
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Healing at Home

1/6/2021 Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Emergency physicians understand that hospital admissions are far from benign. Is it time to consider "home hospitals" that provide services traditionally reserved for inpatient care? A new randomized
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Administration & Operations , Admin Ops Literature Review

Emergency Department Boarding: Literature and Strategies Review

12/17/2020 Vineet Kumar Sharma, MD, MS , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA
Emergency departments across the United States have been plagued with overcrowding. In 2006 the U.S. Institute of Medicine declared crowding a national epidemic. Despite well-documented detrimental ef
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Drivers of Disparities in COVID-19

12/6/2020 Daniel Brownstein , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire country, but early data suggest its effects have been particularly devastating on Black and Latino communities.
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Neurology , Endocrinology , Social EM

Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea: A Bad Case of the Wiggles

12/1/2020 Ideen Zeinali, MD , Matthew Edwards, MS , Giuliano De Portu, MD, FACEP
One of our nation's greatest health challenges is the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is expected to swell by more than 50% by 2035. Many of these diabetic patients will lack both primar
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COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

How are EDs Leading in the COVID-19 Pandemic?

5/18/2020 Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Andrew Luo, MD , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc
Nearly every aspect of patient care — from triage to discharge, from documentation to intubation — has been revised in an effort to streamline care of COVID-19 patients. Concerns around minimizing pro
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EMRA Spotlight , Education Committee

Meet Katie Fisher, MD, MS

2/26/2020 Katie Fisher, MD, MS
We're pleased to introduce Katie Fisher, MD, MS, vice chair of the EMRA Education Committee, 2020-2021.
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EMRA Spotlight , Wilderness Committee

Meet Lee Wood, DO

2/25/2020 Lee Wood, DO
We're pleased to introduce Lee Wood, DO, vice chair of the EMRA Wilderness Committee, 2020-2021.
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Administration & Operations , EMRA Spotlight

Meet Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc

2/20/2020 Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc
We're pleased to introduce Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc, chair of the EMRA Admin & Ops Committee, 2020-2021.