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Michael Thomas Fitch, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education

Clinical Specialties

Spine Fractures, Herniated Discs, Neurologic Emergencies, Meningitis, Spinal Compressive Disorders, Neurotrauma, Emergency Medicine

Contact Information

Department: 336-716-4419

Email: mfitch@wakehealth.edu

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Education & Training

M.D., Case Western Reserve School of Medicine , 2001
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve School of Medicine , 1999
B.S., College of William & Mary , 1993
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, 2004

Board Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Memberships

N.C. Chapter of A.C.E.P.
Soc Of Academic Emergency Medi
Soc for Simulation in Hlthcare
Am Coll Emergency Physicians
Am Acad of Emergency Medicine
Am Medical Assn
Int'l Assn of Med Science Educ

NPI Number

1215911615

Michael Thomas Fitch, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education

Contact Information

Department: 336-716-4419

Email: mfitch@wakehealth.edu

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Recent Publications

Kelly EW, Fitch MT. Recurrent spontaneous globe subluxation: a case report and review of manual reduction techniques. J Emerg Med. 2013;44(1):e17-e20.

Rosenbaum DA, Thornton HC, Johnson JE, Saunders I, Fitch MT. Effects of simulation-based training for high school sports medicine personnel on emergency response confidence and teamwork behaviors. Athl Train Sports Health Care. 2012;4(3):126-132.

Fitch MT, Nicks BA, Pariyadath M, McGinnis HD, Manthey DE. Emergency pericardiocentesis [video available]. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(12):e17.

Manthey D, Fitch M. Stages of competency for medical procedures. Clin Teach. 2012;9(5):317-319.

Deiorio NM, Fitch MT, Jung J, Promes SB, Thibodeau LG, Woolley WL, Gisondi MA, Gruppen LD. Evaluating educational interventions in emergency medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2012;19(12):1442-1453.

Kelly EW, Fitch MT. Diagnosis and treatment of meningitis In: Singh MB, Bhatia R, eds. Emergencies in neurology. Delhi (India): Byword Books;2011: 229-243.

O'Neill J, Fitch M. Duodenal atresia / hypovolemic shock: a case for high-fidelity simulation in emergency medicine [case]. MedEdPORTAL. 2011;():ID8508.

Heitz C, Eyck RT, Smith M, Fitch MT. Simulation in medical student education: survey of clerkship directors in emergency medicine. West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(4):455-460.

Fitch M. Animal bites and rabies [video, presentation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2011;ID9040():.

Fitch M. Bacterial meningitis in adults [video]. MedEdPORTAL. 2011;ID9032():.

Fitch MT, Heitz C, Williams G, Hannum J, Freeborn E. Beta blocker overdose: a case for high-fidelity simulation in emergency medicine [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2010;():ID7739.

Fitch MT, O'Neill J, Nicks B. Unstable atrial tachycardia: a case for high-fidelity simulation in emergency medicine [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2010;():ID7748.

Fitch MT, Manthey DE. Abdominal hernia reduction In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical procedures in emergency medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier;2010: 790-797.

Fitch MT, Atkinson HH, Burns CA, Lambros MA. Association of institutional financial support of a core teaching faculty with educational productivity [research letter]. JAMA. 2010;304(11):1169-1170.

Nicks BA, Manthey DE, Fitch MT. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) community-acquired pneumonia core measures lead to unnecessary antibiotic administration by emergency physicians. Acad Emerg Med. 2009;16(2):184-187.

Nicks BA, Fitch MT, Manthey DE. A case of intrauterine molar pregnancy with coexistent ectopic pregnancy. J Emerg Med. 2009;36(3):246-249.

Nicks BA, Fitch MT. How can I best diagnose and treat acute rhinosinusitis in adult patients? [newsletter article]. Pract Summ Acute Care. 2009;4(3):17-24.

Fitch MT, Kearns S, Manthey DE. Faculty physicians and new physicians disagree about which procedures are essential to learn in medical school. Med Teach. 2009;31(4):342-347.

Fitch MT, Fisher C. Ectopic pregnancy: a case for high-fidelity simulation in emergency medicine [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2009;():ID1673.

Fitch MT. Antibiotics and upper respiratory infections [audio CD, audiocassette, or MP3cast]. Audio-Digest Fam Pract. 2009;57(21):.

Heitz C, Brown A, Johnson JE, Fitch MT. Large group high-fidelity simulation enhances medical student learning. Med Teach. 2009;31(5):e206-e210.

Fitch MT, Manthey DE. A procedures curriculum for medical students. Med Educ. 2009;43(11):1100.

Fitch MT, Silver J. CNS injury, glial scars, and inflammation: inhibitory extracellular matrices and regeneration failure. Exp Neurol. 2008;209(2):294-301.

Fitch MT, Abrahamian FM, Moran GJ, Talan DA. Emergency department management of meningitis and encephalitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008;22(1):33-52.

Fitch MT, van de Beek D. Drug insight: steroids in CNS infectious diseases--new indications for an old therapy. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008;4(2):97-104.

Fitch MT. Utility and limitations of laboratory studies In: Cline D, Stead LG, eds. Abdominal emergencies. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical;2008: 18-22.

Fitch MT, Silver J. Glial cells, inflammation, and CNS trauma: modulation of the inflammatory environment after injury can lead to long-distance regeneration beyond the glial scar In: Kordower JH, Tuszynski MH, eds. CNS regeneration: basic science and clinical advances. 2nd ed. Boston: ElsevierAcademic;2008: 59-94.

Fitch M, Brown A, Heitz C. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: a case for high-fidelity simulation in emergency medicine [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2008;():ID765.

Fitch MT, Manthey DE, McGinnis HD, Nicks BA, Pariyadath M. A skin abscess model for teaching incision and drainage procedures.. BMC Med Educ. 2008;8():article 38.

Fitch MT, Barnett HM. Treating bacterial meningitis in adults: should adjunctive steroids be used? [newsletter article]. Pract Summ Acute Care. 2008;3(6):41-48.

Fitch MT, Nicks BA, Pariyadath M, McGinnis HD, Manthey DE. Basic splinting techniques. N Engl J Med. 2008;359(26):e32.

Fitch MT, Jones AE. Adjunctive therapy for migraine headaches: can we teach an old dog a new trick? [commentary]. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(12):1310-1311.

Lammers RL, Davenport M, Korley F, Griswold-Theodorson S, Fitch MT, Narang AT, Evans LV, Gross A, Rodriguez E, Dodge KL, et al. Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(11):1079-1087.

McLaughlin S, Fitch MT, Goyal DG, Hayden E, Kauh CY, Laack TA, Nowicki T, Okuda Y, Palm K, Pozner CN, et al. Simulation in graduate medical education 2008: a review for emergency medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(11):1117-1129.

Wang EE, Quinones J, Fitch MT, Dooley-Hash S, Griswold-Theodorson S, Medzon R, Korley F, Laack T, Robinett A, Clay L. Developing technical expertise in emergency medicine--the role of simulation in procedural skill acquisition. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(11):1046-1057.

Nicks BA, Manthey D, Fitch M. CMS community-acquired pneumonia core measures leads to unnecessary antibiotic administration by emergency physicians [abstract]. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52(4 Suppl):S119.

Fitch MT, van de Beek D. Emergency diagnosis and treatment of adult meningitis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7(3):191-200.

Fitch MT. Using high-fidelity emergency simulation with large groups of preclinical medical students in a basic science course. Med Teach. 2007;29(2-3):261-263.

Fitch MT, Manthey DE, McGinnis HD, Nicks BA, Pariyadath M. Abscess incision and drainage [video available]. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(19):e20.

Fitch MT. Central nervous system trauma: should we always use steroids? [audio CD, audiocassette, or MP3cast]. Audio-Digest Emerg Med. 2007;24(9):.

Fitch MT. Focus on: meningitis--beyond fever, stiff neck, and altered mental status [newsletter article]. ACEP News. 2007;26(4):17-19.

Fitch MT. An emergency department patient with a knee dislocation [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2007;():ID588.

Fitch MT, Benfield J, Hargraves J, Ferrario CM, Ayala C, Lekiachvili A, Neiberg R, Cline DM. Hospital admission rate for chest pain: are racial differences due to bias or disease characteristics? [abstract]. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48(4 Suppl):S44.

Fitch M, Kman N. Model curriculum for rotating resident physicians in basic emergency medicine [simulation]. MedEdPORTAL. 2006;():ID532.