Emergency Medicine News

 

 Locke Glenn Wins Research Award

     
        Locke Glenn, MD, senior emergency medicine resident, won the "James E. Byrum, Jr., MD Academic Excellence Award" at the recent Department of Emergency Medicine Academic Banquet held on 4/11/2012 at the Hawthorne Inn for his project titled "Effects of Conference CME Offerings on Attendance of Faculty Physicians". Linda Byrum, widow of Dr. Byrum, was on hand to present the award to Locke...a week stay at the Byrum's Outer Banks beach house. Dr. Byrum was one of the three founding emergency medicine faculty members and retired after 30+ years of service. Dr. Byrum was an avid academician and teacher who valued the pursuit of scholarly activity. The academic banquet was started in 2000 to honor Dr. Byrum's contributions to the Department of Emergency Medicine and his ongoing generosity to the residency program. We thank the Byrum family for their continued support of our residency training program.

 

Manthey Named Associate Dean of Medical Education

    David E. Manthey, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been named the new Associate Dean for Medical Education of Wake Forest School of Medicine, effective February 1, 2012. In this administrative role, Dr. Manthey will oversee the medical school educational curriculum as well as assessment and grading of the students and courses. He will also participate in leading the current curriculum revision that is underway.
     Dr. Manthey has been a leader in medical education, serving in numerous local and national positions and actively participating in the previous LCME site visit. In addition to his record of developing new organizations and new curricula at the local and national level, Dr. Manthey has received numerous teaching awards. He has participated in numerous professional development programs for medical educators and brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to the job.
     Dr. Manthey received his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed an internship at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA, and a residency at the Joint Military Medical Centers in San Antonio, TX. He has been a member of the WFSM Core Teaching Faculty for five years and served on numerous internal committees, including the Faculty Representative Council. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academic of Emergency Medicine.  

 

Academic Emergency Medicine Outstanding Reviewers 2011   

    Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) recently recognized more than 300 colleagues including WFU EM faculty Michael Fitch, MD, Brian Hiestand, MD, and Chad Miller, MD, who performed peer review for the journal in 2011.  Without their hard work, AEM would not be able to present to our readers the excellent original research and academic contributions that fill these pages each month.  The talent, thoughtfulness, and responsiveness of our peer reviewers have helped us maintain the quality of the medical literature presented in AEM.   
    Among these are some who deserve special recognition because of their consistently excellent performance.  These 37 “Outstanding Reviewers” each met all of the following criteria in 2011: Provided at least five high-quality reviews, had a  mean review score of  >85% across at least three decision editors, accepted at least two-thirds of all review requests, submitted no more than one review late.  

 

 

 

  

Husain Quoted in NY Times 

Iltifat Husain, MD, WFU EM resident and editor of the iMedicalApps website, was recently quoted in a NY Times article regarding mobile medical apps. Dr. Husain is a recognized international leader in mobile medical applications and has been an invited speaker at various prestigous academic institutions including Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Husain has been assiting the WFU EM residency leadership with the inclusion of mobile technology into the residency training program such as the use of iPads instead of traditional printed textbooks.

 

Major EM Textbook has WFU Connection

The recently published 7th edition of Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide has a Wake Forest University connection in more than one way. David Cline, MD, WFU EM faculty member and department research director, served as one of the primary editors for the textbook. Dr. Cline is also in the process of editing several other McGraw Hill textbooks including the study guide's companion text, Manual of Emergency Medicine and Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine.

Who is the physician pictured on the cover of the study guide textbook? None other than WFU EM faculty member Kim Askew, MD, who also serves as our director of undergraduate education.

 

Brenner Children's Emergency Department now open 

April, 2011: Wake Forest Baptist Health has opened a new Brenner Children's Emergency Department (ED) designed to anticipate and meet the unique needs of children of all ages. The state-of-the-art pediatric ED offers child-sized equipment, the latest diagnostic equipment and family-friendly treatment areas. The facility includes 24 treatment rooms and 20,655 square feet of space and expects to handle 31,000 patient visits annually.

Wake Forest Baptist Health is a leader in North Carolina offering this level of pediatric emergency expertise. It operates North Carolina's only Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center - one of only 38 nationwide verified by the American College of Surgeons.