James Gordon, MD – Class of 1996
Liu SW, Thomas SH, Gordon JA, Hamedani AG, Weissman JS.  A Pilot Study Examining Undesirable Events Among Emergency Department-Boarded Patients Awaiting Inpatient Beds.
Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):381-5.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Xue Y, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham R.  Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Violent Behavior Among Urban African American Youths From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study. Am J Public Health. 2009 Sep 17.

Michael Blaivas, MD – Class of 1998
Blaivas M, Kirkpatrick AW, Rodriguez-Galvez M, Ball CG. Sonographic Depiction of Intraperitoneal Free
Air. J Trauma. 2009 Sep;67(3):675.

Michael Blaivas, MD – Class of 1998
Blaivas M.  Video Analysis of Accidental Arterial Cannulation with Dynamic Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Access. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Sep;28(9):1239-44.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Blow FC, Ilgen MA, Walton MA, Czyz EK, McCammon R, Chermack ST, Cunningham RM, Barry KL. Severity of Baseline Alcohol Use as a Moderator of Brief Interventions in the Emergency Department. Alcohol & Alcoholism. 2009 Aug 19.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Goldstein AL, Chermack ST, Zimmerman MA, Bingham CR, Shope JT, Stanley R, Blow FC. Rates and Correlates of Violent Behaviors Among Adolescents Treated in an Urban Emergency Department. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Jul;45(1):77-83.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Whiteside LK, Walton MA, Stanley R, Resko SM, Chermack ST, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM. Dating Aggression and Risk Behaviors among Teenage Girls Seeking Gynecologic Care. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Jun 9.

Keith Kocher, MD - Class of 2007
Congratulations to Keith Kocher, MD and his new bride Sara Saberi, MD (UM Cardiology Fellow) on their recent marriage! Keith and Sara tied the knot on June 27, 2009 in Ann Arbor.

Rahul Khare, MD – Class of 2004
Khare RK, Powell ES, Reinhardt G, Lucenti M. Adding More Beds to the Emergency Department or Reducing Admitted Patient Boarding Times: Which Has a More Significant Influence on Emergency Department Congestion? Ann Emerg Med. 2009 May;53(5):575-85.

Kirsten Engel, MD – Class of 2002
Engel KG, Heisler M, Smith DM, Robinson CH, Forman JH, Ubel PA. Patient Comprehension of Emergency Department Care and Instructions: Are Patients Aware of When They Do Not Understand? Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Apr;53(4):454-461.

Steve Schenkel, MD – Class of 2003
Witting MD, Schenkel SM, Lawner BJ, Euerle BD. Effects of Vein Width and Depth on Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Success Rates. J Emerg Med. 2009 Mar 7.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Cunningham RM, Murray R, Walton MA, Chermack ST, Wojnar M, Wozniak P, Booth BM, Blow FC. Prevalence of Past Year Assault Among Inner-City Emergency Department Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Mar 10.

Brad Uren, MD – Class of 2006
Uren B, Lowell MJ, Silbergleit R. Critical Care Transport of Patients Who Have Acute Neurological Emergencies. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Feb;27(1):17-26, vii.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Cunningham R, Knox L, Fein J, Harrison S, Frisch K, Walton M, Dicker R, Calhoun D, Becker M, Hargarten SW. Before and After the Trauma Bay: The Prevention of Violent Injury Among Youth. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jan 20.

Eve Losman, MD – Class of 1999
Meurer WJ, Smith BL, Losman ED, Sherman D, Yaksich JD, Jared JD, Malani PN, Younger JG. Real-Time Identification of Serious Infection in Geriatric Patients Using Clinical Information System Surveillance. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jan;57(1):40-5.

Steve Schenkel, MD – Class of 2003
Schenkel S. The Unexpected Challenges of Accurate Medication Reconciliation. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Nov;52(5):493-5.

Kirsten Engel, MD – Class of 2002
Mercer LM, Tanabe P, Pang PS, Gisondi MA, Courtney DM, Engel KG, Donlan SM, Adams JG, Makoul G. Patient Perspectives on Communication with the Medical Team: Pilot Study Using the Communication Assessment Tool-Team (CAT-T). Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Nov;73(2):220-3.

Rahul Khare, MD – Class of 2004
Kaji AH, Bair A, Okuda Y, Kobayashi L, Khare R, Vozenilek J. Defining Systems Expertise: Effective Simulation at the Organizational Level--Implications for Patient Safety, Disaster Surge Capacity, and Facilitating the Systems Interface. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Nov;15(11):1098-103.

Dan Avstreih, MD – Class of 2006
Wilkerson W, Avstreih D, Gruppen L, Beier KP, Woolliscroft J. Using Immersive Simulation for Training First Responders for Mass Casualty Incidents. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Nov;15(11):1152-9.

James Gordon, MD – Class of 1996
Magid DJ, Sullivan AF, Cleary PD, Rao SR, Gordon JA, Kaushal R, Guadagnoli E, Camargo CA Jr, Blumenthal D. The Safety of Emergency Care Systems: Results of a Survey of Clinicians in 65 US Emergency Departments. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Dec 1.

Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD – Class of 2007
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 Sep 10.

Rahul Khare, MD – Class of 2004
Khare RK, Powell ES, Venkatesh AK, Courtney DM. Diagnostic Uncertainty and Costs Associated with Current Emergency Department Evaluation of Low Risk Chest Pain. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2008 Sep;7(3):191-6.

Rebecca Cunningham, MD – Class of 1999
Sam O’Broin, MD – Class of 2009
Cunningham R, Walton MA, Weber JE, O'Broin S, Tripathi SP, Maio RF, Booth BM.  One-Year Medical Outcomes and Emergency Department Recidivism After Emergency Department Observation for Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Sep 26.

Brad Uren, MD - Class of 2006
Congratulations to Brad Uren, MD and Brandi Otto on their recent engagement! Brad “popped the question” on June 14th while he and Brandi were vacationing in the UP. They will be getting married on June 20, 2009.

Colin Greineder, MD – Class of 2007
Colin and Sarah Greineder welcomed their first child, Max Xavier, on January 7, 2007.  Congratulations to Colin and Sarah!

Additionally, Colin will be joining the University of Pennsylvania to work as a basic science research fellow in the CRS (Center for Resuscitation Science). Colin will be funded through a 2-year SAEM grant and will be joining the Graduate Group of Pharmacological Sciences.

Eve Losman, MD – Class of 1999
Eve Losman, MD was invited to attend the Council Retreat Meeting for the project leadership of the Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative (GSI) to plan for the project’s future growth.  The meeting was held February 1-2, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Paul DeFlorio, MD – Class of 2005
Paul DeFlorio, MD headed back to Iraq in early January to be an EM physician at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad, Iraq. His deployment should be for another 4.5 months. He was also recently married on October 20, 2007 to Amanda Carvell, of Royal Oak, MI. Congratulations Paul and Amanda!

Diann Krywko, MD – Class of 1999
On January 1, 2008 Diann Krywko, MD joined the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.  Diann had been at Hurley Medical Center for 8½ years and served as the Trauma, CDU, and Residency Site Coordinator.

Geetika Gupta, MD – Class of 2001
Geetika Gupta, MD has been selected to be an ACEP Medical Legal Committee member for 2008. She has served on this committee since 2006.

Manya Newton, MD – Class of 2006
Manya Newton, MD MPH is currently in her second year as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and has just been awarded a third year of funding. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants a total of only eight such awards nationally to recognize outstanding and innovative research. Manya is the first Emergency Physician to receive this honor. Additionally, Manya is working on obtaining a PhD in Health Services and Organizational Policy with concentration in Poverty and Inequality through the School of Public Health and is a faculty member at Hurley Medical Center.  We congratulate Manya on her accomplishments!

Marc Mickiewicz, MD – Class of 2003
Marc and Marcy Mickiewicz welcomed their second daughter, Megan.  Megan joins big sister Maddie.  Congratulations to the Mickiewicz family!

Marcia Perry, MD – Class of 1996
Marcia Perry was appointed Assistant Program Director to the UM/SJMH EM Residency Program in September 2007.  Marcia previously held the title of Site Coordinator/Hurley Medical Center.

J. Scott Taylor, MD – Class of 2002
In July 2007, Scott and Cheryl Taylor relocated from Brighton, Michigan to Gig Harbor, Washington where Scott joined Good Samaritan in Puyallup, Washington.

Paul DeFlorio, MD – Class of 2005
On Thursday, May 3, 2007, Paul DeFlorio, MD returned to Ann Arbor to give a special presentation at the UM/SJMH EM Residency Conference entitled “War-time Emergency Medicine; the Iraqi Experience”.  Paul presented the Department with an American flag which was flown aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to the 57th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), the “Original Dustoff” which carried wounded in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Rahul (Class of 2004) and Amy Khare
In 2007 Rahul and Amy Khare established the “Khare Academic Scholar Award”.  The Khare Academic Scholar Award is a $1,000 travel stipend for one 3rd or 4th year resident interested in pursing a career in academic Emergency Medicine to attend the May Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s (SAEM) meeting.  The first recipient of the Khare Academic Scholar Award was Stefanie Simmons (Class of 2008).