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New Fellowship

Administrative Fellowship in Emergency Medicine announced

Dan Handel, Director of OHSU's Administrative Fellowship in Emergency Medicine OHSU's Department of Emergency Medicine has received approval for its new Administrative Fellowship starting in July of this year. "The Goal of the fellowship," said director Dan Handel, M.D., M.P.H, "is to develop leadership skills of future emergency department medical directors through practical experiences at OHSU in clinical operations, quality management, service excellence, general management and financial management."

 

Dr. Handel also serves as Clinical Director of the Emergency Department and is the Current President of OCEP.

EMS Award

State names OHSU EM Faculty member Mohamud Daya as EMS director of the year

State names OHSU EM Faculty member Mohamud Daya as EMS director of the yearDr. Mohamud Daya’s years of distinctive service with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue to ensure patients receive the best possible care has earned him the state’s highest honor.Daya was named the 2009 Emergency Medical Services Director of the Year during the Oregon Department of Human Services EMS and Trauma Systems’ state awards banquet.
Read the whole story from The Beaverton Valley Times or download pdf

ED Learners Calendar

The new ED Learners Calendar is a google schedule that lists all the learners that are scheduled to be in the department, faculty can email edlearners@gmail.com to get their student learners included on the calendar. View the calendar here.

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Top Doc Honors

Portland Monthly names John Ma, Robert Cloutier, Garth Meckler and David Spiro to their Top Doctors for 2010

Portland Monthly Top Doctors Issue of 2010 named four OHSU DEM Faculty members

The annual Top Doctors issue of the Portland Monthly is hitting the stands this week with an impressive showing from the OHSU Department of Emergency Medicine. The whole article kicks off with a spotlight on our own Chairman, John Ma.
Read the whole story.

Peds ED

OHSU Doernbecher Opens 24-Hour, Kids-Only Emergency Department

David Spiro, MD, Rebecca Peil, FNP-BC, and Serena Kelly, FNP are among the Peds Emergency Team
Newly renovated facility is uniquely designed to help decrease anxiety, make patients and families feel more comfortable
A video tour of the new facility, which features an aquatic motif, is available at: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/doernbecher/programs-services/emergency/

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital now has a dedicated, kids-only Emergency Department (ED) with specially trained emergency medicine physicians and pediatric emergency nurses on site 24 hours a day.
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Upcoming Conferences

WRRF

WRRF
SAEM Western Regional Research Forum
General EM - CME conference
Sonoma, CA
March 19-20, 2010
wrrf.emergencyresidency.com

SAEM

SAEM
SAEM Annual Meeting
General EM - CME conference
Phoenix, AZ
June 3-6, 2010
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Upcoming Events

March 3, 2010

M & M
Faculty Mentor: Spiro
8-9 am


Core Curriculum
9 am - Physical and Sexual Abuse of the Child
10 am - Physical and Sexual Abuse of the Child
11 am - Physical and Sexual Abuse of the Child
12 pm - Chief Resident Meeting

March 10, 2010

M & M
Faculty Mentor: Handel, Kalbfleisch
8-9 am


Core Curriculum
9 am - Monoarticular/Polyarticular Arthritis
10 am - Compartment Syndome
11 am - MSK WOrkshop: How to tap a join, How to measure compartment pressure
12 pm - EM/IM Conference

March 17, 2010
Follow-up
Faculty Mentor: Yarris
8-9 am


Core Curriculum
9 am - Tox Potpourri
10 am - Cardiotoxic Drugs (CCB, BB, Dig)
11 am - Vitamins as antidotes
12 pm - EM/RAD

March 24, 2010

M & M
Faculty Mentor: Deiorio
8-9 am


Core Curriculum
9 am - Ultrasound
10 am - Transplant-related problems
11 am - HIV, AIDS-defining illnesses


Grand Rounds
TBA
Presented by:
TBA


12noon - 1pm
Doernbecher Auditorium, 11th Floor


March 31, 2010

M & M
Faculty Mentor: Spiro
8-9 am


Core Curriculum
9 am - PEM Coding/Billing
10 am - Communication in the ED - Critical Conversations
11 am - Among Staff with Consultants, Review of Pathways
12 pm - Chief Resident Meeting

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