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News

2013

DateDescription
APR. 22Bedside ultrasound rivals chest x-ray in catheter placement, according to a UC Irvine study led by Dr. Eric Mervis, clinical professor and fellow.
MAR. 21Dr. Shannon Toohey was awarded an EMBRS scholarship. This scholarship is given to a resident who shows exceptional promise in academic research career. This will allow her to be trained, as a resident, in the EMBRS course. The first at UC Irvine.

2012

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NOV. 16UC Irvine study indicates a delay in transporting some trauma patients is linked to in-hospital mortality.
OCT. 22Kristi L. Koenig, MD, of Orange County, has been appointed to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services.
JULY. 10Emergency medicine residents first to use iPads for patient care. Event photos are available in the picture gallery.
JUN. 26Alexis Lieser is presented with the House of Medicine Award.
MAY. 29Congratulations to Dr. Suchard for winning the MVP for Outstanding Service to the School of Medicine and Medical Education Excellence in Teaching Award.
MAY. 29Congratulations to Dr. Fox, Dr. Langdorf, and Dr. Chakravarthy for winning the Medical Education Excellence in Teaching Award.
MAY. 20The Center for Disaster Medical Sciences within the department is a member of the prestigious EMDM Academy, a consortium of academic institutions that promote the growth and development of disaster medicine as a science.
MAY. 20UC Irvine Department of Emergency Medicine is a Sponsoring Institution for this Master course which draws students from all over the world.
MAY. 20Drs. Koenig, Schultz, and Stratton are in Italy teaching in the European Master of Disaster Medicine Course. Dr. Koenig is there on a Fulbright Scholarship, a prestigious award for visiting professors from the US to travel for academic activities to foreign countries.
FEB. 14"Listen, Protect and Connect" web version for parents (for use with their children) "LPCweb" PFA for Children by Parents) is now up and running at the UCI Center for Disaster Medical Sciences
FEB. 01Dr. Pamela Swan helps translate Listen, Learn, and Protect: Psychological First Aid is now live on its own site in Japan.
JAN. 04High incidence of ER closures at hospitals serving black patients is "a reflection of economics" rather than race, says UC Irvine Dr. Wesley Fields, chair, Emergency Medicine Action Fund.

2011

DateDescription
OCT. 16Congratulations to Rod Mortazavi for receiving the 2011 ACEP's "National Outstanding Medical Student Award" for demonstrating humanism, professionalism, scholarly achievements, leaderships and service to medical organizations, community service and research.
OCT. 4More than 100 new medical students at UC Irvine will become the second class at the university to receive iPads filled with apps covering their curriculum, initiated by Dr. Warren Wiechmann.
SEP. 30The accuracy of the new thriller, "Contagion," gets high marks from UC Irvine emergency medicine specialists.
Sep. 19Psychological First Aid (PFA) for the Community Helping Each Other - Helping Those Around You in Times of Disaster
Sep. 16Dr. Bharath Chakravarthy will be on the radio afternoon talk show "Patt Morrison" discussing teen driving safety.
Sep. 15Dr. Megan Boysen Osborn joins the UC Irvine Department of Emergency Medicine
AUG. 05Dr. Fox and Dr. Wiechmann featured in MobileHealthWatch article
AUG. 01Chris Fox got the first ultrasound award from the new Academy of ultrasound in SAEM. It was given by the outgoing President of SAEM and President of the new Academy
AUG. 01WestJEM published by UC Irvine is named official journal of national EM group