List of contributors

Deirdre Anglin, MD, MPH
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Jonathan Auten, DO
Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine
F Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD;
Attending Physician,
Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medicine Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Zubair Bayat
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Jesse J. Brennan, MA
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Ashleigh Campillo, BS
UCSD Department of Emergency Medicine Behavioral Emergencies Research (DEMBER) laboratory, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine;
Director of Evidence Based Medicine
Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA

Daniel del Portal, MD, FAAEM
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Temple University School of MedicinePhiladelphia, PA, USA

Edward M. Castillo, PhD, MPH
Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Richard F. Clark, MD, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Division of Medical Toxicology
UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Christopher J. Coyne, MD
Clinical Research Fellow
UCSD Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA

Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Louise Falzon, BA, PGDipInf
Information Specialist
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA

Gary Gaddis, MD, PhD
St. Luke’s/Missouri Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine
St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City;
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, MO, USA

Manish Garg, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Senior Associate Residency Program Director
Assistant Dean for Global Medicine
Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Kama Z. Guluma, MD
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Research
Education Coordinator, UC San Diego Health SystemsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, CA, USA

Prasanthi Govindarajan, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine-Medical Center Line
Stanford University Medical CenterStanford, CA, USA

Robert Grover, MD, MPH
PGY-2
Department of Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Richard Harrigan, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Stephen R. Hayden, MD
Professor in the UC San Diego Health Systems
Department of Emergency Medicine, CA, USA

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Judd E. Hollander, MD
Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives
Sidney Kimmel Medical College;
Vice Chair, Finance and Healthcare Enterprises
Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Austin Hopper, BS
Department of Emergency Medicine Behavioral Emergencies Research laboratory (DEMBER), UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA.

Benton R. Hunter, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Paul Ishimine, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Training Program
USCD/Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego;
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
UC San Diego Health System;
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA

Christopher Kahn, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

David J. Karras, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education Integration
Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Eddy Lang, MDCU
Acting Zone Clinical Department Head and Interim Faculty Department Head
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Jennifer Lanning, MD, PhD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, CA, USA

Juan A. Luna, MA, BA
California State University San Marcos, CA, USA

Michael Menchine, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Mary Mercer, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco;
Director of Performance Improvement and EMS Base Hospital Medical Director
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA

Alicia B. Minns, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director, Division of Medical Toxicology
UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Jarrod M. Mosier, MD
Director EM/Critical Care;
Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine;
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Sean-Xavier Neath, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Kimberly Nordstrom, MD, JD
Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Denver Health Medical Center;
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, CO, USA;
President, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Bloomfield, CT, USA

Nas Rafi, MD
Biomedical Ethics Fellow
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCSD Emergency Department, San Diego, CA, USA

Robert Rodriguez, MD, FAAEM
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, CA, USA

Peter Rosen, MD
Senior Lecturer, Emergency Medicine, Harvard University Medical School
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA;
Visiting Professor Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona School of Medicine;
Professor Emeritus Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCCP
Scientific Director, Emergency Strategic Clinical Network, AHS;
Tier I Canada Research Chair in Evidence-based Emergency Medicine;
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

George J. Shaw, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Brian Snyder, MD
Biomedical Ethics Fellowship Director
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine,
UCSD Emergency Department, San Diego, CA, USA

Katie L. Tataris, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of MedicineSection of Emergency Medicine
University of ChicagoEMS Medical Director, Chicago South EMS System Chicago, IL, USA

Aleksandr Tichter, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA

Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Clinical ProfessorAssociate Medical DirectorDirector of ED ObservationAttending in Emergency Medicine & Hospital MedicineDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA

Christian Tomaszewski, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FACMT, FIFEM
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine;
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine;
Attending in Medical Toxicology and Hyperbarics
University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA

Vicken Y. Totten, MD, MS
Institutional Director for Research
Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Department of Emergency Medicine, Visalia, CA, USA

Jacob W. Ufberg, MD
Professor and Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Gary M. Vilke, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Risk Management, UC San Diego Health System
Director, Clinical Research for Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Julian Villar, MD, MPH
Chief Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, CA, USA

Michael P. Wilson, MD, PhD, FAAEM
UC San Diego Health Systems
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine Behavioral Emergencies Research Lab, CA, USA

Michael Witting, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Peter Wyer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA