Residency Announcements
EMRA Residency Coordinator of the Year at the UA!
Congratulations to Donna Goldberg for being selected as the National Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) Residency Coordinator of the Year for 2008. Donna received this honorary award in Washington, D.C., at the EMRA national meeting in May.
Announcing our 2008-2009 first year resident class
We are proud to announce our new Chief Residents for 2008-2009:
Kyle Gardner , MD 
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Chris Graham , MD |
Emily Osborn , MD |
Arthur Smolensky , MD |
Six Scholarquest groups have submitted abstracts to the Western Region Research Forum of SAEM which will take place March 28-29, 2008 in Costa Mesa, CA:
Aaron Lessen, Michael McLaughlin (Mentor - Dan Beskind): Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Dental Pain in the Emergency Department.
Laura Dolkas, Arthur Smolensky (Mentor - John Sakles): Success Rates of Direct Laryngoscopy and Glidescope in an Academic Emergency Department.
Jamie Dermon, Bridget Dyer, Katie O'Brien (Mentor - Sam Keim): Case Study of Toxicology Findings of Border Crosser Deaths in Pima County. Accepted to National SAEM also.
Brooke Rosonke, Emily Osborn (Mentors - Lisa Chan, Kevin Reilly, Billie Winegard): Emergency Medicine Physician Practice and Perception of Opioid Seeking Patients.
David Stone, Giselle Zagari (Mentors - John Guisto, Kurt Denninghoff): A Description of a Medical Program for Foreign Nationals in a Border State University Hospital.
Cameron Scott, Scott Lowry (Mentor - Al Fiorello): Ultrasound Guided Needle Drainage Versus Incision and Drainage (I & D) of Skin Abscesses
Resident Research at Society for Academic Emergency Medicine National and Regional Meetings.
Multiple resident research studies have been accepted this Spring. As a result of the Scholar Quest resident research curriculum, 5 oral presentations were accepted at the Regional SAEM meeting and one project was accepted also at the National meeting. Congratulations Residents! We couldn’t be prouder!
The projects and the authors are (presenters in red):
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting – Chicago May 16-19, 2007
Andrew Watters, Frederick Bartoletti, Michael Hudson, Alice Min, Anne Richter, & Mahmood Vahedian – Does Tourniquet Time Affect Venous Lactate Level? (Mentor: Kathy Hiller)
Western Region SAEM – Portland, Oregon March 15-16, 2007
Kandra Yee – The Epidemiology Of Search And Rescue Incidents In The Grand Canyon National Park: Are Preventive Measures Making A Difference? (Mentor: Ken Iserson)
Larry DeLuca, Kim Leeson, Jamil Bitar – Risk Perception Of US-Mexico Border Crossers (Mentor: Sam Keim)
Andrew Watters, Frederick Bartoletti, Michael Hudson, Alice Min, Anne Richter, & Mahmood Vahedian – Does Tourniquet Time Affect Venous Lactate Level? (Mentor: Kathy Hiller)
Kevin McGarvey, Edward Hiltner, Ryan Nelkin, Matthew Parsons, Andrew Watters – Hand Surgeons’ Perceived Barriers and Solutions to Emergency Call
Ross Rodgers, MD, PGY II, was elected as Vice-Speaker for The Emergency Medicine Residency Association (EMRA) during the annual elections on October 16, 2006.
The Arizona Heath Sciences Center held it's 27th annual faculty awards ceremony on November 2, 2006. We are proud to announce that James Dahle, MD, class of 2006, received the Dean's List for Excellence in Teaching by a Houseofficer, presented by the 2007 class representatives.
