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Michael Kim to lead pediatric readiness initiative at UW for community emergency departments

Dr. Michael Kim, associate professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, has been awarded funding in conjunction with the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin to lead a new workforce development grant to develop, test, and refine a Pediatric Readiness Implementation Guide for community emergency departments. Read more...

Allie Hurst awarded grant aimed at identifying victims of child sex trafficking

Allie Hurst

Irene (Allie) Hurst, MD, MS has received a grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for her work titled "Operationalizing Sex Trafficking Screening in an Academic Emergency Department: A Quality Initiative." Through this grant, Dr. Hurst will work to institute confidential, electronic screening tools for sex trafficking of minors in...

New UW Health class aims to lower first responder suicide rate

Ambulance exiting emergency department entryway
According to a 2021 report from the CDC, law enforcement officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, and EMS providers are 1.39 times more likely to die by suicide than the public. UW Health is partnering with the Center for Suicide Awareness to host a class on acquiring the tools to become more resilient. Read more...

Dr. Michael Pulia awarded $2.4 million grant to study impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic prescribing and bacterial resistance

Michael Pulia, MD, MS will lead a major $2.4 million, five-year research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) titled "Characterizing the ImPact of COVID-19 on Antibiotic PreScribing in AcutE Care and IDentifying Resilient Stewardship Strategies (POISED)." Read more...

 

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Message from the Chair

Welcome to the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine!  I am extremely proud of how much our department has accomplished over the past decade.  We have transformed from a small clinical service to a large academic department with one of the largest endowments in the country.  At our core is our Residency Training Program, the nidus for our transformation.

 

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Chair of the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine