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Department of Emergency Medicine   

Douglas Rund, MD, Chair

The Department of Emergency Medicine includes 32 faculty, 37 residents, one research fellow, a research nurse coordinator, a research technician and administrative support staff. The Department’s threefold mission includes: providing 24-hour clinical care for approximately 100,000 patients per year who present to the Emergency Departments of Ohio State University Hospital and Ohio State University Hospital East; educating Emergency Medicine residents, medical students, fellows and other residents/fellows learning emergency medicine; and developing research programs relevant to Emergency Medicine. Department research has focused on the laboratory and clinicalbased studies. Although a fairly new academic department (established in 1990) with relatively young faculty, Emergency Medicine’s research efforts have shown steady growth. Leadership positions include chair, vice chair for clinical affairs, vice chair for research, vice chair for development, residency directors and student education director.

Ongoing Research Programs

  • The Laboratory Research Program, under the direction of Mark Angelos, MD, is based in Ohio State’s Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and focuses on cardiac reperfusion.
  • Michael Sayre, MD’s Resuscitation Research Program mission is to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest in central Ohio and beyond by researching and developing diagnostic treatment strategies.
  • Robert Guthrie, MD, operates a Clinical Trials Research Program evaluating new drugs for the long-term care of patients with hypertension, cholesterol disorders and diabetes.

Research Accomplishments of 2006

  • The Department presented six abstracts at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s national scientific meeting May 18-21, 2006, in San Francisco. At the American College of Emergency Physicians national meeting held Oct. 15-16, 2006, in New Orleans, the Department presented five abstracts, three of which were presented by residents. In addition, one abstract was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions held November 12-15, 2006, in Chicago, and one abstract was presented at the Resuscitation Research Symposium on Nov 11, 2006.
  • The Undergraduate Research Associate Program, established in January 2005 in collaboration with Volunteer Services, continues to thrive. Directed by Jeff Caterino, MD, and coordinated by Carol Schneider, RN, the program has increased the numbers of enrolled subjects and given students interested in medicine some experience interacting with patients, nurses and physicians. The program has boosted collaboration between Emergency Medicine and other departments that use volunteers’ services to screen patients for their studies.
  • At Emergency Medicine’s 3rd Annual Spring Research Day on May 23, 2006, invited speaker Carl Leier, MD, a professor in Cardiovascular Medicine at Ohio State, presented “Inotropic Therapy for Acute Heart Failure.” Department senior residents also made presentations.