Hackensack University Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty Present Research at National Conference

Newswise — Emergency medicine resident physicians and faculty members presented the results of their research at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Forum, held in Philadelphia recently. The ACEP conference is the premier, most attended annual scientific meeting for emergency medicine physicians and attracts participants from across the country and around the world. 

“I am so proud of our accomplished team of investigators. We are honored to contribute research to advance our field,” added Rimma Perotte, PhD, a co-author of five of the studies and Director of Biomedical Informatics, Emergency Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center.

Seven poster abstracts were presented, four of which were also given orally. The studies included:

• Unique Implementation of an Emergency Department Human Immunodeficiency Virus Routinized Screening Program (oral presentation): Michael Ullo, MD, Emergency Medicine Medical Director, presenter
• Addressing Substance Use Disorder to Decrease Hospital Readmissions and Improve Behavioral Health Patient Outcomes (oral presentation): Jenny Bernard, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, AGNP-BC, Quality Improvement Director, and Chinwe Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP, Section Chief for Emergency Medicine Research, presenters
• Trends in Cannabis Use in New Jersey: Effects of COVID and Cannabis Legalization (oral presentation): Raj Patel, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, presenter
• Assessing ED Provider Confidence in Identifying Alcohol Use Disorder and Prescribing Medically Assisted Treatment (oral presentation): Rose-Ann Weick, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, presenter
• Descriptive Study of Utilization of Urine Drug Screen for Abdominal Pain Complaints in the Emergency Department: Sung Choi, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, poster presenter
• Peer Review and Second Victim Syndrome: Alisha Sherwani, DO, M.Sc, Emergency Medicine Resident, poster presenter
• Comparison of Resource Utilization between Geriatric Falls on Anticoagulation Evaluated at Trauma Centers versus Non-trauma Centers: Parth Majmundar, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, poster presenter

“As presenters, we are all very grateful to the faculty and team members at Hackensack University Medical Center who helped develop and support the various research projects,” said Dr. Ogedegbe. “Research is a very important part of our mission.” 

Hackensack University Medical Center EM Team 

“In addition to providing excellent and timely patient care, our Emergency Medicine team is committed to conducting pioneering research to advance our field,” noted Joseph P. Underwood, MD, MHCDS, FACEP, Chair of Emergency Medicine. “The findings of their investigations hold promise for improving the care of people not only in our community, but across the nation. We are very proud of all of the ACEP presenters from Hackensack.”

For photos of all of our presenters, click here. 

ABOUT HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Hackensack University Medical Center, a 803-bed nonprofit teaching and research hospital, was Bergen County’s first hospital founded in 1888. It was also the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to become a Magnet®-recognized hospital for nursing excellence, receiving its sixth consecutive designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The academic flagship of the Hackensack Meridian Health network, Hackensack University Medical Center is Nationally-Ranked by U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 in four specialties, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. The hospital is home to the state’s only nationally-ranked Urology and Neurology & Neurosurgery programs, as well as the best Cardiology & Heart Surgery program. It also offers patients nationally-ranked Orthopedic care and one of the state’s premier Cancer Centers (John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center). Hackensack University Medical Center also ranked as High-Performing in conditions such as Acute Kidney Failure, Heart Attack (AMI), Heart Failure, Pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes and Stroke. As well as High Performing in procedures like Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG), Colon Cancer Surgery, Lung Cancer Surgery, Prostate Cancer Surgery, Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement. Named to  Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2023 list, Hackensack University Medical Center is also the recipient of the 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ by Healthgrades as well as an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This award-winning care is provided on a campus that is home to facilities such as the Heart & Vascular Hospital; and the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which houses the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital and the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospital Report. Additionally, the children’s nephrology program ranks in the top 50 in the United States. Hackensack University Medical Center is also home to the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center and is listed on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. Our comprehensive clinical research portfolio includes studies focused on precision medicine, translational medicine, immunotherapy, cell therapy, and vaccine development. The hospital has embarked on the largest healthcare expansion project ever approved by the state: Construction of the Helena Theurer Pavilion, a 530,000-sq.-ft., nine-story building, which began in 2019. A $714.2 million endeavor, the pavilion is one the largest healthcare capital projects in New Jersey and will house 24 state-of-the-art operating rooms with intraoperative MRI capability, 50 ICU beds, and 175 medical/surgical beds including a 50 room Musculoskeletal Institute. 

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