Communication in Emergency Medicine
Edited by Maria E. Moreira and Andrew French
Author Information
Edited by Maria E. Moreira, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Denver Health Medical Center, and Edited by Andrew French, Chief Medical Officer, St. Anthony's North Heath Campus, Centura Health, Colorado and Kansas
Maria E. Moreira, MD is the Medical Director of Continuing Education & Simulation at Denver Health, and an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Moreira received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at Denver Health Medical Center. From 2010 to 2018, she served as the Program Director of the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine. She is an active member of CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) serving on multiple committees and is currently serving as President Elect on the CORD Board of Directors. Additionally, she is the Section Editor for Adult Trauma for UpToDate and one of the editors for Emergency Medicine Secrets.
Andrew J. French, MD is the Chief Medical Officer for St. Anthony's North Health Campus, part of Centura Health, an 18-hospital health care system in Colorado and Kansas. Dr. French received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston Texas and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Denver Health Medical Center. Before transitioning into the role of Chief Medical Officer, he served as the Medical Director of the Adult Emergency Department at Denver Health Medical Center, a major inner-city Level I trauma center. Dr. French has also served as the President for the Colorado Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and has authored multiple book chapters and articles.
Contributors:
Whitney Barrett, MD
Associate Medical Director
Denver Health Paramedic Division
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Michael Breyer, MD
Director, Adult Urgent Care Clinic
Staff Emergency Physician
Denver Health Medical Complex
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Kirsten J. Broadfoot, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Jennie Buchanan, MD
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center
Denver, CO
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Taylor Burkholder, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Kevin P. Carney, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Department
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Christopher B. Colwell, MD
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francsisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Anna Engeln, MD
Emergency Department
Denver Health Main Campus
Denver, CO
Benjamin Fisher, MPA, NRP
Services Section Chief
Arizona Department of Health Services
Bureau of EMS and Trauma Systems
Phoenix, AZ
Deirdre Goode, MD, MBA
Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Todd A. Guth, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Daniel L. Handel, MD, FABFM, ABHPM
Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO
Zach Jarou, MD
President, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Fellow in Administration, Quality, Informatics, and Policy
American College of Emergency Physicians
Clinical Associate, Section of Emergency Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Melanie Jones, RN, BSN
President
Front Door Consultants
Bonnie Kaplan, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado Hospital
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO
Hillary Giorgio Lippke, RN, BSN, CEN
Admissions
The Denver Hospice
Denver, CO
Stefani D. Madison, MD, ABFM, ABHPM
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma
Director of Palliative Medicine
Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Kevin McGarvey, MD, MBA, FACEP
Emergency Physician, CEO, and Co-Founder
Hippo Health
Boulder, CO
Christopher M. McStay, MD, FACEP
Chief of Clinical Operations, Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Sarah M. Perman, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Matt Rustici, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Department
University of Colorado, School of Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
St, Denver, CO
Lee Shockley, MD, MBA
Emergency Physician
Denver Health Medical Center
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO
Todd Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Michael S. Victoroff, MD, FAAFP, CI
Clinical Professor, Family Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Stephen J Wolf, MD
Professor
Director of Service of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO
Matt Zuckerman, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
