Editor-in-Chief
Latha Ganti, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA
Dr. Ganti is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology at the University of Central Florida, Vice Chair for Research and Academic Affairs for the UCF Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and Associate Medical Director for Polk County Fire Rescue. Dr. Ganti has published extensively in neurologic emergencies, with high impact. Her Google scholar citations reveal an H index of 29, with more than 2,600 citations to her work just in the last few years and over 380 published manuscripts and abstracts.
Dr. Ganti’s expertise is in harnessing the power of data to solve clinical problems such as hospital re-admissions, practice inconsistencies, delays in hospital discharges, suboptimal emergency department throughput, low patient satisfaction scores, and lack of community awareness of medical emergencies. By approaching the operational issue from a scholarly perspective, her work is published, and thus affords better buy in from stakeholders. Throughout her career, Dr. Ganti continually paired her boots on the ground work experience with formal training. A few years after teaching herself how to data mine clinical information, she obtained a Masters in Clinical and Translational Research from the Mayo Graduate School. As her research became central to improving operational inefficiencies in the healthcare systems where she worked, she was sponsored to undertake the executive MBA at the Kellogg School of Management.
Dr. Ganti has a track record of leadership. She was the first Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, a charter member of the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science, and the inaugural Chair for the Division of Emergency Medicine Research, which she founded. Under her leadership, research productivity soared by 420%, and at one time, her research group showcased the maximum number of research presentations (3 out of only 8 oral and 17 out of 400 posters) at the ACEP Scientific Assembly. Her contributions to developing research enterprises have been recognized by the Mayo Clinic Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions in EM Research, and the Toral Family Foundation Endowed Professorship in Traumatic Brain injury.
Dr. Ganti is also a gifted teacher, as evidenced by her many teaching awards. She is the author of numerous books, including the First Aid Clerkship series, which are the number one best sellers amongst medical students. Indeed, one of the talks she frequently is invited to give is titled: “Get Published Now!”
Dr. Ganti has won over 18 national awards, including the EMRA Academic Excellence award, ACEP National Faculty Teaching award, AMA William Beaumont Award, the first EMRA Mentorship Award and was celebrated as one of ACEP's “Heroes in Emergency Medicine”. She won the AMA YPS Award for Community Service, for her work on stroke research, education, and outreach- a program she titled BEST for “Better Early Stroke Treatment.” Dr. Ganti was also honored as a Fulbright Scholar for her project “Strategy & Innovation in Clinical Research for the Global Health Era.” Most recently, she was bestowed the AMA Excellence in Leadership Award and the Women Physicians’ Section “Inspirational Physician Award,” for her work mentoring women physicians.
Dr. Ganti has served as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Emergency Medicine since 2008.
Editors
Abdullah Alruwaili, PhD, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alruwaili, PhD, completed his doctoral studies at the School of Health and Medicine in the University of New England, Australia. Currently, he holds prominent roles as Program Director, Consultant, and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medical Services at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. In addition, he serves as an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of New England.
Dr. Alruwaili's dedication to his research is reflected in his diverse interests, focusing on pivotal areas such as Disaster Preparedness, Prehospital Care, Burnout, Emergency Medical Services, and Evidence-Based Practice.
Venkataraman Anantharaman, MBBS, FRCP Edin, FAMS, FRCSEd (A&E), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Venkataraman An
antharaman, MBBS, FRCP Edin, FAMS, FRCSEd (A&E), is Senior Consultant at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Clinical Professor at the National University of Singapore and Adjunct Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. He is Past President of the College of Emergency Physicians, Singapore, and Founder President of both the Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore (1992-2003) and the Asian Society for Emergency Medicine (1998-2001).
Poonam Arora, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Poonam Arora, MD, works as emergency physician at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh. Her areas of interest include simulation based training in emergency, respiratory emergencies, hemodynamic monitoring, resuscitation and trauma care.
Rafael Castro, MD, PhD, University of Oviedo, Spain
Rafael Castro, MD, PhD, is an EMS physician with over 20 years of clinical experience in prehospital care within the Health Service of Asturias, Spain. Currently, he serves as the Coordinator of the Prehospital Care and Disasters Research Group at the Health Research Institute of Asturias. Additionally, he holds a full-time professorship at the Department of Medicine of Oviedo University. His primary areas of expertise include prehospital care, mass casualty incidents, triage systems, and disaster management.
Nana Owusu Mensah Essel, MD, MSc, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Nana Owusu Mensah Essel, MD MSc MPH, trained as a physician at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana and went on to graduate with a Master of Public Health (MPH) from University of Liverpool (UK) and Master of Applied Statistics from KNUST. He currently works as a Research Associate with the Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMeRG), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, led by Dr. Brian Rowe, which aims to promote evidence-based medicine by narrowing the gap between clinical research and clinical practice. On a voluntary basis, he also serves as a Research Statistician and Epidemiologist with the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Centre, Battor, Ghana where the team works to unearth critical insights into disease patterns, risk factors, policies, and interventions, making a substantial contribution to healthcare practices in his homeland, Ghana.
Nazzareno Fagoni, MD, PhD, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Joshua N. Goldstein, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, USA
Joshua Goldstein, MD PhD, is an emergency physician with expertise in neurologic and hematologic emergencies. He is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Center for Neurologic Emergencies at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Peter Wagoner Greenwald, MD, MS, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Peter Wagoner Greenwald, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and a board certified emergency medicine physician. He is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Health Science Center Brooklyn, residency trained at at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, and received a masters degree in biostatistics and research design from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in New York. Dr Greenwald is Emergency Medicine Telehealth Services Co-Director and Director of Emergency Medicine Telehealth Quality Assurance at NewYork Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Shayne Gue, MD, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, USA
Shayne Gue, MD, earned his medical degree from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University and a Master's in Medical Education from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He serves as the Director of Education and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. His research interests center on interactive educational strategies, including: gamification, team-based learning, simulation, the introduction of artificial intelligence, and the development of novel strategies to motivate the next generation of adult learners.
Ahmed Mohamed Hasanin, MD, Cairo University, Egypt
Ahmed Mohamed Hasanin, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesia and Surgical Critical Care Medicine at Cairo University (Egypt). His main areas of interest are in critical care medicine especially hemodynamic and respiratory failure including hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical ventilation.
Derrick Huang, MD, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, USA
Derrick Huang, MD, is an emergency physician with a strong interest in point-of-care ultrasound and quality improvement research. He earned his medical degree at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and is completing his residency at Ocala Hospital in affiliation with the University of Central Florida. Dr Huang leads numerous academic projects focused on ultrasound and quality improvement. He works closely with Dr Leon, the ultrasound director at Ocala Hospital, to teach ultrasound and investigate novel sonographic techniques.
Toshiaki Iba, MD, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan
Toshiaki Iba, MD, is a Professor of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at Juntendo University, Japan. He is a Councilor for several academic societies on emergency medicine and thrombosis/hemostasis. He previously acted as Chairman of the DIC Scientific Standardization Committee for the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Professor Iba is an Associate Editor for several scientific journals, and he has co-authored more than 290 peer-reviewed articles. Specific Interests: sepsis, organ dysfunction, disseminated intravascular coagulation, thrombosis, anticoagulants, microcirculation, innate immune system, heatstroke, COVID-19.
Jürgen Knapp, MD, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland
Jürgen Knapp, MD, is a specialist in anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine. After studying and working at Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany) for many years in intensive care and cardiac anaesthesia, he is now working at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. His professional passion is the whole spectrum of acute care medicine, from the prehospital phase to intensive care. In addition, he has been working as a HEMS doctor for 15 years. My research interests include airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and trauma care.
Pierfrancesco Lapolla, MD, University of Oxford, UK
Richard E. Lappin, MD, PhD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Richard Lappin, MD PhD, is an emergency physician with a special interest in neurological and neurovascular emergencies. He is a graduate of the Cornell-Rockefeller M.D.-Ph.D. program, where he researched the development of nerve-muscle synapses. He is currently Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Attending Physician and Stroke Medical Director in the Emergency Department at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Mary McLean, MD, AdventHealth Orlando, USA
Mary McLean, MD, is an Assistant Program Director for the AdventHealth East Orlando Emergency Medicine Residency Program, where she is involved with both educational and clinical research. She has previously served as an Institutional Review Board Chair and has research interests in medical education, innovations in educational methods, faculty development, diversity, equity, inclusion, bias, and various clinical topics including cardiovascular and gastrointestinal emergencies.
Sanwal Singh Mehta, MBBS, MD, University of Tennessee, Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, USA
Sanwal Singh Mehta, MBBS, MD, is certified in both Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine. He received his medical degree from GMC, Amritsar, and pursued his residency and fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee. His main research interests are Critical Care, Difficult airway, ARDS, Pneumonia, Septic shock, Cardiac arrest, CPR, Point of care ultrasound, ECMO, Bronchoscopy, Renal failure, CRRT, Dialysis, Hyponatremia, Sepsis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
James Neuenschwander, MD, FACEP, FASAM, The Ohio State University, USA
James Neuenschwander, MD, FACEP, FASAM, is an emergency medicine physician. He is active at the Ohio State University as an Adjunct Associate Professor with resident teaching and research collaboration. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, completed his residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and has been in practice for more than 25 years. His research background in cardiovascular has focused on pacemakers and ICD interrogation in the emergency department as well as anti coagulation and cardiac markers. He has also investigated substance use disorders and has studied antibiotic stewardship.
Giacomo Papotto, MD, Trauma Center Hospital Cannizzaro, Italy
Giacomo Papotto, MD, is an orthopedic traumatologist based at Catania's trauma center and an adjunct professor at the University of Messina. With a background in orthopedics from the University of Catania and specialized training at Hautepierre Hospital in Strasbourg, France, he excels in managing complex injuries. Dr. Papotto is dedicated to patient care, teaching, and research, aiming to enhance orthopedic treatment and outcomes. His expertise and contributions mark him as a respected figure in the field.
León D. Sánchez, MD, MPH, MGB Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Kaushal Shah, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Kaushal Shah, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and a board certified emergency medicine physician. He is a graduate of Brown University, Dartmouth Medical School, and residency trained at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Shah is the Vice Chair of Education at NewYork Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. He serves on the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee, EAST Practice Management Guidelines Committee and the SAEM Trauma Interest Group. He is the editor-in-chief of the Essential Emergency Trauma textbook.
Itai Shavit, MD, Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel
Itai Shavit, MD, is a Full Clinical Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and Division Chair of Pediatrics at Hadassah Medical Center. His research focuses on procedural pain and sedation in children, emergency care simulation, and epidemiology of pediatric emergencies. Prof. Shavit is the Lead Researcher of the Israel Pediatric Emergency Research Network (ISPERN).
Nagasubramanyam Vempalli, MBBS, MS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Nagaubramanyam Vempalli, MBBS MS, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh. His academic and research mainly focuses on surgical and trauma emergencies.
Editorial Board
Kumar Alagappan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FIFEM, MD, Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, USA
Amado Alejandro Baez, MD, MPH, PhD, Hospitals International Management, Dominican Republic & Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, USA
Kamarul Aryffin Baharuddin, MD, MMed, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Ashis Banerjee, MD, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Barnet Hospital & University College London Medical School, UK
Divendu Bhushan, MD, FACP, FIACM, FICP, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Mikkel Brabrand, MD, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Keng Sheng Chew, MD, MMed, MBA, PhD, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Bas de Groot, PhD, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Matthew Geraci, MD, Baptist Medical Center Downtown, USA
Rachel Gilmore, MD, PhD, Connolly Hospital, Ireland
Susann J. Järhult, MD, PhD, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden
Jean Williams-Johnson, MBBS, MSc DM Dip Med, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Rahul Kashyap, MBBS MBA, HCA Healthcare, USA
Dee Kotak, MD, London Bridge Hospital, UK
Srinath Kumar, MBBS, MD, Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd., India
Jeong Il Lee, MD, PhD, National Civil Defense and Disaster Management Training Institute, Republic of Korea
Amal Mattu, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, MD, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Gennaro Sansone, MD, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Pozzuoli, Italy
Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH, Brandeis University, USA
Masra Shameem, MD, Northwell Health Emergency Medicine, USA
Natasha Shaukat, PhD student, Florida International University, USA
Imtiaz Wani, MS, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, India
