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Academic Emergency Medicine Partners (AEMP) is an independent, physician-led academic group covering emergency departments across Washington, DC and the surrounding region.

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Faculty in the news

Andrew Meltzer, MD/MS

The Washington Post

Explained a cannabis-linked vomiting syndrome that’s often misdiagnosed in the ED

Natalie Sullivan, MD

The New York Times

Climbed into earthquake wreckage in Venezuela to start IV fluids for a trapped survivor

Andrew Meltzer, MD/MS

Slate

On how cannabis lands people in the ER, and why younger patients bear the brunt

Andrew Meltzer, MD/MS

The Hill

Symptoms can be treated, but stopping use is still the only way to stop the episodes

Amy Caggiula, MD/MAEd

STAT

On high-deductible plans and the patients who postpone care because of them

Robert Shesser, MD

SELF

The headaches that send you to an emergency department, and the ones that do not

Andrew Meltzer, MD/MS

Time

Why lower airway infections are the more dangerous kind

Janice Blanchard, MD/MPH/PhD

Scientific American

On why fewer doctors are choosing emergency medicine

Aisha Terry, MD/MPH

ACEP Now

Interviewed at the start of her term as ACEP president

Robert Shesser, MD

CNN

Spoke on how emergency departments treat heat exhaustion and heatstroke

Addie Boone, MD/MPH

The Washington Post

On naloxone access, and the training that has to come with it

John Lafleur, MD/PhD

CIDRAP

A low-cost home antibody test can flag inadequate immunity to COVID-19

John Lafleur, MD/PhD

Respiratory Therapy

The same at-home antibody test research, covered for respiratory clinicians

Andrew Meltzer, MD/MS

Slate

On how much is still unknown about cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome

Neal Sikka, MD

Fierce Healthcare

On graduate programs that train clinicians to deliver virtual care

Aisha Terry, MD/MPH

Healthcare Dive

Pressed for enforceable standards against violence toward health care workers

Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD

DCist

On the cost of rabies treatment after the fox attacks near the Capitol

Natalie Kirilichin, MD/MPH

STAT

Co-wrote that medical students need social mission education now more than ever

Neal Sikka, MD

AAMC

Video consultation is a skill that has to be taught, like bedside manner

Robert Shesser, MD

WTOP

“These are really injuries waiting to happen”, on e-scooters

Robert Shesser, MD

WTOP

On the injuries arriving in EDs from dockless scooters

AEMP carries a rich history in academic emergency medicine. Its physicians teach residents and students, run clinical research, and practice named subspecialties spanning critical care, toxicology, disaster medicine, and bedside ultrasound.

For health systems

Coverage that doesn't depend on a national roster. Physicians who've led departments in the DMV run scheduling, staffing, and quality work here, and they answer to your operations directly.

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For physicians and APPs

A group small enough that your voice actually reaches the people deciding. Academic depth and a teaching mission are part of the job here, not a footnote.

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Leadership

Raymond Lucas, MD

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

“We started AEMP so the physicians doing the work are the ones deciding how it gets done.”

Raymond Lucas, MD

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Academics

Physicians here teach residents and students, run clinical research, and hold named subspecialty work inside the department, not as a credential earned somewhere else. That work runs alongside the clinical schedule, not squeezed into the margins around it, which is the actual difference between a staffing vendor and an academic group.

Eight abstracts from the department were accepted to the ACEP Research Forum this October, one of them selected for a plenary session.

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Emergency ultrasoundFocused bedside ultrasound, taught to residents and used on every shift Injury preventionCommunity-facing prevention work paired with optimized trauma care ToxicologyA forum for physicians, residents, and students with an interest in toxicology Disaster and operational medicineRegional emergency management plans, built by the physicians who'd run them Critical careICU-level care starting in the emergency department, not after a transfer

Health policy and advocacyTeaching residents how health policy actually shapes the department floor Health equityResearch and community work on the social factors behind a diagnosis Innovative practice and telehealthNew models of care that reach beyond the department's own walls EM operations and leadershipDepartment operations and throughput, studied by physicians who run it Global healthInternational emergency medicine work that strengthens care here and abroad

EducationMedical education at every level, from first-year students to fellows Clinical researchAn active research program aimed at better patient outcomes Diversity, equity, and inclusionA department culture built and maintained with intention, not left to chance