Announcements

General Announcements

PGY2 Med Ed Opportunity

There will be an orientation held for med students cleared to shadow in the ED on 7/7 9-11a. Jimmy is looking for junior residents to help with orientation, provide an Adult ED tour, participate in a career discussion, and help teach a relevant skill (AED, CPR, Narcan, etc.) Please email him if interested.

BERT Launch

Rapid, coordinated response for agitated or unsafe patients

Tell clerk, announce overhead “ED BERT” with location

Use .EDBERT for all activations

Pride Month Walking Tour

In celebration of Pride Month, Drs. Cole Birmingham and Eli Rogers are organizing a walking tour in the West Village to visit sites that are meaningful to the LGBTQ+ community on 6/17 from 6:30-8:00pm. Please note in RSVP if interested in being part of LGBTQ Affinity Group. Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

Other Dates:

Columbia: NYC Pride March 2026 (6/28 – 12-6pm)

Harlem Pride/Columbia Neighbors: https://neighbors.columbia.edu/events/harlem-pride-celebration-day

Intern Orientation

Rising PGY3/4s are needed for the following US sessions during orientation:

6/25: 9:30a-12:30p, 3:05-5:45p

6/29: 9:55a-12:45p

Please reach out to Dr. Sophia Lin if interested.

Digital Health/Innovation Fellowship Opportunity

MedStar Health/Georgetown Emergency medicine is recruiting a Digital Health/Innovation Fellow for the 2027-2028 year. This will offer an opportunity to build skills in AI integration, digital health strategy, vendor partnerships, and change management. A 2-week virtual resident elective is available as well. Please reach out to Dr. Angela Mills or the program director, Dr. Lulu Wang if interested: lulu.wang@medstar.net.

Med Ed Opportunity

Upcoming 6/25 session (time flexible) for Pre-MEP (7 International Students from Hong Kong)

For residents interested in Med Ed and developing curricula, this session will involve an introduction to Emergency Medicine, ED tour, and developing/teaching a didactic session.

Please reach out to Jimmy if interested!

Augmented Reality Study

David Kessler is looking for residents who have CPR training to participate as CPR providers during a simulation session. Sessions last 1-2 hours on the following dates: 6/29, 6/20. Upon completion of the scenario/exit surveys you will be eligible for a $25 gift card for doing CPR or $50 for being team leader (senior residents only). Contact Dr. Kessler if interested: 5167693777

SHPEP Clinical Exposure Opportunity

Summer Health Professions Education Program for undergraduate students 

Need volunteers to develop and run workshops for 6/26, 7/2, 7/10, 7/17 (9a-12p)

Contact: Jimmy Truong or Ashley Flores (af3630@cumc.columbia.edu)

“Trauma Life Support” for high schoolers

The Trauma Division is running a session for high school students on 7/7 in the Cornell Sim Center and would like residents to assist with teaching intubation. Please email Quincy Leon if interested qul3001@med.cornell.edu

RELAY Reminder

RELAY is an NYC DOH program of peer advocates who support pts with harm reduction and rehab placement. Please call early for patients who present with opioid overdoses, especially if they needed narcan; this applies to those being admitted as well! Call 833 ED RELAY to get in touch.

WC Ortho/Mots Admissions

There are newly delineated guidelines for testing required prior to endorsement to ortho/mots services on Nexus. The list clarifies items that need to have resulted for transition to care. 

Local Anesthetic Recall

There have been many field correction notices for kits containing Lidocaine and Bupivacaine as they may have reduced potency. Discard anesthetics provided in kits by the following companies: Arrow International, BD, BBraun, ICU Medical, Avanos.

Research Interview: Cornell Techs Robotic Lab

Sophie Bai PhD is conducting interviews over Zoom (30-60 min) to better understand challenging moments in clinical and simulation based training. If interested in participating, please reach out to Sophie Bai at yb299@cornell.edu!

EB Medicine: AI Chat bot Testing

EB Medicine is looking for 1-2 residents to test their new AI chat bot, offering $100 honorarium as a  thank you. Please reach out to Kaush if interested!

Academic Leadership Position

Available to rising PGY2/3s

The Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine is launching a residency board with mentorship.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/visual-journal-of-emergency-medicine/about/news/visual-journal-of-emergency-medicine-residency-board

 Please reach out to Jimmy Truong if interested!

LMH Ultrasound Care

A Sonosite linear transducers at LMH was recently damaged, requiring replacement

A reminder to handle all POCUS equipment with care

If using a tegaderm/probe cover, apply gel to the probe first

Please clean and charge between uses