Shannon Chang, MD, is an assistant professor in the department of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. She is also associate director of the gastroenterology fellowship program. Dr. Chang specializes in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and J-pouch disorders, and is currently co-investigator of multiple clinical trials in inflammatory bowel disease.

Shannon Chang, MD

Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD, is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine, and genetics and genomic sciences. He was recently elected chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Informatics Section. Dr. Genes is a national leader in emergency medical applications of telemedicine, mobile health, social media, and health information technology.

Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD

Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (mSOFA) Score

Roth Score for Hypoxia Screening

Static Lung Compliance (Cstat) Calculation

IV Drip Rate Calculator

Tisdale Risk Score for QT Prolongation

CSHA Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy (SIC) Score

ROX Index for Intubation after HFNC

COVID-GRAM Critical Illness Risk Score

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Calculator

ADAPT Protocol for Cardiac Event Risk

SEDAN Score for Post-tPA Hemorrhage

NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument for Blunt Chest Trauma

NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) Fibrosis Score

Infective Endocarditis (IE) Mortality Risk Score

TIMI Risk Score for STEMI

Graham Walker, MD, is an emergency physician practicing in San Francisco, California. Dr. Walker attended medical school at the Stanford University School of Medicine and then trained in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, where he was Chief Resident. He returned to the west coast as a Medical Simulation fellow and attending in Stanford’s emergency department. More relevant, of course, is that Dr. Walker is the creator and developer of MDCalc and remains active in content and calculator development, along with our many other endeavors as President of MD Aware, LLC (MDCalc’s parent company).

Graham Walker, MD

Jarone Lee, MD, MPH, FCCM, is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the St Luke’s Roosevelt emergency medicine residency program in New York and completed a fellowship in critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lee is now the medical director of the Blake 12 Intensive Care Unit and the quality director of surgical critical care at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jarone Lee, MD, MPH, FCCM

Kenny Lin, MD, MPH, is a practicing family physician, professor of family medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, and deputy editor of American Family Physician, the best-read journal in primary care. He is also associate editor of the point-of-care reference Essential Evidence Plus and writes the popular health blog <a href="http://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/">Common Sense Family Doctor</a>.

Kenny Lin, MD, MPH

Edward (Ted) Melnick, MD, MHS, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He is also the director of the clinical informatics fellowship at Yale University. Dr. Melnick’s primary research is focused on improving EHR usability as a means to achieve improved healthcare delivery, and he is currently leading the EMBED trial (Pragmatic trial of user-centered clinical decision support to implement EMergency department-initiated BuprenorphinE for opioid use Disorder) on a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Edward (Ted) Melnick, MD, MHS

Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, is the executive vice chair for the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as an associate professor of emergency medicine and radiology at Harvard Medical School. Board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics, he leads the team at the Harvard Medical School Library of Evidence and is a board member for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Dr. Raja is a national leader in emergency department operations, imaging utilization, and the integration of clinical decision support into electronic health records.

Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH

Dr. Eric Steinberg, DO, MEHP is the program director of the emergency medicine residency at St. Joseph’s Health in Paterson, NJ. He contributes to a number of educational resources for the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA). In particular, he is the associate editor for “The Basics of Emergency Medicine,” and “The Basics of Emergency Medicine-Pediatrics,” and a section editor for "Trauma Guide." In addition, he is the course director for Imaging for Foundations of Emergency Medicine, a free open-access emergency curriculum. His passions include innovative curriculum development, point-of-care teaching, hiking, and building forts with his sons. MDCalc Liaison to ACEP.

Eric Steinberg, DO, MEHP

MuLBSTA Score for Viral Pneumonia Mortality

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) Score

Joseph Habboushe, MD, MBA, is a practicing emergency physician and assistant professor at New York University Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Medical Centers in New York City. He is the CEO and co-founder of MDCalc. Dr. Habboushe is also the creator and editor-in-chief of the pocket guide series, <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Basics-Emergency-Medicine-Chief-Complaint/dp/B00558UQSS/ref=la_B00588L7A6_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470671240&sr=1-1' target='_blank'>The Basics of Emergency Medicine</a>, published by the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association.

Joseph Habboushe, MD, MBA

IMPEDE-VTE

Katherine Davis, MD FAAFP is a Clinical Content Director at MDCalc. Dr. Davis is double board certified in Family Medicine and Clinical Informatics and spent her early career as an academic physician, educating and training the next generation of doctors in full spectrum family medicine. During this time, she was fortunate to serve as an elected representative to her hospital’s Medical Executive Committee, provided support and expertise during an institutional EHR go-live, and created original educational lectures on a variety of topics. She has used her informatics training to teach colleagues about data reporting and efficiency in the EHR and has been privileged to give talks at the local, state, and national levels.
Dr. Davis received her MD from Northeast Ohio Medical University, completed her Family Medicine residency at Indiana University, and concluded her training journey with a Clinical Informatics fellowship at Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center.

Katherine Davis, MD, FAAFP

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Jerome Hoffman, MD, is the associate program director of emergency medicine and acute care at UCLA. He is also professor emeritus of medicine and emergency medicine. Dr. Hoffman has directed the UCLA Doctoring Program for more than 20 years, and his research focuses on Health Services Research and Clinical Decision Making, as well as in areas related to Medical Education.

Dr. Jerome Hoffman

NEXUS Criteria for C-Spine Imaging

NEXUS C-Spine Rule

Barbra Backus, MD, PhD, worked as a junior cardiologist under Dr. Six prior to her work on the HEART Studies. After completing her PhD, she began a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht in the Netherlands. Her main research focus is on risk stratification of ACS.

Dr. Barbra Backus

HEART Score for Major Cardiac Events

HEART Score

Robert A. Balk, MD, is a professor and practicing physician in pulmonology, internal medicine and critical care at Rush University Medical Center. His research interests include septic shock, acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Dr. Robert A. Balk

SIRS, Sepsis, and Septic Shock Criteria

SIRS & Sepsis Criteria

Robert M. Centor, MD, is the retired regional dean for the Huntsville Regional Medical and professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He researches medical decision-making and has published widely in the diagnosis and management of adult sore throats. Dr. Centor is also Chair Emeritus of the Board of Regents for the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Robert M. Centor

Centor Score (Modified/McIsaac) for Strep Pharyngitis

Centor Score (Modified/McIsaac)

Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH, is the Executive VP, Chief Academic Officer, and Chair of Pediatrics at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. He chaired the first research network in pediatric emergency medicine (the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the AAP) and was the founding chair of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Dr. Kuppermann is a leading national investigator for studies focusing on infectious emergencies in children including the laboratory evaluation of young febrile children, the evaluation of children at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis-related cerebral injury, and the laboratory and radiographic evaluation of the pediatric trauma patient. He has been the lead or senior investigator on several research studies developing and validating clinical prediction rules.

Dr. Nathan Kuppermann

PECARN Pediatric Head Injury/Trauma Algorithm

PECARN Pediatric Head Injury Rule

Palchak (UC Davis) Rule for Pediatric Head Trauma

Palchak (UC Davis) Rule

PECARN Rule for Low Risk Febrile Infants 8-60 Days Old

PECARN Febrile Infants (8-60 Days Old)

Gregory Lip, MD, is the David A. Price-Evans Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Liverpool and an honorary consultant cardiologist at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. He is also a researcher in the Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit at Aalborg University in Denmark. Dr. Lip is one of the world&rsquo;s leading experts in risk stratification of atrial fibrillation, with his research directly informing the widely-used CHA₂DS₂-Vasc and HAS-BLED Scores.

Dr. Gregory Lip

CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk

CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score

Mark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG, is director of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Sholtz/Leeds Professor of Gastroenterology. He is also the vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of medicine. Dr. Pochapin is the former chief of endoscopy at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and founded the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, and is the current president of the American College of Gastroenterology

Mark Pochapin, MD, FACG

Ian Stiell, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa; Distinguished Professor and University Health Research Chair, University of Ottawa; Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; and Emergency Physician, The Ottawa Hospital. He is internationally recognized for his research in emergency medicine with a focus on the development of clinical decision rules and the conduct of clinical trials involving acutely ill and injured patients treated by prehospital services and in emergency departments. He is best known for the development of the <calculator id="1670">Ottawa Ankle Rule</calculator>, the <calculator id="696">Canadian C-Spine Rule</calculator>, and <calculator id="608">Canadian CT Head Rule</calculator> and as the Principal Investigator for the landmark OPALS Studies for prehospital care. Dr. Stiell is the Principal Investigator for 1 of 3 Canadian sites in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) which is funded by CIHR, NIH, HSFC, AHA, and National Defence Canada. Dr. Stiell is a Member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies of Science.
To read more about Dr. Stiell's work, visit his <a href="http://www.ohri.ca/profile/istiell/dr-ian-stiell-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.

Dr. Ian Stiell

San Francisco Syncope Rule

Ottawa Knee Rule

Canadian CT Head Injury/Trauma Rule

Canadian CT Head Rule

Canadian C-Spine Rule

Ottawa Ankle Rule

Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Rule for Headache Evaluation

Ottawa SAH Rule

Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale (OHFRS)

OHFRS

Ottawa COPD Risk Scale

Sir Graham Teasdale, MBBS, is an honorary professor at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow. He was previously the professor of neurosurgery, head of the department of neurosurgery, and associate dean for medical research at the University of Glasgow. Sir Teasdale was also the president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2003-2006), and was knighted in 2006 for his services to neurosurgery.

Dr. Graham Teasdale

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (pGCS)

Pediatric GCS

GCS-Pupils Score

Judith Tintinalli, MD, MS, FACEP, is editor-in-chief of the eponymous Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine series, the most widely-used and well-known emergency medicine textbook. She is Chairman Emeritus and a professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and also holds multiple associate and adjunct professorships. Dr. Tintinalli is one of the founders of the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) and has been named a Hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Judith Tintinalli, MD

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