Umbreen Murtaza completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan. She then went on to complete her pharmacy practice residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and her specialty residency in emergency medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Murtaza is currently the clinical specialist in emergency medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Dr. Bridgeman graduated from Rutgers University with his Pharm.D. in 2006. He subsequently completed a specialty residency in emergency medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2007. Following his residency he was the clinical manager for emergency department pharmacy services at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York. He recently returned to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as a clinical pharmacist in the emergency department. His areas of interest for research include blood pressure management in the setting of acute stroke and standardization of medication prescribing practices in the emergency department.
Kevin Rynn, Pharm.D., DABAT, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy/Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
Dr. Rynn obtained his BS in Pharmacy from Rutgers University and his PharmD from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He completed his general pharmacy residency at Alleghany General Hospital and his Specialized Residency and Fellowship in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is board certified in clinical toxicology by the American Board of Applied Toxicology. Dr. Rynn has been faculty at the University of Illinois and a clinical pharmacy specialist in Emergency Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Currently he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. As part of this faculty appointment Dr. Rynn serves as the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is active in both pre-hospital and hospital emergency settings.
Jillian M. Szczesiul graduated with her Pharm.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 2005. She then completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by an Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Specialty Residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Jillian currently practices as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Describe recent literature that impacts practice in the Emergency Department.
Describe the evidence to support the use of hypothermia in cardiac arrest.
Discuss existing literature regarding the effect of etomidate on adrenal supression.