Urgent Matters Annual Meeting 2019

Improving the Value of Acute & Emergency Care: Injury Prevention

Welcome/Overview

  • Andrew Meltzer, MD, MPH, GWU / Urgent Matters

The Rules of the Road_ How the Feds can work with ED Physicians to Promote Transportation Safety

  • Mary-Pat McKay, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, National Transportation Safety Board

The New Transportation_ How Mobility, Equity and Technology Affect Policy

  • Paul White, Director of Safety Policy and Advocacy, Bird

The Institutional Costs Of Pediatric Roadway Injuries 

  • Dwayne Smith, M.Ed., MCHES® | Senior Strategist | Child Health Advocacy Institute | Children's Hospital Colorado

How To Talk About Guns And Suicide With Your Patients & The Future Of Research To Reduce Gun Violence

  • Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Program for Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER), University of Colorado School of Public Health

Why Injury Prevention Is Core Component of Emergency Medicine

  • Rebecca Cunningham, MD, Professor, EMed Director, Injury Prevention Center Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Emergency Medicine’s Role in Promoting Population Health and Injury Prevention

    • Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, Director of Clinical Innovation, US Acute Care Solutions

    The Screens That EDs Always Should Do Before Discharging An Elderly Patient

    • Anjoulie Pujji, DO, Geriatrician, Geriatrics Emergency Department, UC San Diego Health

    The Nexus of Prevention and Preparedness in the United States Healthcare System

    • Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, Director of Emergency Care Coordination Center, Washington, DC

    Urgent Matters Commendation Award for Excellence: “What You Can Do”

    • Rocco Pallin, MPH, Director, What You Can Do Initiative, University of California, Davis

    Urgent Matters Commendation Award for Excellence: “Lock to Live”

    • Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Program for Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER), University of Colorado School of Public Health

    Urgent Matters Innovation of the Year Award: “Project IntERact”

    • Patrick Carter, MD, Co-Associate Director, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center (UMIPC)