Emergency medicine faculty share expertise: November 2022

BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on topics within emergency and prehospital care and research, such as infectious disease, health safety tips, and EMS education and training, among other important healthcare topics.

Below are interviews and articles published during November 2022 that include expert commentary from Department of Emergency Medicine faculty.

November 2: RSV cases overwhelm hospitals, families
Interview: Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and chief medical officer, UW Health Kids | Source: WKOW 27 (Madison, Wis.)
November 7: Black Oxygen: Nursing needs you with Jessi Evans Kendall
Interview: Jessi Evans Kendall, RN, outreach & engagement liaison, Gilmore-Bykovskyi Lab and diversity and cultural congruence resource nurse, UW Health | Source: Madison365.com
November 8: Respiratory illness surge forces Children’s Wisconsin to adjust appointments, surgeries
Interview: Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and chief medical officer, UW Health Kids | Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (statewide)
November 11: Respiratory illness surge forces Children’s Wisconsin to adjust appointments, surgeries
Interview: Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and chief medical officer, UW Health Kids | Source: WUWM 89.7 (Milwaukee, Wis.), Also covered in: WKOW 27 (Madison, Wis.), WBAY 2 (Green Bay, Wis.)
November 12: Health experts on RSV cases and holiday gatherings
Interview: Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and chief medical officer, UW Health Kids | Source: WKOW 27 (Madison, Wis.)
November 14: Cold weather increases risk of flu, COVID-19
Interview: Jeffrey Pothof, MD, associate professor and chief quality officer, UW Health | Source: WIFR 23 (Rockford, Ill.)
November 14: Middleton hospital to open children’s inpatient psychiatric unit
Interview: Allie Hurst, MD, MS, assistant professor (Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics) | Source: FOX 47 (Milwaukee, Wis.), Also covered in: Channel 3000 (Madison, Wis.)
November 14: Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor
Interview: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, associate professor and associate vice chair of research | Source: STAT (national)
November 15: UW Health urgent care, ER wait times growing amid influx of patients with respiratory illnesses
Interview: Jeffrey Pothof, MD, associate professor and chief quality officer, UW Health | Source: Channel 3000 (Madison, Wis.)
November 17: Madison area health systems report high volume of emergency department visits
Interview: Jeffrey Pothof, MD, associate professor and chief quality officer, UW Health | Source: NBC 15 (Madison, Wis.)
November 21: Doctors fear antimicrobial resistance has begun after years of worry
Interview: Michael Pulia, MD, PhD, assistant professor and director of the emergency care for infectious diseases research program | Source: WIFR 23, Also covered in: Channel3000 (Madison, Wis.), ABC 27 (Madison, Wis.), FOX 47 (Milwaukee, Wis.), News8000 (La Crosse, Wis.), ABC 9 (Wausau, Wis.), CBS 23 (Rockford, Ill.)
November 25: Antibiotic resistance causes one million deaths each year, worldwide
Interview: Michael Pulia, MD, PhD, assistant professor and director of the emergency care for infectious diseases research program | Source: News8000 (La Crosse, Wis.)
November 30: UW Health interview with Dr. Greg Rebella
Interview: Gregory Rebella, MD, associate professor (Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics) | Source: NBC 26 (Green Bay, Wis.)