Hospital Appointment

Expertise and Research Interests

Research Interests:
Primary Research Interest
Acute presentation of sickle cell disease:
-Clinical and basic science aspects of acute vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis in adult emergency department patients.
-The role of nitric oxide (NO, an endogenous vasodilator) and l-arginine (the precursor to NO) in the pathophysiology of the disease.

Other research interests:
Graduate Medical Education
Simulation in medical education

Society Memberships

American Society for Hematology
American Medical Association
American Pain Society
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine