Check out the latest episode of The ER Break Room featuring a conversation with pediatric emergency medicine physician Dr. Judy Lucas about her life and career. We also get an update from alumnus Dr. Graham Clifford from Hawaii where he lives and practices.

Dr. Gabe Gomez and the second-year medical students from the Ultrasound Interest Group winning 2nd and 3rd place at SonoSmackdown 2025 in Miami:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305195804468600834

Event medicine physician Dr. Alison Leung interview in the Miami Herald regarding advice for music festival attendees:

https://www.miamiherald.com/living/article304333716.html

UF MD/MPH student Michael Mathelier's public health work and winning the prestigious U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award and UF’s M.P.H. Public Health Practice Concentration Exemplary Student Award:

https://phhp.ufl.edu/2025/04/08/m-d-m-p-h-student-honored-for-contributions-to-public-health-service/

Nursing Coordinator Taylor Smith and her son Ezra's GoFundMe pages:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-taylor-and-ezra-smith-through-this-fight 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ezra-fight-cancer-with-love 

Snake envenomation in Florida: a 20-year analysis of epidemiology and clinical outcomes at a tertiary medical center (UF Health of course!):

https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/trstmh/trae128/7931938?login=false

Chief Resident Dr. Ashley Dawson reveals the fellowship match, and Adult Emergency Department Nurse Coordinator Taylor Smith discusses her career and the roles nurses perform to keep our department humming.

Season 3 of The ER Break Room kicks off with an interview with a Department of Emergency Medicine veteran and Human Resources Generalist II Amy Smith as well as a check-in with recent graduate Dr. Jeffrey Katz. As always, I lead off with updates and Highs of the Month.

Dr. Beulah Augustin's SAEM24 Basic Science Award for Best Abstract and Presentation:

https://emergency.med.ufl.edu/2024/09/12/dr-beulah-augustin-receives-saem-basic-science-award-for-best-abstract-and-presentation/

UF LSU Football Tailgate Donations:

https://givebutter.com/UFEMxLSU 

UF Benefits Information:

https://hr.ufl.edu/benefits/ 

UF Sick Leave Pool Information:

https://hr.ufl.edu/leave/sick-leave/pool/

Get to know the force of nature that is Dr. Torben Becker including his passion for resuscitation from the pre-hospital setting into the ED and then the ICU and his life-saving work in Ghana.

Dr. Nick Maldonado on the Curbsiders Teach podcast on how to teach evidence-based medicine:

https://thecurbsiders.com/teach-podcast/37-teaching-evidence-based-medicine-with-dr-nicholas-maldonado

2024 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant - "MotoMeds: Preventing Child Morbidity and Mortality from Infectious Diseases in Ghana"

https://www.saem.org/detail-pages/award/2024-saemf-emerging-infectious-disease-and-preparedness-grant---100-000

In this episode, we peel back the layers of Dr. Lars Beattie's life and he unpacks this year's residency match.

UF Health ECPR saves its first life: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/health/they-said-i-died-four-times-uf-health-saves-first-patient-from-cardiac-arrest-using-extracorporeal-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation/77-8642dafd-76ce-4c1b-aa7d-862ac1effb2d

Dr. Colleen Gutman's publication which won the SAEM Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine First Author Research Publication Award: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2811891

Dr. Dave Meurer reflects upon his life and three decades as a University of Florida attending physician, and chief resident Dr. Justin Sauter discusses where our residents ended up in this year's fellowship match.

Join Dr. Brandon Allen and I as we discuss aspects of his life and career that touch on many themes of past episodes, including athletics, family, and research.

I am Human: Transforming the Culture of Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCZCiZ0K57M

Vice Chair of Research Dr. Faheem Guirgis talks about his career and vision for the department's research mission. Matt Shaw explains how he got into research in emergency medicine and his role in clinical trials.

Free UF counseling information and appointment request:

https://eap.ufl.edu/counseling/on-campus-therapists/

Dr. Carolyn Holland is a musician with The Gainesville Pops!

https://www.gainesvillepops.com/

Dr. Faheem Guirgis was a guest on the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Emergency Care Podcast (episodes 4 and 5) highlighting novel approaches in sepsis and his research.

https://www.saem.org/education/podcasts/saem-emergency-care-podcast/current-and-novel-approaches-to-sepsis-detection-in-the-emergency-department

In this special parenting in medicine episode, faculty attending Dr. Taylor Zeglam, second year resident Dr. Eric Nordhues, and intern resident Dr. Tim Fisher discuss having and raising children while balancing their careers as physicians.

Learn about the life and career of legendary Dr. Jennifer Light, how the Pediatric ER was founded, and how to be happy in retirement.