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UT Medical Center physician wins accolade from national emergency physician organization |
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Jim Winkler |
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Jul 16, 2008
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The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has named Dr. Catherine A. Marco, professor of surgery and a UT Medical Center Emergency Department physician, a “hero of emergency medicine” for her commitment to the profession, patients, and Toledo and northwest Ohio.
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| Dr. Catherine Marco, professor of surgery and a UT Medical Center Emergency Department physician, standing, looked at an x-ray in the UT Medical Center Emergency Department with medical student Eric Savoy and physician assistant student Tabitha Taylor. |
The organization cited her leadership as director of the College of Medicine’s medical ethics curriculum and her extensive research, administrative, clinical, research and editorial responsibilities on the Health Science Campus.
“Emergency physicians are on the front lines of America’s health-care system, providing the essential community service of emergency care,” says ACEP President Dr. Linda Lawrence. “The dedication, passion and commitment Dr. Marco has shown embodies the vision of ACEP’s founders and the ideals of our specialty.”
The recognition program is part of the group’s 40th anniversary celebration.
The 25,000-member, 53-chapter ACEP works to advance emergency care through continuing education, research and public education. It has its headquarters in Dallas.
Marco said that she is committed to medical education, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
“The best day for me is one where I felt I made a difference in a student’s life,” she explained. “I value the opportunity to share some of my experiences and expertise with medical students and residents. After practicing emergency medicine for 20 years, I’ve experienced firsthand a wide variety of pearls and pitfalls. Hopefully, I can help students and residents learn from those pearls and avoid those pitfalls. None of us will live forever, and it is our job to make sure the next generation of doctors are experts at medical diagnosis, procedures, treatments and perhaps most importantly, providing compassionate care.
“I recall many of the lessons I’ve learned from great teachers over the years. I still pass on some of those some pearls of medical knowledge to my students. I hope I can live up to the example of great educators in my life. One example is Dr. Chaz Schoenfeld, one of my emergency physician mentors at Johns Hopkins. He taught how to manage the airway of critical patients with emphysema. I continue to build on that knowledge and pass it on to other students and residents.”
Marco and Dr. Kris Brickman, assistant professor of surgery and UT Medical Center Emergency Department medical director, are providing the leadership for the new UT College of Medicine and St. Luke’s Hospital residency program in emergency medicine.
The three-year residency program will start in July 2009 with six to eight residents, adding six to eight each year until topping out at 24.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has fully approved the program.
Emergency medicine is one of the most popular and competitive residencies in the country.
Marco is a member and past chair of ACEP’s Ethics Committee, a past member of ACEP’s Academic Affairs and Steering committees, and an ACEP councilor. She is a past president of Ohio ACEP and a member of its Board of Directors, as well as a member of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Board of Directors and its Ethics Committee. She is also a past president of the Bioethics Network of Ohio.
Marco was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Medicine in 2001, and was a “top peer reviewer” for the Annals of Emergency Medicine in 2004.
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