Douglas Ander MD

Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor

(404) 251-8828
dander@emory.edu

Grady Memorial Hospital
Emergency Medicine
49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr

Overview

Dr. Douglas S. Ander earned his Medical Degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, where he was also Chief Resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Currently, Dr. Ander is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Medical Education at Emory University School of Medicine. He is responsible for direct patient care and supervision of residents, medical students, physicians assistants and nurse practitioners at Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Department for the past 28 years. Dr. Ander has authored multiple journal articles, book chapters, and other publications, and he is active on numerous committees at his institution and nationally. He serves as an editor for several journals. Recently his scholarly and educational efforts have focused on inter-professional teamwork education. When he is not at work, Dr. Ander loves spending time training for triathlons, skiing, scuba diving, and traveling with his family.

Academic Appointment

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Medical Education, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

BA from Brandeis University
MD from Hahnemann University School of Medicine

Research

Focus

In the field of medical education, I am involved in the assessment of new teaching methods and evaluation tools. In particular I have concentrated on simulation, team training, clinical skills and evaluation. Clinical research interest is the evaluation and treatment of heart failure in the emergency department.

Publications

Development and Validation of a Scoring Rubric for Editorial Evaluation of Peer-review Quality: A Pilot Study.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 254 - 263
03/01/2024 Authors: Love JN; Messman AM; Ilgen JS; Merritt C; Coates WC; Ander DS; Way DP
A Collaborative Approach to Mentored Peer Reviews Sponsored by the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 111 - 116
01/01/2024 Authors: Love JN; Merritt C; Ilgen JS; Messman AM; Way DP; Ander DS; Coates WC
Diversity, equity, inclusion, justice-Are we accountable?
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 30 Page(s): 70 - 73
01/01/2023 Authors: Heron SL; Calderon Y; Moll J; Rotoli J; Franks N; Hassan M; Ander D; Brown I; Lewis J
"Disbelief and Sadness": First-Year Health Profession Students' Perspectives on Medical Errors.
J Patient Saf Volume: 17 Page(s): e1901 - e1905
12/01/2021 Authors: Davis BP; Clevenger C; Dillard R; Moulia D; Ander DS
SBAR-LA: SBAR Brief Assessment Rubric for Learner Assessment.
MedEdPORTAL Volume: 17 Page(s): 11184
01/01/2021 Authors: Davis BP; Mitchell SA; Weston J; Dragon C; Luthra M; Kim J; Stoddard HA; Ander DS
A Model Partnership: Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Medicine (URiM) in Emergency Medicine.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 22 Page(s): 213 - 217
12/07/2020 Authors: Goines J; Iledare E; Ander D; Wallenstein J; Anachebe N; Elks M; Franks N; White M; Shayne P; Henn M
Evolving roles of clerkship directors: have expectations changed?
Med Educ Online Volume: 25 Page(s): 1714201
12/01/2020 Authors: Beck Dallaghan GL; Ledford CH; Ander D; Spollen J; Smith S; Graziano S; Cox SM
Lightning Talk: Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit: An Educational Program to Foster Teamwork.
Nexus Summit
08/01/2020 Authors: Coleman C; Harris D; Nugent K; Bishop KL; Sharp J; Ander D; Daniels L
Interprofessional simulation training's impact on process and outcome team efficacy beliefs over time.
BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn Volume: 6 Page(s): 140 - 147
01/01/2020 Authors: Kerry MJ; Ander DS; Davis BP
Early Impact of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine CDEM/CORD Special Issue in Educational Research & Practice.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 71 - 77
12/09/2019 Authors: Love JN; Santen SA; Way DP; Munzer BW; Merritt C; Ander DS; Cyrus JW
Mindfulness fostering of interprofessional simulation training for collaborative practice.
BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn Volume: 5 Page(s): 144 - 150
01/01/2019 Authors: Kerry MJ; Ander DS
The Evolving Definition of Education Scholarship: What the Clinician Educator Needs to Know.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 1 - 3
01/01/2017 Authors: Ander DS; Love JN
Growing a Specialty-Specific Community of Practice in Education Scholarship.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 799 - 800
11/01/2015 Authors: Love JN; Ander DS
Scribe Impacts on Provider Experience, Operations, and Teaching in an Academic Emergency Medicine Practice.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 602 - 610
09/01/2015 Authors: Hess JJ; Wallenstein J; Ackerman JD; Akhter M; Ander D; Keadey MT; Capes JP
Implementing a third-year emergency medicine medical student curriculum.
J Emerg Med Volume: 48 Page(s): 732 - 743.e8
06/01/2015 Authors: Tews MC; Ditz Wyte CM; Coltman M; Hiller K; Jung J; Oyama LC; Jubanyik K; Khandelwal S; Goldenberg W; Wald DA
Comparison of expert and novice sonographers' performance in focused lung ultrasonography in dyspnea (FLUID) to diagnose patients with acute heart failure syndrome.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 22 Page(s): 564 - 573
05/01/2015 Authors: Chiem AT; Chan CH; Ander DS; Kobylivker AN; Manson WC
Teaching the teachers: faculty development in inter-professional education.
Appl Nurs Res Volume: 28 Page(s): 31 - 35
02/01/2015 Authors: Davis BP; Clevenger CK; Posnock S; Robertson BD; Ander DS
Objective structured clinical examinations provide valid clinical skills assessment in emergency medicine education.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 121 - 126
01/01/2015 Authors: Wallenstein J; Ander D
Medical student education in emergency medicine: do students meet the national standards for clinical encounters of selected core conditions?
J Emerg Med Volume: 47 Page(s): 328 - 332
09/01/2014 Authors: Avegno J; Leuthauser A; Martinez J; Marinelli M; Osgood G; Satonik R; Ander D
Evaluating Simulation-Based ACLS Education on Patient Outcomes: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study.
J Grad Med Educ Volume: 6 Page(s): 501 - 506
09/01/2014 Authors: Han JE; Trammell AR; Finklea JD; Udoji TN; Dressler DD; Honig EG; Abraham P; Ander DS; Cotsonis GA; Martin GS
Emergency medicine clerkship directors: current workforce.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 398 - 403
07/01/2014 Authors: Wald DA; Khandelwal S; Manthey DE; Way DP; Ander DS; Thibodeau L
State of undergraduate education in emergency medicine: a national survey of clerkship directors.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 92 - 95
01/01/2014 Authors: Khandelwal S; Way DP; Wald DA; Fisher J; Ander DS; Thibodeau L; Manthey DE
Reporter-Interpreter-Manager-Educator (RIME) descriptive ratings as an evaluation tool in an emergency medicine clerkship.
J Emerg Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 720 - 727
10/01/2012 Authors: Ander DS; Wallenstein J; Abramson JL; Click L; Shayne P
Medical Ultrasound for Students at Emory
Volume: 58 Page(s): S334 - S334
10/01/2011 Authors: Manson W; Ander D
Save a life and protect your own.
Med Educ Volume: 45 Page(s): 513 - 514
05/01/2011 Authors: Liebzeit J; Ray S; Ander D
Standardized Patients to Teach Medical Students about Intimate Partner Violence.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 11 Page(s): 500 - 505
12/01/2010 Authors: Heron SL; Hassani DM; Houry D; Quest T; Ander DS
The use of simulation and a modified TeamSTEPPS curriculum for medical and nursing student team training.
Simul Healthc Volume: 5 Page(s): 332 - 337
12/01/2010 Authors: Robertson B; Kaplan B; Atallah H; Higgins M; Lewitt MJ; Ander DS
A core competency-based objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) can predict future resident performance.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 17 Suppl 2 Page(s): S67 - S71
10/01/2010 Authors: Wallenstein J; Heron S; Santen S; Shayne P; Ander D
Emergency medicine clerkship curriculum: an update and revision.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 638 - 643
06/01/2010 Authors: Manthey DE; Ander DS; Gordon DC; Morrissey T; Sherman SC; Smith MD; Rimple D; Thibodeau LG; Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) Curriculum Revision Group
Effectiveness of a simulation-based medical student course on managing life-threatening medical conditions.
Simul Healthc Volume: 4 Page(s): 207 - 211
01/01/2009 Authors: Ander DS; Heilpern K; Goertz F; Click L; Kahn S
Society of Chest Pain Centers recommendations for the evaluation and management of the observation stay acute heart failure patient-parts 1-6.
Acute Card Care Volume: 11 Page(s): 3 - 42
01/01/2009 Authors: Peacock WF; Fonarow GC; Ander DS; Collins SP; Gheorghiade M; Kirk JD; Filippatos G; Diercks DB; Trupp RJ; Hiestand B
Clerkship directors in emergency medicine: statement of purpose.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 856 - 859
09/01/2008 Authors: Wald DA; Manthey DE; Lin M; Ander DS; Fisher J
Society of Chest Pain Centers Recommendations for the evaluation and management of the observation stay acute heart failure patient: a report from the Society of Chest Pain Centers Acute Heart Failure Committee.
Crit Pathw Cardiol Volume: 7 Page(s): 83 - 86
06/01/2008 Authors: Heart Failure Executive Committee; Peacock WF; Fonarow GC; Heart Failure Diagnosis Subcommittee; Ander DS; Maisel A; Hollander JE; Januzzi JL; Yancy CW; Heart Failure Risk Stratification Subcommittee
Patient perceptions of medical students involved in their health care: How much do first impressions count?
Volume: 50 Page(s): S16 - S17
09/01/2007 Authors: Wald DA; Yeh K; Ander DS; Fisher J; Kruus LK; Manthey DE; Richardson B
ProTECT: a randomized clinical trial of progesterone for acute traumatic brain injury.
Ann Emerg Med Volume: 49 Page(s): 391 - 402.e2
04/01/2007 Authors: Wright DW; Kellermann AL; Hertzberg VS; Clark PL; Frankel M; Goldstein FC; Salomone JP; Dent LL; Harris OA; Ander DS
12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation skills of senior medical students entering emergency medicine, family practice, and internal medicine residency training programs
Volume: 48 Page(s): S31 - S31
10/01/2006 Authors: Wald DA; Harrigan RA; Kolecki P; Ander DS; Kruus L
The attitude and perception of emergency department patients regarding medical students
Volume: 48 Page(s): S12 - S13
10/01/2006 Authors: Wald DA; Ander DS; Richardson B; Manthey D; Kruus L; Fisher J
Emergency medicine medical student clerkships: Do the patients that students see adequately parallel national trends in emergency department utilization?
Volume: 48 Page(s): S114 - S114
10/01/2006 Authors: Bitner MD; Click LA; Houry DE; Ander DS
The validity and reliability of the affective competency score to evaluate death disclosure using standardized patients.
J Palliat Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 361 - 370
04/01/2006 Authors: Quest TE; Ander DS; Ratcliff JJ
Report of the Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide.
Ann Emerg Med Volume: 47 Page(s): e1 - e7
03/01/2006 Authors: Manthey DE; Coates WC; Ander DS; Ankel FK; Blumstein H; Christopher TA; Courtney JM; Hamilton GC; Kaiyala EK; Rodgers K
The true cost of medical student education: An examination of the loss of clinical revenue in the emergency department
Volume: 46 Page(s): S109 - S109
09/01/2005 Authors: Harris VL; Vermeer T; Ander DS
12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation skills of senior medical students
Volume: 46 Page(s): S13 - S14
09/01/2005 Authors: Wald DA; Harrigan RA; Kolecki P; Ander DS; Kruus L
The impact of the demand for clinical productivity on student teaching in academic emergency departments.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 11 Page(s): 1364 - 1367
12/01/2004 Authors: Berger TJ; Ander DS; Terrell ML; Berle DC
Assessing resident skills in the use of rescue airway devices.
Ann Emerg Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 314 - 319
10/01/2004 Authors: Ander DS; Hanson A; Pitts S
Medical student attitudes toward life-saving clinical skills.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 22 Page(s): 58 - 59
01/01/2004 Authors: Ander DS; Heilpern KL; Parramore CS
Measuring the dyspnea of decompensated heart failure with a visual analog scale: how much improvement is meaningful?
Congest Heart Fail Volume: 10 Page(s): 188 - 191
01/01/2004 Authors: Ander DS; Aisiku IP; Ratcliff JJ; Todd KH; Gotsch K
Bench to bedside: electrophysiologic and clinical principles of noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring using impedance cardiography.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 10 Page(s): 669 - 680
06/01/2003 Authors: Summers RL; Shoemaker WC; Peacock WF; Ander DS; Coleman TG
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department.
Congest Heart Fail Volume: Suppl 1 Page(s): 3 - 18
01/01/2003 Authors: Peacock WF; Allegra J; Ander D; Collins S; Diercks D; Emerman C; Kirk JD; Starling RC; Silver M; Summers R
Protected clinical teaching time and a bedside clinical evaluation instrument in an emergency medicine training program.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 1342 - 1349
11/01/2002 Authors: Shayne P; Heilpern K; Ander D; Palmer-Smith V; Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine Education Committee
The prevalence of latex-specific IgE in patients presenting to an urban emergency department.
Ann Emerg Med Volume: 40 Page(s): 411 - 419
10/01/2002 Authors: Grzybowski M; Ownby DR; Rivers EP; Ander D; Nowak RM
Central venous oxygen saturation monitoring in the critically ill patient.
Curr Opin Crit Care Volume: 7 Page(s): 204 - 211
06/01/2001 Authors: Rivers EP; Ander DS; Powell D
Undetected cardiogenic shock in patients with congestive heart failure presenting to the emergency department.
Am J Cardiol Volume: 82 Page(s): 888 - 891
10/01/1998 Authors: Ander DS; Jaggi M; Rivers E; Rady MY; Levine TB; Levine AB; Masura J; Gryzbowski M
Pseudo-Meigs' Syndrome.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 404 - 405
07/01/1998 Authors: Kazanov L; Ander DS; Enriquez E; Jaggi FM
Diagnostic evaluation for infectious etiology of sickle cell pain crisis.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 290 - 292
05/01/1997 Authors: Ander DS; Vallee PA
Medical management of ectopic pregnancy--the role of methotrexate.
J Emerg Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 177 - 182
01/01/1997 Authors: Ander DS; Ward KR
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) Education for Health Care Students: Assessment of a Training Program.

Authors: Davis BP; Mitchell SA; Weston J; Dragon C; Luthra M; Kim J; Stoddard H; Ander D

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