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Katherine Heilpern MD

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Professor Emeritus
  • (404) 778-5975
  • kheilpe@emory.edu

Academic Appointment

  • Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
  • Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Ada Lee and Pete Correll Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Education

Degrees

  • BA with Distinction from The University of Virginia
  • MD from Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Focus

  • My research interest addresses the interface of emergency medicine and infectious diseases. In particular, I have focused my research efforts on the burgeoning problem of emerging infectious diseases and the impact this has on the clinical practice of emergency medicine. The predominant focus has been sentinel surveillance of emerging infections and drug resistant pathogens. Additional research foci address novel educational techniques and methodologies; climate change and human health; CT utilization and patient informed consent.

Publications

  • Written Informed Consent for Computed Tomography of the Abdomen/Pelvis is Associated with Decreased CT Utilization in Low-Risk Emergency Department Patients.
    West J Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 1014 - 1024
    12/01/2015 Authors: Merck LH; Ward LA; Applegate KE; Choo E; Lowery-North DW; Heilpern KL
  • Costs of Rapid HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department and a Nearby County Jail in the Southeastern United States.
    PLoS One Volume: 10 Page(s): e0128408
    01/01/2015 Authors: Spaulding AC; MacGowan RJ; Copeland B; Shrestha RK; Bowden CJ; Kim MJ; Margolis A; Mustaafaa G; Reid LC; Heilpern KL
  • Diagnostic accuracy and use of nonmydriatic ocular fundus photography by emergency physicians: phase II of the FOTO-ED study.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 62 Page(s): 28 - 33.e1
    07/01/2013 Authors: Bruce BB; Thulasi P; Fraser CL; Keadey MT; Ward A; Heilpern KL; Wright DW; Newman NJ; Biousse V
  • Predictors of Positive Findings in Abdominal Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department
    Volume: 60 Page(s): S49 - S49
    10/01/2012 Authors: Merck LH; Heilpern K; Houry D; Holdsworth M; Ward LA; Applegate K; Lowery-North D
  • The changing landscape of america's health care system and the value of emergency medicine.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 19 Page(s): 1204 - 1211
    10/01/2012 Authors: Sasson C; Wiler JL; Haukoos JS; Sklar D; Kellermann AL; Beck D; Urbina C; Heilpern K; Magid DJ
  • Non-Mydriatic Ocular Fundus Photography Read by Emergency Department (ED) Physicians: FOTO-ED Study
    Volume: 78
    04/01/2012 Authors: Bruce B; Thulasi P; Fraser C; Keadey M; Ward A; Heilpern K; Wright D; Newman N; Biousse V
  • Diagnosing HIV in men who have sex with men: an emergency department's experience.
    AIDS Patient Care STDS Volume: 26 Page(s): 202 - 207
    04/01/2012 Authors: Copeland B; Shah B; Wheatley M; Heilpern K; del Rio C; Houry D
  • Efficacy of an emergency department-based HIV screening program in the Deep South.
    J Urban Health Volume: 88 Page(s): 1015 - 1019
    12/01/2011 Authors: Wheatley MA; Copeland B; Shah B; Heilpern K; Del Rio C; Houry D
  • Feasibility of nonmydriatic ocular fundus photography in the emergency department: Phase I of the FOTO-ED study.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 928 - 933
    09/01/2011 Authors: Bruce BB; Lamirel C; Biousse V; Ward A; Heilpern KL; Newman NJ; Wright DW
  • Nonmydriatic ocular fundus photography in the emergency department.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 364 Page(s): 387 - 389
    01/27/2011 Authors: Bruce BB; Lamirel C; Wright DW; Ward A; Heilpern KL; Biousse V; Newman NJ
  • Summary of NIH Medical-Surgical Emergency Research Roundtable held on April 30 to May 1, 2009.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 522 - 537
    11/01/2010 Authors: Kaji AH; Lewis RJ; Beavers-May T; Berg R; Bulger E; Cairns C; Callaway C; Camargo CA; Carcillo J; DeBiasi R
  • Climate change and emergency medicine: impacts and opportunities.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 782 - 794
    08/01/2009 Authors: Hess JJ; Heilpern KL; Davis TE; Frumkin H
  • Abstracts of the 2009 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting. May 14-17, 2009. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 16 Suppl 1 Page(s): S1 - 281
    04/01/2009
  • Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Update: Measles--United States, January-July 2008.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 53 Page(s): 369 - 372
    03/01/2009 Authors: Andrews CM; Borg KT; Heilpern K
  • 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
  • Symptomatic early neurosyphilis among HIV-positive men who have sex with men-four cities, United States, January 2002-June 2004 (vol 51, pg 103, 2008)
    ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Volume: 51 Page(s): 685 - 685
    05/01/2008 Authors: Salhi B; Heilpern KL
  • Performance of an algorithm for assessing smallpox risk among patients with rashes that may be confused with smallpox.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 46 Suppl 3 Page(s): S195 - S203
    03/15/2008 Authors: Hutchins SS; Sulemana I; Heilpern KL; Schaffner W; Wax G; Lerner EB; Watson B; Baltimore R; Waltenburg RA; Aronsky D
  • Utility of routine testing for patients with asymptomatic severe blood pressure elevation in the emergency department.
    Volume: 51 Page(s): 231 - 239
    03/01/2008 Authors: Karras DJ; Kruus LK; Cienki JJ; Wald MM; Ufberg JW; Shayne P; Wald DA; Heilpern KL
  • Pathophysiology of hypertension.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 51 Page(s): S5 - S6
    03/01/2008 Authors: Heilpern K
  • Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptomatic early neurosyphilis among HIV-positive men who have sex with men--four cities, United States, January 2002-June 2004.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 51 Page(s): 101 - 105
    01/01/2008 Authors: Salhi B; Heilpern KL
  • Skin and soft tissue abscesses: the case for culturing abscess fluid.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 64 - 66
    07/01/2007 Authors: Heilpern KL
  • Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vibrio illness after Hurricane Katrina--multiple states, August-September 2005.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 47 Page(s): 255 - 258
    03/01/2006 Authors: Heilpern KL; Borg K
  • Evaluation and treatment of patients with severely elevated blood pressure in academic emergency departments: a multicenter study.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 47 Page(s): 230 - 236
    03/01/2006 Authors: Karras DJ; Kruus LK; Cienki JJ; Wald MM; Chiang WK; Shayne P; Ufberg JW; Harrigan RA; Wald DA; Heilpern KL
  • West Nile virus among hospitalized, febrile patients: a case for expanding diagnostic testing.
    Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis Volume: 6 Page(s): 42 - 49
    01/01/2006 Authors: Whitney EAS; Heilpern KL; Woods CW; Bahn CC; Franko EA; Del Rio C; Silk BJ; Ratcliff JJ; Bryant KA; Park MM
  • Elevated blood pressure in urban emergency department patients.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 12 Page(s): 835 - 843
    09/01/2005 Authors: Karras DJ; Ufberg JW; Heilpern KL; Cienki JJ; Chiang WK; Wald MM; Harrigan RA; Wald DA; Shayne P; Gaughan J
  • Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with snow peas--Pennsylvania, 2004.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 45 Page(s): 529 - 531
    05/01/2005 Authors: Heilpern KL; Wald M
  • 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
  • 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
  • Urine dipstick as a screening test for serum creatinine elevation in emergency department patients with severe hypertension.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 27 - 34
    01/01/2002 Authors: Karras DJ; Heilpern KL; Riley LJ; Hughes L; Gaughan JP
  • Update on emerging infections from the centers for disease control and prevention.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 36 Page(s): 527 - 529
    11/01/2000 Authors: Heilpern KL
  • Silver nitrate as a radiopaque foreign body.
    J Emerg Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 1045
    01/01/1999 Authors: Madan SI; Heilpern KL
  • EMERGEncy ID NET: an emergency department-based emerging infections sentinel network. The EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 32 Page(s): 703 - 711
    12/01/1998 Authors: Talan DA; Moran GJ; Mower WR; Newdow M; Ong S; Slutsker L; Jarvis WR; Conn LA; Pinner RW
  • Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of CD4 count.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 32 Page(s): 323 - 328
    09/01/1998 Authors: Shapiro NI; Karras DJ; Leech SH; Heilpern KL
  • Update: Human ehrlichiosis - Maryland and Wisconsin, 1994 - Commentary
    ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Volume: 32 Page(s): 109 - 110
    07/01/1998 Authors: Heilpern KL
  • Update: human ehrlichiosis--Maryland and Wisconsin, 1994.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 32 Page(s): 108 - 110
    07/01/1998 Authors: Heilpern KL
  • Focal intracranial infections.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am Volume: 10 Page(s): 879 - 898
    12/01/1996 Authors: Heilpern KL; Lorber B
  • Chest pain associated with cocaine: an assessment of prevalence in suburban and urban emergency departments.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 671 - 676
    12/01/1995 Authors: Hollander JE; Todd KH; Green G; Heilpern KL; Karras DJ; Singer AJ; Brogan GX; Funk JP; Strahan JB
  • Is circadian variation in asthma severity relevant in the emergency department?
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 558 - 562
    11/01/1995 Authors: Karras DJ; D'Alonzo GE; Heilpern KL
  • Zigadenus poisoning.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 259 - 262
    02/01/1995 Authors: Heilpern KL
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