Overview
Luna Ragsdale, MD, MPH, FACEP is the Chief of the Emergency Department at the Durham Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System. Dr. Ragsdale also serves as the Geriatric Emergency Medicine consultant to VA's National Emergency Medicine Office. In addition to her VA work, she is on the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Board of Governors and is Chair of ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Clinical Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine
·
2025 - Present
Emergency Medicine,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Co-designed point-of-care ultrasound program development and implementation at a Veterans Affairs emergency department.
Journal Article Intern Emerg Med · January 2026 Integrating point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into patient care requires a multifaceted culture change using a multi-pronged approach. A standardized implementation method is lacking for POCUS program sustainability. We developed a standardized training cur ... Full text Link to item CiteA systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.
Journal Article Acad Emerg Med · January 2026 BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of dementia poses significant challenges for emergency department (ED) care, as persons living with dementia (PLWD) more frequently experience adverse outcomes such as delirium, prolonged stays, and higher mortality ra ... Full text Link to item CiteA Model for Developing Subspecialty Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0.
Journal Article J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open · December 2025 The original consensus-based Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Guidelines, published in 2014, established a framework of core principles for delivering high-quality, age-appropriate emergency care for older adults. In response to significant advances in ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
The George Washington University ·
2003
M.D.
The University of Chicago ·
1997
M.P.H.