Overview
Luna Ragsdale, MD, MPH, FACEP currently serves as the Chief of the Emergency Department at the Durham Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System. Dr. Ragsdale is also the clinical lead for the VA's National Geriatric Emergency Department Core Team that in partnership with the American College of Emergency Physicians, John A. Hartford Foundation and the West Health Institute, facilitated the spread of geriatric emergency departments across the VA system. In addition to her VA work, she is on the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Board of Governors and is President-Elect of ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Clinical Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine
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2025 - Present
Emergency Medicine,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Integrating physical therapy into an emergency department: A clinical pilot program.
Journal Article Acad Emerg Med · April 2023 Full text Link to item CiteTelehealth for geriatric post-emergency department visits to promote age-friendly care.
Journal Article Health Serv Res · February 2023 OBJECTIVE: To describe a feasibility pilot study for older adults that addresses the digital divide, unmet health care needs, and the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems via the emergency department (ED) follow-up home visits supported by telehealth. DATA S ... Full text Link to item CiteCare transitions and social needs: A Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Network scoping review and consensus statement.
Journal Article Acad Emerg Med · December 2021 OBJECTIVES: Individual-level social needs have been shown to substantially impact emergency department (ED) care transitions of older adults. The Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Network aimed to identify care transition interventions, part ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
The George Washington University ·
2003
M.D.
The University of Chicago ·
1997
M.P.H.