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
A 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 CitePatterns of emergency department visits prior to dementia or cognitive impairment diagnosis: An opportunity for dementia detection?
Journal Article Acad Emerg Med · May 2025 Full text Open Access Link to item CiteCo-designed point-of-care ultrasound program development and implementation at a Veterans Affairs emergency department.
Journal Article Intern Emerg Med · April 25, 2025 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 CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
The George Washington University ·
2003
M.D.
The University of Chicago ·
1997
M.P.H.