Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Emergency Medicine Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • M.D., Indiana University, School of Medicine 2011
  • B.S., University of Notre Dame 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Platelet Kinetics in Acute Thrombus Formation in Healthy and VTE Patients awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2019 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Francis, S., and C. Kabrhel. “Current Controversies in Caring for the Critically Ill Pulmonary Embolism Patient.” Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2020.06.012.
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    • Singer, Adam J., Hui Zheng, Samuel Francis, Gregory J. Fermann, Anne Marie Chang, Blair A. Parry, Nick Giordano, and Christopher Kabrhel. “D-dimer levels in VTE patients with distal and proximal clots.” Am J Emerg Med 37, no. 1 (January 2019): 33–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2018.04.040.
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    • Frank Peacock, W., Craig I. Coleman, Deborah B. Diercks, Samuel Francis, Christopher Kabrhel, Catherine Keay, Jeffrey A. Kline, et al. “Emergency Department Discharge of Pulmonary Embolus Patients.” Acad Emerg Med 25, no. 9 (September 2018): 995–1003. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13451.
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    • Kabrhel, Christopher, Astrid Van Hylckama Vlieg, Alona Muzikanski, Adam Singer, Gregory J. Fermann, Samuel Francis, Alex Limkakeng, Ann Marie Chang, Nicholas Giordano, and Blair Parry. “Multicenter Evaluation of the YEARS Criteria in Emergency Department Patients Evaluated for Pulmonary Embolism.” Acad Emerg Med 25, no. 9 (September 2018): 987–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13417.
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    • Parry, Blair Alden, Anna Marie Chang, Sebastian M. Schellong, Stacey L. House, Gregory J. Fermann, Erin K. Deadmon, Nicholas J. Giordano, et al. “International, multicenter evaluation of a new D-dimer assay for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism using standard and age-adjusted cut-offs.” Thromb Res 166 (June 2018): 63–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2018.04.003.
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    • Francis, Samuel J., and Joshua S. Broder. “Elderly man with syncope. Aortoenteric fistula.” Ann Emerg Med 65, no. 5 (May 2015): 492–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.002.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • HLTHSCI 511: Enhanced EMT-Basic Training Course 2020
  • HLTHSCI 516: EMT Clinicals 2020
  • HLTHSCI 517: EMT Selective 2020
  • HLTHSCI 525: Fundamentals of Ultrasound 2020
  • HLTHSCI 511: Enhanced EMT-Basic Training Course 2019
  • HLTHSCI 516: EMT Clinicals 2019
  • HLTHSCI 517: EMT Selective 2019
  • HLTHSCI 525: Fundamentals of Ultrasound 2019
  • HLTHSCI 511: Enhanced EMT-Basic Training Course 2018
  • HLTHSCI 516: EMT Clinicals 2018
  • HLTHSCI 517: EMT Selective 2018
  • HLTHSCI 525: Fundamentals of Ultrasound 2018

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