Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Internship and Residency, Medicine, Washington Hospital Center 1980 - 1982
  • M.D., Georgetown University 1980
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Consulting Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2012 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2006 - 2011
  • Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2000 - 2006
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2000
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Cline, David M., Susan Silva, Caroline E. Freiermuth, Victoria Thornton, and Paula Tanabe. “Emergency Department (ED), ED Observation, Day Hospital, and Hospital Admissions for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.” The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 19, no. 2 (March 2018): 311–18. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.9.35422.
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    • Freiermuth, Caroline E., Carlton Haywood, Susan Silva, David M. Cline, Mariam Kayle, Dori Sullivan, Victoria Thornton, and Paula Tanabe. “Attitudes toward patients with sickle cell disease in a multicenter sample of emergency department providers.” Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 36, no. 4 (October 2014): 335–47. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000036.
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    • Thornton, Victoria L., Jane L. Holl, David M. Cline, Caroline E. Freiermuth, Dori T. Sullivan, and Paula Tanabe. “Application of a proactive risk analysis to emergency department sickle cell care.” The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 15, no. 4 (July 2014): 446–58. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20489.
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    • Williams, H., C. Freirmuth, D. Cline, J. Johnston, C. Rutherford, V. Thornton, and P. Tanabe. “(169) Behavioral health needs of patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the emergency department.” The Journal of Pain 15, no. 4 (April 2014): S18–S18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.075.
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    • Tanabe, Paula, Carlton Rutherford, David Cline, Laura De Castro, Susan Silva, Dori Sullivan, Victoria Thornton, and Caroline Freiermuth. “SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE.” American Journal of Hematology 88, no. 12 (December 1, 2013): E46–E46.
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    • Tanabe, Paula, David Cline, Jontue Hinnant, Susan Randolph, Susan Silva, Dori Sullivan, Victoria Thornton, Ann White, and Caroline Freiermuth. “EMERGENCY PROVIDER ATTITUDES TOWARDS SICKLE CELL PATIENTS.” American Journal of Hematology 88, no. 12 (December 1, 2013): E28–29.
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    • Tanabe, Paula, Victoria L. Thornton, Zoran Martinovich, Knox H. Todd, Ted Wun, and John S. Lyons. “The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS): reliability and validity.” Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 35, no. 2 (April 2013): 143–53. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0b013e31828ecbd5.
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    • Tanabe, Paula, Christopher Reddin, Victoria L. Thornton, Knox H. Todd, Ted Wun, and John S. Lyons. “Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS), a focus group and decision support tool development project.” Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 17, no. 8 (August 2010): 848–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00779.x.
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  • Book Sections

    • Thornton, V. L., and L. T. Southerland. “Adults with Conditions Causing Chronic Pain.” In Challenging and Emerging Conditions in Emergency Medicine, 319–41, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119971603.ch16.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Tanabe, Paula, Ted Wun, Victoria Thornton, Knox Todd, and John S. Lyons. “Development of a Decision Support Tool to Guide Management of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Strengths and Needs (ED-SCANS).” In Blood, 114:575–76. AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY, 2009.
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    • Tanabe, P., J. S. Lyons, C. J. Reddin, V. L. Thornton, T. Wun, and K. H. Todd. “A Qualitative Study Assessing the Information Needed to Manage Adults in the Emergency Department with Sickle Cell Disease.” In Annals of Emergency Medicine, 54:S14–S14. MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 2009.
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    • Thornton, V. L., L. M. De Castro, S. W. Glickman, C. L. Van Horn, M. Abrams, and C. B. Cairns. “112: Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Sickle Cell Patients in the Emergency Department Results in Early Pain Management and Increased Patient Satisfaction.” In Annals of Emergency Medicine, 50:S36–37. Elsevier BV, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.144.
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