Residency Simulation Competition:
A Model for Learning Neurological Emergencies

New Orleans, LA
May 15, 2009

SIM WARS Introduction
Haru Okuda, MD, FACEP

Case 1

Advocate Christ Medical Center
Program Director: Robert C. Harwood, MD, MPH, FACEP
Residents: Amy Mecozzi, Andy Nelson, Diana Strasburger, Sarrah Herron (Alternate)

Carolinas Medical Center
Program Director: Parker Hays, MD, FACEP
Residents: Shiloh Gilbert, Ryan Matley, Eric Hawkins

Case 2

Newark-Beth Israel Medical Center
Program Director: Marc Borenstein, MD, FACEP
Residents: Randeep Gill, Patricia Pamy, Susan O'Brien, Juan Paz (Alternate)

University of CA- San Francisco SF General Hospital Program
Program Director: Susan Promes, MD, FACEP
Residents: Eric Silman, Caitlin Bilotti, Jennifer Wilson

Case 3

Finals Round (Winner of Case 1)

Finals Round (Winner of Case 2)

Expert Panelists:

Micelle J. Haydel, MD
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA

Shkelzen Hoxhaj, MD,MPH, MBA, FACEP
Section Chief, Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Emergency Center
Ben Taub General Hospital

Ernest Wang, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Center for Simulation Technology and Academic Research
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, IL