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FERNE Grant Award Recipient Newman-Toker Publishes ED Dizziness Data

David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Otolaryngology
with Joint Appointments in Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Health Sciences Informatics, and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

FERNE would like to congratulate David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD for his great quality of research and his publications of the work.

David Newman-Toker received his B.S. from Yale University (1991) and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1995). After completing his Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he went on to complete fellowships in Neuro-ophthalmology (Harvard University/Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 2000) and Neuro-otology (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002). He completed his doctoral training in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2007).

Now an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he also holds joint appointments in Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, and Health Sciences Informatics, as well as in Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His clinical area of interest is in disorders of the brainstem and cranial nerves, including visual loss, double vision, and dizziness. He also specializes in the evaluation and treatment of headaches and facial pain.

Dr. Newman-Toker’s research focuses on recognition and prevention of diagnostic errors in frontline healthcare settings using informatics tools at the point of care. He has received research funding from the NIH (NRSA 5 T32 DC00023 2001-2, 1K23RR17324-01 2002-7) and private foundations (Foundation for Education and Research in Neurologic Emergencies [FERNE] 2002-3). His recent work has focused principally on changing the way emergency physicians approach diagnosis of patients with dizziness in the emergency department, in an effort to reduce misdiagnosis. Research methods employed by his group include prospective cross-sectional, observational cohort, and case-control studies, as well as surveys and systematic literature reviews.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Newman-Toker DE*, Kattah JC*, Alvernia JE, Wang DZ. Normal head impulse test differentiates acute cerebellar strokes from vestibular neuritis. Neurology 2008 (in press). [*Denotes co-first authorship]

Cnyrim CD, Newman-Toker DE, Karch C, Brandt T, Strupp M. Bedside differentiation of vestibular neuritis from central "vestibular pseudoneuritis." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2008 (in press).

Newman-Toker DE, Stanton VA, Hsieh YH, Rothman R. Frontline providers harbor misconceptions about the bedside evaluation of dizzy patients [research letter]. Acta Oto-laryngologica 2007 (in press). [FERNE-supported manuscript] (Not Available Yet)

Newman-Toker DE. Diagnosing Dizziness in the Emergency Department-Why "What do you mean by 'dizzy'?" Should Not Be the First Question You Ask [Doctoral Dissertation, Clinical Investigation, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University; 2007. In: ProQuest Digital Dissertations [database on Internet]. http://www.proquest.com/; publication number: AAT 3267879

Stanton VA, Hsieh YH, Camargo CA Jr., Edlow JA, Lovett P, Goldstein JN, Abbuhl S, Lin M, Chanmugam A, Rothman RE, Newman-Toker DE. Overreliance on symptom quality in diagnosing dizziness: results of a multicenter survey of emergency physicians. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2007 Nov; 82(11):1319-1328. Citation

Newman-Toker DE, Cannon LM, Stofferahn ME, Rothman RE, Hsieh YH, Zee DS. Imprecision in patient reports of dizziness symptom quality: a cross-sectional study conducted in an acute-care setting. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2007 Nov; 82(11):1329-1340. Citation

Newman-Toker, DE. Charted records of dizzy patients suggest ED physicians emphasize symptom quality in diagnostic assessment [research letter]. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007 Aug; 50(2):204-5. [FERNE-supported manuscript] Citation

Newman-Toker DE, Camargo CA Jr. 'Cardiogenic Vertigo' - True vertigo as the presenting manifestation of primary cardiac disease. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2006 Mar; 2(3):167-172. Citation

Selected Abstract and Poster Presentations:

Newman-Toker DE, Zee DS. Common misconceptions in the evaluation of ED dizzy patients parallel those found in Emergency Medicine texts. Abstracts of the Barany Society XXIII International Congress. Paris, France, July 7-9, 2004. Journal of Vestibular Research 2004; 14(2 3):230 (P084). [FERNE-supported poster presentation]

Newman-Toker DE, Zee DS. Charted records of Emergency Department dizzy patients suggest overemphasis on symptom quality may be associated with diagnostic errors. Abstracts of the Barany Society XXIII International Congress. Paris, France, July 7-9, 2004. Journal of Vestibular Research 2004; 14(2-3):230-1 (P085). [FERNE-supported poster presentation]

Newman-Toker DE. Charted records of Emergency Department dizzy patients suggest overemphasis on symptom quality may be associated with diagnostic errors. American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum. October 12-13, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Abstracts. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2003 October; 42(4 Supplement):S80 (#295). [FERNE-supported poster presentation]

Newman-Toker DE. Common misconceptions in the evaluation of ED dizzy patients parallel those found in Emergency Medicine texts. Poster presentation at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, May, 2003. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003 May;10(5):491-2. [FERNE-supported poster presentation]

Funded by the Foundation for Education and Research in Neurological Emergencies (FERNE)