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Amish Aghera, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, CHSE
Director, Center for Clinical Simulation and Safety
Director, Emergency Medicine Simulation Division
Patient Safety Officer
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Internship: Boston University Medical Center
Residency: Jacobi/Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Faculty Development, Education Research, Patient Safety, Team Training
Dr. Amish Aghera is the Director of the Center for Clinical Simulation and Safety as well as the Simulation Fellowship at Maimonides. His interests include leveraging experiential learning modalities to improve patient safety through skills training and systems integration. He is passionate about fostering clinical environments that emphasize teamwork, just culture, and high quality reliable healthcare
Selected Scholarly Activity:
Janairo, M. P., Cardell, A. M., Lamberta, M., Elahi, N., & Aghera, A. (2021). The power of an active shooter simulation: changing ethical beliefs. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(3), 510.
Tyler, S. P., Dixon, J., Parkosewich, J., Mullan, P. C., Aghera, A., & Orange, E. H. (2021). Development, validation, and implementation of a guideline to improve clinical event debriefing at a level-I adult and level-II pediatric trauma center. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 47(5), 707-720.
Gillett, B., Saloum, D., Aghera, A., & Marshall, J. P. (2019). Skill proficiency is predicted by intubation frequency of emergency medicine attending physicians. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 20(4), 601.
Aghera, A., Emery, M., Bounds, R., Bush, C., Stansfield, R. B., Gillett, B., & Santen, S. A. (2018). A randomized trial of SMART goal enhanced debriefing after simulation to promote educational actions. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 19(1), 112.
Frallicciardi, A., Vora, S., Bentley, S., Nadir, N. A., Cassara, M., Hart, D., Aghera, A.,... & Dobiesz, V. (2016). Development of an emergency medicine simulation fellowship consensus curriculum: initiative of the society for academic emergency medicine simulation academy. Academic Emergency Medicine, 23(9), 1054-1060.
Bounds, R., Bush, C., Aghera, A., Rodriguez, N., Stansfield, R. B., Santen, S. A., & MERC at CORD Feedback Study Group. (2013). Emergency medicine residents’ self‐assessments play a critical role when receiving feedback. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(10), 1055-1061.
Friedman, B. W., Esses, D., Solorzano, C., Dua, N., Greenwald, P., Radulescu, R., Aghera, A., ... & Gallagher, E. J. (2008). A randomized controlled trial of prochlorperazine versus metoclopramide for treatment of acute migraine. Annals of emergency medicine, 52(4), 399-406.