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Adjunct rank detailsUla Hwang, MD, MPH
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Professor Adjunct of Emergency Medicine
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Ula is an emergency physician and researcher interested in the quality of emergency care that older adults receive. She wrote the article first describing “The Geriatric Emergency Department,” co-lead the development of the 2014 Geriatric ED Guidelines that are endorsed by national Emergency Medicine and Geriatrics organizations, serves on the Board of Governors for the American College of Emergency Physician's Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program. She is the co-PI of the Geriatric ED Collaborative (GEDC), a national implementation program supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the West Health Institute to educate, implement, and evaluate geriatric emergency care and is the PI of the National Institute on Aging funded Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Network.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Education & Training
- Resident
- Mount Sinai Medical Center (2002)
- MPH
- Harvard School of Public Health (1999)
- MD
- New York University School of Medicine (1997)
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Geriatrics
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0000-0002-3715-3073
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Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS
Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Craig Rothenberg
Andrew Taylor, MD, MHS
Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH
Daniella Meeker, PhD
168Publications
6,776Citations
Geriatrics
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Detecting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review
Nowroozpoor A, Dussetschleger J, Perry W, Sano M, Aloysi A, Belleville M, Brackett A, Hirshon JM, Hung W, Moccia JM, Ohuabunwa U, Shah MN, Hwang U, Network G, Aggarwal N, Bellolio M, Betz M, Biese K, Brandt C, Bruursema S, Carnahan R, Carpenter C, Carr D, Chin-Hansen J, Daven M, Degesys N, Dresden S, Ellenbogen M, Falvey J, Foster B, Gettel C, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Goldberg E, Han J, Hardy J, Hastings S, Hogan T, Isaacs E, Jaspal N, Johnson J, Kelly K, Kennedy M, Kind A, Malone M, Moreno M, Morrow-Howell N, Oiyemhonlan B, Resendez J, Rising K, Savage B, Suyama J, Swartzberg J, Tolia V, Vann A, Webb T, Weintraub S. Detecting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2022, 23: 1314-1315.e55. PMID: 35940682, PMCID: PMC10804640, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.03.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSix-Item ScreenerEmergency departmentCognitive impairmentED settingConsensus conferenceScoping ReviewHigh negative predictive valueAdult ED patientsNegative predictive valueMedical research databasesOttawa 3DYSystematic scoping reviewED patientsResearch funding prioritiesClinical careResearch DatabasePredictive valueCare partnersResearch prioritiesDementiaImpairmentConsensus processPractice gapTask ForceFuture research prioritiesAdapting Emergency Care for Persons Living With Dementia: Results of the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Scoping Review and Consensus Conference
Carpenter CR, Dresden SM, Shah MN, Hwang U. Adapting Emergency Care for Persons Living With Dementia: Results of the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Scoping Review and Consensus Conference. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2022, 23: 1286-1287. PMID: 35940679, PMCID: PMC12326261, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.05.016.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsThe Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network approach: a protocol to advance stakeholder consensus and research priorities in geriatrics and dementia care in the emergency department
Hwang U, Carpenter C, Dresden S, Dussetschleger J, Gifford A, Hoang L, Leggett J, Nowroozpoor A, Taylor Z, Shah M, Bellolio M, Biese K, Binkley C, Bott N, Brody A, Carpenter C, Clark S, Dresden S, Forester S, Gettel C, Goldberg E, Greenberg A, Hammouda N, Han J, Hastings N, Hogan T, Hung W, Hwang U, Kayser J, Kennedy M, Ko K, Lesser A, Linton E, Liu S, Malsch A, Melady C, Morrow-Howell N, Nassisi D, Nerbonne L, Nyamu S, Ohuabunwa U, Platts-Mills T, Ragsdale L, Richardson L, Ringer T, Rosen A, Rosenberg M, Shah M, Skains R, Skees S, Souffront K, Stabler L, Sullivan C, Suyama J, Vargas S, Vaughan E, Voils C, Wei D, Allore H, Aloysi A, Belleville M, Bellolio M, Betz M, Biese K, Brandt C, Carnahan R, Carr D, Chin-Hansen J, Daven M, Degesys N, Ellenbogen M, Escobedo M, Falvey J, Gill T, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Goldberg E, Han J, Hardy J, Hastings S, Hirshon J, Hogan T, Hung W, Isaacs E, Kelly K, Kennedy M, Kind A, Malicki C, Malone M, Marottoli R, Moccia M, Mor V, Morris J, Howell N, Nowroozpoor A, Ohuabunwa U, Oiyemhonlan B, Perry W, Raven M, Rising K, Sano M, Stabler L, Sullivan C, Suyama J, Swartzberg J, Tolia V, Vann A, Weintraub S, Zieman S, Dussetschleger J, Gifford A, Leggett J, Nowroozpoor A, Taylor Z. The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network approach: a protocol to advance stakeholder consensus and research priorities in geriatrics and dementia care in the emergency department. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e060974. PMID: 35459682, PMCID: PMC9036447, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEmergency departmentOlder adultsEmergency careEmergency care needsGeriatric emergency carePriority topic areasPeer-reviewed journalsClinical gapsCare needsResearch prioritiesCare partnersConsensus workshopSystematic reviewHealthcare needsDementia careIntervention impactDissemination of findingsTrial evaluationCareImplementation scienceAdultsResearch NetworkReviewStandardised searchHuman subjects researchAssociation of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Hwang U, Dresden SM, Vargas-Torres C, Kang R, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Cruz D, Richardson LD, Adams J, Aldeen A, Baumlin KM, Courtney DM, Gravenor S, Grudzen CR, Nimo G, Zhu CW, Abraham G, Amoko C, Genes N, Morano B, Nassisi D, Ortiz J, Rivera-Reyes L, Sanon M, Shapiro J, Winkel G, Malik S, Rosenberg M, Christensen M, Karounos M, Schultz R, Sumberg D. Association of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2037334. PMID: 33646311, PMCID: PMC7921898, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCost SavingsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansGeriatric AssessmentHealth Services for the AgedHospital CostsHospitalsHumansMedicarePatient CareReferral and ConsultationSocial WorkTransitional CareUnited StatesConceptsTransitional care nursesFirst ED visitIndex ED visitED visitsMAIN OUTCOMEMedicare feeMedicare beneficiariesService beneficiariesEmergency department programComparison groupCross-sectional studyUnique Medicare beneficiariesLower Medicare expendituresMost patientsMean ageCare nursesVisit encountersCare programGeriatric treatmentCost outcomesPatient careMedicare expendituresHealth systemMean savingsPatients
2026
Improving End-of-Life Screening in the Emergency Department With Collaborative Artificial Intelligence
Haimovich A, Erion-Barner G, Nathanson L, Cohen C, Orcutt R, Desai S, Rubins D, Hwang U, Taylor R, Shapiro N, Ouchi K, Schonberg M. Improving End-of-Life Screening in the Emergency Department With Collaborative Artificial Intelligence. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2026 PMID: 42313042, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2026.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurprise questionElectronic health recordsEmergency departmentHealth recordsScreening pathwayEnd-of-Life Screening ToolOlder emergency departmentEmergency department of patientsEnd-of-lifeProspective cohort studyLogistic regression modelsSix-month mortalitySQ responseMortality risk assessmentPhysician inputED dispositionClinicians' effortsSingle-site prospective cohort studyArea under receiver-operating characteristic curveCohort studyRisk scoreScreening toolScreening burdenProportion of patientsIntermediate-risk patientsHealth Care Contact Days Among Older Adults After Emergency Department Visits: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis
Gettel C, Rothenberg C, Kitchen C, Song Y, Hastings S, Hwang U, Fischer M, Shenvi C, Venkatesh A. Health Care Contact Days Among Older Adults After Emergency Department Visits: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2026 PMID: 42287122, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsTreat-and-release ED visitsTreat-and-releaseHealth care contactsED visitsOlder adultsCross-sectional analysisAmbulatory contactsCare contactsContact daysEmergency departmentMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey dataAssociated with greater oddsEmergency department visitsCare coordinationZero-inflated Poisson regressionMulti-MorbidityChronic conditionsDepartment visitsHealth careED dischargeAmbulatory follow-upPoisson regressionAnalytic sampleGreater oddsHealthClinical Features, CT Imaging Decisions and Yield by Age in Adults With Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
Friedman A, Adjei‐Poku M, Schadt L, Li Y, Cappola A, Kelz R, Hwang U, Kowdley G, Mwinyogle A, Trueger N. Clinical Features, CT Imaging Decisions and Yield by Age in Adults With Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026, 33: e70299. PMID: 42108559, PMCID: PMC13158444, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPretest suspicionAbdominal painAdverse outcomesImaging decisionsClinical featuresCT orderingComposite of adverse outcomesOlder adultsNontraumatic abdominal painEmergency departmentRetrospective cohort analysisCommunity teaching hospital emergency departmentAge groupsTeaching hospital emergency departmentAbdominal tendernessVisits of adultsCT findingsDiagnostic yieldHospital emergency departmentCT utilizationChief complaintProspective cohortCT useHigh morbidityExam findingsRecruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network (GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies
Seidenfeld J, Chary A, Gettel C, Haimovich A, Fischer M, Wright R, Goldberg E, Lin M, Dresden S, Shah M, Gilmore‐Bykovskyi A, Hwang U. Recruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network (GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026, 33: e70286. PMID: 41973409, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricNavigating Medication Risk in the ED: Communication Preferences of Older Adults Regarding Deprescribing
Burud G, Lopes E, Bhimani S, Goyal P, Niznik J, Donvan K, Dodson A, Musgrow K, Anton G, Hwang U, Meyer M, Casey M. Navigating Medication Risk in the ED: Communication Preferences of Older Adults Regarding Deprescribing. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026, 33: e70287-e70287. PMID: 41973408, PMCID: PMC13154728, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAdverse drug eventsCross-sectional survey studyEmergency departmentCommunication preferencesED initiationOlder adultsPrimary care follow-upStudy of older adultsPatient communication preferencesLogistic regressionPreferences of older adultsPrimary care providersCare follow-upConditional logistic regressionTherapeutic pauseBest-worst scaling surveyDeprescribing recommendationsDischarge referralsCare providersInappropriate medicationsAcademic EDDeprescribingED physiciansDrug eventsEmergency providersAssociation of Geriatric Emergency Department Care With Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults
Qian Y, Gettel C, Su J, Grogan E, Cohen I, Rothenberg C, Chen X, Hwang U. Association of Geriatric Emergency Department Care With Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2026, 74: 1395-1405. PMID: 41937389, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsGeriatric Emergency DepartmentAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansNon-Hispanic white individualsAcute careOlder adultsEmergency departmentHospital admissionED visitsWhite individualsHealth and Retirement StudyOdds of hospital admissionAmerican CollegeHigh-quality careAssociated with lower oddsEmergency department careHospital-level characteristicsOutcome of hospital admissionMultivariate logistic regression modelAssociated with admissionAssociated with lower mortalityLogistic regression modelsRetirement StudyPatient-level analysisSocioeconomic statusLower odds
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- April 08, 2026
Specialized Emergency Departments for Older Adults Linked to Better Outcomes
- July 10, 2024
Iscoe Receives YCCI Scholar Award for AI Research on Drug Reactions
- May 25, 2023
Yale Community Showcased at AGS Conference
- March 29, 2023
Yale Emergency Medicine Ranks First for NIH Grants Funding According to National Report
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