James Bonz, MD
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Director of Procedural Simulation, Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Procedural Simulation, Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation
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Dr. Bonz is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Procedural Simulation at YCMS.
He graduated from medical school at University of New Mexico and completed his residency training in EM at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
He began the procedural training program as its own division within YCMS in 2011. Dr. Bonz has led cadaver-based workshops on emergency procedures and has presented and paneled at the International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH).
Dr. Bonz is funded by the Department of Defense as part of a panel of experts investigating live tissue and simulated procedural training in combat medicine and his research interests include technical skill and management decisions in high stress environments.
His philosophy is principled on the strong evidence that simulated procedural training increases efficiency, expertise, and decreases error.<_o3a_p>
Last Updated on February 11, 2025.
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- University of New Mexico (2005)
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Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS
Leigh Evans, MD
Ani Aydin, MD
Charles Wira, MD
Christopher L Moore, MD
James Dziura, MPH, PhD
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74Citations
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2025
An adaptive simulation intervention decreases emergency physician physiologic stress while caring for patients during COVID-19: A randomized clinical trial
Evans L, Bonz J, Buck S, Gerwin J, Bonner S, Ikejiani S, Moylan T, Joseph M, de Oliveira Almeida G, Ray J, Dziura J, Venkatesh A, Wong A. An adaptive simulation intervention decreases emergency physician physiologic stress while caring for patients during COVID-19: A randomized clinical trial. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0331488. PMID: 40901855, PMCID: PMC12407420, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSelf-report State-Trait Anxiety InventoryClinician well-beingSimulation interventionIntervention groupEducational interventionEmergency medicineClinical shiftsSimulation-based educational interventionRoot-mean-square standard deviationHeart rate variabilityPatient care qualitySimulated educational interventionState-Trait Anxiety InventoryWell-beingStressful work environmentOptimal patient careEM physiciansPost-interventionPatient safetyEM workforcePatient careControl groupEmergency physiciansAnxiety InventoryRandomized clinical trials
2024
11 The Effect of Apneic Oxygenation on End-Tidal Oxygen Concentration During Rapid Sequence Intubation
Boccio E, Perkins R, Bonz J. 11 The Effect of Apneic Oxygenation on End-Tidal Oxygen Concentration During Rapid Sequence Intubation. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: s5. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research167 Patient Monitor Position and Operator Utilization During Endotracheal Intubation
Perkins R, Bonz J, Boccio E. 167 Patient Monitor Position and Operator Utilization During Endotracheal Intubation. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: s78. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparing Male and Female Resident Physicians in Central Venous Catheter Insertion Self-confidence and Competency: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Solberg M, Wong A, Ikejiani S, Bonz J, Evans L. Comparing Male and Female Resident Physicians in Central Venous Catheter Insertion Self-confidence and Competency: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 40: 63-69. PMID: 39117882, PMCID: PMC11780025, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08982-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsTraining programPost-trainingCentral venous catheterFemale resident physiciansSelf-confidenceSelf-reported confidenceMale traineesDifferences pre-Simulation training programVenous cathetersCannulation attemptsDesigning training programsPhysician residentsInserting central venous cathetersSkill-based outcomesLinear regressionDesignUsing dataMale physiciansResident physiciansCentral venous catheter insertionRetrospective cohort studyClinical competenceSpecialty designationBaseline demographic characteristicsPhysician educationEnd-Tidal Oxygen as an Effective Noninvasive Measure of Preoxygenation during Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Emergency Department
Boccio E, Belsky J, Lopez S, Kohen B, Bonz J. End-Tidal Oxygen as an Effective Noninvasive Measure of Preoxygenation during Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Emergency Department. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 68: 34-42. PMID: 39638653, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEmergency departmentConvenience sample of patientsEnd-tidal oxygenDuration of apneaAssociated with likelihoodProspective observational studyBody mass indexPeripheral capillary oxygen saturationConvenience sampleSample of patientsCapillary oxygen saturationOptimal preoxygenationPatient ageSecondary aimDesaturation eventsMass indexPatient characteristicsIntubation attemptsPreoxygenationObservational studyOxygen saturationSpO2 levelsPatientsIntubationSpO2
2021
Virtual Telesimulation for Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ray JM, Wong AH, Yang TJ, Buck S, Joseph M, Bonz JW, Auerbach MA, Couturier K, Tomassoni AJ, Schwartz ML, Evans LV. Virtual Telesimulation for Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Academic Medicine 2021, 96: 1431-1435. PMID: 33883398, PMCID: PMC8475640, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMedical studentsVideoconferencing platformUndergraduate medical educationImmersive educational experienceClinical skill developmentSimulation-based learningMedical student curriculumLearning experienceEducational experienceStudent curriculumClerkship rotationEducational modalitiesContent areasMedical educationMedical schoolsSkill developmentFacilitator interactionsStudentsOnline webinarsPatient actorsStudent volunteersCOVID-19 pandemicSimilar programsChat functionSchools
2020
Research Protocol and Case Report of Emergency Department Endovascular Aortic Occlusion (REBOA) in Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Daley J, Cannon K, Buckley R, Aydin A, Latich I, Perez Lozada J, Bonz J, Joseph D, Coughlin R, Belsky J, Sather J, Wira C, Liu R, Johnson A, Moore C. Research Protocol and Case Report of Emergency Department Endovascular Aortic Occlusion (REBOA) in Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Journal Of Endovascular Resuscitation And Trauma Management 2020, 4 DOI: 10.26676/jevtm.v40i(2).140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsMean arterial pressureEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAortic occlusionCardiac arrestCase reportResearch protocolNon-traumatic cardiac arrestFeasibility of REBOAFavorable neurologic outcomeInitial casesNon-traumatic OHCAFemoral arterial accessHospital cardiac arrestTidal carbon dioxideEndovascular aortic occlusionEarly human studiesNeurologic outcomeSecondary outcomesArterial pressureInitial patientsPrimary outcomeSpontaneous circulationHemodynamic changesArterial accessA Research Protocol and Case Report of Emergency Department Endovascular Aortic Occlusion (REBOA) in Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Daley J, Cannon K, Buckley R, Aydin A, Latich I, Lozada J, Bonz J, Joseph D, Coughlin R, Belsky J, Van Tonder R, Sather J, Wira C, Liu R, Johnson A, Moore C. A Research Protocol and Case Report of Emergency Department Endovascular Aortic Occlusion (REBOA) in Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Journal Of Endovascular Resuscitation And Trauma Management 2020, 4: 88-93. DOI: 10.26676/jevtm.v4i2.140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsAdvanced cardiac life supportCardiac life supportEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAortic occlusionCardiac arrestCase reportNon-traumatic cardiac arrestLife supportResuscitative endovascular balloon occlusionResearch protocolFeasibility of REBOAFavorable neurologic outcomeMean arterial pressureNon-traumatic OHCAFemoral arterial accessEndovascular balloon occlusionHospital cardiac arrestTidal carbon dioxideEndovascular aortic occlusionEarly human studiesNeurologic outcomeSecondary outcomesArterial pressureInitial patients
2018
“To Err Is Human” but Disclosure Must be Taught
Crimmins AC, Wong AH, Bonz JW, Tsyrulnik A, Jubanyik K, Dziura JD, Dodge KL, Evans LV. “To Err Is Human” but Disclosure Must be Taught. Simulation In Healthcare The Journal Of The Society For Simulation In Healthcare 2018, 13: 107-116. PMID: 29346222, DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsError disclosurePractice guidelinesEmergency medicineMedical studentsMedical error disclosurePatient-centered careSenior EM residentsAttending EM physiciansLevels of clinical experienceIncreasing physician experienceProspective cohort studyLevel of trainingImmersive simulation scenariosEM physiciansEM residentsHealthcare providersSafe practice guidelinesPhysician experienceAttending physiciansAdverse eventsCohort studySuboptimal adherenceTotal scorePromote safetyProviders
2016
297 Central Venous Catheter Insertion Training: A Hospital-Wide Approach
Steiner B, Evans L, Bonz J. 297 Central Venous Catheter Insertion Training: A Hospital-Wide Approach. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2016, 68: s115-s116. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.312.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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