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Ula Hwang, MD, MPH

Professor Adjunct of Emergency Medicine
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Professor Adjunct of Emergency Medicine

Biography

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.

Education & Training

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
Yale School of Medicine (2004)
Resident
Mount Sinai Medical Center (2002)
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health (1999)
MD
New York University School of Medicine (1997)

Board Certifications

  • Emergency Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Emergency Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2005

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Geriatrics

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ula Hwang's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Pioneer Award

  • honor

    Mentorship Award

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