Title(s):
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine
Appointment Phone:
410-955-2280
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Emergency Medicine
Education and Experience
Training
- University of Nebraska College of Medicine (Omaha NE)/ (1984)
Residencies
- George Washington University School of Medicine (Washington DC)/ Emergency Medicine (1990)
Certifications
- Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine (2010)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Hospital Main Entrance - Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-2280
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Department / Division
- Emergency Medicine
Centers/Institutes
Centers / Institutes
- Office of Critical Event Preparedness and REsponse
Bio
Biography
Dr. Kirsch is an Associate Professor and the Director of Operations for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine. He is the co-Director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response (CRDR) in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) and the Director of the Hopkins School of Medicines Wilderness Medicine Course.
He is a practicing emergency physician and educator with extensive disaster research and response experience, having served as the National Physician Advisor for the American Red Cross Disaster Health Services for the past 18 years. He has also consulted for the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance), and the Medical Reserve Corps. He has been teaching Emergency Medicine, public health and disaster management for 20 years in the United States, as well as being an invited lecturer globally.
He is a practicing emergency physician and educator with extensive disaster research and response experience, having served as the National Physician Advisor for the American Red Cross Disaster Health Services for the past 18 years. He has also consulted for the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance), and the Medical Reserve Corps. He has been teaching Emergency Medicine, public health and disaster management for 20 years in the United States, as well as being an invited lecturer globally.
Physician Title
Director of Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine
Awards and Honors
Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alpha Chapter (2006)
Invited Lecturer: Eighth Annual Symposium; Voyage and Discovery Lecture Series
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD (2006)
Hurricane Katrina: Testimony before the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations
U.S. House of Representatives (Chairman; Deal and Whitfield), Washington, D.C., (2005)
Roundtable Discussion: Hurricane Katrina
Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
U.S. Senate (Chairman; Enzi and Kennedy), Washington, D.C., (2005)
American Red Cross, Disaster Services Professional Service Award (1995)
Keynote Address Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan (1995)
District of Columbia Hospital Association Hospital Service Award (1990)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alpha Chapter (2006)
Invited Lecturer: Eighth Annual Symposium; Voyage and Discovery Lecture Series
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD (2006)
Hurricane Katrina: Testimony before the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations
U.S. House of Representatives (Chairman; Deal and Whitfield), Washington, D.C., (2005)
Roundtable Discussion: Hurricane Katrina
Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
U.S. Senate (Chairman; Enzi and Kennedy), Washington, D.C., (2005)
American Red Cross, Disaster Services Professional Service Award (1995)
Keynote Address Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan (1995)
District of Columbia Hospital Association Hospital Service Award (1990)
Expertise
- Emergency Medicine
Research
Research and Publications
Dr. Kirsch is the author of 30 scientific articles, dozens of abstract and 13 textbook chapters, including Head Injuries in the last 2 editions of Tintanellis Emergency Medicine. He has presented at numerous national and international meetings, most recently including the 2009 Public Health Preparedness Summit, 2009 World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine conference, the 2008 American Public Health Association meeting and the 2008 Department of Homeland Security meeting on Community Resilience. His recent research has focused on assessing the quality of disaster response and improving the medical and public health response capacity. He is also the second editor of an international health textbook (Emergent Field Medicine). He serves on the Editorial Board for the American Medical Associations journal, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness and is a reviewer for the Annals of Emergency Medicine and was the editor of the international section of the Annals of Emergency Medicine from 1995-2000.
Research Interests
- Disaster preparedness and response
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Languages
- English
Memberships
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Explorers Club (2005-Current)
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Explorers Club (2005-Current)
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