
Ambrose Wong
@ambrosehwong
Emergency Physician-Scientist, #HealthcareSimulation researcher in #teamwork, #mentalhealth, #disparities, #healthcareviolence. @YaleMed 🏳️🌈
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https://medicine.yale.edu/emergencymed/research/ambrose_wong.profile 11-01-2015 17:31:00
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@mena_pair trainees touring the Yale Center for Medical Simulation and learning from the expert Ambrose Wong Yale School of Medicine about guidelines and best practices for reducing violence against Healthcare workers, improving behavioral care and promoting patient safety Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB


In this paper, I along with my co-authors (Katie Nash, Ambrose Wong, Molly Markowitz, MD, @drkrissyy, Leah Robinson, and Laura Cramer) highlight that not only are there racial disparities in physical restraint, but those disparities are actually WIDER among girls… 1/

Inequities always have upstream roots - nice work by Ambrose Wong and team unpeeling that onion - Racial Inequities in Police Transport for Patients to the Emergency Department sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Yale Emergency Medicine

Our new paper in American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) looked at #emergency department visits in the Northeast and Southeast US and found higher rates of police arrival for Black individuals. This may be major upstream impact for inequity in emergency care, especially for #mentalhealth Yale School of Public Health Yale School of Medicine

Thank you The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for investing in #emergency care research, especially for #mentalhealth. This award will be a major step for community engagement and patient centered care for mental health crises, especially for marginalized groups. pcori.org/research-resul…

Researchers at UCSF School of Medicine and @BCMHouston: @VidyaEswaran, Alison Hwong, and Melanie Molina, MD MAS share insights about their latest study on racial disparities in emergency department physical restraint use. My first for STAT cc: Dana Im, M.D. @AmbroseHWong JAMA Internal Medicine UCSF Emergency Med

DEM's Ambrose Wong and team awarded a $6.9 million research grant from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to pioneer the groundbreaking study “Peer Support Enhanced Behavioral Crisis Response Teams in the Emergency Department”: medicine.yale.edu/news-article/w…



Engaging work from Yale DEM alumnus Isaac K. Agboola and Assistant Professor Ambrose Wong; this paper interviewed minority attendings, residents, nurses and medical technicians to gain insight about their experiences during #agitationmanagement in the #EmergencyDepartment.

Hot off the Press: A Qualitative Study of Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Experiences of Minority Clinicians During Agitation Care in the Emergency Department annemergmed.com/article/S0196-… @isaackagboolamd Ambrose Wong


Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ambrose Wong for speaking at Brown Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds on the topic of #workplaceviolence and #agitationmanagement in the emergency department


"There’s often no bright line that distinguishes a medical cause from a mental crisis from an insulting and bullying personality in an aggressive ER patient. Often, threatening and violent patients need our help." (Ambrose Wong, saw you're mentioned!) statnews.com/2024/01/10/hea…


🔦Great spotlight on Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH 🏳️🌈 of Yale Emergency Medicine & Yale Emergency Scholars. Have very much enjoyed figuring out early academic career EM research and growing the pipeline of EM investigators with her!



💊💉New work with Ambrose Wong et al in Am Jnl of Geriatric Psych 🚩1 in 20 older adult ED visits results in chemical sedation or physical restraint. 🚩Minoritized group status was linked to increased use, especially among the oldest old. Free access for 50 days: bit.ly/3SoRtb7


‼️REMINDER‼️ Please join us on August 20 1-2 PM CST for an AGEM/Behavioral & Psychological Interest Group Co-Sponsored Webinar Maura Kennedy and Ambrose Wong will be speaking on AMS/Delirium and Geriatric Agitation in the ED, moderated by Surriya Colleen Ahmad, MD & Bernard P. Chang MD PhD


New AGEM Author Spotlight featuring Ambrose Wong Racial, Ethnic, and Age Disparities in Sedation & Restraint Use for Older Adults in the ED Congrats to co-authors Maura Kennedy Ula Hwang Cameron Gettel MD MHS Geriatrics at Yale @geriatricEDNews SAEM tinyurl.com/mv369dm2
