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Andrew Nugent, MD, MHA, FACEP

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Chair and Departmental Executive Officer

Education

  • BS in Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • MD in Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Resident in Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States
  • 2020, MHA, University of Iowa College of Public Health

Licenses & Certifications

  • Advanced Pediatric Life Support
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Certified
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
  • Basic Life Support
  • Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Medical License, State of Iowa, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Negaard BJ, Vakkalanka JP, Nugent AS, Faine BA. Long-Term Impacts of a Targeted intervention in the Emergency Department on Inpatient Prescribing Practices. J Pharm Pract. 2024 Feb;37(1):60-65. doi:10.1177/08971900221125077. Epub 2022 Sep 2. PMID: 36052770.
  • Choo EK, Strehlow M, Del Rios M, Oral E, Pobee R, Nugent A, et al. "Observational Study of Organizational responses of 17 US Hospitals over the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic." BMJ Open.2023 May 8;13(5):e067986. Doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067986.
  • Van Heukelom P, Vakkalanka JP, Pedersen R, Nugent AS. Inpatient Boarding Definitions and Mitigation strategies: A cross-sectional survey of academic emergency departments in the United States Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Feb 9;67:37-40.doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.01.056.
  • Feazel, L., Schlichting, A. B., Bell, G. R., Shane, D. M., Ahmed, A., Faine, B.,... Moher, N. M. (2015). Achieving regionalization through rural interhospital transfer. Am J Emerg Med, 33(9), 1288-1296. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.032.
  • Negaard BJ, Vakkalanka JP, Nugent AS, Faine BA. Long-Term Impacts of a Targeted Intervention in the Emergency Department on Inpatient Prescribing Practices. J Pharm Pract. 2022 Sep 2:8971900221125077. doi:10.1177/08971900221125077. PMID: 36052770.
  • Miller DG, Vakkalanka JP, Swanson MB, Nugent AS, Hagiwara Y. Is the Emergency Department an Inappropriate Venue for Code Status Discussions? [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 2]. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020;1049909120938332. doi:10.1177/1049909120938332.
  • King, D.M., Vakkalanka Sc, M. J., Junker Pa, C. C., Harland, K. K., & Nugent, A. S. (2020). Emergency Department Overcrowding Lowers Patient Satisfaction Scores. Acad Emerg Med. doi:10.1111/acem.14046.
  • Obr BJ, Young T, Harland KK, Nugent A, "Use of a Bidirectional Text Messaging System for ED Follow-Up." Telemed J E Health. 2019 Sep 24. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0002. PMID: 31549903.
  • Kruse, A. J., Nugent, A. S. & Peterson, A. R. (null). Using sideline concussion tests in the emergency department. Open Access Emergency Medicine Volume 10 113-121. DOI: 10.2147/oaem.s165995.
  • Katz, D. A., Paez, M. W., Reisenger, H. S., Weg, M. W., Titler, M. G. & Nugent, A. S. (2014). Implementation of Smoking Cessation Guidelines in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study of Staff Perceptions. Addict Sci Clin Practice 9 (1). PMID: 24460974.