Francis M. Fesmire
American emergency physician (1969ā2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francis Miller Fesmire (November 16, 1959 ā January 31, 2014) was an American emergency physician and a nationally recognized expert in myocardial infarction.[1] He authored numerous academic articles and assisted in the development of clinical guidelines on the standard of care in treating patients with suspected myocardial infarction by the American College of Emergency Physicians[1][2][3][4][5] and the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] He performed numerous research investigations in chest pain patients, reporting the usefulness of continuous 12-lead ECG monitoring,[14][15][16] two-hour delta cardiac marker testing,[15][17][18] and nuclear cardiac stress testing in the emergency department.[19] The culmination of his studies was The Erlanger Chest Pain Evaluation Protocol published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine in 2002.[20] In 2011 he published a novel Nashville Skyline[21] that received a 5 star review by ForeWord Reviews.[22] His most recent research involved the risk stratification of chest pain patients in the emergency department.[23][24]
Francis M. Fesmire | |
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Born | (1959-11-16)November 16, 1959 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | January 31, 2014(2014-01-31) (aged 54) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Education | Baylor School Harvard College Vanderbilt University Medical School |
Medical career | |
Field | Emergency medicine |
Institutions | University of Tennessee College of Medicine |
Sub-specialties | Myocardial infarction |
Awards | Young Investigator Award (1996) Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine (2006) Hero of Emergency Medicine (2008) |