Ugo A Ezenkwele, MD Email Ugo Ezenkwele
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- Position
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
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- Specialty
- Emergency Medicine
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- Department of Emergency Medicine 718-267-4390718-267-4390
Ugo Ezenkwele, MD, is Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received both his degree in medicine and in public health from John Hopkins University School of Medicine. Subsequently, he was granted a William J. Fulbright award which ultimately led to the development of trauma and injury surveillance systems in the Caribbean. He then went on to complete a residency program in emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
In addition to direct patient care, his clinical interests include emergency medicine management systems and health care information technology. He is passionate about optimizing the delivery of care to acutely ill patients and improving the experience of patients in the emergency room. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, he oversaw emergency room clinical operations which led to improvements in patient satisfaction, a decrease in the time to be seen by a provider, and a decrease in the percent of patients leaving the emergency room before being seen by a provider. He has found that improved patient care can be achieved through technology, including electronic health records, as well as through educating patients, hospital staff and community physicians. Dr. Ezenkwele is committed to the goal of helping to create a system of seamless coordinated and integrated care for patients.
Dr. Ezenkwele is engaging with members of the Queens community and educating them in regards to various topics such as injury prevention. He is also interested in issues surrounding sensitivity in health care delivery to the culturally diverse population in Queens. He hopes that through patient and community physician engagement to optimize the integration of patient care on both campuses of the Hospital.
Dr. Ezenkwele has been the recipient of a number of awards including the National Medical Association Excellence in Service Award, (2012 – 2014) and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Visionary Educator Award. He has authored several publications and has lectured on topics including injury prevention, health disparities and diversity in medical education. He is the immediate past president of the Emergency Medicine section of the National Medical Association. He was also the vice chairman of the Academy of Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. In both these roles, he was dedicated to making policy changes that have a lasting effect on the next generation of physician leaders and the communities they serve.
Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Disaster Medicine
- Geriatric Emergencies
- Pediatric Emergencies
- Prehospital Emergencies
- Stroke
Education
MD, John Hopkins- Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program
Residency, Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Language
English
Ezenkwele UA, Holder YV, Francis MA. Caribbean Hospital Based Injury Surveillance Manual. Journal of the Caribbean Epidemiology Center 1999;.
Chanmugam AS, Hengeller M, Ezenkwele UA. Development of rhabdomyolsis after rapid opioid detoxification with subcutaneous naltrexone maintenance therapy. Academic Emergency Medicine 2000; 7(3): 03-305.
Ezenkwele UA, Holder YV. Applicability of CDC guidelines toward the establishment of an injury surveillance system in the Caribbean. Injury Prevention 2001; 7: 245-248.
Ezenkwele UA, Sites FD, Shofer FS, Pritchett N, Hollander JE. A randomized study of electronic mail versus telephone call for follow-up after emergency department visit. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2003; 24(2): 125-130.
Dark CK, Ezenkwele UA. Access to care as a predictor of patients’ knowledge of cardiovascular diseases. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(12): 1338-1346.
Bowman SH, Moreno-Walton L, Ezenkwele UA. Diversity in emergency medicine education: expanding the horizon. Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 ; 18(18): 1-6.
Ezenkwele U. Mesenteric ischemia [editorial]. Scientific American Emergency Medicine 2016 Nov;.
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Dr.Ezenkwele did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2017 and/or 2018: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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