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Emergency Medicine

David Karras, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

David Karras

  • Associate Chair, Academic Affairs, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Professor, Emergency Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Specialties

Emergency Medicine

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About Me
Publications
About Me
Education
  • MD, New York University, School of Medicine, New York, NY
Training
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
  • Emergency Medicine
Memberships
  • Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Awards and Honors
  • Alpha Omega Alpha – National Medical Honor Society, 2009
  • Outstanding Educator in Emergency Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Temple University Hospital, 2008
  • Honored Professor Award, LKSOM Alumni Association, 2019
  • Outstanding Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine, 2006, 2010, 2011
Publications
Digital Bibliography
Publications

Karras DJ. Miscellaneous infectious syndromes: Lyme carditis, human immunodeficiency virus-associated, and Chagas disease. In: Chan TC, Brady WJ, Harrigan RA, Ornato JP, Rosen P. ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Elsevier-Mosby, 2005. pp 324-327.

Saks MA, Karras DJ. Emerging infectious diseases. In: Hirshon, JM, Ed. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 2006; 24 1019-1033.

Karras DJ, Satz WA, Barrett J. Errors in the management of infectious disease emergencies. In: Mattu A, Goyal D, Eds. Errors and Pitfalls in Emergency Medicine. British Medical Journal – Blackwell Press, 2007; pp. 63-71.

Karras DJ. Case studies in emergency medicine. In: Spandorfer J, Pohl C, Nasca T, Rattner SL, Eds. Professionalism in Medicine: The Case-Based Guide for Medical Students. Cambridge University Press, 2009; in press.

Heilpern KL, Karras DJ. Cardiopulmonary complications of cocaine. Emergency Medicine Reports 1994; 15: 1-8.

Karras DJ. Asthma: current therapeutic strategies and comprehensive patient management. Emergency Medicine Reports 1994; 15:171-181.

Karras DJ. Otitis media in children. Emergency Medicine Reports 1996; 17: 111-118.

Demangone D, Karras DJ. The clinical challenge of tuberculosis. Emergency Medicine Reports 1997; 17: 235-244.

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