Calling all PEM fellows to submit to EmergiQuiz! Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to present at NCE!
- 4 fellows will be chosen as finalists to present at the Section on Emergency Medicine NCE—a highlight of the meeting!
- Present live at NCE in Orlando on September 28, 2024
- Cash winners for best case presentation and best discussion of unknown case
- Additional honorable mention cases will be featured pre-conference at EmergiQuiz.com
- Opportunity for exposure to a national PEM audience and potential employers
Anyone currently enrolled in or accepted to a PEM fellowship program is eligible (this includes those beginning fellowship in July, or graduating this summer!)
Case Submission template forms and detailed submission instructions are attached and included below.
Deadline for case submission is June 2, 2024 by midnight PDT
Email to:
Marideth Rus, MD, MEd
mcrus@texaschildrens.org
The Section on Emergency Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics
EmergiQuiz 2024
Guidelines for Case Submission
Include the following for each case submitted:
- EmergiQuiz Author Information Form
- EmergiQuiz Case Submission Template Form
4 Parts to the Case Submission Form
Part 1: Description of the patient’s history, physical exam, ED evaluation (diagnostic, imaging, and other relevant studies) and ED/hospital course as it was known prior to uncovering the final diagnosis. Part 1 should conclude without revealing the final diagnosis. Appropriate concluding statements could be: “and then the definitive diagnostic study was performed” or “The patient was admitted where the diagnosis was made on the 3rd hospital day”, etc.
Part 2: Continuation of the patient’s ED/hospital course– revealing the final diagnosis and how it was made. A review of the literature, discussion of the differential diagnosis, or description of the features of the final diagnosis is not necessary for the submission.
Part 3: Images or figures only if applicable
Part 4: Case summary form which includes differential diagnosis and learning objectives for PEM physicians
Additional guidance for case submission
- Case title (The title of the case should not reveal the final diagnosis)
- Case summary parts 1&2 should not exceed 5 pages
- Carefully consider differential and learning objectives; these elements are essential parts of the scoring of cases
- Save document with the title of your case as the file name.
- Do not include any personal identifying information in the case submission (this includes your name as the author of the word document file when saving the file)
Cases will be scored anonymously by a panel of judges giving equal weight to all four criteria.
1. Relevance of learning objectives to PEM physicians
2. Value of differential diagnosis for PEM physicians
3. Uniqueness of information presented
4. Clarity and quality of case summary
EmergiQuiz submissions should be e-mailed no later than June 2, 2024 by midnight PDT.
*Confirmation that your case has been received will be in the form of a reply email. If you don’t receive an email reply within 5 business days, then please resend the submission. Notification of the selected cases will occur by August 1, 2024.
Check out the 2023 EmergiQuiz cases here
Check out the 2022 EmergiQuiz cases here
Check out the 2021 EmergiQuiz cases here
EmergiQuiz at the AAP NCE
EmergiQuiz is a case-based presentation that challenges the audience to think through the differential diagnosis for a complex case. Each year, 4 pediatric emergency medicine fellows are chosen from a large pool of submissions to present a case.
First, fellows present “Part 1”. During this portion of the presentation, the fellow describes the presentation to the emergency department (ED) and initial studies obtained.
Next, another fellow, who has received only this portion of the case in advance, takes the information the team had in the ED and works through the differential diagnosis During “Part 2”. They then make the best guess on the final diagnosis.
Finally, the original fellow presenter returns to present “Part 3”, which continues the case after admission to the time of final diagnosis, followed by a brief review of the final disease process.
Cases presented are chosen by a panel of judges. After the selected cases are presented, the audience votes on the best case presentation, as well as the best discussion of an unknown case.
Previous EmergiQuiz Cases
| Year | Fellow | Diagnosis | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Julia Brant | Diencephalic syndrome | Colorado Children’s |
| 2022 | Gina Aloisio | PRES from pheochromocytoma | Texas Children’s |
| 2022 | Quinney Fu | Thymic hemorrhage | Phoenix Children’s |
| 2022 | Erika Cohen | Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis | LeBonheur U of Tennesee |
| 2021 | Jared Schiff | Bird fancier’s lung | CHLA |
| 2021 | Batool Hussain | G6PD presenting after Hep A | Children’s Hospital of Michigan |
| 2021 | Brittany Boswell | Pseudohypoaldosteronism secondary to UTI | Seattle Children’s |
| 2021 | Nick Watkins | Pseudothrombotic microangiopathy secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency | LeBonheur U of Tennesee |
| 2020 | Ashley Griswold Haggerty | Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinura | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 2020 | Nichole McCollum | Posterior fossa mss presenting with stridor due to cranial nerve involvement | CNMC |
| 2020 | Chris Stem | Scurvy | Pittsburgh |
| 2020 | Kasi Eastep | Visceral larva migrans | University of Louisville |
| 2019 | Rachel Cafferty | Congenital syphillis | Colorado Children’s |
| 2019 | Baillie Lott | Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis | LeBonheur U of Tennesee |
| 2019 | Anneka Hooft | Latrodectism | UCSD/ Rady Children’s |
| 2019 | Joshua Haverland | Myasthenia gravis | Phoenix Children’s |
| 2018 | Lydia Rabon | Abdominal Compartment Syndrome due to MRSA Sepsis | Phoenix Children’s |
| 2018 | Wendi Wendt | Gout secondary to hyperparathyroidism | Michigan |
| 2018 | Jayceland Holland | Neonatal Purpura Fulminans secondary to Galactosemia | Vanderbilt |
| 2018 | Steve Janofsky | Traumatic Hemiplegic Migraine | Pittsburgh |
| 2017 | Julie Leviter | Addison’s Disease | Brown |
| 2017 | Tucker Anderson | Cat Scratch with neuroretinitis | Tennessee |
| 2017 | Caleb Ward | distal ileal volvulus 2/2 persistent omphalomesenteric duct | CNMC |
| 2017 | Seth Woolf | sacrococcygeal germ cell tumor | Yale |
| 2016 | Laura Sartori | factitious disorder | Vanderbilt |
| 2016 | Stephanie Moses | Pott’s Puffy Tumor from FB | Akron |
| 2016 | Emily Roben | Pyloric stenosis in 10 day old | Lurie Children’s/Northwestern |
| 2016 | Jessica Perniciaro | sepsis, retained prod of conception | CHLA |
| 2015 | Amy Delaroche | acquired HIV | Children’s Hospital Michigan |
| 2015 | Mariann Nocera | Flexeril overdose | Brown University Hasbro |
| 2015 | Kurtis Mayz | Kleine-Levin Syndrome | University of Michigan |
| 2015 | Adeola Kosoko | pulm AVM and non-TB mycobacterium | Texas Children’s |
| 2014 | Sathya Subramanian | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | SUNY Downstate Kings |
| 2014 | Ji Won Kim | Hyper IgM and PCP pna | Yale |
| 2014 | Tom Czolgosz | Mercury poisoning | Children’s Hospital Michigan |
| 2014 | Jonathen Auten | Molar pregnancy | UCSD Rady Children’s |
| 2013 | Alexie Cruz Puran | cyanide poisoning | Rochester |
| 2013 | Mujahida Baram | Opsoclonus myoclonus neuroblastoma | St. Louis Univ./Cardinal Glennon |
| 2013 | Amanda Price | status epilepticus from bartonella | Medical Univ S Carolina |
| 2013 | Matthew Thornton | thyrotoxic hypokalemic paralysis | Yale |
| 2012 | Brian Bassham | ethylene glycol | Vanderbilt |
| 2012 | Jessica Chen | lidocaine toxicity, burns | Akron |
| 2012 | Saranya Srinivasan | scurvy | CHLA |
| 2012 | Ryan Caltagirone | Vtach | Colorado Children’s |
| 2011 | Julia Lloyd | Acute rheumatic fever and septic arthritis | Children’s Memorial |
| 2011 | Irma Ugalde | anomalous left coronary from aortic sinus between Ao and PA | UT Southwestern |
| 2011 | Mike Baldovsky | Aortic Dissection | LeBonheur Univ or Tennessee |
| 2011 | Keith Weisz | Sickle cell trait, splenic sequestration | Denver Children’s |
| 2010 | Thuy Ngo | endocarditis & septic emboli | Texas Children’s |
| 2010 | Todd Florin | Lemierre’s | CHOP |
| 2010 | Brian Costello | Septo-optic dysplasia | Emory |
| 2010 | Katrina Iverson | viral myocarditis | Michigan |
| 2009 | Jennifer Jacob | Duodenal atresia w/ hypoMg dehyd & sz’s | Rady Children’s UCSD |
| 2009 | Lorraine Ng | Lupus | Children’s Hospital at Montefiore |
| 2009 | Rachel Tuuri | Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease | Children’s Memorial (Northwestern) |
| 2009 | Ted Brenkert | Rat-bite fever | Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital (Vanderbilt) |
| 2008 | Katie Nicholson | Hypocalcemia | Yale |
| 2008 | Purva Glover | Myesthenia | Akron Childrens |
| 2008 | Jason Adams | Pulmonary AVM | AI Dupont |
| 2008 | Joe Grubenhoff | Thyroxine poisoning | Denver Childrens |
| 2007 | Cathy James | Arsenic Poisoning | Boston Children’s |
| 2007 | Derya Caglar | Multifocal Osteo | CHLA |
| 2007 | Sabah Iqbal | TAPVR | Children’s National |
| 2007 | Javier Vializ | Thiamine deficiency | St. Chris |
| 2006 | Hallie Keller | Airway/esop FB | Utah |
| 2006 | Jennifer Marin | ALL of spine | CHOP |
| 2006 | Pavan Zaveri | Coarct of abd aorta | Children’s National |
| 2006 | Myto Doung | Osteo/septic phlebitis | SL Childrens |
| 2005 | Stephanie Doniger | Brucella | San Diego |
| 2005 | Christine Cho | CF | CHOP |
| 2005 | Cara Doughty | Pheo of bladder | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 2005 | Kelli Petronis | Splenic rupture | King’s Daughters |
| 2004 | Pia Meyers | Cardiac rhabdo | Miami |
| 2004 | Manoj Mittal | Hypercalcemia/ALL | CHOP |
| 2004 | Rakesh Mistry | Miller-Fisher syndrome | Milwaukee |
| 2004 | Peter Antevy | Pertussis | Pitt |
| 2003 | Laurie Lawrence | acetaminophen tox | Vanderbilt |
| 2003 | Russ Horowitz | cardiomeg/rickets | Northwestern |
| 2003 | Mardi Steere | DVT/pelvic rhabdo | Jax |
| 2003 | Joseph Allen | Neonatal herpes | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 2002 | Annalise Sorrentino | CO poisoning | Birmingham |
| 2002 | Allen Hsaio | Duodenal hematoma, IBM | Yale |
| 2002 | Kelly Butler | Psoas abscess, appi | Vanderbilt |
| 2002 | Hannah Smitherman | Strep A, epistaxis | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 2001 | Alonna Norberg | Abuse | Akron Children’s |
| 2001 | Jason Little | CAH | |
| 2001 | William Stauffer | Intussusception | Mineapolis |
| 2001 | Sabrina Perkins | Renal art thrombosis with hypertension | CMC Dallas |
| 2000 | Ada Earp | Endocarditis | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 2000 | Theresa Maldonado | Myocarditis | Montefiore |
| 2000 | Anna Karpas | Shock/traumatic VSD | Milwaukee |
| 2000 | Lina Abujamra | Vertebral artery dissection | Jax |
| 1999 | Lisa Skokan | Ehrlichiosis | Utah |
| 1999 | Laura Sells | Osteo of c-spine | Columbus |
| 1999 | Sandy Garcia | Pseudohypoparathyroid | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 1999 | Julia MacDonald | Septic arthritis | Louisville |
| 1998 | David DeLemos | Burkitt’s lymphoma/htn | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 1998 | Ron Kaplan | Ethylene toxicity | Boston Children’s |
| 1998 | Cecilia Carubelli | Neurocysteicercosis | CMC Dallas |
| 1998 | Brian Gilligan | SBO from adhesions | UF at JAX |
| 1997 | Adrenal insufficiency | Akron Children’s | |
| 1997 | Donna Mendez | Spinal cord AVM | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 1997 | Kimberly Aaron | Theophylline tox | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 1997 | Visual changes in sickle cell disease |