Ellen Weber, MD
Professor Emeritus
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Emergency Physician at UCSF with research interests in ED utilization, crowding, quality, triage, and information technology, as well as peer review publishing. Editor in Chief of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Affiliate faculty IHPS and IGHS. Visiting faculty at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science.

Awards

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• Dickson Emeritus Award, UCSF, 2018-2020
• Honorary Fellow, UK Royal College of Emergency Medicine, 2014

Education & Training

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• Residency School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

Interests

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• peer review in publication
• emergency medicine
• emergency department utilization
• information technology
• global emergency medicine
• crowding

Websites

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• @@emjeditor on Twitter (twitter.com)
• Editor In Chief, Emergency Medicine Journal (emj.bmj.com)
• Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (91)

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ExplosionsTertiary Care CentersMeningitisTanzaniaPeriodicals as TopicEmergency MedicineHospitals, UrbanCrowdingMalpracticeTriagePatient AdmissionPublication BiasAcute Coronary SyndromeEmergency Service, HospitalPublishing

• The wisdom of elders: a new patient experience survey for older patients could tell us how to fix our emergency departments for everyone.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2024 Weber EJ, Keating L
• Clinical profile and outcomes of paediatric patients with acute seizures: a prospective cohort study at an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania.
  BMJ open 2024 Shayo F, Sawe HR, Hyuha GM, Moshi B, Gulamhussein MA, Mussa R, Mdundo W, Rwegoshora S, Mfinanga JA, Kilindimo S, Weber EJ
• Misplaced attribution for malpractice claims further frays the safety net provided by emergency departments.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2023 Weber EJ, Leech C
• Did England's national home oxygen monitoring programme for COVID-19 work? Yes… and no.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2023 Weber EJ
• Out-of-pocket cost for medical care of injured patients presenting to emergency department of national hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
  BMJ open 2023 Gulamhussein MA, Sawe HR, Kilindimo S, Mfinanga JA, Mussa R, Hyuha GM, Rwegoshora S, Shayo F, Mdundo W, Sadiq AM, Weber EJ

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• After 50+ years, emergency medicine (and our patients) remain undervalued.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2023 Weber EJ
• Patterns and Predictors of Timely Presentation and Outcomes of Polytrauma Patients Referred to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania.
  Emergency medicine international 2022 Premji EN, Kilindimo SS, Sawe HR, Yussuf AO, Simbila AN, Manji HK, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Predictors and outcome of time to presentation among critically ill paediatric patients at Emergency Department of Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  BMC pediatrics 2022 Simbila AN, Kilindimo SS, Sawe HR, Kalezi ZE, Yussuf AO, Manji HK, Leyna G, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Predictors and outcome of cardiac arrest in paediatric patients presenting to emergency medicine department of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania.
  BMC emergency medicine 2022 Yussuf AO, Kilindimo SS, Sawe HR, Premji EN, Manji HK, Simbila AN, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Predictive Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in Patients Receiving Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department.
  Journal of thoracic imaging 2022 Vakil P, Wen Z, Lima AS, Weber EJ, Kallianos KG, Elicker BM, Naeger DM, Henry TS, Ordovas KG
• Recognising acute coronary syndrome.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2022 Harskamp RE, Fanaroff AC, Zhen SW, Sawe HR, Weber EJ
• Clinical profile and mortality among adult patients presenting with altered mental status to the emergency departments of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a descriptive cohort study.
  The Pan African medical journal 2022 Manji HK, Sawe HR, Kilindimo S, Premji EN, Yussuf AO, Simbila AN, Versi SA, Weber EJ
• Feasibility and efficacy of text messaging to promote care among trauma patients screened for HIV at an urban emergency department in Tanzania.
  International journal of emergency medicine 2021 Hyuha GM, Sawe HR, Kilindimo S, Mussa RY, Gulamhussein MA, Rwegoshora SS, Shayo F, Mdundo W, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• When a study doesn't show what you hoped for.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2021 Weber EJ
• Lessons learnt in ethical publishing from mass casualty events: the Manchester bombing experience.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2021 Carlton E, Weber EJ
• Why test and trace will fail without support for self-isolation: lessons from San Francisco.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2021 Weber E
• Development and pilot implementation of a standardised trauma documentation form to inform a national trauma registry in a low-resource setting: lessons from Tanzania.
  BMJ open 2020 Sawe HR, Reynolds TA, Weber EJ, Mfinanga JA, Coats TJ, Wallis LA
• The burden of trauma in Tanzania: Analysis of prospective trauma registry data at regional hospitals in Tanzania.
  Injury 2020 Sawe HR, Wallis LA, Weber EJ, Mfinanga JA, Coats TJ, Reynolds TA
• Are we preaching to the choir? Where should studies on frequent users of EDs be published?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2020 Weber EJ
• Barriers and facilitators to implementing trauma registries in low- and middle-income countries: Qualitative experiences from Tanzania.
  African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence 2020 Sawe HR, Sirili N, Weber E, Coats TJ, Wallis LA, Reynolds TA
• Aetiologies and outcomes of patients with abdominal pain presenting to an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
  BMC gastroenterology 2020 Mjema KM, Sawe HR, Kulola I, Mohamed AS, Sylvanus E, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Perceptions of health providers towards the use of standardised trauma form in managing trauma patients: a qualitative study from Tanzania.
  Injury epidemiology 2020 Sawe HR, Sirili N, Weber E, Coats TJ, Reynolds TA, Wallis LA
• Trauma care and capture rate of variables of World Health Organisation data set for injury at regional hospitals in Tanzania: first steps to a national trauma registry.
  BMC emergency medicine 2020 Sawe HR, Reynolds TA, Weber EJ, Mfinanga JA, Coats TJ, Wallis LA
• Global crisis: EM and EMJ respond.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2020 Body R, Carlton E, Carley S, Dawood M, Leech C, Smith SS, Weber EJ
• The utility of point of care serum lactate in predicting serious adverse outcomes among critically ill adult patients at urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania.
  Tropical medicine and health 2019 Edward U, Sawe HR, Mfinanga JA, Ottaru TA, Kiremeji M, Kitapondya DN, Kaale DA, Iyullu A, Bret N, Weber EJ
• Profile and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding presenting to urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania.
  BMC gastroenterology 2019 Rajan SS, Sawe HR, Iyullu AJ, Kaale DA, Olambo NA, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• An abstract lesson: Adopting the CONSORT-EA to improve the quality of reporting of emergency medicine research.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2019 Weber EJ, Body R
• Publication bias begins at home.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2019 Weber EJ
• Non-traumatic chest pain in patients presenting to an urban emergency Department in sub Saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study in Tanzania.
  BMC cardiovascular disorders 2019 Mohamed AS, Sawe HR, Muhanuzi B, Marombwa NR, Mjema K, Weber EJ
• Our choices.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2019 Weber EJ
• Feasibility and yield of HIV screening among adult trauma patients presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania.
  AIDS research and therapy 2019 Ramadhani J, Sawe HR, Kilindimo SS, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Pre-referral stabilization and compliance with WHO guidelines for trauma care among adult patients referred to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania.
  BMC emergency medicine 2019 Lucumay NJ, Sawe HR, Mohamed A, Sylvanus E, George U, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Respiratory compromise in children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a descriptive cohort study.
  BMC emergency medicine 2019 Muhanuzi B, Sawe HR, Kilindimo SS, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Performance characteristics of a local triage tool and internationally validated tools among under-fives presenting to an urban emergency department in Tanzania.
  BMC pediatrics 2019 Marombwa NR, Sawe HR, George U, Kilindimo SS, Lucumay NJ, Mjema KM, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ
• Profile and outcome of patients with emergency complications of renal failure presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania.
  BMC emergency medicine 2019 Sylvanus E, Sawe HR, Muhanuzi B, Mulesi E, Mfinanga JA, Weber EJ, Kilindimo S
• Side effects of decision rules, or the law of unintended consequences.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2018 Weber EJ, Carlton EW
• Triage: making the simple complex?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2018 Weber EJ
• Why sample size estimates?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2018 Weber EJ, Hoo ZH
• Decreasing triage time: effects of implementing a step-wise ESI algorithm in an EHR.
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2018 Villa S, Weber EJ, Polevoi S, Fee C, Maruoka A, Quon T
• Comparing the Effect of Throughput and Output Factors on Emergency Department Crowding: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2018 Doupe MB, Chateau D, Chochinov A, Weber E, Enns JE, Derksen S, Sarkar J, Schull M, Lobato de Faria R, Katz A, Soodeen RA
• Are rising admission thresholds good medicine?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Boyle AA, Weber EJ
• Global Abstracts.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• Finding value in 'inappropriate' visits: A new study demonstrates how variation in ED use for preventable visits can be used to detect problems with access to healthcare in our communities.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine journals.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• Author's reply to Hill-Smith.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2017 Weber EJ
• EMJ Global Highlights June 2017.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• Global emergency medicine highlights.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• The patient's dilemma: attending the emergency department with a minor illness.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2017 Weber EJ, Hirst E, Marsh M
• Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine journals.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine Journals.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2017 Weber EJ
• BMJ
  The patient’s dilemma: attending the emergency department with a minor illness 2017 Weber Ellen J, Hirst Enid, Marsh Margaret. The patient’s dilemma: attending the emergency department with a minor illness BMJ 2017; 357 :j1941
• Correlation and crowding measures: the fundamental lesson behind complex statistics.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2016 Weber EJ
• The Impact of Clinical Decision Rules on Computed Tomography Use and Yield for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2015 Wang RC, Bent S, Weber E, Neilson J, Smith-Bindman R, Fahimi J
• A new marketplace in Med Ed: innovation or just rebranding?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2015 Weber EJ
• Clinical pathway improves pediatrics asthma management in the emergency department and reduces admissions.
  The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2015 Bekmezian A, Fee C, Weber E
• Practicing what we teach: in order to teach patient-centered care, we need to deliver it.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2015 Weber EJ
• A man walks into an ED….
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2014 Weber EJ
• Innovations to reduce demand and crowding in emergency care; a review study.
  Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine 2014 Mason S, Mountain G, Turner J, Arain M, Revue E, Weber EJ
• Who is the journal for?
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2014 Weber EJ
• Emergency department crowding and younger age are associated with delayed corticosteroid administration to children with acute asthma.
  Pediatric emergency care 2013 Bekmezian A, Fee C, Bekmezian S, Maselli JH, Weber E
• Implications of England's four-hour target for quality of care and resource use in the emergency department.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2012 Weber EJ, Mason S, Freeman JV, Coster J
• Pneumonia quality measures not associated with antibiotics for congestive heart failure patients.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2012 Fee C, Johnson N, Torres H, Weber EJ
• Solutions to emergency department 'boarding' and crowding are underused and may need to be legislated.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012 Rabin E, Kocher K, McClelland M, Pines J, Hwang U, Rathlev N, Asplin B, Trueger NS, Weber E
• Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012 Smith AK, McCarthy E, Weber E, Cenzer IS, Boscardin J, Fisher J, Covinsky K
• Defining frequent use: the numbers no longer count.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2012 Weber EJ
• A research agenda to assure equity during periods of emergency department crowding.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Hwang U, Weber EJ, Richardson LD, Sweet V, Todd K, Abraham G, Ankel F
• International perspectives on emergency department crowding.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Pines JM, Hilton JA, Weber EJ, Alkemade AJ, Al Shabanah H, Anderson PD, Bernhard M, Bertini A, Gries A, Ferrandiz S, Kumar VA, Harjola VP, Hogan B, Madsen B, Mason S, Ohlén G, Rainer T, Rathlev N, …
• Time patients spend in the emergency department: England's 4-hour rule-a case of hitting the target but missing the point?
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Mason S, Weber EJ, Coster J, Freeman J, Locker T
• Frequent users of emergency department services: gaps in knowledge and a proposed research agenda.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Pines JM, Asplin BR, Kaji AH, Lowe RA, Magid DJ, Raven M, Weber EJ, Yealy DM
• Mandatory triage does not identify high-acuity patients within recommended time frames.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Weber EJ, McAlpine I, Grimes B
• Emergency department management of patients on warfarin therapy.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Meeker E, Dennehy CE, Weber EJ, Kayser SR
• Effect of emergency department crowding on pneumonia admission care components.
  The American journal of managed care 2011 Fee C, Weber EJ, Bacchetti P, Maak CA
• Emptying the corridors of shame: organizational lessons from England's 4-hour emergency throughput target.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Weber EJ, Mason S, Carter A, Hew RL
• The role of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine in the development of guidelines and performance measures.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 Pines JM, Fee C, Fermann GJ, Ferroggiaro AA, Irvin CB, Mazer M, Frank Peacock W, Schuur JD, Weber EJ, Pollack CV, SAEM Guidelines Committee
• Travel or traffic: either way, emergency service may be delayed.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2009 Weber EJ
• Are the uninsured responsible for the increase in emergency department visits in the United States?
  Annals of emergency medicine 2008 Weber EJ, Showstack JA, Hunt KA, Colby DC, Grimes B, Bacchetti P, Callaham ML
• Effect of emergency department crowding on time to antibiotics in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2007 Fee C, Weber EJ, Maak CA, Bacchetti P
• When is a scarlet letter really a red badge of courage?: the paradox of percentage of pneumonia patients receiving antibiotics within 4 hours in accordance with JCAHO and CMS core measures.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2007 Fee C, Weber EJ, Sharpe BA, Quon T
• Identification of 90% of patients ultimately diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia within four hours of emergency department arrival may not be feasible.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2007 Fee C, Weber EJ
• JCAHO/CMS core measures for community-acquired pneumonia.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2006 Fee C, Weber E, Sharpe BA, Nguy M, Quon T, Bookwalter T
• Characteristics of frequent users of emergency departments.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2006 Hunt KA, Weber EJ, Showstack JA, Colby DC, Callaham ML
• Does lack of a usual source of care or health insurance increase the likelihood of an emergency department visit? Results of a national population-based study.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2005 Weber EJ, Showstack JA, Hunt KA, Colby DC, Callaham ML
• SARS decision rule: who's a suspect?
  Annals of emergency medicine 2004 Tan JH, Weber EJ
• Early predictors of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding and adverse outcomes: a prospective study.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2004 Velayos FS, Williamson A, Sousa KH, Lung E, Bostrom A, Weber EJ, Ostroff JW, Terdiman JP
• A prospective multicenter study of factors associated with hospital admission among adults with acute asthma.
  The American journal of medicine 2002 Weber EJ, Silverman RA, Callaham ML, Pollack CV, Woodruff PG, Clark S, Camargo CA
• Author perception of peer review: impact of review quality and acceptance on satisfaction.
  JAMA 2002 Weber EJ, Katz PP, Waeckerle JF, Callaham ML
• Journal prestige, publication bias, and other characteristics associated with citation of published studies in peer-reviewed journals.
  JAMA 2002 Callaham M, Wears RL, Weber E
• Plantar puncture wounds: a survey to determine the incidence of infection.
  Journal of accident & emergency medicine 1996 Weber EJ
• Letter: First-aid treatment of poisoning.
  British medical journal 1976 Raffle A, Gray J, MacDonald HR
• Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
  Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G
• [Determination of lysozyme in blood serum by the method of diffusion in agar].
  Zdravookhranenie Kirgizii 1975 Urazbakieva SV