James Comes, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine - Fresno
School of Medicine
James Comes, MD, FACEP
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Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF
James Comes, MD is board certified in Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Comes earned his medical degree at University of Pennsylvania before completing residency at University of California, San Francisco, Fresno.
Dr. Comes' major clinical activity is the supervision of medical students and residents in the Emergency Department at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, as part of the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine residency program. His clinical time consists of the evaluation and treatment of emergency patients in conjunction with UCSF Fresno residents, and the main teaching activity is one-on-one bedside teaching.
Dr. Comes has held numerous leadership roles in the department. He served as the program director of the transitional year program from 1995-2001, residency program assistant program director (1996-1999), associate program director (1999-2007), and program director (2007-2017). He also served as interim chief from 2016-2017 and chief from 2017-2022.
Publications (9)
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Physician ExecutivesResuscitationTeachingPatient HandoffProdrugsProblem-Based LearningEducation, NursingVideotape RecordingStatus EpilepticusEmergency Service, HospitalInternship and ResidencyEducation, Medical, GraduatePhenytoinEmergency MedicineToxicology
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Teaching Methods Utilized During Medical Resuscitations in an Academic Emergency Department.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2018 Weichenthal LA, Ruegner R, Sawtelle S, Campagne D, Ives C, Comes J -
Medical toxicology education in US emergency medicine residencies.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2018 Darracq MA, Armenian P, Comes J, Thornton S -
Does the Flipped Classroom Improve Learning in Graduate Medical Education?
Journal of graduate medical education 2017 Riddell J, Jhun P, Fung CC, Comes J, Sawtelle S, Tabatabai R, Joseph D, Shoenberger J, Chen E, Fee C, Swadron SP -
Low Back Pain in the Emergency Medicine Department: A Flipped Classroom Module.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2016 Riddell JC, Sawtelle S, Jhun P, Comes J, Tabatabai R, Joseph D, Shoenberger J, Chen E, Fee C, Swadron S -
A survey of handoff practices in emergency medicine.
American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2013 Kessler C, Shakeel F, Hern HG, Jones JS, Comes J, Kulstad C, Gallahue FA, Burns BD, Knapp BJ, Gang M, Davenport M, Osborne B, Velez LI
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An algorithm for transition of care in the emergency department.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2013 Kessler C, Shakeel F, Hern HG, Jones JS, Comes J, Kulstad C, Gallahue FA, Burns BD, Knapp BJ, Gang M, Davenport M, Osborne B, Velez LI -
Emergency medicine directors' perceptions on professionalism: a Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors survey.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Sullivan C, Murano T, Comes J, Smith JL, Katz ED -
Fosphenytoin in the emergency department.
The Western journal of medicine 1998 Comes J -
Prepyloric antrectomy, truncal vagotomy, and front pylorotomy for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
American journal of surgery 1994 Alonso M, Galera MJ, Reyes G, Puig La Calle J, Comes J, Rius X, Lopez-Gibert J