ACEP Frontline

In this special edition Veterans Day episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Steven Kailes, emergency physician and U.S. Navy veteran, to discuss his journey from military physician to emergency medicine. He reflects on his service with the Navy and Marine Corps, the role of military medicine in supporting service members around the world, and the sacrifices made by veterans and their families in service to the nation.

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, we sit down with Dr. David Carlberg to discuss eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an increasingly recognized inflammatory condition of the esophagus that can present with food impactions, difficulty swallowing, chest discomfort, and chronic reflux-like symptoms. Dr. Carlberg breaks down the underlying causes of EoE, including the role of allergic and immune-mediated responses, while highlighting the importance of recognizing the condition in both pediatric and adult patients presenting to the emergency department. The conversation also explores diagnostic considerations and current management strategies ranging from dietary modifications and proton pump inhibitors to topical steroids and endoscopic interventions. The episode wraps with a reminder for emergency physicians to check out the ACEP POC Smart Phrase on EoE for practical bedside guidance and streamlined documentation support.Supported by Sanofi.

Matthew Pavlichko, a veteran respiratory therapist and creator of the RT Sidebar Podcast, joins Dr. Jessica Whittle, an emergency physician and respiratory-support researcher. They explore how increased work of breathing can reveal metabolic or systemic illness, why respiratory rate may signal deterioration before oxygen saturation drops, and how bedside exams, trend tracking, early escalation, and physician-nurse-RT collaboration can improve emergency care.

Dr. Jesse Pines, an emergency physician, researcher, and healthcare innovation leader, explores artificial intelligence in emergency departments. He covers ambient documentation, chart summaries, clinical copilots, intelligent triage, handoffs, ECG interpretation, and smarter discharge follow-up. He also examines bias, liability, hallucinations, privacy, physician oversight, and how AI may reshape the emergency medicine workforce.

Dr. Matthew Roginski, an emergency physician and intensivist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, explores what to do when septic or distributive shock resists standard treatment. He maps a tiered strategy from familiar therapies to controversial rescue drugs such as methylene blue, angiotensin II, and hydroxocobalamin. He also highlights ultrasound, diagnostic checkpoints, and building critical-care partnerships before the 3 a.m. crisis.

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Patrick Kneeland present “Elevating Our Game: Cultivating Connected Transformation in Healthcare Settings” at the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He explores the drivers of professional well-being, psychological safety, and team culture, sharing practical leadership strategies for fostering connection, collaboration, resilience, and meaningful change in complex healthcare environments.

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Peter Pruitt, chair of the ACEP Research Forum for ACEP26 in Chicago, to discuss the growth of emergency medicine research and the opportunities available to clinicians, residents, and aspiring researchers. He highlights this year’s Research Forum programming and shares practical insights from his session on conducting high-quality retrospective chart reviews, including how to avoid common pitfalls, generate meaningful research questions, and build a foundation for future practice-changing studies.

In this special edition episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Danya Khoujah, co-host of ACEP's Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, to discuss ACEP's new Emergency Medicine Audio Network. They discuss their own podcast series as well as the rest of the network's audio offerings and the importance of being able to access clinical updates through different mediums.

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Sean Ochsenbein to reflect on the Hurricane Helene flooding that inundated Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, forcing a rooftop evacuation of patients and staff. He shares the leadership, disaster response, and emergency management lessons learned during the unprecedented flood, detailing how healthcare teams, first responders, and military rescue crews worked together to safely evacuate everyone from the hospital amid rapidly rising floodwaters.

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Andrew French, Vice President and Physician Executive for Quality, Safety, and Clinical Operations at Centura Health, present "Critical Connections, Leadership in Emergency Medicine" from the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium and EM: High Risk, Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Dr. French reframes leadership as influence rather than title or authority, and argues that emergency medicine, with its daily demands for adaptability, quick decision making, and managing a huge range of perspectives under pressure, is the ideal training ground for building that skill. He walks through a practical framework for developing leadership on shift, starting with a simple personal leadership statement and building toward leading teams and larger systems, and makes the case that emergency physicians are uniquely positioned to lead change across the broader healthcare system. The throughline is that leadership is not acquired knowledge but a skill built through repeated practice, and the emergency department is the best laboratory available for building it.