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Angela M Mills, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of CME/Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ground Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ground Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2386
Fax: 215-662-3953
Fax: 215-662-3953
Email:
millsa@uphs.upenn.edu
millsa@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Biology and Psychology)
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 1993.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.
BS (Biology and Psychology)
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 1993.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship in General Surgery, MCP-Hahnemann University School of Medicine (Allegheny University), Philadelphia, PA, 1997-1998.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2003.
Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2003.
Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills Workshop, Emergency Medicine Foundation/ American College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, TX, 2004-2005.
Clinical Research Certificate Program, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-Present.
AMIA-OHSU/ACEP 10x10 Program, Oregon Health & Science University, 2011-2011.
Internship in General Surgery, MCP-Hahnemann University School of Medicine (Allegheny University), Philadelphia, PA, 1997-1998.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2003.
Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2003.
Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills Workshop, Emergency Medicine Foundation/ American College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, TX, 2004-2005.
Clinical Research Certificate Program, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-Present.
AMIA-OHSU/ACEP 10x10 Program, Oregon Health & Science University, 2011-2011.
Certifications
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1997.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1997.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 1999.
Advanced Trauma Life Support - Instructor, 2003.
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2004.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Instructor, 2004.
Permanent linkAdvanced Cardiac Life Support, 1997.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1997.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 1999.
Advanced Trauma Life Support - Instructor, 2003.
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2004.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Instructor, 2004.
Description of Research Expertise
Emergency research, treatment and evaluation of acute abdominal pain, disparities in emergency care, radiation risk and emergency radiologic imagingSelected Publications
Kerner C, Carey K, Mills AM, Yang W, Synnestvedt MB, Hilton S, Weiner M, Lewis JD: Use of abdominopelvic computed tomography in emergency departments and rates of urgent diagnoses in Crohn's disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 10(1): 52-57, Jan 2012.Holena DN, Tolstoy NS, Mills AM, Fox AD, Levine JM: Therapeutic hypothermia for treatment of intractable intracranial hypertension after liver transplantation. American Journal of Critical Care 21(1): 72-75, Jan 2012.
Mills AM, Huckins DS, Kwok H, Baumann BM, Ruddy RM, Rothman RE, Schrock JW, Lovecchio F, Krief WI, Hexdall A, Caspari R, Cohen B, Lewis RJ: Diagnostic characteristics of S100A8/A9 in a multicenter study of patients with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Academic Emergency Medicine 19(1): 48-55, Jan 2012.
Singer AJ, Chale S, Giardano P, Hocker M, Cairns C, Hamilton R, Nadkarni M, Mills AM, Hollander JE: Evaluation of a novel wound closure device: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Academic Emergency Medicine 18(10): 1060-1064, Oct 2011.
Mills AM, Shofer FS, Boulis AK, Holena DN, Abbuhl SB: Racial disparity in analgesic treatment of emergency department patients with abdominal or back pain. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 29(7): 752-756, Sep 2011.
Holena DN, Mills AM, Carr BG, Wirtalla C, Sarani B, Kim P, Braslow B, Kelz RR: Transfer status: a risk factor for mortality in patients with necrotizing fasciitis. Surgery 150(3): 363-370, Sep 2011.
Prusakowski MK, Shofer FS, Rhodes KV, Mills AM: Effect of depression and psychosocial stressors on cessation self-efficacy in mothers who smoke. Maternal Child Health Journal 15(5): 620-626, Jul 2011.
Baumann BM, Chen EH, Mills AM, Glaspey L, Thompson NM, Jones MK, Farner MC: Patient perceptions of computed tomographic imaging and their understanding of radiation risk and exposure. Annals of Emergency Medicine 58(1): 1-7, Jul 2011.
Mills AM, Edwards JM, Shofer FS, Holena DN, Abbuhl SB: Analgesia for older adults with abdominal or back pain in the emergency department. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 12(1): 43-50, Feb 2011.
Mohr NM, Moreno-Walton L, Mills AM, Brunett PH, Promes SB: Generational influences in academic emergency medicine: Teaching and learning, mentoring, and technology. Academic Emergency Medicine 18(2): 190-199, Feb 2011.
