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Dr. Rory Spiegel
A board-certified emergency physician and intensivist, this physician specializes in emergency medicine and critical care medicine. They serve as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Program, Director of Emergency Critical Care Education at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and an attending physician in emergency medicine and critical care medicine, with additional affiliations across the MedStar system. Clinical expertise centers on physiology-guided resuscitation and shock management, advanced bedside ultrasonography and hemodynamic assessment, and airway and mechanical ventilation management for critically ill patients.
Academic interests focus on evidence-based medicine and clinical trial appraisal, Bayesian diagnostic reasoning, and the physiology of hemodynamics, venous congestion, and fluid stewardship in critical illness. In addition to institutional leadership, this physician is the founder and author of EM Nerd and contributes to national emergency medicine education as a co-host of the Annals of Emergency Medicine podcast and a contributor and co-host with Emergency Medicine Cases.
Their medical education began at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences, followed by residency training in emergency medicine at Rutgers Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. They went on to complete an Advanced Resuscitation Fellowship at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University and a Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical System.
Work experiences
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Assistant Professor
Areas of expertise
- Point of care ultrasound
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Fluid Resuscitation
Education & training
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Medical School
2008 – 2012
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency
University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship
2017 – 2019