Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Chairperson & Professor of Clinical Specialty
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
Training
2002 - 2005 Master in Business Administration Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Baltimore, MD, USA
2002 - 2005 Residency in Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
1998-2002 Doctor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
1994-1998 Bachelor of Arts in Biophysics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Research Interests
- Evidence-based Health Management in EM
- Mass Casualty Response in Low Resource Setting
- Emergency Medicine Development and Capacity Building
Recent Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
1. Beirut port blast 2020: New lessons learned in mass casualty incident management in the emergency department.
Hitti, E., Cheaito, M. A., & Kazzi, A. A. (2023). The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 65(6), e580-e583.
2. Use of Electronic Health Record System During a Mass Casualty Event.
Hitti E, Hadid D, Saliba M, Sadek Z, Jabbour R, Antoun R, El Sayed M. Beirut Port Blast: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health. 2024 Nov 27.
3. Factors associated with emergency department avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic and alternatives sought: a cross-sectional, telephone-based survey of frequent emergency department users in Beirut, Lebanon.
BMJ open. Mahmassani D, El Helou C, El Remlawi A, Mghames A, Mneimne O, Hitti E. 2023 Jul 1;13(7):e072117.
4. Waterpipe vs non-waterpipe carbon monoxide poisoning: Comparison of patient characteristics, clinical presentation and outcomes.
Abdul-Nabi, S. S., Tamim, H., & Hitti, E. (2024). The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 79, 70-74.
5. Electronic medical record implementation in the emergency department in a low-resource country: Lessons learned.
Faris, N., Saliba, M., Tamim, H., Jabbour, R., Fakih, A., Sadek, Z., Antoun, R., El Sayed, M., & Hitti, E. (2024). PLOS One, 19(3), e0298027.
