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Romolo J Gaspari MD, PhD

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
DepartmentEmergency Medicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
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    InstitutionUMMS - School of Medicine
    DepartmentEmergency Medicine


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    George Washington University, Washington, DC, United StatesBSZoology
    George Washington University, Washington, DC, United StatesMSBiology
    Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesMD
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United StatesPHDNeuroscience

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    1. Damewood SC, Leo M, Bailitz J, Gottlieb M, Liu R, Hoffmann B, Gaspari RJ. Tools for Measuring Clinical Ultrasound Competency: Recommendations From the Ultrasound Competency Work Group. AEM Educ Train. 2020 Feb; 4(Suppl 1):S106-S112. PMID: 32072114.
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    2. Terry B, Polan DL, Nambaziira R, Mugisha J, Bisanzo M, Gaspari R. Rapid, remote education for point-of-care ultrasound among non-physician emergency care providers in a resource limited setting. Afr J Emerg Med. 2019 Sep; 9(3):140-144. PMID: 31528532.
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    3. Gaspari RJ, Sanseverino A, Gleeson T. Abscess Incision and Drainage With or Without Ultrasonography: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Aug 17. PMID: 30126754.
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    4. Gaspari R. Reply to: In a subset of PEA patients, do continuous infusions of adrenergic agents improve chances of ROSC? Resuscitation. 2018 Apr; 125:e2. PMID: 29382568.
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    5. Gaspari R, Weekes A, Adhikari S, Noble V, Nomura JT, Theodoro D, Woo M, Atkinson P, Blehar D, Brown S, Caffery T, Douglass E, Fraser J, Haines C, Lam S, Lanspa M, Lewis M, Liebmann O, Limkakeng A, Lopez F, Platz E, Mendoza M, Minnigan H, Moore C, Novik J, Rang L, Scruggs W, Raio C. A retrospective study of pulseless electrical activity, bedside ultrasound identifies interventions during resuscitation associated with improved survival to hospital admission. A REASON Study. Resuscitation. 2017 Nov; 120:103-107. PMID: 28916478.
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    6. Gaspari RJ, Sanseverino A. Ultrasound-Guided Drainage for Pediatric Soft Tissue Abscesses Decreases Clinical Failure Rates Compared to Drainage Without Ultrasound: A Retrospective Study. J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Jan; 37(1):131-136. PMID: 28731535.
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    7. Gaspari R, Weekes A, Adhikari S, Noble VE, Nomura JT, Theodoro D, Woo M, Atkinson P, Blehar D, Brown SM, Caffery T, Douglass E, Fraser J, Haines C, Lam S, Lanspa M, Lewis M, Liebmann O, Limkakeng A, Lopez F, Platz E, Mendoza M, Minnigan H, Moore C, Novik J, Rang L, Scruggs W, Raio C. Reply to Letter: Letter to the Editor regarding Gaspari and colleague's "Emergency department point-of-care ultrasound in out-of-hospital and in-ED cardiac arrest". Resuscitation. 2017 Feb 17. PMID: 28219757.
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    8. Gaspari R, Weekes A, Adhikari S, Noble VE, Nomura JT, Theodoro D, Woo M, Atkinson P, Blehar D, Brown SM, Caffery T, Douglass E, Fraser J, Haines C, Lam S, Lanspa M, Lewis M, Liebmann O, Limkakeng A, Lopez F, Platz E, Mendoza M, Minnigan H, Moore C, Novik J, Rang L, Scruggs W, Raio C. Emergency department point-of-care ultrasound in out-of-hospital and in-ED cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2016 Dec; 109:33-39. PMID: 27693280.
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    9. Helland G, Gaspari R, Licciardo S, Sanseverino A, Torres U, Emhoff T, Blehar D. Comparison of Four Views to Single-view Ultrasound Protocols to Identify Clinically Significant Pneumothorax. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Oct; 23(10):1170-1175. PMID: 27428394.
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    10. Lewiss RE, Adhikari S, Carmody K, Fields JM, Hunt P, Liteplo AS, Nagdev A, Raio C, Gaspari R. The Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships: An innovation in the point of care ultrasound fellowship application process. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jul; 34(7):1303-5. PMID: 27131632.
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    11. Blehar DJ, Barton B, Gaspari RJ. Learning curves in emergency ultrasound education. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 May; 22(5):574-82. PMID: 25903780.
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    12. Gaspari RJ, Blehar D, Polan D, Montoya A, Alsulaibikh A, Liteplo A. The Massachusetts abscess rule: a clinical decision rule using ultrasound to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin abscesses. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 May; 21(5):558-67. PMID: 24842508.
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    13. Gaspari RJ, Bailitz J. RDMS ultrasound certification for emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 May; 63(5):628-9. PMID: 24746425.
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    14. Blehar DJ, Glazier S, Gaspari RJ. Correlation of corrected flow time in the carotid artery with changes in intravascular volume status. J Crit Care. 2014 Aug; 29(4):486-8. PMID: 24930363.
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    15. Gaspari RJ, Paydarfar D. Pulmonary effects of intravenous atropine induce ventilation perfusion mismatch. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 May; 92(5):399-404. PMID: 24773405.
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    16. Carey JL, Dunn C, Gaspari RJ. Central respiratory failure during acute organophosphate poisoning. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2013 Nov 1; 189(2):403-10. PMID: 23933009.
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    17. Gaspari RJ, Dunn C. Dichlorvos exposure to the Kölliker-fuse nuclei is sufficient but not necessary for OP induced apnea. Neurotoxicology. 2013 Dec; 39:132-7. PMID: 23928117.
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    18. Gaspari R, Blehar D, Briones J, Dayno M. Sonoelastographic characteristics of abscess induration associated with therapy failure. J Ultrasound Med. 2012 Sep; 31(9):1405-11. PMID: 22922620.
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    19. Gaspari RJ, Paydarfar D. Respiratory recovery following organophosphate poisoning in a rat model is suppressed by isolated hypoxia at the point of apnea. Toxicology. 2012 Dec 16; 302(2-3):242-7. PMID: 22906926.
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    20. Blehar DJ, Resop D, Chin B, Dayno M, Gaspari R. Inferior vena cava displacement during respirophasic ultrasound imaging. Crit Ultrasound J. 2012; 4(1):18. PMID: 22866665.
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    21. Dunn C, Bird SB, Gaspari R. Intralipid fat emulsion decreases respiratory failure in a rat model of parathion exposure. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 May; 19(5):504-9. PMID: 22594353.
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    22. Gaspari R, Dayno M, Briones J, Blehar D. Comparison of computerized tomography and ultrasound for diagnosing soft tissue abscesses. Crit Ultrasound J. 2012; 4(1):5. PMID: 22871216.
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    23. Gaspari RJ, Paydarfar D. Dichlorvos-induced central apnea: effects of selective brainstem exposure in the rat. Neurotoxicology. 2011 Mar; 32(2):206-14. PMID: 21241738.
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    24. Gaspari RJ, Resop D, Mendoza M, Kang T, Blehar D. A randomized controlled trial of incision and drainage versus ultrasonographically guided needle aspiration for skin abscesses and the effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 May; 57(5):483-91.e1. PMID: 21239082.
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    25. Moon CH, Blehar D, Shear MA, Uyehara P, Gaspari RJ, Arnold J, Cukor J. Incidence of posterior vessel wall puncture during ultrasound-guided vessel cannulation in a simulated model. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Oct; 17(10):1138-41. PMID: 21069895.
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    26. Gresham C, Rosenbaum C, Gaspari RJ, Jackson CJ, Bird SB. Kinetics and efficacy of an organophosphorus hydrolase in a rodent model of methyl-parathion poisoning. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Jul; 17(7):736-40. PMID: 20653588.
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    27. Moak JH, Gaspari RJ, Raio CC, Hart KW, Lindsell CJ. Motivations, job procurement, and job satisfaction among current and former ultrasound fellows. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Jun; 17(6):644-8. PMID: 20624145.
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    28. Noble VE, Blaivas M, Blankenship R, Chiricolo G, Dean A, Fox JC, Gaspari R, Hoffmann B, Hoffman B, Jones R, Moore C, Sierzenski P, Tayal V, Tillotson R. Decision rule for imaging utilization in blunt abdominal trauma--where is ultrasound? Ann Emerg Med. 2010 May; 55(5):487-9; author reply 489-90. PMID: 20417389.
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    29. Akhtar S, Theodoro D, Gaspari R, Tayal V, Sierzenski P, Lamantia J, Stahmer S, Raio C. Resident training in emergency ultrasound: consensus recommendations from the 2008 Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Conference. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Dec; 16 Suppl 2:S32-6. PMID: 20053207.
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    30. Gaspari R, Blehar D, Mendoza M, Montoya A, Moon C, Polan D. Use of ultrasound elastography for skin and subcutaneous abscesses. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Jul; 28(7):855-60. PMID: 19546327.
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    31. Gaspari RJ, Paydarfar D. Respiratory failure induced by acute organophosphate poisoning in rats: effects of vagotomy. Neurotoxicology. 2009 Mar; 30(2):298-304. PMID: 19428503.
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    32. Blehar DJ, Dickman E, Gaspari R. Identification of congestive heart failure via respiratory variation of inferior vena cava diameter. Am J Emerg Med. 2009 Jan; 27(1):71-5. PMID: 19041537.
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    33. Gaspari R, Cavaliere F, Sollazzi L, Perilli V, Melchionda I, Agnes S, Gasbarrini A, Avolio AW. Molecular adsorbent recirculating system (Mars) in patients with primary nonfunction and other causes of graft dysfunction after liver transplantation in the era of extended criteria donor organs. Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb; 41(1):253-8. PMID: 19249528.
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    34. Gaspari RJ, Dickman E, Blehar D. Learning curve of bedside ultrasound of the gallbladder. J Emerg Med. 2009 Jul; 37(1):51-6. PMID: 18439787.
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    35. Blehar DJ, Gaspari RJ, Montoya A, Calderon R. Correlation of visual axis and coronal axis measurements of the optic nerve sheath diameter. J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Mar; 27(3):407-11. PMID: 18314519.
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    36. Gaspari RJ, Paydarfar D. Pathophysiology of respiratory failure following acute dichlorvos poisoning in a rodent model. Neurotoxicology. 2007 May; 28(3):664-71. PMID: 17350689.
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    37. Gaspari RJ. Bedside ultrasound of the soft tissue of the face: a case of early Ludwig's angina. J Emerg Med. 2006 Oct; 31(3):287-91. PMID: 16982363.
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    38. Gaspari R. Effects of emergency medicine sonography on formal sonography use. J Ultrasound Med. 2006 Aug; 25(8):1110; author reply 1111. PMID: 16870910.
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    39. Gaspari RJ, Dickman E, Blehar D. Impact of bedside right upper quadrant ultrasonography on radiology imaging. Emerg Radiol. 2006 Oct; 13(1):3-5. PMID: 16807715.
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    40. Gaspari RJ, Dickson E, Karlowsky J, Doern G. Multidrug resistance in pediatric urinary tract infections. Microb Drug Resist. 2006; 12(2):126-9. PMID: 16922629.
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    41. Gaspari RJ, Horst K. Emergency ultrasound and urinalysis in the evaluation of flank pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Dec; 12(12):1180-4. PMID: 16282510.
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    42. Gaspari RJ, Dickson E, Karlowsky J, Doern G. Antibiotic resistance trends in paediatric uropathogens. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2005 Oct; 26(4):267-71. PMID: 16154724.
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    43. Dickson EW, Bird SB, Gaspari RJ, Boyer EW, Ferris CF. Diazepam inhibits organophosphate-induced central respiratory depression. Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Dec; 10(12):1303-6. PMID: 14644779.
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    44. Bird SB, Gaspari RJ, Dickson EW. Early death due to severe organophosphate poisoning is a centrally mediated process. Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Apr; 10(4):295-8. PMID: 12670839.
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    45. Bird SB, Gaspari RJ, Lee WJ, Dickson EW. Diphenhydramine as a protective agent in a rat model of acute, lethal organophosphate poisoning. Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Dec; 9(12):1369-72. PMID: 12460839.
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    46. Gaspari RJ, Singer AJ, Thode HC. Magnetically guided orotracheal intubation. Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Mar; 8(3):285-7. PMID: 11229954.
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