ChristopherBColwellMDFACEP

Emergency Medicine • San Francisco, CA

Director of Service, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Professor and Vice Chair

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Office
1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone+1 415-206-5753

Fax+1 415-206-5818
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Education & Training

Denver Health Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1993 - 1996
St Joseph Mercy Ann ArborInternship, Transitional Year, 1992 - 1993
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2016 - 2025
CO State Medical License 1995 - 2017
MI State Medical License 1996 - 2000
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Heads-Up on Salvaging Nonshockable Cardiac Arrest Cases.
Colwell, C.> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2024 Feb 1
Prehospital Chest Pain Management: Disparity Based on Homeless Status.
Travis M Curtis, Daniel E Rebagliati, Christopher B Colwell, Michael W Dailey, Boozarpour, O.> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023 Jan 1
1 citations
EMS Care of Adult Hospice Patients- a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP and AAHPM.
Amelia M Breyre, David H Wang, Justin K Brooten, Christopher B Colwell, Kenneth C Hanson, Michael Taigman, John W Lyng> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023 Jan 1
FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF A FIELD CARE CLINIC AS AN ALTERNATIVE AMBULANCE DESTINATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Daniel Berger, Ryan Seymour, Christopher Colwell, Andrea Tenner, John Brown, Mary Mercer, John Wong-Castillo> ;International Journal of Paramedicine. 2023 Jan 9
Centralized Ambulance Destination Determination: A Retrospective Data Analysis to Determine Impact on EMS System Distribution, Surge Events, and Diversion Status.
Gurvijay Bains, Amelia Breyre, Ryan Seymour, Juan Carlos C. Montoy, John F. Brown, Mary P. Mercer, Christopher Colwell> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021 Oct 26
53 citations
A US National Study of the Association Between Income and Ambulance Response Time in Cardiac Arrest.
Renee Y. Hsia, Delphine Huang, N. Clay Mann, Christopher Colwell, Mary P. Mercer, Mengtao Dai, Matthew J. Niedzwiecki> ;JAMA Network Open. 2018 Nov 2
3 citations
Agitation Crisis Control
Jessica Mason, Christopher B. Colwell, Andrew Grock> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Oct 1
3 citations
Alcohol as a Factor in 911 Calls in Denver.
Daniel Joseph, Jody A. Vogel, C. Sam Smith, Whitney Barrett, Gary Bryskiewicz, Aaron Eberhardt, David J. Edwards, Lara Rappaport, Christopher B. Colwell, Kevin E. McVaney> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2018 Feb 8
1 citations
SIX CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE Assessment and Management of Homeless Patients. Six considerations for the assessment and management of homeless patients.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda> ;EMS World. 2016 Apr 1
11 citations
Validation of the Denver Emergency Department Trauma Organ Failure Score to Predict Post-Injury Multiple Organ Failure
Jody A. Vogel, Craig D. Newgard, James F. Holmes, Deborah B. Diercks, Ann M. Arens, Dowin Boatright, Antonio Bueso, Samuel D. Gaona, Kaitlin Z. Gee, Anna M. Nelson, Je...> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2016 Jan 1
2 citations
Denver ED Trauma Organ Failure Score outperforms traditional methods of risk stratification in trauma
Jody A. Vogel, Nicole Seleno, Emily Hopkins, Christopher B. Colwell, Craig Gravitz, Jason S. Haukoos> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Oct 1
30 citations
Multiple cluster analysis for the identification of high-risk census tracts for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Denver, Colorado.
Ariann Nassel, Elisabeth Dowling Root, Jason S. Haukoos, Kevin E. McVaney, Christopher B. Colwell, James T. Robinson, Brian Eigel, David J. Magid, Comilla Sasson> ;Resuscitation. 2014 Dec 1
4 citations
Motor vehicle crash severity estimations by physicians and prehospital personnel.
Nathan Cleveland, Christopher B. Colwell, Erica Douglass, Emily Hopkins, Jason S. Haukoos> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014 Jun 17
18 citations
Comparison of droperidol and haloperidol for use by paramedics: assessment of safety and effectiveness
Marlow Macht, Ashley C. Mull, Kevin E. McVaney, Emily Caruso, J. Bill Johnston, Joshua B. Gaither, Aaron M. Shupp, Kevin D. Marquez, Jason S. Haukoos, Christopher B. C...> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014 Jun 17
All you need to know about bariatrics. Anatomical and physiological differences make their care a challenge.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda> ;EMS World. 2014 Mar 1
18 citations
ED management of patients with eating disorders
Stacy A. Trent, Maria E. Moreira, Christopher B. Colwell, Philip S. Mehler> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013 May 1
Medical preparation for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Christopher B. Colwell, Scott J Bookman, John M. Johnston, Kyle Roodberg, Aaron Eberhardt, Kevin E. McVaney, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2012 Dec 1
25 citations
What the emergency department needs to know when caring for your patients with eating disorders
Margherita Mascolo, Stacy A. Trent, Christopher B. Colwell, Philip S. Mehler> ;The International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2012 Dec 1
13 citations
Safety of Prehospital Intravenous Fentanyl for Adult Trauma Patients
Gina C Soriya, Kevin E. McVaney, Michael M. Liao, Jason S. Haukoos, Richard L. Byyny, Craig Gravitz, Christopher B. Colwell> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2012 Mar 1
2 citations
Understand the trauma triad of death: know its components to help protect patients.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda> ;EMS World. 2012 Feb 1
4 citations
A structured approach to improving patient safety: Lessons from a public safety-net system
Philip S. Mehler, Christopher B. Colwell, Philip F. Stahel> ;Patient Safety in Surgery. 2011 Dec 1
9 citations
Validation and Refinement of a Rule to Predict Emergency Intervention in Adult Trauma Patients
Jason S. Haukoos, Richard L. Byyny, Catherine Erickson, Stephen Paulson, Emily Hopkins, Comilla Sasson, Brooke Bender, Craig Gravitz, Jody A. Vogel, Christopher B. Col...> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2011 Aug 1
1 citations
Smoke inhalation. Part 2: patient management.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda> ;EMS World. 2011 Jun 1
2 citations
Smoke inhalation. Part 1: Assessing the scene and your patient.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda> ;EMS World. 2011 May 1
Hemochromatosis. What EMS providers should know about this potentially lethal disorder of iron metabolism.
Paul Murphy, Christopher B. Colwell, Gilbert Pineda, Tamara Bryan> ;EMS World. 2010 Oct 1
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Lectures

40th Annual Rocky Mountain Trauma & Emergency Medicine Conference
Denver Health, Breckenridge, Colorado - 6/25/2013

Press Mentions

115 San Francisco General Workers off Schedule Pending Vaccine StatusOctober 5th, 2021
Injured in Haiti Quake at High Risk of Infection, AmputationAugust 28th, 2021
Doctors Explain 3 Factors Behind Surge in San Francisco COVID CasesAugust 10th, 2021
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