Laura Wallace, MD

Laura Wallace, MD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Academic Positions

  • Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
  • Director of Resident Ultrasound Education
  • Director, Medical Student Ultrasound Elective

Education

  • B.A., Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences, 2011
  • M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2012
  • Emergency Medicine Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, 2016
  • Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 2017
  • Teaching Fellowship, American College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, TX, 2020

Training

  • Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, 2016
  • Ultrasound Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

  • Missouri State License
  • Illinois State License
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Certification, 2017-present
  • ATLS, ACLS, PALS

Major Invited Professorships and Lectures

2014Follow-up Case Conference: Anticoagulation Reversal in Intracranial Hemorrhage, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2014Follow-up Case Conference: Wells Criteria and PERC Scoring, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2015Education Lecture Series: Optimizing Discharge Instructions, Division of Emergency Medicine, , Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2015Pediatric Interesting Case Conference: NDMA Receptor Encephalitis, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2016Grand Rounds Lecture Series: Clinical Decision Rules in Trauma Imaging, Division of Emergen-cy Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2016Quality Improvement Lecture Series: May Quality Improvement Case Presentations, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2016EM Experts Lecture Series: Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
2018T3 Ultrasound Course at SAEM Great Plains
2018Ultrasound Scholar Track: ACEP Guidelines and Aortic Ultrasound, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
2019Emergency Medicine Experts Lecture Series: Emergency Pericardiocentesis, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Bibliography

Journal Articles

  1. Ablordeppey MD, MPH, Anne M. Drewry MD, MSCI, Adam L. Anderson MD, Diego Casali MD, Laura A. Wallace MD, Deborah S. Kane MD, LinLin. Tian MD, PhD, Stacey L. House MD, PhD, Brian M. Fuller MD, MSCI, Richard T. Griffey MD, MPH, Daniel L. Theodoro MD, MSCI. Point‐of‐care Ultrasound–guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation in Ultrasound Nonexperts. AEM Education and Training. 2020;2020(00):1-9. doi:10.1002/aet2.10530 

Abstracts

  1. Wallace LA, Cavanaugh S, Aubin C. External Validation of the NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument for Selective Chest Imaging in Blunt Trauma. Oral Presentation and Poster Session American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL; 2016.
  2. Wallace LA, Manning S, Aubin C. Use of the NEXUS Chest Clinical Decision Instrument Can Reduce Unnecessary Chest Imaging in the Blunt Trauma Victim. Oral Presentation and Poster Session American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL; 2016.
  3. Wallace LA, Lawrence C, Chan P, Creel-Bulos C, Aubin C. . Reducing Chest CT Utilization with NEXUS Chest Decision Instruments. Poster Session Barnes-Jewish Patient Safety & Quality Symposium: St. Louis, MO; 2017.
  4. Wallace LA, Kane D, Kim A. Improving FAST Utilization by General Surgery Residents with Emergency Medicine Training. Moderated Poster Presentation CORD Academic Assembly: Ft. Lauderdale, FL; 2017.
  5. Wallace LA, Lawrence C, Chan P, Creel-Bulos C, Aubin C. . Reducing Chest CT Utilization with NEXUS Chest Decision Instruments. Abstract Slam and Poster Session Annual Lown Conference: Boston, MA; 2017.
  6. Ablordeppey E, Drewry A, Anderson A, Casali D, Wallace L, Kane D, Fuller B, Theodoro D.. Bedside Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation in Critically ill Patients SAEM Annual Meeting: Las Vegas, Nevada; 2019.