Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Associate Professor
Primary Appointment:
Emergency Medicine
Administrative Title:
Assistant Director for Faculty Development & Resident Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
Additional Title:
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Phone (Primary):
410-328-8025
Education and Training
Education:
Northwestern University, BS, Biomedical Engineering, Honors Program in Medical Education, 1991
Northwestern University Medical School, MD, 1994
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master’s Degree in Education, Concentration in Health Professional Education, 2014
Training:
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 1998
Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 1998
Fellowship, Medical Education, Yale-New Haven Hospital 2011
Biosketch
Dr. Bontempo received her medical degree from Northwestern University in 1994 and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She spent 5 years at Harvard University as the Associate Emergency Medicine Program Director and then was recruited to Yale University to become the Emergency Medicine Program Director, a position she held for 7 years. Dr. Bontempo completed a master’s degree in education with a concentration in health professional education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has received teaching awards in emergency medicine from Harvard, Yale and Northwestern Universities and the University of Maryland. Dr. Bontempo is published in multiple emergency medicine textbooks and journals and has lectured nationally in the areas of cardiology and otolaryngology.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Clinicopathologic Case Conference Atrial fibrillation Otolaryngology emergencies
Highlighted Publications
- Rao T, Roggio A, Dezman ZDW, Bontempo LJ. 55-year-old Male with Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, November 2017.
- Pynnonen MA, Gillespie MB, Roman B, Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Bontempo LJ, Brook I, Chick DA, Colandrea M, Finestone, SA, Fowler JC, Griffith CC, Henson Z, Levine C, Mehta V, Salama A, Scharpf J, Shatzkes DR, Stern WB, Youngerman JS, Corrigan MD. Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, September 2017; 157(2S): S1-S30.
- Bontempo LJ, Magidson PD, Hayes BD, Martinez JP. Acute pulmonary injury after inhalation of free-base cocaine: a case report. Journal of Acute Medicine, June 2017; 7(2):82-86. DOI:10.6705/j.jacme.2017.0702.007
- Hines MC, Reed BN, Ivaturi V, Bontempo LJ, Bond MC, Hayes BD. Diltiazem versus metoprolol for rate control in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response in the emergency department. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2016 Dec;73(24):2068-2076.
- Bontempo LJ, Frayha N, Dittmar PC. The Internship Preparation Camp at the University of Maryland. Postgrad Med J, 2016 May 27. pii: postgradmedj-2015-133882. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133882.
- Goralnick E, Bontempo LJ. Atrial fibrillation. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 2015;33(3):597-612. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2015.04.008.
Awards and Affiliations
Thomas R. Mulroy Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, Evanston Hospital Corporation, 1998
Outstanding Young Attending Award, Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency, 1999
Partners in Excellence Award for Outstanding Community Contributions, Partners Health Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2001
Dennis Thomson Compassionate Care Award Scholarship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002
Partners in Excellence Award for Hospital Service, Partners Health Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002
Letter of Commendation, Faculty Dean for Continuing Education, Harvard University Medical School, 2003
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Emerging Clinical Leader, Selected as a featured clinician in the BWH Bulletin, 2004
Best Emergency Medicine Attending Award, Yale University Emergency Medicine Residency, 2006
Golden Key International Honour Society Selection, 2013
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Selection, 2013
Outstanding Teaching Attending Award, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine, 2015
Outstanding Teaching Attending Award, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine, 2016
Grants and Contracts
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., “Clinicopathological Cases from the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency,” $2,720.00; 2018
Community Service
Physician, Avon 3-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000
Lead Physician, Avon 3-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001
Volunteer, Project Feast Thanksgiving Outreach 2014
Professional Activity
Institutional Service
Oct 1999-Oct 2004 Associate Residency Director, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
July 2000-June 2003 Journal Club Faculty Advisor, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
July 2000-Oct 2004 Member, Residency Review Committee Preparation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
Oct 2000-Oct 2002 Co-Director, Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School
July 2001-Oct 2004 Faculty Liaison, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Committee, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Oct 2003-Oct 2004 Senior Director, Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School
Oct 2004-June 2009 Director, Section of Emergency Medicine, Division of Education, Department of Surgery, Yale University
Oct 2004-March 2011 Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Oct 2005-March 2011 Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital
June 2009-June 2011 Director, Division of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Oct 2009-March 2011 Member, Internal Review Subcommittee, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Sept 2011-July 2012 Member, Clerkship Curriculum Committee, Yale University School of Medicine
June 2010-July 2012 Director, Education/Simulation Area of Concentration, Emergency Medicine Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Sept 2012-present Member, Resident Selection Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center
Feb 2013-present Member, Clinical Years Committee, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sept 2013-present Chair, Clinical Competency Committee, University of Maryland Medical Center
Feb 2016-present Faculty mentor; Friedenwald House, University of Maryland School of Medicine
June 2016-present Representative, School of Medicine Council, University of Maryland School of Medicine
National Service
Nov 2002-Feb 2003 Member, Conference Planning Committee, The Rocky Mountain Winter Conference on Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center
July 2003-present Member, Trauma and Injury Prevention Committee, American College of Emergency Physicians
May 2007-present Member, Academic Assembly Planning Committee, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
Mar 2008-Mar 2010 Member, New Program Director’s Workshop Planning Committee, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
June 2010-2013 Director of Evaluation, Mentorship Task Force, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
Oct 2014-present Member, Clinical Pathology Conference Task Force, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
Oct 2013-Oct 2014 Member, Planning Committee, The Heart Course
April 2015-present Semi-final Judge, Clinical Pathology Conference, Academic Assembly, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
Dec 2015-Aug 2017 Representative, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Evaluation of Neck Mass Guideline Group, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
January 2017-present Member, Education Committee, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
March 2017 Medical Student Ambassador Mentor, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Sept 2017- present Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Sudden Hearing Loss Guideline Group