Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Emergency Medicine
Administrative Title:
Associate Medical Director, at University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus Adult Emergency Department (AED).
Location:
110 S Paca 6th Fl., Suite 200
Phone (Primary):
410-328-8025
Education and Training
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: University of Maryland Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Emergency Ultrasound
Biosketch
I am an emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in emergency ultrasound. I completed the ACEP teaching fellowship and focus my teaching on point of care ultrasound and emergency OB/Gyn topics.
I teach EME 545. I am a faculty mentor for POCUS and teach CME courses in ultrasound.
I work clinically in emergency medicine at the University of Maryland Midtown Campus.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Emergency Ultrasound and Ob/Gyn Emergencies
Highlighted Publications
Sommerkamp, SK, Romaniuk, V et al. A Comparison of longitudinal versus transverse approach to ultrasound guided axillary vein cannulation. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012 Nov 21. E pub
Sommerkamp, SK, Gibson, A. Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy. EM Clinics of North America.
OB/GYN Emergencies. Ed. Mattu, A, Sommerkamp, SK, Wittels, K. Elsivier November 2012
Ford, DR, Witting, MD, Vora, MV, Sommerkamp,SK, Euerle,BD. No Effect of Valsalva Maneuver or Trendelenburg Angle on Axillary Vein Size The Journal of Emergency Medicine 1 September 2013 (volume 45 issue 3 Pages 452-457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.12.020)
Additional Publication Citations
Sommerkamp SK, Gibson A, Cardiovascular disasters in pregnancy, EM Clinics of North America. OB/GYN Emergencies. Consulting Ed. Mattu, A. Editor: Sommerkamp, SK, Wittels, K. Elsivier November 2012
Sommerkamp, SK, Gibson, A. Ultrasound guided central vascular access. Vascular Emergencies: Expert Management for the Emergency Physician. Edited by Rogers, Scalea, Gopal et al 3/13
Dr. Carol Rivers’ Preparing for the Written Board Exam in Emergency Medicine, Gynecological & Obstetrics Disorders
Sommerkamp SK, Tibbles CD. The Emergency Delivery. Emergency Resuscitation of the Critically Ill. 2015
OB/GYN board review. Sommerkamp SK, Dubbs S. Rivers written board review. Publication pending
Research Interests
Emergency OB and Ultrasound