Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Implementation Handbook, 2012 Edition Authors and Contributors Authors and ContributorsAuthorsNicki Gilboy RN, MS, CEN, FAEN Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Emergency Medicine University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center Worcester, MAPaula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN Associate Professor Schools of Nursing and Medicine Duke University Durham, NCDebbie Travers, PhD, RN, FAEN, CEN Assistant Professor, Health Care Systems and Emergency Medicine Schools of Nursing and Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NCAlexander M. Rosenau, DO, CPE, FACEP Senior Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, and Associate Professor of Medicine University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, and Co-Medical Director, Eastern EMS CouncilContributorsCathleen Carlen-Lindauer, RN, MSN, CEN Clinical Nurse Specialist Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD Formerly from The Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Allentown, PASusan McDaniel Hohenhaus MA, RN, CEN, FAEN Executive Director Emergency Nurses Association and ENA Foundation Des Plaines, IL Formerly of Hohenhaus & Associates, Inc. Wellsboro, PA and Chicago, ILDavid Eitel, MD, MBA Physician Advisor, Case Management Wellspan Health System York, PAJessica Katznelson, MD Assistant Professor Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNancy Mecham, APRN, FNP, CEN Clinical Nurse Specialist Emergency Department and Rapid Treatment Unit Primary Children's Medical Center Salt Lake City, UTValerie Rupp, RN, MSN Lehigh Valley Health Network Allentown, PennsylvaniaAnna Waller, ScD Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel HillRichard Wuerz, MD (deceased) Attending Physician Associate Research Director Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Harvard Medical School Boston, MAThe ESI Triage Research Team would like to thank Dr. David Eitel for his foundational contributions to the ESI, including development of the algorithm and the conceptual model, and his continued focus on translating ESI research into practice, especially in emergency department operations. Thank you, Dave. At the time of his death Dr. Wuerz was an Attending Physician, Associate Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.Return to Contents Proceed to Next Section Current as of November 2011 Internet Citation: Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Implementation Handbook, 2012 Edition: Authors and Contributors. November 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/esi/esicontrib.html
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