James "Jim" W. Galbraith, MD

James "Jim" W. Galbraith, MD

Associate Professor

Department:
SOM-Emergency Medicine

Email:
jgalbraith@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5570

Biography

Dr. Jim Galbraith is an emergency physician, educator, and public health researcher with a career focus on integrating public health interventions into emergency care. He has led pioneering efforts in emergency department-based HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening, influencing national screening recommendations and advancing harm reduction strategies for persons who inject drugs. As Vice Chair of Research for the UMMC Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Galbraith oversees a diverse portfolio of federally and industry-funded clinical trials in infectious diseases, sepsis, and trauma. His work emphasizes bridging the gap between clinical care, public health, and academic scholarship to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations. Dr. Galbraith is passionate about mentoring future clinicians and researchers and continues to expand educational initiatives that prepare trainees to lead in both emergency medicine and public health.

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emergency Medicine2008
John Peter Smith Hospital, Transitional Year2005
University of Texas Medical Branch, MD, Medicine2004
Trinity University, BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology1999

Specialty Certification Licensure

Re-certification, Board Certification, American Board of Emergency Medicine2021 - 12/2030
Certification, Board Certification, American Board of Emergency Medicine11/2010 - 12/2020

Current Positions

Faculty, School of Graduate Science's Biomedical Science Program2023 - Present
Secondary Faculty, School of Population Health, School of Population Health2020 - Present
Vice Chair, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine08/2018 - Present
Director, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine08/2018 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine08/2018 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine2017 - 08/2018
Scientist, UAB Centers for AIDS Research, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2015 - 08/2018
Medical Director, Birmingham Crisis Center Sexual Assault Nursing Exams, Birmingham Crisis Center2015 - 08/2018
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine10/2012 - 08/2018
Faculty, Hyperbarics and Wound Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2012 - 12/2013
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine08/2008 - 10/2012
Assistant Residency Director, Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine08/2008 - 08/2013
Medical Student Clerkship Director, Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine08/2008 - 08/2013

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), US Consumer Product Safety Commission03/2025 - Present
Extramural, Senolytics To slOw Progression of Sepsis (STOP-Sepsis) in elderly patients01/2025 - Present
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the ID NOW CT/NG Test, Abbott Industries05/2024 - 04/2025
Extramural, FOCUS (Frontlines of Communities in the U.S.) Program: HIV & HCV Screening/Linkage in Emergency Department, Gilead Sciences01/2023 - Present
Extramural, Strategies and Treatments for Respiratory Infections and Viral Emergencies (STRIVE), NIAID / NIH12/2022 - Present
Extramural, Study of Lenacapavir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in People Who Are at Risk for HIV Infection (PURPOSE 2), Gilead Sciences01/2022 - 12/2027
Extramural, Acetaminophen in Sepsis: Targeted Therapy to Enhance Recovery (ASTER), NHLNBI10/2021 - 04/2023
Extramural, Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Emergency Department (ED) Operations and Staffing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention04/2021 - 04/2021
Extramural, A Multicenter, Adaptive, Randomized, Blinded Controlled Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Investigational Therapeutics for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 (ACTIV3), NIH10/2020 - 12/2022
Extramural, Passive Immunity Trial for Our Nation (Pass It On), NCATS / NIH09/2020 - 12/2021
Extramural, Angiotensin receptor blocker-based Lung Protective Strategy for COVID-19 (ALPS), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation06/2020 - 06/2021
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the Lateral Flow COVID-19 Antigen Test in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Subjects, Abbott Industries06/2020 - 12/2020
Extramural, COVID-19 Risk Reduction for Emergency Departments (Project COVERED), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention05/2020 - 05/2021
Extramural, PETAL Network: COVID-19-19 Observational Study (CORAL), NHLBI / NIH04/2020 - 04/2021
Extramural, Outcomes Related to COVID-19 Treated with Hydroxychloroquine among In-patients with symptomatic disease (ORCHID), NHLBI / NIH04/2020 - 06/2020
Extramural, Respiratory Virus Laboratory Emergency Department Network Surveillance (RESP-LENS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention03/2020 - Present
Extramural, Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for HCV, NIDA / NIH01/2019 - 12/2024
Extramural, Resolving Research Priority Issues in Emergency Telemedicine - National Emergency Telemedicine Summit, HRSA09/2018 - 09/2019
Intramural, HIV and HCV Prevalence Among IV Drug Users – A Respondent Driven Sampling Pilot Study, University of Alabama at BIrmingham Centers for AIDS Research11/2017 - 10/2018
Extramural, FOCUS (Frontlines of Communities in the U.S.) Program: HCV Screening/Linkage in Emergency Department, Gilead Sciences11/2017 - 10/2018
Extramural, Expanded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing for Populations Disproportionately Affected by HIV, Alabama Department of Public Health01/2017 - 12/2017
Extramural, FOCUS (Frontlines of Communities in the U.S.) Program: HCV Screening/Linkage in Emergency Department, Gilead Sciences08/2016 - 10/2017
Extramural, Alabama Coalition for Testing, Interventions, and Engagement in Hepatitis C Care (ACTIVE-C), Gilead Foundation10/2015 - 09/2016
Extramural, FOCUS (Frontlines of Communities in the U.S.) Program: HCV Screening/Linkage in Emergency Department, Gilead Sciences08/2015 - 07/2016
Extramural, Racial Disparities in Linkage to Care Among Baby Boomers with Hepatitis C, Deep South Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)07/2014 - 01/2015
Extramural, Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing Literacy for Emergency Department Patients, NIH07/2014 - 03/2019
Extramural, Enhanced Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Screening for Disproportionately Affected Populations in the Emergency Department, Primarily Persons Born Between 1945 – 1965, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation05/2013 - 06/2015
Extramural, Expanded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing for Populations Disproportionately Affected by HIV, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention10/2010 - 12/2016

Publications

Editorial Commentary

Galbraith JW Ending the HIV and Hepatitis C Epidemics in Mississippi: Modern Strategies for Prevention and Treatment. Journal of the Mississippi Medical Association, 2025;66 (1-2).

Presentations

Poster Presentation, John Ingram, Yousef Hreish, M.D., Aun Muhammad, M.D., Benjamin Billingsley, D.O., Namrata Paladugu, M.D., Simon A. Barinas, M.Ed., Dr. Elizabeth Paine, M.D., James Galbraith, M.D. Improving the Detection of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Using a Reflexive, Single-Sample Method for Infection Confirmation. American College of Gastroenterology Conference. October 2024., American College of Gastroenterology Conference11/2024
Poster Presentation, Moore J, Wright M, Stacey M, Almeter P, Furr K, Denniis B, Galbraith JW. Pharmacist-Based Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the Emergency Department Improves Treatment Uptake Rates and Time to Treatment. ACEP Las Vegas, October 2024., American College of Emergency Physicians10/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Surveillance Challenges in Identifying Community Outbreaks of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections” National Association of County Health Officials (NACCHO) Webinar., National Association of County Health Officials05/2024
Poster Presentation, Haukoos J, Galbraith JW et al. Hepatitis C Screening in the Emergency Department: The Multi-Center DETECT Hep C Clinical Trial. Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Denver, CO. March 2024., Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections03/2024
Platform Presentations, Moore JD, Galbraith JW et al. Fibrosis-4 in the Emergency Department Triages High-Risk and Simplified Patients with Hepatitis C Virus. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. May 2023. (30) s1 200., Society for Academic Emergency Medicine05/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “HIV and HCV Testing in the Emergency Department.” Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center Webinar., Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center12/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Experience with Implementing COVID-19 Clinical Trials.” UMMC Continuing Health Professional Education CME Webinar, UMMC08/2020
Platform Presentations, Moore JD, Galbraith JW et al. Nontargeted Hepatitis C Virus Screening in an Appalachian Emergency Department Identifies a High Prevalence of Infection Among Adult Emergency Department Visitors. Ann Emer Med, October 2019; (74) 4 S7., American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting11/2019
Platform Presentations, Hicks Sherell, Galbraith JW, et al. Emergency Department HIV Testing: New Horizon to Reengage Untreated Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine, May 2019; (26)S1 S177., Society for Academic Emergency Medicine05/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Coordinated and Hosted the “TeleEmergency Summit” of Emergency Medicine telehealth experts to identify the best supporting evidence, determine knowledge gaps, develop a consensus on standard metrics, and predict future directions for Emergency Medicine telehealth. April 12, 2019, HRSA, New Orleans, LA04/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Out of the Shadows: Emergency Department Testing Unmasks the Hidden Faces of the HCV Epidemic.” University of Kentucky, Department of Emergency Medicine, Grand Rounds., University of Kentucky04/2018
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Examining the Hidden Opioid and Infectious Disease Syndemic in Jefferson Co. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Centers for AIDS Research Annual HIV Symposium., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Centers for AIDS Research Annual HIV Symposium2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Combating the rising epidemic of injection drug use and associated infectious diseases on the frontlines of U.S. emergency departments” University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, UAB Emergency Medicine04/2017
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Out of the Shadows: Emergency Department Testing Unmasks the Hidden Faces of the HCV Epidemic.” Gilead Sciences FOCUS SUMMIT, Gilead Sciences, San Francsico03/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Alabama’s Emerging Hepatitis C Epidemic and Vulnerability to an Outbreak of HIV Among Persons Who Inject Drugs. Alabama Silos to Solution Conference by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Alabama Department of Public Health03/2017
Poster Presentation, Julie Schexnayder, DNP, MPH, CRNP, Ricardo Franco, MD, Joshua Richman, MD, PhD, James Galbraith, MD, Deanne Guthrie, MSCS Michael J. Mugavero, MD, MHSc. Electronic Medical Record-Based Liver Fibrosis Staging: Identification of High-Risk Patients at Time of Hepatitis C Diagnosis in the Emergency Department ID Week, October 2016., ID Week11/2016
Poster Presentation, Ricardo Franco, Yunhua Fan, Stephanie Jarosek, Sejong Bae, James W. Galbraith. Geographic Disparities in Incidence and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. AASLD November 2016., American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases11/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Hepatitis C Screening in the Emergency Department.” Alabama Department of Public Health Webcast. http://www.adph.org/ALPHTN/index.asp?id=7748, Alabama Department of Public Health10/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Hepatitis C Screening in Emergency Departments.” National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) Webinar.http://nvhr.org/content/nvhr-webinar-hepatitis-c-screening-emergency-departments, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable09/2016
Poster Presentation, Erik S. Anderson, James W. Galbraith, Laura Deering, Ricardo Franco, Sarah K.Pfeil, Tamara Todorovic, Joel B. Rogers, N. Ewen Wang, and Douglas AE White. Cascade of Care for Emergency Department Patients Identified with Hepatitis C Virus Infection: An Evaluation of Longitudinal Outcomes. SAEM May 2016, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine05/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Impact and Implications of HCV Testing in Emergency Departments.” HepCure Webinar. https://mountsinai.app.box.com/s/93i5qtxxvr5lc5gmzbykabk15zh98dw2, HepCure Webinar2016
Poster Presentation, Linkage to Care Outcomes of Hepatitis C Cases Identified in the Emergency Department. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), San Francisco, 2015., American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases11/2015
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Screening for Indolent Infections in the ED. HIV, HCV, and Beyond: State of the Art or a Fool’s Errand” Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine05/2015
Poster Presentation, Update from an HCV Screening Program in an Emergency Department in the Southern US: Challenges to Follow-up and Linkage to Care. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Boston, 2014., American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases11/2014
Poster Presentation, HCV Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Healthcare Utilization Among “Baby Boomers” Presenting to the Emergency Department, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Boston, 2014., American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases11/2014
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “High-Yield and Impact of Emergency Department Routine HIV / HCV Screening,” University of Pennsylvania HIV Grand Rounds. http://www.viraled.com/modules/contact/index.php?form_id=300, University of Pennsylvania09/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “HIV & HCV Screening: Updated Screening Recommendations and Emerging Technologies.” UAB Laboratory Week CME, August 2014, UAB Department of Pathology08/2014
Platform Presentations, Galbraith JW et al. “Screening in Emergency Department Identifies a Large Cohort of Unrecognized Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Baby Boomers”, Oral Presentation at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2014 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, May 13‐17, 2014, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Dallas, TX05/2014
Platform Presentations, Galbraith JW et al. “High Yield and Feasibility of Baby Boomer Birth Cohort Screening in Two Urban, Academic Emergency Departments” Oral Presentation at the International Conference for Viral Hepatitis, NY, NY. March 2014, International Conference for Viral Hepatitis, NY, NY03/2014
Poster Presentation, Comparison of HIV Risky Behaviors and Knowledge of Adolescents and Parents Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department. Southern Society of Pediatric Research Meeting, Jan 2014, Southern Society of Pediatric Research Meeting2014
Platform Presentations, Galbraith JW et al. “Screening in Emergency Department Identifies a Large Cohort of Unrecognized Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Baby Boomers.” Late Breaking Oral Abstract Presentation. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Meeting, Washington DC. Nov 2013, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Washington DC11/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Emergency Department HIV Screening in the South”
University of Mississippi Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, UMMC		11/2012
Poster Presentation, Dysuria in the Emergency Department: a Missed Diagnostic Opportunity for Chlamydia trachomatis. ACEP Annual Meeting: Denver, CO 2012, American College of Emergency Medicine10/2012
Platform Presentations, Utilizing a Web 2.0 Turnkey Solution to Enhance Resident and Medical Student Education in the Emergency Department” UAB Research and Innovations in Medical Education (RIME) Week. Sept 2013 (Oral Presentation) UAB Huntsville Scholars Institute Regional Meeting. July 2012 (Oral Presentation), UAB Huntsville Scholars Institute Regional Meeting07/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Updates on HIV Testing Technologies & Role in the Expanded Testing Initiative”, UAB Laboratory Week CME, April 2012, UAB Department of Pathology04/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Implementation of Routine HIV Screening for Adolescents Visiting an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department”, UAB Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Conference, March 2012, UAB Pediatrics Emergency Medicine03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Non-targeted Opt-out HIV Testing in the Emergency Department” UAB Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Alabama at Birmingham07/2011
Platform Presentations, Galbraith JW et al. The Mini-Clerkship: Exposing Pre-Clinical Medical Students to Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 May;18 Suppl 1:S1-268, Society for Acadmeic Emergency Medicine05/2011
Poster Presentation, The Mini-Clerkship: Exposing Pre-Clinical Medical Students to Emergency Medicine. CORD Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA March 2011., Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)03/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes” Alabama Society of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting – February 2011, Alabama Society of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting02/2011
Platform Presentations, Value of Multiple Pre-Hospital Intubation Attempts. Alabama ACEP Annual Meeting, Destin, Florida, May 2007, Alabama ACEP Annual Meeting05/2007
Poster Presentation, Effect of Training on Quality of Dispatch Assisted CPR. Poster Session. Alabama American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, Destin, FL, May 2006, Alabama American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting05/2006
Poster Presentation, Efficacy of Gatifloxacin in the Treatment of MRSA Osteomyelitis in a Rabbit Model. Poster Session. American Society for Microbiology 100th General Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, May 2000, American Society for Microbiology05/2000

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Research Impact Award 2023-2024, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Emergency Medicine2024
Research Pinnacle Award, 2022-2023, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Emergency Medicine2023
Research Pinnacle Award, 2021-2022, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Emergency Medicine2022
Emergency Department Heartbeat Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Emergency Medicine2020
Hepatitis Hero Award, 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Viral Hepatitis Action Coalition2017
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, 2015-2016, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2016
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Nomination and Induction, 2011-2012, Univerisity of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2012
Best Lecturer Award, 2011-2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emergency Medicine2012
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, 2011-2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2012
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, 2009-2010, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2010
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, 2008-2009, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine2009
Best Lecturer Award, 2008-2009, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emergency Medicine2009
Rud Polhill Award for Outstanding Performance in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2007-2008, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital2008
Chief Resident, 2007-2008, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emergency Medicine2008

Professional Membership and Service

Emergency Medicine Transmissible Infectious Diseases and Epidemics Consortium, Member2015 - Present
Alpha Omega Honor Society, Member2012 - Present
American College of Emergency Physicians, Fellow2008 - Present
Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, Member2008 - 2013
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Member2007 - Present
Alabama American College of Emergency Physicians, Member2005 - 2017
Emergency Medicine Residents Association, Member2005 - 2013
American Medical Association, Member2000 - 2004
American Medical Student Association, Member2000 - 2004

Committee Service

Workplace Violence Committee, Member2024 - Present
Mississippi Department of Health Hepatitis Elimination Committee, Member2024 - Present
Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for Elimination of Health Disparities Scientific Advisory Board, Member2021 - Present
COVID-19 Research Taskforce, Task Force Member2020 - 2021
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee, Emergency Medicine, Member2020 - Present
Promotion and Tenure Committee, Emergency Medicine, Member2019 - Present
Opioid Taskforce Subcommittee on Services and Resources, Task Force Member2019 - 2020
Leadership Committee, Emergency Medicine, Member2018 - Present
Addiction Advisory Group, UAB, Member2017 - 2018
Promotion and Tenure Committee, UAB Emergency Medicine, Member2015 - 2018
LCME Reaccreditation Committee, UAB School of Medicine, Member2012 - 2014
Alabama HIV Task Force for Children and Adults, Appointed by Governor Bentley, Task Force Member2012 - 2015
Judicial Review Committee, UAB Graduate Medical Education, Member2011 - 2011
Disciplinary Committee, UAB School of Medicine, Member2010 - 2010
Quality Improvement Committee, UAB Emergency Medicine, Member2008 - 2018
Medical Education Committee, UAB Emergency Medicine, Member2008 - 2018
Medical Education Committee, UAB School of Medicine, Member2008 - 2013