Sterling, Sarah A., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Adult Emergency Medicine

Education

Board Certification:	Emergency Medicine
Medical Education:	University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Internship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center

Current Positions

Associate Professor , School of Medicine	07/2018 - Present
Assistant Professor , School of Medicine	2014 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

University of Mississippi, Bachelor of Arts, Major Biology Minor Chemistry, Cum Laude 2000-2004
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Clinical Research Fellow 2012-2013
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Intership, Transitional 2008-2009
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Medical Doctor 2004-2008
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Residency, Emergency Medicine 2009-2012

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Diplomate American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine	05/2013 - 05/2023
Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2008-2014	2008 - 2014
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure	2011 - 2013
Certification, Pedicatric Advanced Life Support	2011 - 2013
Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support 2008-2012	2008 - 2012

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Instructor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

09/2012 - 12/2013

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Trailblazer Award, UMMC SOM	2021
Trailblazer Award, School of Medicine, Office of Medical Education, UMMC	2019
Rising Star Award, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, UMMC	2017
Investigator Development Program Awardee, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research, UMMC	2017
Highest In-Training Exam Score,Department of Emergency Medicine, UMMC	2012
Research Award,Department of Emergency Medicine, UMMC	2012
Spirit Award, Department of Emergency Medicine 2012, UMMC	2012
Resident Delegate, House of Representatives, Mississippi State Medical Association Annual Meeting	2011
Chief Resident,Department of Emergency Medicine, UMMC	2011
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine	2008
Miller-Pittman Medical Scholarship, UMMC	2008
Gold Humanism Honor Society, UMMC, School of Medicine	2007

Professional Membership and Service

AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies, Program Committee Member	2022 - Present
Council of Residency Directors, Member	2020 - Present
Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Immediate Past President	2018 - 2020
Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Board of Directors	2016 - 2018
AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies, UMMC Junior Faculty Representative, Council of Faculty and Academic Societies	2016 - Present
Mississippi Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians, Officer, Vice President, Board of Directors	2014 - 2016
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Research Committee	2011 - Present
Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Member	2011 - Present
American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Member	2009 - Present
American Medical Association, Member	2008 - 2013
American College of Emergency Physicians, Member	2008 - Present

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2021 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-MEDICAL STUDENT PROMOTIONS, Member	2021 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, Member	2021 - Present
Discovery Curriculum Subcommittee, Chair	2021 - Present
Curriculum Redesign Steering Committee, Member	2020 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member	2019 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-CREDENTIALS, Member	2018 - 2021
MEDICAL CENTER-SACS LEADERSHIP, Member	2017 - 2018
MEDICAL CENTER-LIBRARY FACULTY ADVISORY, Member	2017 - 2018
MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Member	2017 - 2018
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-MD/PHD ADVISORY	2017 - Present
Medical Student Research Program, Chair	2017 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Chair	2017 - 2018
Departmental- Women in Emergency Medicine, Member	2016 - Present
Departmental- Hand Hygiene Committee, Member	2016 - 2018
MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Member	2015 - 2018
Sepsis Quality Improvement Initiative, Developed and conducted educational sessions on practice guidelines and alerts	2015 - Present
Medical Student Research Program Committee, Member	2015 - Present
Departmental Quality Council, Member	2015 - Present
Sexual Assault Response Team, Member	2015 - Present
Rural Interdisciplinary Case Experience, Member	2014 - 2015
Service Excellence Ambulatory Workgroup, Member	2014 - 2015
Departmental Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2014 - Present
Departmental- Clinical Competency Committee, Member	2014 - Present
Departmental- Faculty Recruitment Committee, Member	2014 - Present
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, Institutional Liason	2013 - 2014
Research Committee, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Member	2013 - 2017
Palliative Care Committee, Member	2013 - 2015
MEDICAL CENTER-ETHICS ADVISORY, Member	2013 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member	2007 - 2008

Community Service

Starry Night, St. Andrew's School Parent Association, Co-Chair	02/2022 - 04/2022
Arrangements Committee, Junior League of Jackson, Co-Chair	07/2021 - Present
St. Andrew's Lower School, Room Parent	08/2020 - 05/2021
E3: Wholesome and Healthy, Junior League of Jackson, Chair	07/2020 - 06/2021
Midtown Backpack and Pantry Program, Junior League Jackson, Chair	05/2019 - 05/2020
St. Andrew's Lower School, Room Parent	08/2018 - 05/2019
Helping Hands, Junior League Jackson, Co-Chair	05/2018 - 05/2019
Canopy Childrens' Solution, Birthday Volunteer	06/2017 - 04/2018
Helping Hand and Heartworks	04/2017 - 05/2018
St. Andrew's School, Grade Level Fundraising Captain	08/2016 - 05/2017
One Jackson, Many Readers, Organizer and Volunteer	06/2016 - 09/2016
Junior League of Jackson, Member	04/2016 - Present
St. Andrews School, Starry Nights, Annual Cultural Host and Volunteer	2016 - Present
St. Andrews School, Arts on the Green, Silent Auction, Fundraising Committee	2016 - Present
St. Richards Catholic Church Children’s Mission, Volunteer	2012 - Present

Other Service

Critical Care	03/2019 - Present
Journal of Critical Care	02/2019 - Present
BMJ Open	06/2017 - Present
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	06/2017 - Present
Southereastern Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Abstract Reviewer	2017 - 04/2017
Internal and Emergency Medicine	06/2015 - Present
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Research Committee, Grant Writing Workshop Subcommittee	2014 - 05/2016
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Abstract Session Moderator	05/2013 - Present
Critical Care Medicine	2013 - Present
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - Annual Meeting, Abstract Reviewer	2012 - Present

Publications

Journal Article
Sterling, SA, Novotny, NR, Puskarich, MA, McKenzie, LK, Summers, RL, Jones, AE. Consults in TelEmergency: A Descriptive Analysis JMSMA. 2019 May; 60(5)	2019
Jones AE, Puskarich MA, Shapiro NI, Guirgis FW, Runyon M, Adams JY, Sherwin R, Arnold R, Roberts BW, Kurz MC, Wang HE, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Trzeciak S, Sterling SA, Nandi U, Patki D, Viele K Effect of Levocarnitine vs Placebo as an Adjunctive Treatment for Septic Shock: The Rapid Administration of Carnitine in Sepsis (RACE) Randomized Clinical Tria JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Dec 7;1(8)	2018
Fermann GJ, Levy PD, Pang P, Butler J, Ayaz SI, Char D, Dunn P, Jenkins CA, Kampe C, Khan Y, Kumar VA, Lindenfeld J, Liu D, Miller K, Peacock WF, Rizk S, Robichaux C, Rothman RL, Schrock J, Singer A, Sterling SA, Storrow AB, Walsh C, Wilburn J, Collins SP. Design and Rationale of a Randomized Trial of a Care Transition Strategy in Patients With Acute Heart Failure Discharged From the Emergency Department: GUIDED-HF (Get With the Guidelines in Emergency Department Patients With Heart Failure). Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Feb;10(2).	2017
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Glass A, Guirgis F, Jones AE. The Impact of the Sepsis-3 Septic Shock Definition on Previously Defined Septic Shock Patients. Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;45(9):1436-1442	2017
Dehon E, Weiss N, Jones J, Hinton E, Faulconer W, Sterling SA A Systematic Review of the Impact of Physician Implicit Racial Bias on Clinical Decision Making. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;24(8):895-904	2017
Sterling SA, Jones AE, King MH, Galli RL, Isom KC, Seals S, Summers RL, Henderson KA The Impact of the TelEmergency Program on Rural Emergency Care: An Implementation Study. J Telemed Telecare. 2017 Jul;23(6):588-594	2016
Scott JS, Sterling SA, To H, Seals SR, Jones AE. Diagnostic performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry in blood bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Jul;48(7):530-6.	2016
Summers RL, Sterling SA. Emergent Bleeding in Patients Receiving Direct Oral Anticoagulants. Air Med J. 2016;35(3):148-55	2016
Sterling SA, Jones AE, Cox RD Longitudinal Trends in the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Emergency Department. South Med J. 2016 Apr;109(4):222-7.	2016
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE The effect of liver disease on lactate normalization in severe sepsis and septic shock: a cohort study Clin Exp Emerg Med 2015; 2(4): 197-202.	2015
Sterling SA, Jones AE, Coleman TG, Summers RL Theoretical Analysis of the Relative Impact of Obesity on Hemodynamic Stability During Acute Hemorrhagic Shock Arch Trauma Res. 2015 Sep 23;4(3):e22602	2015
Sterling SA, Miller WR, Pryor J, Puskarich MA, Jones AE. The Impact of Timing of Antibiotics on Outcomes in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2015 Sep;43(9):1907-15	2015
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA,Summers RL, Jones AE The effect of early quantitative resuscitation on organ function in survivors of septic shock. J Crit Care	2014
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE Prehospital treatment of sepsis: what really makes the "golden hour" golden? Critical Care	2014
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Shapiro NI, Trzeciak S, Kline JA, Summers RL, Jones AE; Emergency Medicine Shock Research Network (EMSHOCKNET). Characteristics and outcomes of patients with vasoplegic versus tissue dysoxic septic shock. J Crit Care. 2015 Apr;30(2):261-3	2013
Summers RL, Baker SD, Sterling SA, Porter JM, Jones AE. Characterization of the spectrum of hemodynamic profiles in trauma patients with acute neurogenic shock. J Crit Care. 2013 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23566731.	2013
Fermann GJ, Schrock JW, Levy PD, Pang P, Butler J, Chang AM, Char D, Diercks D, Han JH, Hiestand B, Hogan C, Jenkins CA, Kampe C, Khan Y, Kumar VA, Lee S, Lindenfeld J, Liu D, Miller KF, Peacock WF, Reilly CM, Robichaux C, Rothman RL, Self WH, Singer AJ, Sterling SA, Storrow AB, Stubblefield WB, Walsh C, Wilburn J, Collins SP, Troponin is unrelated to outcomes in heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2022 Apr;3(2):e12695	2022
Williams D Jr, Simpson AN, King K, Kruis RD, Ford DW, Sterling SA, Castillo A, Robinson CO, Simpson KN, Summers RL, Do Hospitals Providing Telehealth in Emergency Departments Have Lower Emergency Department Costs? Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 2021 Sep;27(9):1011-1020	2021
Puskarich MA, Jennaro TS, Gillies CE, Evans CR, Karnovsky A, McHugh CE, Flott TL, Jones AE, Stringer KA, RACE Investigators., Pharmacometabolomics identifies candidate predictor metabolites of an L-carnitine treatment mortality benefit in septic shock. Clinical and translational science, 2021 Nov;14(6):2288-2299	2021
Stubblefield WB, Jenkins CA, Liu D, Storrow AB, Spertus JA, Pang PS, Levy PD, Butler J, Chang AM, Char D, Diercks DB, Fermann GJ, Han JH, Hiestand BC, Hogan CJ, Khan Y, Lee S, Lindenfeld JM, McNaughton CD, Miller K, Peacock WF, Schrock JW, Self WH, Singer AJ, Sterling SA, Collins SP, Improvement in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Scores After a Self-Care Intervention in Patients With Acute Heart Failure Discharged From the Emergency Department. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2021 Oct;14(10):e007956	2021
Collins SP, Liu D, Jenkins CA, Storrow AB, Levy PD, Pang PS, Chang AM, Char D, Diercks DJ, Fermann GJ, Han JH, Hiestand B, Hogan C, Kampe CJ, Khan Y, Lee S, Lindenfeld J, Martindale J, McNaughton CD, Miller KF, Miller-Reilly C, Moser K, Peacock WF, Robichaux C, Rothman R, Schrock J, Self WH, Singer AJ, Sterling SA, Ward MJ, Walsh C, Butler J, Effect of a Self-care Intervention on 90-Day Outcomes in Patients With Acute Heart Failure Discharged From the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA cardiology, 2021 Feb 1;6(2):200-208	2021
Gupta T, Puskarich MA, DeVos E, Javed A, Smotherman C, Sterling SA, Wang HE, Moore FA, Jones AE, Guirgis FW, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Component Score Prediction of In-hospital Mortality From Sepsis. Journal of intensive care medicine, 2020 Aug;35(8):810-817	2020
Guirgis FW, Puskarich MA, Smotherman C, Sterling SA, Gautam S, Moore FA, Jones AE, Development of a Simple Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Risk Assessment of Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis. Journal of intensive care medicine, 2020 Mar;35(3):270-278	2020
Jones AE, Puskarich MA, Shapiro NI, Guirgis FW, Runyon M, Adams JY, Sherwin R, Arnold R, Roberts BW, Kurz MC, Wang HE, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Trzeciak S, Sterling SA, Nandi U, Patki D, Viele K, Effect of Levocarnitine vs Placebo as an Adjunctive Treatment for Septic Shock: The Rapid Administration of Carnitine in Sepsis (RACE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 2018 Dec 7;1(8):e186076	2018
Javed A, Guirgis FW, Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Bowman J, Robinson T, Jones AE, Clinical predictors of early death from sepsis. Journal of critical care, 2017 Dec;42:30-34	2017
Abstracts
Sterling, SA, Barinas, S, Jefferson, D, Summers RL Expanding the Academic Medical Center Through TelEmergency: Feasibility Study of an Acute, Layered Consultation Service	2022
Baker S,Jones AE,Sterling S,Summers R Determination of the Spectrum of Hemodynamic Profiles in Trauma Patients with Neurogenic Shock	2012
Sterling,S, Jones AE Outcomes of Patients with Vasoplegic versus Tissue Dysoxic Septic Shock Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting	2012
Sterling S,Myers J,Tollefson B,Jones JS Do Emergency Medicine Residents Become Dehydrated During a 12-hour Clinical Shift? Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Academic Assembly	2012
Book Chapter
Sterling SA, Jones AE. Hardood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 6th edn Fever. In: Wolfson AB, Hendey G, Ling et al eds. Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; In Press 2013	2013
Summers RL, Sterling S. Early emergency management of acute decompensated heart failure. Curr Opin Crit Care.2012 Aug;18(4):301-7	2012
Sterling SA, Clair, E, Jones AE Fever. In: Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 7th edn Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2019, in press
Editorial Commentary
Puskarich MA, Sterling SA Decompensation to shock: what is the risk? Crit Care Med. 2015 May;43(5):1139-40.	2015
Letter to the Editor
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE Meta-Analysis of time to antimicrobial therapy in sepsis: Confounding as well as bias. Crit Care Med. 2017; 45(2);e243-244.	2017
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE Time for a randomized controlled trial to investigate optimal time to antibiotics for patients with sepsis. Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr; 44(4):e237.	2016
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE Systematic Bias in Meta-analyses of Time to Antimicrobial in Sepsis Studies. Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr; 44(4):e235-6.	2016
Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Jones AE The effect of etomidate on mortality in sepsis remains unclear. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;41(6)	2013

Presentations

National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Plenary Session with AAMC Leadership, AAMC CFAS, Virtual meeting	04/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, TelEmergency and the Acute Service Layering Study, HRSA - TNGP, Virtual Meeting	01/2022
Poster Presentation, Expanding the Academic Medical Center Through TelEmergency: Feasibility Study of an Acute, Layered Consultation Service, SEARCH 2021 National Telehealth Research Symposium, Virtual	11/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Congestive Heart Failure in the ED, SEEMAC, Virtual Meeting	04/2021
Invited participant for National Summit, TelEmergency Summit, New Orleans	04/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Chronic State of Obesity and the Acute Response to Sepsis, Delta CTSA Conference, UMMC, School of Medicine	07/2018
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sepsis and Septic Shock Updates, BIG12/SEC-ACEP, Destin, FL	06/2018
Poster Presentation, "The Impact of the SEPSIS-3 Septic Shock Definition on Previously Defined Septic Shock Patients", ACEP, Las Vegas, NV	10/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Neck Trauma in Emergency Medicine”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Cardiac Trauma in Emergency Medicine”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2016
Poster Presentation, A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Physician Implicit (Unconscious) Racial Bias and Clinical Decision Making., SAEM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA	05/2016
Poster Presentation, Clinical Predictors of Early Death from Sepsis, SAEM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA	05/2016
Platform Presentations, TeleHealth in Emergency Medicine: A Descriptive Analysis, SAEM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA	05/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Vaginal Bleeding in Early Pregnancy”., SEEMAC, New Orleans, LA	04/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Obstetrical Emergencies”, SEEMAC, New Orleans, LA	04/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Dermatologic Emergencies”., SEEMAC, New Orleans, LA	04/2016
Platform Presentations, "TelEmergency: An Implementation Study", University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS	03/2016
Poster Presentation, The Impact of Obesity on Cervical Spine Injuries in Trauma Patients, ACEP Research Forum, Boston, MA	10/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Rules, Criteria, and Scores…Oh My! Part 2”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Rules, Criteria, and Scores…Oh My! Part 1”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2015
Poster Presentation, The Impact of Timing of Antibiotics on Outcomes in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, SAEM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA	05/2015
Poster Presentation, Diagnostic Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Blood Bacterial Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, SAEM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA	05/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “A Pain in the Neck: Clearing C-Spines”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “What a Headache! Imaging in Minor Head Trauma”., SEC-ACEP Annual Conference, Destin, FL	06/2014
Poster Presentation, The Effect of Liver Disease on Lactate Normalization in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock., SAEM Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX	05/2014
Poster Presentation, The Impact of Admission Time on Long-term Mortality in Patients with AMI: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, SAEM Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX	05/2014
Poster Presentation, Increasing prevalence of adult-onset diabetes Mellitus in patients seeking care in the emergency department., ACEP Research Forum, Seattle, WA	10/2013
Poster Presentation, Organ Dysfunction in Survivors of Septic Shock Treated with Early Quantitative Resuscitation, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting	05/2013
Poster Presentation, Theoretical Analysis of the Relative Impact of Obesity on Hemodynamic Stability During Acute Hemorrhagic Shock, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga	05/2013
Poster Presentation, Dertermination of the Spectrum of Hemodynamic Profiles in Trauma Patients with Neurogenic Shock, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine	05/2012
Poster Presentation, Do Emergency Medicine Resisents Become Dehydrated During a 12-hour Clinical Shift?, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Academic Assembly	04/2012

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Road to the Match: Program Director's Perspective	Summer 2022
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Club	Spring 2021 - 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, SICU/Surgical Critical Care Weekly Conference: Sepsis and Septic Shock	Fall 2021 - 2021
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, M4 Bootcamp: MDM and Documentation	Spring 2021 - 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergencies after 20 weeks of Pregnancy	Spring 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Treatment of HIV in the ED	Fall 2021
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, IMP-1 Professionalism Small Groups	Fall 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, SICU Conference: Sepsis and Septic Shock	Fall 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Serious Viral Infections	Fall 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Road to the Match: Program Directors' Perspective	Summer 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Club	Summer 2020
Medicine, Lab, Facilitator, Sepsis Simulation	Summer 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Sexual Assault and the SANE	Fall 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Ectopic Pregnancy and Emergencies of Early Pregnancy	Winter 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, SoM: Career Development Series	Winter 2019 - 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Pulmonary System	Winter 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Monthly M4 Lecture: Sepsis and Septic Shock	Winter 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Renal System	Winter 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Hematology/Immunology	Winter 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Monthly M4 Lecture: Sepsis and Septic Shock	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Research Updates	Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Mock Oral Exam	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Road to the Match: Program Directors' Perspective	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Sepsis and Septic Shock	Fall 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Evidence Based Medicine and EM Research	Fall 2019
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, Suture Lab - Intern Training Session	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Obstetrical Emergencies After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Sepsis and Septic Shock	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Dematologic Emergencies	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-training Exam Prep - Cardiovascular Emergencies	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Basics - Reviewing Statistics in Interventional Investigations	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Monthly lecture: Sepsis and Septic Shock - M4 Emergency Medicine Rotation	Fall 2018
Graduate, Small Group, Facilitator, MD-PhD Journal Club	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Maternal Emergencies After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period	Fall 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, The Patient with Morbid Obesity	Winter 2018
Lecture, Lecturer, Monthly M4 lecture: Sepsis and Septic Shock	Spring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Infectious Diseases	Winter 2018
Graduate, Small Group, Facilitator, MD-PhD Journal Club	Winter 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Hematology	Winter 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Renal Emergencies	Winter 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 Boot Camp - How to Read at Journal Article	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Examp Prep - Physician Tasks	Spring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Trauma	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Fundamentals - Study Design	Fall 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Club Discussion Leader	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, EM Intern Orientation - OB Emergencies	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, EM Intern Orientation - Dermatologic Emergencies	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lab, Facilitator, OB Simulation Lab	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Clinical Pathologic Case Presentation	Summer 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Club Discussion Leader	Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Clinical Pathologic Case Presentation	Spring 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Club Discussion Leader	Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Trauma	Winter 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Psychiatric Emergencies	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - Hematology/Immunology	Winter 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield In-Training Exam Prep - ENT Emergencies	Winter 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Mock Oral Exam	Spring 2017
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, OB Simulation Lab	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, OB Emergencies	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Dermatologic Emergencies	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Sepsis Best Practice Advisory Update	Winter 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High Yield ITE Prep	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, CPC Presentation	Summer 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, CPC Presentation	Summer 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Abbreviated SANE Training	Spring 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High-Yield Board Review for Pediatrics	Winter 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, High-Yield Board Review for GI Complaints	Winter 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, OB Simulation	Winter 2015
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, OB Simulation	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Procedure Sign-Off	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Overview of Research in EM	Summer 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, In-Training Exam Prep	Winter 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	Winter 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infective Endocarditis	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ABG and Ordering Labs	Summer 2014
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, OB Simulation	Summer 2014
Medicine, Lab, Lab Presenter, OB Simulation	Summer 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Teaching Basics	Summer 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Evidence Based Medicine	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Basics-Diagnostic Tests	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, CORD Test Administrator	Summer 2014 - 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Journal Article Review	Spring 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, OB Emergencies	Summer 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Basics-Study Design	Summer 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Rules, Criteria, and Score...oh my! Part 1	Summer 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Rules, Criteria, and Score....oh my! Part 2	Summer 2012

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study	2022 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Riley Brown	2022 - Present
Supervised Teaching Activity	2020 - Present
Preceptor, Advised: Destiny Epting	2019 - 2019
Supervised Research, Advised: W. Taylor Allen	2018 - 2019
Supervised Research, Advised: Jazmyn Shaw	2018 - 2018
Supervised Research, Advised: Alexandra Bensel	2018 - 2021
Supervised Research, Advised: Brent Treadway	2018 - 2021
Preceptor, Advised: Alexis Griffith, Wesley Youngblood	2017 - 2018
Supervised Research	2017 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Shannon Overholt	2017 - 2017
Supervised Research, Advised: Hardeep Uppal	2016 - 2016
Supervised Research, Advised: Jamie Scott	2016 - 2016
Supervised Research, Advised: Tara Lewis	2016 - 2017
Supervised Research, Advised: Nicole Novotny	2015 - 2018
Supervised Teaching Activity	2012 - Present

Residency Training

Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2022 - 06/2022
Emergency Medicine, Advisor	2019 - 05/2022
Emergency Medicine, Program Director	2019 - Present
Emergency Medicine, Subspecialty/Activity Director	2017 - 10/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2018
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2018
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Internship Advisor	2015 - 06/2016
Emergency Medicine, Internship Advisor	2015 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2015 - 06/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2015 - 06/2016
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2015 - 06/2016
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2015 - 06/2016
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 06/2015
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 06/2015
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 05/2015
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 05/2015
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2014 - 06/2014
Emergency Medicine, Training Faculty	2012 - Present

Fellows supervised

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Training Faculty, 4 fellows supervised, Adult Emergency Medicine	07/2016 - Present
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Scholarship Oversight Committee	07/2016 - 06/2017

Extramural, TelEmergency Acute Services Layering Project, Telehealth Network Grant Program/HRSA	09/2020 - 06/2024
Extramural, Medical Student Research Program, Robert Hearin Foundation	09/2019 - 06/2024
Intramural, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research Investigator Development Program. PI Wilson, NIGMS/MCCTR	01/2017 - 01/2017
Extramural, GWTG Interventions to Reduce Disparities in AHF Patients Discharged from the ED (Guided HF)., PCORI	10/2015 - 08/2019

Sterling, Sarah A., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Journal Article

Abstracts

Book Chapter

Editorial Commentary

Letter to the Editor

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures