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

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, Diplomat 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

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	2007
Hall of Fame, University of Mississippi	2003
National Founders Scholarship, Delta Gamma Fraternity	2003
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, University of Mississippi	2003
Rebel Radio, Station Manager, University of Mississippi	2002

Professional Membership and Service

Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Officer, President/Elect/Past, Board of Directors	2016 - Present
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
Carl G. Evers Society, Officer, President/Elect/Past	2007 - 2008
Carl G. Evers Society, Officer, Vice President	2006 - 2007
Associate Student Body, Officer, Secretary, Class Secretary/Treasurer	2004 - 2008
University Judicial Council, Chairperson	2003 - 2004

Committee Service

MEDICAL CENTER-SACS LEADERSHIP, Member	2017 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-LIBRARY FACULTY ADVISORY, Member	2017 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Member	2017 - Present
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-MD/PHD ADVISORY, Member	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 - Present
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

Canopy Childrens' Solution, Birthday Volunteer	06/2017 - Present
Helping Hand and Heartworks	2017 - Present
One Jackson, Many Readers, Organizer and Volunteer	06/2016 - 09/2016
Junior League of Jackson, Member	04/2016 - Present
St. Andrews School, Starry Nights, Cook 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
Salvation Army, Volunteer	2010 - Present
Tar Wars A Tobacco Prevention Program, Presenter	2007 - Present
American Diabetes Association, Fundraiser	2006 - 2007
American Heart Association, Team Captain and Fundraiser	2006 - Present
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Fundraiser	2005 - 2013
Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer for three home builds	2005 - 2008
Medical Readers Theater, Actor	2005 - 2006
Healthy Kids Extravaganza, Public Relations Coordinator	2005 - Present
Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, Volunteer	2005 - Present
Camp Rainbow, Camp Counselor	2005 - Present
University of Mississippi Rebel Radio Blood Drive, Founder and Organizer	2003 - Present
University of Mississippi Student Media Food Drive, Founder and Organizer	2002 - Present

Other Service

BMJ Open	06/2017 - Present
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	06/2017 - Present
Southereastern Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Abstract Reviewer	2017 - Present
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
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
Javed A, Guirgis FW, Sterling SA, Puskarich MA, Bowman J, Robinson T, Jones AE Clinical predictors of early death from sepsis. J Crit Care. 2017 Jun 23;42:30-34	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
Abstracts
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
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

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, 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, 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	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

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 - Present

Residency Training

Emergency Medicine, Subspecialty/Activity Director	2017 - 10/2017
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - Present
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor	2016 - Present
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

Pedicatric Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Scholarship Oversight Committee

07/2016 - 06/2017

Intramural, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research Investigator Development Program. PI Wilson, NIGMS/MCCTR	01/2017 - Present
Extramural, GWTG Interventions to Reduce Disparities in AHF Patients Discharged from the ED (Guided HF)., PCORI	10/2015 - 10/2017

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