Dr. Goldberg is a board-certified emergency physician practicing at Rhode Island and Miriam hospitals. She completed her internship, residency, and chief residency at Brown University. She is a graduate of the post-doctoral research fellowship at the Center of Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University (AHRQ T32) and Masters of Epidemiology (ScM) program.
Her research interests lie at the intersection of aging and emergency medicine. She has lead state wide and national initiatives to improve population health funded by the National Institutes of Health, foundations, professional societies, and payors. As the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health-funded fall prevention study for older adults in the emergency department (GAPcare-the Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention Intervention), she developed and tested a multidisciplinary intervention that significantly reduced fall-related ED visits for older adults. For GAPcare, she brought together a team of pharmacists and physical therapists to provide medication therapy management and fall risk assessments to older adults seeking emergency care after a fall. She is currently funded by a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (National Institutes of Health, NIA K76) to evaluate whether the Apple Watch can enhance fall outcome assessment and linkage as part of the GAPcare intervention. She is the co-creator of MyCovidRisk.app, a risk assessment and mitigation tool that has been used over 1 Million times.
Dr. Goldberg is the physician lead for geriatric emergency care initiatives for the Lifespan health system. She is passionate about expanding the physician scientist pipeline. She is leading the creation of a new Clinical MPH program at the Brown School of Public Health (Associate Director of Clinical MPH). She is a School Board Member for the Providence Public Schools, where she co-leads the Health & Wellness committee and Finance committee.
Liz Goldberg, Providence School Board Member
@LizGoldbergMD
Google Scholar
| Goldberg EM, Lin MP, Burke LG, Jiménez FN, Davoodi NM, Merchant RC. "Perspectives on Telehealth for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic using the quadruple aim: interviews with 48 physicians." BMC geriatrics, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 188. |
| Chen K, Dandapani H, Guthrie KM, Goldberg E. "Can Older Adult Emergency Department Patients Successfully Use the Apple Watch to Monitor Health?." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 6, 2021, pp. 49-54. |
| Kline JA, Camargo CA Jr, Courtney DM, Kabrhel C, Nordenholz KE, Aufderheide T, Baugh JJ, Beiser DG, Bennett CL, Bledsoe J, Castillo E, Chisolm-Straker M, Goldberg EM, House H, House S, Jang T, Lim SC, Madsen TE, McCarthy DM, Meltzer A, Moore S, Newgard C, Pagenhardt J, Pettit KL, Pulia MS, Puskarich MA, Southerland LT, Sparks S, Turner-Lawrence D, Vrablik M, Wang A, Weekes AJ, Westafer L, Wilburn J. "Clinical prediction rule for SARS-CoV-2 infection from 116 U.S. emergency departments 2-22-2021." PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 3, 2021, pp. e0248438. |
| Gettel CJ, Chen K, Goldberg EM. "Dementia Care, Fall Detection, and Ambient-Assisted Living Technologies Help Older Adults Age in Place: A Scoping Review." Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2021, pp. 7334648211005868. |
| Davoodi NM, Chen K, Zou M, Li M, Jiménez F, Wetle TF, Goldberg EM. "Emergency physician perspectives on using telehealth with older adults during COVID-19: A qualitative study." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 2, no. 5, 2021, pp. e12577. |
| Hunold, Katherine M., Goldberg, Elizabeth M., Caterino, Jeffrey M., Hwang, Ula, Platts‐Mills, Timothy F., Shah, Manish N., Rosen, Tony, None, None. "Inclusion of older adults in emergency department clinical research: Strategies to achieve a critical goal." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021. |
| Hammouda N, Carpenter CR, Hung WW, Lesser A, Nyamu S, Liu S, Gettel CJ, Malsch A, Castillo EM, Forrester S, Souffront K, Vargas S, Goldberg EM, GEAR Network. "Moving the needle on fall prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network scoping review and consensus statement." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021. |
| Marks SJ, Long S, Deirmenjian A, Goldberg EM. "Patient adoption of pharmacist recommendations to older adults presenting to emergency department with falls: A secondary analysis of GAPcare." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 28, no. 11, 2021, pp. 1321-1324. |
| Goldberg EM, Jiménez FN, Chen K, Davoodi NM, Li M, Strauss DH, Zou M, Guthrie K, Merchant RC. "Telehealth was beneficial during COVID-19 for older Americans: A qualitative study with physicians." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 69, no. 11, 2021, pp. 3034-3043. |
| Strauss, Daniel H, Davoodi, Natalie M, Healy, Margaret, Metts, Christopher L, Merchant, Roland C, Banskota, Swechya, Goldberg, Elizabeth M. "The Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention Intervention (GAPcare) II to Assess the Use of the Apple Watch in Older Emergency Department Patients With Falls: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study." JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 10, no. 4, 2021, pp. e24455. |
| Goldberg EM, Hasegawa K, Lawrence A, Kline JA, Camargo CA Jr. "Viral Coinfection is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with SARS-CoV-2." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1262-1269. |
| Goldberg EM, Zullo AR, Beaudoin FL. "When one size doesn't fit all: Agitation in older adults requires a tailored approach." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021. |
| Banskota S, Healy M, Goldberg EM. "15 Smartphone Apps for Older Adults to Use While in Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 3, 2020, pp. 514-525. |
| Gettel CJ, Pertsch N, Goldberg EM. "A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Nursing Home to Emergency Department Care Transitions." The annals of long-term care : the official journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 28, no. 2, 2020, pp. e12-e19. |
| Goldberg, Elizabeth M., Marks, Sarah J., Resnik, Linda J., Long, Sokunvichet, Mellott, Hannah, Merchant, Roland C. "Can an Emergency Department–Initiated Intervention Prevent Subsequent Falls and Health Care Use in Older Adults? A Randomized Controlled Trial." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2020. |
| Gettel CJ, Hayes K, Shield RR, Guthrie KM, Goldberg EM. "Care Transition Decisions After a Fall-related Emergency Department Visit: A Qualitative Study of Patients' and Caregivers' Experiences." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020. |
| Gettel CJ, Goldberg EM. "Fall Prevention Intervention in the Emergency Department for Older Adults." Journal of aging science, vol. 8, no. 1, 2020. |
| Goldberg EM, Marks SJ, Merchant RC, Nagy JL, Aquilante JA Jr, Beaudoin FL. "How Accurately Do Older Adult Emergency Department Patients Recall Their Medications?." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020. |
| Davoodi, Natalie M., Healy, Margaret, Goldberg, Elizabeth M. "Rural America’s Hospitals are Not Prepared to Protect Older Adults From a Surge in COVID-19 Cases." Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 6, 2020, pp. 233372142093616. |
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Tracy E. Madsen, MD, ScM, Valerie Dobiesz, MD, MPH, Devjani Das, MD, Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH, Pooja Agrawal, MD, MPH, Amy Zeidan, MD, Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, ScM, Basmah Safdar, MD & Michelle D. Lall, MD, MHS.
"Unique Risks and Solutions for Equitable Advancement during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Early Experience from Frontline Physicians in Academic Medicine." nejm catalyst, 2020.
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| Long SE, Marks SJ, Gettel CJ, Goldberg EM. "A Retrospective Analysis of Nursing Home to ED Transfer Correspondence Length and ED Length of Stay." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 9, 2019, pp. 29-32. |
| Goldberg EM, Wilson T, Jambhekar B, Marks SJ, Boyajian M, Merchant RC. "Emergency Department-Provided Home Blood Pressure Devices Can Help Detect Undiagnosed Hypertension." High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 45-53. |
| Goldberg EM, Gettel CJ, Hayes K, Shield RR, Guthrie KM. "GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention Intervention for Emergency Department Patients - A Qualitative Evaluation." OBM geriatrics, vol. 3, no. 4, 2019. |
| Goldberg EM, Marks SJ, Ilegbusi A, Resnik L, Strauss DH, Merchant RC. "GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention Intervention in the Emergency Department: Preliminary Data." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 68, no. 1, 2019, pp. 198-206. |
| Goldberg EM, Resnik L, Marks SJ, Merchant RC. "GAPcare: the Geriatric Acute and Post-acute Fall Prevention Intervention-a pilot investigation of an emergency department-based fall prevention program for community-dwelling older adults." PIlot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 5, 2019, pp. 106. |
| Wilson TT, Williams-Johnson J, Gossel-Williams M, Goldberg EM, Wilks R, Dasgupta S, Gordon-Strachan GM, Williams EW, Levy PD. "Elevated blood pressure and illness beliefs: a cross-sectional study of emergency department patients in Jamaica." Int J Emerg Med, vol. 11, no. 1, 2018, pp. 30. |
| Goldberg EM, Marks SJ, Merchant RC. "National trends in the emergency department management of adult patients with elevated blood pressure from 2005 to 2015." Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, vol. 12, no. 12, 2018, pp. 858-866. |
| Goldberg EM, Keohane LM, Mor V, Trivedi AN, Jung HY, Rahman M. "Preferred Provider Relationships Between Medicare Advantage Plans and Skilled Nursing Facilities Reduce Switching Out of Plans: An Observational Analysis." INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, vol. 55, 2018, pp. 46958018797412. |
| Gettel CJ, Merchant RC, Li Y, Long S, Tam A, Marks SJ, Goldberg EM. "The Impact of Incomplete Nursing Home Transfer Documentation on Emergency Department Care." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2018. |
| Goldberg EM, Wilson T, Saucier C, Brody AM, Levy PD, Eaton CB, Merchant RC. "Achieving the BpTRUth: emergency department hypertension screening and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality measure." Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, vol. 11, no. 5, 2017, pp. 290-294. |
| Goldberg EM, Morphis B, Youssef R, Gardner R. "An analysis of diagnoses that drive readmission: What can we learn from the hospitals in Southern New England with the highest and lowest readmission performance?." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 8, 2017, pp. 23-28. |
| Gettel C, Goldberg EM. "Is the Risk of Bleeding Among Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation Lower With Antiplatelet Compared With Oral Anticoagulants?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2017. |
| Goldberg EM, McCreedy EM, Gettel CJ, Merchant RC. "Slipping through the cracks: A cross-sectional study examining older adult emergency department patient fall history, post-fall treatment and prevention." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 12, 2017, pp. 18-23. |
| Goldberg EM, Levy PD, McNaughton CD. "When More Isn't Better: Visits for Hypertension: Answers to the September 2016 Journal Club Questions." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 69, no. 2, 2017, pp. 257-262. |
| Brody AM, Sharma VK, Singh A, Kumar VA, Goldberg EM, Millis SR, Levy PD. "Barriers to emergency physician diagnosis and treatment of uncontrolled chronic hypertension." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016. |
| Wilson T, Goldberg EM. "Do Nonopioid Medications Provide Effective Analgesia in Adult Patients With Acute Renal Colic?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2016. |
| Goldberg, Elizabeth M., Trivedi, Amal N., Mor, Vincent, Jung, Hye-Young, Rahman, Momotazur. "Favorable Risk Selection in Medicare Advantage: Trends in Mortality and Plan Exits Among Nursing Home Beneficiaries." Medical Care Research and Review, vol. 74, no. 6, 2016, pp. 736-749. |
| Goldberg EM, Levy PD. "New Approaches to Evaluating and Monitoring Blood Pressure." Current Hypertension Reports, vol. 18, no. 6, 2016, pp. 49. |
| Brody A, Twiner M, Kumar A, Goldberg E, McNaughton C, Souffront K, Millis S, Levy PD. "Survey of Emergency Physician Approaches to Management of Asymptomatic Hypertension." The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2016. |
| Goldberg EM, Levy PD, McNaughton CD. "When More Isn't Better: Visits for Hypertension: September 2016 Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 68, no. 3, 2016, pp. 385-6. |
| Goldberg EM, Shah K, Shayne P. "An Evidence-Based Approach To Managing Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure In The Emergency Department." Emergency medicine practice, vol. 17, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1-24. |
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Brody AM, Janke A, Reed B, Dawood R, Goldberg E, McNaughton C, Levy PD.
"Barriers to emergency physician diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic hypertension." Academic Emergency Medicine, no. 22, 2015, pp. 398-9.
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Brody AM, Reed B, Dawood R, Janke A, Goldberg E, McNaughton C, and Levy PD.
"Survey of emergency physician approaches to management of asymptomatic hypertension." Academic Emergency Medicine, no. 22, 2015, pp. 308-9.
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| Goldberg E, Wapner J, Ventetuolo C. "Syncope and Dyspnea - A Case Simulation." MedEdPORTAL, 2014. |
| Goldberg EM, Laskowski-Kos U, Wu D, Gutierrez J, Bilderback A, Okelo SO, Garro A. "The Pediatric Asthma Control and Communication Instrument for the Emergency Department (PACCI-ED) improves physician assessment of asthma morbidity in pediatric emergency department patients." J Asthma, vol. 51, no. 2, 2014, pp. 200-8. |
| Jacquet GA, Foran M, Bartels S, Becker TK, Schroeder ED, Duber HC, Goldberg E, Cockrell H, Levine AC, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group. "Global Emergency Medicine: a review of the literature from 2012." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 8, 2013, pp. 835-43. |
| Modi P, Mark Munyaneza RB, Goldberg E, Choy G, Shailam R, Sagar P, Westra SJ, Nyakubyara S, Gakwerere M, Wolfman V, Vinograd A, Moore M, Levine AC. "Oxygen saturation can predict pediatric pneumonia in a resource-limited setting." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 45, no. 5, 2013, pp. 752-60. |
| Schroeder ED, Jacquet G, Becker TK, Foran M, Goldberg E, Aschkenasy M, Bertsch K, Levine AC, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group. "Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2011." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 10, 2012, pp. 1196-203. |
| Goldberg EM, Rotondo KM. "Complete antrioventricular block due to Lyme reinfection in a six year-old boy." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 93, no. 5, 2010, pp. 158-60. |
National Institute of Health (NIA), Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging, K76AG059983
National Institute of Health (NIA), Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging (GEMSSTAR), R03AG056349
SAEMF/EMF GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding
Rhode Island Foundation Medical Research Grant
AHRQ T32 Institutional Health Services Training Grant
UEMF Research Development Grant
EMRA Local Action Grant
| Year | Degree | Institution |
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| 2009 | MD | Sackler School of Medicine |
| 2005 | BA | Miami University of Ohio |
| Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Gerontology and Healthcare Research | Brown University, Center of Gerontology and Healthcare Research | 2015-2018 |
Mello Outstanding Research Mentor
This award recognizes an EM faculty member who has advanced the field of EM research and has
been an exceptional mentor to research trainees and junior faculty.
(December 2021)
Outstanding Service Recognition during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Awarded by Brown Emergency Medicine to Dr. Goldberg for her service and significant contributions during this unprecedented time in history.
(May 2021)
Technology Innovation Award
Awarded by Brown Emergency Medicine to Dr. Goldberg for her creation of the MyCovidRisk.app, a COVID-19 risk assessment tool that reached one million users in the first three months
(December 2020)
COVID-19 Zoom Background rated 10/10 on Room Rater
Selected by Room Rater on Twitter (357,000 followers) to have a professional, well-designed zoom background
(November 2020)
InStyle Magazine 50 Badass Women in Healthcare Provided emergency medical care and led research on COVID-19 during the pandemic
(August 2020)
Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging Provides support for career development and to advance the leadership skills of medical and surgical specialists conducting clinically relevant basic, translational or clinical, and Patient-Oriented Research (POR) in disciplines relevant to aging and geriatrics
(September 2019)
The Physician C.A.R.E Award Awards the physician with outstanding contribution to enhancing the patient experience at The Miriam Hospital
(March 2018; March 2019)
2018 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island Provider Medical Expense Trend (MET) Summit, 2ndPlace Winner State-wide competition that provides an award and funding for an idea that improves the BCBSRI triple aim of improving the patient experience and health outcomes, while reducing costs
(June 2018)
FemInEM Idea Exchange 2018 Travel Scholarship
(October 2017)
Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Award (NIH)
(July 2017)
2017 Providence Business News 40 Under Forty Honoree (chosen as one of 40 from 200 applicants; selected based on career success and community involvement)
(July 2017)
Translational Impact Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, in recognition of the faculty member “who creatively addresses a clinical challenge through translational research”
(June 2017)
Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Momentum Award in recognition of “extraordinary services of those moving the mission and values of AWAEM forward. Awardees have enhanced the recruitment, promotion, retention and advancement of women in academic emergency medicine through individual support as well as organizational influence.”
(May 2017)
UCSF Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar This one-year longitudinal leadership training curriculum is provided by leaders in the American Geriatric Society. It awards scholars in aging who show exceptional promise.
(May 2017 – May 2018)
Geriatrics Champion Achievement Award
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health and the
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Presented to the faculty member with the most outstanding service to elderly patients and enthusiastic support of education that improves their care
(May 2017)
Fellow of American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians (FACEP)
(October 2016)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow Appointment, Center of Gerontology and Healthcare Research,Brown University School of Public Health
(2015 – 2018)
Finalist, Clinical Pathologic Case (CPC) Conference, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
(April 2015)
Best Faculty Discussant, Clinical Pathologic Case (CPC) Conference, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
(2014)
Best Faculty Presentation, “Lion’s Den”, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
Dallas, TX
“Shark Tank” Prediction of Hypertension Based Upon Emergency Department (ED) Blood Pressure Readings and Congruence with ED Attendings’ Predictions of Hypertension with Results of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM)
(May 2014)
UEMF Faculty Development Grant Awardee,Department of Emergency Medicine
Principal Investigator for proposal: “Prediction of Hypertension Based Upon Emergency Department (ED) Blood Pressure Readings and Congruence with ED Attendings’ Predictions of Hypertension with Results of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM)”
(2014 – 2015)
Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
(2012 – 2013)
Local Action Grant Awardee,Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA)
Awarded biannually to a resident that demonstrates extraordinary commitment to community service. Conceived of and executed a community-based training intervention to teach Basic Life Support to Rhode Island Free Clinic patients in English and Spanish
(2011)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gardner, Rebekah | Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Guthrie, Kate | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| McCreedy, Ellen | Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Merchant, Roland | Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Mor, Vincent | Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Rahman, Md | Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Ranney, Megan | Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Shield, Renee | Clinical Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Trivedi, Amal | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Professor of Medicine |
| Wilson, Taneisha | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Department of Emergency Medicine; Rhode Island Hospital; The Miriam Hospital; Hasbro Children's Hospital
Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Center of Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health
Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health
| Fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine (FACEP) | 2016-Present | ||
| Board Certified in Emergency Medicine | Emergency medicine | 2013-2016 |
| Providence Public School Board. 2020-2023 |
| Brown Emergency Medicine Board Member. Brown University, 2019-2021 |
| Vice President of Corporate Development. Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018-2020 |
| Vice President of Education, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2016-2017 |
| PHP 1680K - Introduction to Conducting Clinical Research |
