Susanne J. Spano, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Research & Publications

Spano S, Hoffmann F: Effects of an Exogenous Hormone on Nodulation and Root Hairs in Soybean. J Undergrad Res Bio Sci, UCI; 2001(4):18-20.

Spano S, Burg MD: Book Review of “Evidence-based Emergency Care, Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules,” Pines J, Everett W. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010;38:408-410.

Spano S: Book Review of “Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine,” Croskerry P, Crosby K, Schenkel S, Wears R. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010; 39:267.

Spano S: High Altitude Emergency Delivery of Care. In Tintinalli J, et al. (ed): EMS, A Practical Global Guidebook, Shelton, Conneticut, People’s Medical Publishing House–USA, 2010:575-587.

Spano S: Book Review of “First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Oral Boards,” Howes D, Gupta R, Waples-Trefil F, Pillow T, Tupesis J. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011;41(6):741-742.

Spano S: Book Review of “Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition,” Wolfson A, Hendey G, Ling L, Rosen C, Schaider J, Sharieff G. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011;41(1):108.

Weichenthal L, Spano S, Horan B, Miss J: Improvised traction splints: a wilderness medicine tool or hindrance? Wilderness Environ Med 2012; 23(1):61-4.

Spano S, Burg MD: An Unusual Case of Otorrhagia. J Emerg Med 2012; 42(6): e149-150.

Vohra R, Spano S. Circus Venomous: A New Tool in Toxinology Education. Toxicon 2013;69:126-30.

Spano S, Macias F, Snowden B, Vohra R. Snakebite Survivors Club: Retrospective Review of Rattlesnake Bites in Central California. Toxicon 2013;69:38–41.

Spano, S: Working with Physician Assistants in Emergency Medicine Practice. In Rodriguez Ohanesian J: The Ultimate Guide to the Physician Assistant Profession, McGraw Hill Publishing USA, 2013:78-79.

Spano S, Macias F, Vohra R. Long-Term Complications of Rattlesnake Bites: A Telephone Survey from Central California. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 2014; 25: 210–213. PMID: 24507436

Lipman GS, Weichenthal L, Harris NS, McIntosh SE, Cushing T, Caudell MJ, Macias DJ, Weiss EA, Lemery J, Ellis MA, Spano S, McDevitt M, Tedeschi C, Dow J, Mazzorana V, McGinnis H, Gardner AF, Auerbach PS. Core Content for Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Training of Emergency Medicine Graduates. Academic Emergency Medicine 2014; 21:204-207. PMID: 24438590

Spano S, Reagle Z, Evans T. Symptomatic Hypotonic Hyponatremia Presenting at High Altitude. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 2014;25(1):69-74.2014. PMID: 24411978

Spano S, Reagle Z, Evans T. In reply to symptomatic hypotonic hyponatremia presenting at high altitude. Wilderness Environ Med. 2014;25(3):363-364.

Spano S, Dimock B. They Had Me in Stitches: A Grand Canyon River Guide’s Case Report and a Review of Wilderness Wound Management Literature. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 2014; 25:182–189. PMID: 24418453.

Spano S, Campagne D, Stroh G, Shalit M. A Lightning Multiple Casualty Incident in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015;26(1):43-53. PMID: 25281586

Sunde C, Spano S. Wilderness Care of Acute Traumatic Wounds Curriculum. Trauma Cases Rev. 2016; 2:039.

Luck B, Campagne D, Falcón-Banchs R, Montoya J, Spano S. Pressures of Wilderness Improvised Wound Irrigation Techniques: How Do They Compare? Wilderness Environmental Med.2016;27(4):476-481. PMID: 27793443.

Spano, S. (2016). National Park Service Medicine. In Auerbach P, et al. (Eds.), Wilderness Medicine, 7th Edition, Volume 2. (pp. 2487-2497). St Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Health Sciences.

Meyer D, Constantino A, Spano S. Implicating Factors of Diarrheal Illness Among Long-Distance Backpackers in the Sierra Nevada. Wilderness Environmental Med. 2017;28(1):4-9.