Laura E. Vearrier, MD

Laura E. Vearrier, MD

Professor

Department:
SOM-Emergency Medicine

Email:
lvearrier@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5570

Education

Loyola University Chicago Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, MA, Bioethics and Health Policy2016
Drexel University College of Medicine, Residency, Emergency Medicine2010
Sydney Kimmel Medical Center (formerly Jefferson Medical College), MD, Doctor of Medicine2007
Princeton University, BA, Molecular Biology2003

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure02/2020 - 06/2023
Licensure, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate, Drug Enforcement Agency04/2010 - 05/2025
Licensure, Pennsylvania Medical Physician Unrestricted License, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania02/2010 - 12/2020
Certification, Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities11/2019 - Present
Certification, UMMC Diversity and Inclusion Champion and Professional Development Certificate Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center06/2021 - Present
Certification, Board Certification in Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine2021 - 12/2030
Certification, Board Certification Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine06/2011 - 12/2026

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine03/2020 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, Drexel University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine07/2019 - 01/2020
Clinical Assistant Professor, Drexel University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine07/2012 - 06/2019
Core Faculty Emergency Medicine Residency, Aria Health, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine07/2010 - 06/2010

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, CIDA (Center for Innovation and Discovery in Addictions) Mississippi Horizon’s Project, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration09/2022 - 09/2023
Extramural, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities09/2022 - 06/2027
Intramural, Medical Student Research Program, UMMC01/2021 - 08/2022
Extramural, Substance Use Screening and Treatment Approach in the ED, SAMHSA10/2020 - 05/2021

Publications

Published Interview

Pettus GL History of Physician Oaths: Doctors swear by him: But what would Hippocrates say about vaccines, COVID-19 and transgender care? Mississippi Medicine, Summer 20212021

Journal Article

Vearrier L, Anderson A The forensics of gunshot entry wounds Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023;Oct 1;33:1018582024
McLeod J, Vearrier L, Anderson A Pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology in a pregnant patient Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023; 32:1-32023
Saran Z, Cummins A, Vearrier L. Case report: Presence of “spot sign” on ocular sonography in a patient with sudden onset vision loss. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1;31:101684. Case report: Presence of “spot sign” on ocular sonography in a patient with sudden onset vision loss Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1 (31) Article:101684.2023
Noel, J and Vearrier, L Case report: Corneal melt resulting in an open globe presenting to the emergency department. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 24 (2021): 101034.2021
Taylor, A.W and Vearrier, L. Hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis: Lipoic Layering Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021;23:100954.2021
Treadway B, Lisenbe A, Vearrier L Ingestion and insertion of foreign bodies Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 22: 100797.2021
Magee M, Vearrier L Embedded ring Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021;22:100868.2020
Cheng, B and Vearrier, L Achilles tendon rupture in the emergency department Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 22 (2021): 100859.2020
Marco CA, Larkin GL, Feeser VR, Monti JE, Vearrier L Post‐traumatic stress and stress disorders during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Survey of emergency physicians Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2020. 1-8.2020
Treadway B, and Vearrier, L Hemorrhagic shock status post extensive scalp laceration Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 20 (2020): 100774.2020
Allen, W. T., & Vearrier, L Purple Urine Bag Syndrome Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 20 (2020): 100790.2020
Vearrier L, Rosenberger K, Weber V Use of personal devices in healthcare: Guidelines from a roundtable discussion Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine. 2018; 7:27-342018
Vearrier L, Mathew T Chronic skin changes in an HIV-positive male Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Oct 1;9:13-42017
STEMI with right ventricular heart involvement Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Jul 1;8:113-42017
Ehler C, Vearrier L Severe cycling accident without head injury Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Jul 1;8:72-32017
Fong B, Vearrier L Neck abscess Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Apr 1;7:18-92017
Ehler C, Vearrier L Shoulder injury Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Apr 1;7:32017
Fong B, Vearrier L A patient with proximal muscle weakness and skin rash Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Jan 1;6:92017
Ehler C, Vearrier L A patient with wrist drop Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Jan 1;6:182017
Vearrier, L A Feminist Perspective on Gender Justice in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Archives of Medicine. 2016; 8:1-52016
Vearrier L, Pileggi R Finger Injury Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016 Jan 1;2:15-62016
Vearrier L Conventional Radiograph Of A Diabetic Foot Wound Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016 Jan 1;2:13-42016
Vearrier L, Pileggi R An Acutely Painful Toe Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016 Jan 1;2:25-62016
Vearrier L Facial Injury Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016 Jan 1;2:43-42016
Vearrier L Rectal Pain The Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine2015
Vearrier L, Yao L Ingestion of a Sharp Foreign Body Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Oct 1;1:26-7.2015
Vearrier L Atraumatic Hip Pain Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine2015
Vearrier L Soft Tissue Infection In An Injection Drug Abuser Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Oct 1;1:20-12015
Vearrier L A Traumatic Injury Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Oct 1;1:28-92015
N, Marshall KD, Vearrier LE, Bookman K Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of Emergency Department Patients ACEP Now. 2024;43(03)2024
Marco CA, Blutinger E, Clayborne E, Vearrier L, Martin DR, Sallade TD and Moskop, JC Ethical Issues of the Emergency Medicine Workforce ACEPNow 2022 Sept; 41 (9)2022
Baker EF, Brenner J, Chao S, Derse A, Marco, C and Vearrier L How to Approach Psych Patients Who Refuse Treatment in the Emergency Department ACEPNow.2022; 412022
Vearrier L Do-Not-Resuscitate Tattoos: Are They Valid ACEP now. 2018;37:12018
Treadway B, Vearrier L, Reprint of: Hemorrhagic shock status post extensive scalp laceration. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1014242022
Taylor Allen W, Vearrier L, Reprint of: Purple Urine bag syndrome. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1014262022
Cheng B, Vearrier L, Reprint of: Achilles tendon rupture in the emergency department. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1013812022
Treadway B, Lisenbe A, Vearrier L, Reprint of: Ingestion and insertion of foreign bodies. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1013782022
Magee M, Vearrier L, Reprint of: Embedded ring. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1013822022
Vearrier L, Derse AR, Basford JB, Larkin GL, Moskop JC, Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine: Benefits, Risks, and Recommendations. The Journal of emergency medicine, 2022 Apr;62(4):492-4992022
Noel J, Verrier L, Reprint of: Case Report: Corneal melt resulting in an open globe presenting to the emergency department. Disease-a-month : DM, 2022 Sep;68(9):1013932022
Vearrier L, Henderson CM, Utilitarian Principlism as a Framework for Crisis Healthcare Ethics. HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues, 2021 Jun;33(1-2):45-602021
Brenner JM, Blutinger E, Ricke B, Vearrier L, Kluesner NH, Moskop JC, Ethical issues in the access to emergency care for undocumented immigrants. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2021 Jun;2(3):e124612021
Vearrier L, Enlightened Self-interest in Altruism (ESIA). HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues, 2020 Jun;32(2):147-1612020
Marshall KD, Derse AR, Iserson KV, Kluesner N, Vearrier L, Medications for addiction treatment initiated from the emergency department: Ethical considerations. The American journal of emergency medicine, 2020 Feb;38(2):343-3482020
Marco CA, Larkin GL, Feeser VR, Monti JE, Vearrier L, ACEP Ethics Committee, Post-traumatic stress and stress disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: Survey of emergency physicians. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2020 Dec;1(6):1594-16012020
Vearrier L, What are the ethical considerations when prescribing patients opioid medications for acute dental pain? Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), 2019 May;150(5):396-3972019
Vearrier L, The value of harm reduction for injection drug use: A clinical and public health ethics analysis. Disease-a-month : DM, 2019 May;65(5):119-1412019
Derse AR, Moskop JC, McGrath NA, Vearrier LE, Clayborne EP, Goett RR, Limehouse WE Jr, Physician-assisted Death: Ethical Implications for Emergency Physicians. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019 Feb;26(2):250-2552019
Brenner JM, Baker EF, Iserson KV, Kluesner NH, Marshall KD, Vearrier L, Use of Interpreter Services in the Emergency Department. Annals of emergency medicine, 2018 Oct;72(4):432-4372018
Brenner JM, Aswegan AL, Vearrier LE, Basford JB, Iserson KV, The Ethics of Real-Time EMS Direction: Suggested Curricular Content. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 2018 Apr;33(2):201-2122018
Vearrier L, Failure of the Current Advance Care Planning Paradigm: Advocating for a Communications-Based Approach. HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues, 2016 Dec;28(4):339-3542016
Vearrier D, Vearrier L, McKeever R, Okaneku J, LaSala G, Goldberger D, McCloskey K, Issues in driving impairment. Disease-a-month : DM, 2016 Apr;62(4):72-1162016
Vearrier L, Corbin T The economic costs of interpersonal violence Drexelmed Journal. 2010;4(1):45-49

Editorial Commentary

Vearrier L Placebos Are Pharmacologically Inert Even If They Generate a Placebo Effect American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. 2018; 9:195-1962018

Electronic Publications

Baker EF, Moskop J, Vearrier L, Derse AR, Marco CA, Simon JR The Role of Emergency Physicians in Triage and Resuscitation Decisions: The Case of COVID-19 Baker EF, Moskop J, Vearrier L, Derse AR, Marco CA, Simon JR. The Role of Emergency Physicians in Triage and Resuscitation Decisions: The Case of COVID-19. ACEP Now. 2020 Sept 11.2020
Kraus CK, McGrath NA, Brenner JM, Vearrier L, Larkin GL Emergency Physicians’ Rights and Responsibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kraus CK, McGrath NA, Brenner JM, Vearrier L, Larkin GL. Emergency Physicians’ Rights and Responsibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACEP Now. 2020 July 15.2020

Editorial

Childs BH, Vearrier L, A Journal of the COVID-19 (Plague) Year. HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues, 2021 Jun;33(1-2):1-62021

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strategies to Address Firearm Injury and Mortality in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Health Grand Rounds07/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strategies to Address Firearm Safety in Mississippi, American Public Health Association, Virtual04/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strategies to Address Firearm Safety in Mississippi, Mississippi Public Health Association, Jackson, Mississippi03/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Simulation Video App for Rapid Review in the Emergency Department, International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA01/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Year of the COVID-19 Plague: Ethical and Psychosocial Challenges, Loyola Bioethics Live!, Virtual11/2021
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Promoting Humanity and Equity, or Depersonalizing and Widening the Gaps?, American Society of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Virtual10/2021
Poster Presentation, Ethical Considerations of Requiring Advanced Directives in Decisionally Capable Incarcerated Persons to Increase Autonomy in Medical Decision-Making, Medical Student Research Program Summer Posters 2021, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, COVID-19: Defining the “New Normal”, Risk Mitigation and Research Risk, Research Integrity Southeast ’21: in the Wake of a Global Pandemic, Virtual University of Mississippi Medical Center02/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Power Poses: Projecting Confidence and Feeling Powerful in the Clinical Setting, Group on Women In Medcine and Science Ignite Symposium, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS11/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Promoting Justice and Flourishing in Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants: Emergency Care and Beyond, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Virtual10/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hahnemann University Hospital: Historical Perspectives and a Personal Account, 18th Annual Billy S. Guyton History of Medicine Symposium hosted by the Rowland Medical Library and the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of Mississippi Medical Center via virtual platform09/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Healthcare: A Review of the Data and Student Perspectives, International Association of Bioethics: World Congress of Bioethics, Philadelphia, PA & Virtual06/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hubris, Hierarchy & Misrepresentation: Using Experiential Learning to Address Latent Safety Culture Threats, International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA01/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Promoting Resilience in Healthcare Providers who are Second Victims, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Boston, MA10/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Use: A Clinical Ethics Analysis, Loyola Live! Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL04/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Graduate Medical Education Strategic Planning, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA12/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Entrustable Professional Activities for Competency-Based Education and Assessment, Drexel University Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning Assessment, Philadelphia, PA09/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Self-Esteem is Doomed: A Paradigm Shift to Self-Compassion to Allow Everyone to Thrive in Higher Education, Drexel University Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning Assessment, Philadelphia, PA09/2017
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Ubiquitous Smartphone and Professionalism, Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare, Philadelphia, PA04/2016

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Presidential Citation, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities2021
PRIM&R Conference Scholarship, Prime IRB, Emmes2019
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians2016
Scholarship to attend ACH ENRICH conference, Drexel University College of Medicine2015
Graduate Humanities Dean’s Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics2015

Professional Membership and Service

MS Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians, Member2020 - Present
Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare, Member2019 - 2020
AECP Ethics Committee, Objective Lead, Objective: Develop an information paper regarding the Ethics of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in emergency medicine
Publication: Vearrier L, Derse AR, Basford JB, Larkin GL, Moskop JC. Artificial intelligence in emergency medicine: Benefits, risks, and recommendations. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 Apr;62(4):492-499. PMID 35164977
2019 - 2021
ACEP Ethics Committee, Objective Lead, Objective: Develop an information paper regarding possible unintended consequences that may violate patient confidentiality to include Methadone in state and federal prescription databases in response to Amended Resolution 28(18)2019 - 2021
American College of Emergency Physicians, Fellow2019 - Present
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Member2017 - Present
Governmental Affairs Committee Pennsylvania American College of Emergency Physicians, Member2016 - 2019
ACEP Ethics Committee, Member2016 - Present
American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Fellow2012 - 2019

Committee Service

Editorial Advisory Board for HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum: An Interprofessional Journal on Healthcare Institutions' Ethical and Legal Issues, Member2022 - Present
Conference Planning Committee Board Member: "Research Integrity Southeast ’21; In the Wake of a Global Pandemic", Member2020 - 2021
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine, Member2020 - 2020
Quality Enhancement Plan Committee, School of Medicine, Member2020 - 2022
MEDICAL CENTER-ETHICS ADVISORY, Member2020 - Present
Team for Ethical Allocation of Resources (TEAR), Task Force Member2020 - 2020
Emmes Prime Institutional Review Board, Member2019 - 2020
Graduate Medical Education Strategic Planning Committee, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2018 - 2019
Practice Improvement Council, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2018 - 2019
Mediation and Grievance Panel, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2016 - 2017
Ethics Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Member2016 - Present
Ethics Committee, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2015 - 2019
Ebola Response Team, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2014 - 2015
Committee for Residency Program Improvement, Drexel University College of Medicine, Member2014 - 2019
Women in Emergency Medicine Interest Group, Drexel University College of Medicine, Chair2013 - 2019
Peer Review Committee, Aria Health, Member2012 - 2012

Community Service

Public Safety Taskforce, Jackson, MS, Member02/2023 - Present
Streetside Clinic at Prevention Point, Volunteer attending physician and faculty supervisor07/2017 - 08/2019

Other Service

Advisory Board for HEC (Healthcare Ethics) Forum, Advisory Board11/2022 - Present
Associate Editor-in-Chief Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine, Associate Editor-in-Chief04/2022 - Present
Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research Small Grant Review03/2022 - 04/2022
Managing Guest Editor, Managing Editor, Rashes in Persons of Color: Addressing Disparities in Dermatology Educational Resources, Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine10/2021 - Present
Peer Reviewer for HEC Forum02/2021 - Present
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Core Competencies 3rd edt. Task Force Member and Author, Task Force member and author for the ASBH Core Competencies, 3rd Edt.01/2021 - 07/2022
Peer Reviewer Ethics Journal of the American College of Dentists, Ethics Journal of the American College of Dentists2021 - 10/2022
Editorial Board Member Ethics Journal of the American College of Dentists2021 - 10/2022
Guest Editor HEC Forum, Guest Editor, HealthCare Ethics Committee (HEC) Forum06/2020 - 03/2021
Associate Editor Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine05/2015 - 04/2022
Peer Reviewer Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine, 160 articles reviewed05/2015 - Present

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: Wide Complex TachycardiasSpring 2022 - 2023 - 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: EMTALASpring 2022-2023 - 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: Eye Pain and EmergenciesWinter 2021-2022 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, OPEM:An Introduction to Ethics in the Emergency DepartmentFall 2021-2022 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Facilitator, Increasing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Among UMMC FacultyFall 2021-2022 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders in Geriatric PatientsFall 2021-2022 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: Angioedema and AnaphylaxisSpring 2021-2022 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, OPEM Ethics of Resource Allocation and Stewardship of Scarce ResourcesFall 2020-2021 - 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, MS 2 Ethics Elective: Crisis Healthcare EthicsWinter 2020-2021 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Core Content: Ventricular Tachycardias: Management and Case StudiesWinter 2020-2021 - 2020

Directed Student Learning

Faculty Mentor for Editorial Fellows application, The Ethics of Environmental Injustice and Healthcare Inequities
Advised: Tanya Shenoy
2022 - 2022
Mentor for Editorial Fellow Application, The Ethics of Environmental Injustice and Healthcare Inequities
Advised: Molly Nguyen
2022 - 2022
Supervised Research, Advanced Care Directives in Incarcerated Populations: A Systematic and Ethical Analysis
Advised: Raksha Chatakondi
2021 - 2022
Preceptor, Advised: Jordan Maury2020 - 2021
Preceptor, Advised: Gregory Wilson2020 - 2020
Clinical supervisor2020 - Present
Supervised Research, Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department: Trained Observers and Surveys of Resident and Attending Physicians
2019 - 2020
Supervised Research, Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department: Trained Observers and Surveys of Resident and Attending Physicians
Advised: Ejaaz Moazzam
2019 - 2020
Research Advisor, Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department: Trained Observers and Surveys of Resident and Attending Physicians
Advised: Zachary Athing
2019 - 2020
Supervised Research, Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department: Medical Student Observations and Surveys of Resident and Attending Physicians
Advised: Rachael D'Auria
2019 - 2020

Fellows supervised

Emergency Medicine, Attending Physician, 12 fellows supervised03/2020 - Present

Residency Training

Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2022 - 04/2023
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2021 - Present
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2021 - 2021
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2021 - 09/2022
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2021 - 07/2021
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2021 - 04/2021
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2020 - 2021
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2020 - 07/2020
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2020 - 07/2020
UMMC, Attending Physician2020 - Present
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2019 - 01/2021
Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor2015 - 10/2016