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Laura Chess, M.D.

Assistant Professor Medical Director for the Adult ED Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University

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OHSU School of Medicine

Center For Policy And Research In Emergency Medicine

Department Of Pediatrics

Critical Care

Center For Policy And Research In Emergency Medicine

Department Of Emergency Medicine

Laura Chess, M.d. is currently serving as a Center For Policy And Research In Emergency Medicine Assistant Professor Medical Director for the Adult ED Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.

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Laura Chess, M.D.

Oregon Health & Science University

Assistant Professor Medical Director for the Adult ED Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

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emergency medicine patient safety emergency department urology infectious diseases cognitive science antibiotics pediatric urology visual perception maternal health mortality organ transplantation medical ethics respiratory medicine resuscitation hospital infections urogynecology human-computer interaction critical care clinic emergency nursing health technology violence against women interpersonal violence behavioral decision making human decision process disaster medicine safety science cardiac arrest clinical infection healthcare-associated infections voiding dysfunction emergency care hospital environment emergency department administration situation awareness homicide medical decision making clinical decision-making incident investigation multimodal interaction out-of-hospital cardiac arrest direct medical oversight academic emergency department urine culture practices visual cue moribund patients behind transfer decisions face-to-face documentation compliance multimodal approach

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Obligated to Say “Yes”: The How and Why Behind Transfer Decisions in Moribund Patients. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2026)

medical ethicshealth policymedicinemedical decision makinghuman decision processclinical decision-makingorgan transplantationbehind transfer decisionsmoribund patientsbehavioral decision making

More Firearms, More Firearm Deaths of Pregnant Women. JAMA Network Open (2025)

violence against womenmaternal healthmortalitypublic healthhomicideinterpersonal violence

Restraints and Seclusion: A Multimodal Approach to Improving Face-To-Face Documentation Compliance in the Emergency Department. Journal of Patient Safety (2025)

traumaface-to-face documentation compliancecommunicationincident investigationsafety sciencemultimodal interactionpatient safetymultimodal approachsafetyemergency departmentdisaster medicineemergency medicine

Urine Culture Practices for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections in an Academic Emergency Department. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023)

urologyurine culture practicesinfectious diseaseshospital infectionshealthcare-associated infectionsclinical infectionacademic emergency departmentpediatric urologyvoiding dysfunctionurogynecologyemergency medicineantibiotics

Turn That Frown Upside Down: Implementation of a Visual Cue Improves Communication During Emergency Department to Inpatient Hand-Offs. BMJ Open Quality (2022)

situation awarenesshealth technologyvisual perceptionvisual cuecognitive sciencehuman-computer interactionemergency nursingemergency department administrationpatient safetyemergency carecritical care clinicemergency departmenthospital environmentemergency medicine

Utilization and Effect of Direct Medical Oversight During Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehospital Emergency Care (2022)

Tristen M. ZimmermanMatthew R. NethMary E. TanskiLaura ChessKathryn ThompsonJonathan JuiRitu SahniMohamud R. DayaJoshua R. Lupton

resuscitationcardiac arrestrespiratory medicinedirect medical oversightout-of-hospital cardiac arrestemergency medicine

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Laura Chess, M.D.

Assistant Professor Medical Director for the Adult ED Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University

Affiliations

OHSU School of Medicine

Center For Policy And Research In Emergency Medicine

Department Of Pediatrics

Critical Care

Center For Policy And Research In Emergency Medicine

Department Of Emergency Medicine

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Laura Chess, M.D.

Oregon Health & Science University

Assistant Professor Medical Director for the Adult ED Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Obligated to Say “Yes”: The How and Why Behind Transfer Decisions in Moribund Patients. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2026)

medical ethicshealth policymedicinemedical decision makinghuman decision processclinical decision-makingorgan transplantationbehind transfer decisionsmoribund patientsbehavioral decision making

More Firearms, More Firearm Deaths of Pregnant Women. JAMA Network Open (2025)

violence against womenmaternal healthmortalitypublic healthhomicideinterpersonal violence

Restraints and Seclusion: A Multimodal Approach to Improving Face-To-Face Documentation Compliance in the Emergency Department. Journal of Patient Safety (2025)

Urine Culture Practices for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections in an Academic Emergency Department. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023)

Turn That Frown Upside Down: Implementation of a Visual Cue Improves Communication During Emergency Department to Inpatient Hand-Offs. BMJ Open Quality (2022)

Utilization and Effect of Direct Medical Oversight During Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehospital Emergency Care (2022)

Tristen M. ZimmermanMatthew R. NethMary E. TanskiLaura ChessKathryn ThompsonJonathan JuiRitu SahniMohamud R. DayaJoshua R. Lupton

resuscitationcardiac arrestrespiratory medicinedirect medical oversightout-of-hospital cardiac arrestemergency medicine

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