Tamara R. Espinoza, MD
Board Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
- Internship: Georgetown University
- Residency: Cook County Office of Risk Management
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emergency Care: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Outpatient Care: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- A Novel Neuropsychological Tool for Immersive Assessment of Concussion and Correlation with Subclinical Head Impacts.
Espinoza TR, Hendershot KA, Liu B, Knezevic A, Jacobs BB, Gore RK, Guskiewicz KM, Bazarian JJ, Phelps SE, Wright DW, LaPlaca MC
Neurotrauma reports. 2021;2(1):232-244.
PMID: 34223554 - Regional Variations in Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adult Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation Investigation.
Oyesanya TO, Moran TP, Espinoza TR, Wright DW
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2021;102(1):68-75.
PMID: 32861669 - A common neural signature of brain injury in concussion and subconcussion.
Hirad AA, Bazarian JJ, Merchant-Borna K, Garcea FE, Heilbronner S, Paul D, Hintz EB, van Wijngaarden E, Schifitto G, Wright DW, Espinoza TR, Mahon BZ
Science advances. 2019;5(8):eaau3460.
PMID: 31457074 - Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.
Fairley JK, Kozarsky PE, Kraft CS, Guarner J, Steinberg JP, Anderson E, Jacob JT, Meloy P, Gillespie D, Espinoza TR, Isakov A, Vanairsdale S, Baker E, Wu HM
Open forum infectious diseases. 2016;3(1):ofw005.
PMID: 26925428 - Gender- and sex-specific sports-related injury research in emergency medicine: a consensus on future research direction and focused application.
Raukar NP, Zonfrillo MR, Kane K, Davenport M, Espinoza TR, Weiland J, Franco V, Vaca FE
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014;21(12):1370-9.
PMID: 25420669 - Gender differences in neurological emergencies part II: a consensus summary and research agenda on traumatic brain injury.
Wright DW, Espinoza TR, Merck LH, Ratcliff JJ, Backster A, Stein DG
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014;21(12):1414-20.
PMID: 25420582 - Progesterone's role in neuroprotection, a review of the evidence.
Deutsch ER, Espinoza TR, Atif F, Woodall E, Kaylor J, Wright DW
Brain research. 2013;
PMID: 23872219 - Hyperinsulin therapy for calcium channel antagonist poisoning: a seven-year retrospective study.
Espinoza TR, Bryant SM, Aks SE
American journal of therapeutics. 2013;20(1):29-31.
PMID: 23011172 - The role of progesterone in traumatic brain injury.
Espinoza TR, Wright DW
The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2011;26(6):497-9.
PMID: 22088981 - Levosimendan for calcium channel blocker poisoning in humans.
Espinoza TR, Mottram AR, Bryant SM
Anesthesia and analgesia. 2009;109(3):992; author reply 992-3.
PMID: 19690281
PLANNING
PREPARING FOR YOUR VISIT
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