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Elisa N Gumm

  • Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry - (Clinical Series Track)
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  • (520) 626-6691
  • Arizona Health Sciences Center, Rm. 7429
  • Tucson, AZ 85724
  • egumm@arizona.edu
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Awards

  • Tucson 40 under 40
    • Tucson Hispanic Society, Fall 2022
  • VA Teaching Award
    • UA Psychiatry Department, Spring 2022
  • Clinician of the Year - SAVAHCS
    • Summer 2020
  • Program Director Award from the Program Director of Psychiatry
    • UA, Summer 2020
  • Va teacher of the year
    • Summer 2017
  • VA Teacher of the Year
    • From the Psychiatry Residency, Summer 2016

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Courses

2021-22 Courses

  • Independent Study
    PSYI 899 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Psychiatry Clerkship
    PSYI 813C (Spring 2021)
  • Psychiatry Clerkship Clinical
    PSYI 813C2 (Spring 2021)

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  • Chang, E., Oberman, R., Cohen, A., Taylor, S., Gumm, E., Mardian, A., Toy, S., Revote, A., Lewkowitz, B., & Yano, E. (2020). Increasing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Complementary and Integrative Health Services in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06255-6
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    Objectives: Evidence-based therapies for opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain, such as medications for OUD (MOUD) and complementary and integrative health (CIH; e.g., acupuncture and meditation) therapies, exist. However, their adoption has been slow, particularly in primary care, due to numerous implementation challenges. We sought to expand the use of MOUD and CIH within primary care by using an evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) implementation strategy. Methods: We used EBQI to engage two facilities in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) from June 2018 to September 2019. EBQI included multilevel stakeholder engagement, with external facilitators providing technical support, practice facilitation, and routine data feedback. We established a quality improvement (QI) team at each facility with diverse stakeholders (e.g., primary care, addiction, pain, nursing, pharmacy). We met monthly with regional stakeholders to address implementation barriers. We also convened an advisory board to ensure alignment with national priorities. Results: Pre-implementation interviews indicated facility-level and provider-level barriers to prescribing buprenorphine, including strong primary care provider resistance. Both facilities developed action plans. They both conducted educational meetings (e.g., Grand Rounds, MOUD waiver trainings). Facility A also offered clinical preceptorships for newly trained primary care prescribers. Facility B used mass media and mailings to educate patients about MOUD and CIH options and dashboards to identify potential candidates for MOUD. After 15 months, both facilities increased their OUD treatment rates to the ≥ 90th percentile of VHA medical centers nationally. Exit interviews indicated an attitudinal shift in MOUD delivery in primary care. Stakeholders valued the EBQI process, particularly cross-site collaboration. Implications: Despite initial implementation barriers, we effectively engaged stakeholders using EBQI strategies. Local QI teams used an assortment of QI interventions and developed tools to catapult their facilities to among the highest performers in VHA OUD treatment. Impacts: EBQI is an effective strategy to partner with stakeholders to implement MOUD and CIH therapies.
  • Singh, A., Southwick, F., Gumm, E., & Makar, J. (2012). Exploring takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an elderly patient with acute anxiety attack.. The West Virginia medical journal, 108(5).
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    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ("broken heart") exhibits a highly possible link between acute emotional stress and the onset of left ventricular dysfunction. This article describes a case report of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an 89-year-old female; the patient is significantly older than the median age for this condition, which ranges from 63 to 76 years of age. The exact mechanism of this condition is unclear and there are several hypotheses under investigation. Several studies have shown a link between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and elevated catecholamines. Similarly, other studies have documented emotional and physical stress to be the underlying pathophysiology of this condition. Another case study has proposed a novel hypothesis of a link between septal thickening in cases of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. This article is an interesting case report of an elderly patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

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