Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Waeckerle JF, Seamans S, Whiteside M, Pons PT, White S, Burstein JL, Murray R
Executive summary: developing objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical incidents. Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun; 37(6):587-601.
Executive summary: developing objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical incidents.
Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute
Bioterrorism response. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute. 1999; (September):22.
Burstein JL, Henry MC, Alicandro J, Gentile D, Thode HC, Hollander JE
The American journal of emergency medicine
Outcome of patients who refused out-of-hospital medical assistance. Am J Emerg Med. 1996 Jan; 14(1):23-6.
Outcome of patients who refused out-of-hospital medical assistance.
Biddinger PD, Cadigan RO, Auerbach BS, Burstein JL, Savoia E, Stoto MA, Koh HK
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
On linkages: using exercises to identify systems-level preparedness challenges. Public Health Rep. 2008 Jan-Feb; 123(1):96-101.
On linkages: using exercises to identify systems-level preparedness challenges.
Epstein SK, Burstein JL, Case RB, Gardner AF, Herman SH, Hirshon JM, Jermyn JW, McKay MP, Mitchiner JC, Sullivan WP, Wagner MJ, Beer S, Tiberi L, Price C, Cunningham R, Wilkerson D, Bromley M, Geist M, Gore L, Singh CA, Wheeler G, Gleason SF, Decker J, Gwinner VM, Schwalberg RH
The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: evaluating the emergency care environment state by state 2009 edition. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jan; 53(1):4-148.
The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: evaluating the emergency care environment state by state 2009 edition.
Koh HK, Shei A, Judge CJ, Stoto M, Elqura L, Cox H, Nick G, Burstein JL, Condon SK.
Process and outcomes of creating regional public health infrastructures in Massachusetts and Maine. American Public Health Association. 2006.
Process and outcomes of creating regional public health infrastructures in Massachusetts and Maine
Emergency Medicine Pearls: A Practical Guide for the Efficient Resident, 2nd edition
Emergency Medicine Pearls: A Practical Guide for the Efficient Resident, 2nd edition. 2000.
Hollander JE, Hoffman RS, Burstein JL, Shih RD, Thode HC
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Mortality and complications. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction Study Group. Arch Intern Med. 1995 May 22; 155(10):1081-6.
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Mortality and complications. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction Study Group.
Burstein JL, Pozner CN, Schwartzstein RM
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Chicago, IL
Error rate for residents performing on-line medical control. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Chicago, IL. 1998.
Error rate for residents performing on-line medical control
Hollander JE, Burstein JL, Hoffman RS, Shih RD, Wilson LD
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Clinical safety of thrombolytic therapy. Cocaine Associated Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study Group. Chest. 1995 May; 107(5):1237-41.
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Clinical safety of thrombolytic therapy. Cocaine Associated Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study Group.
Refusal of care in the prehospital environment. Topics in Emergency Medicine. 1999; 21(1):38-42.
Refusal of care in the prehospital environment
Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (Wolfson AB, editor-in-chief)
Disaster Planning and Management. Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (Wolfson AB, editor-in-chief). 2005.
Keyes DC, Burstein JL, Schwartz RB, Swienton RE editors
Emergency Medicine On Call (Keim S, editor)
Assessment of and response to terrorism. Emergency Medicine On Call (Keim S, editor). 2003.
Handbook of Medical Toxicology, 2nd edition (editor Viccellio AW)
Ionizing radiation. Handbook of Medical Toxicology, 2nd edition (editor Viccellio AW). 1998.
North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, Portland, Oregon
Inability to validate predictors of coronary artery disease in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, Portland, Oregon. 1996.
Inability to validate predictors of coronary artery disease in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction
Report of the ventilator selection criteria committee, National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Branch
Report of the ventilator selection criteria committee, National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Branch. 2000.
ALS Case Studies in Emergency Care (Dickinson, editor)
Weapons of mass destruction. ALS Case Studies in Emergency Care (Dickinson, editor). 2002.
Shih RD, Hollander JE, Burstein JL, Nelson LS, Hoffman RS, Quick AM
Clinical safety of lidocaine in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Dec; 26(6):702-6.
Clinical safety of lidocaine in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction.
Burstein JL, Henry MC, Alicandro JM, McFadden K, Thode HC, Hollander JE
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Evidence for and impact of selective reporting of trauma triage mechanism criteria. Acad Emerg Med. 1996 Nov; 3(11):1011-5.
Evidence for and impact of selective reporting of trauma triage mechanism criteria.
Richards CF, Burstein JL, Waeckerle JF, Hutson HR
Emergency physicians and biological terrorism. Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Aug; 34(2):183-90.
Emergency physicians and biological terrorism.
Koenig KL, Cone DC, Burstein JL, Camargo CA
Surging to the right standard of care. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Feb; 13(2):195-8.
Burstein JL, Hollander JE, Henry MC, Delagi R, Thode HC
Association of out-of-hospital criteria with need for hospital admission. Acad Emerg Med. 1995 Oct; 2(10):863-6.
Association of out-of-hospital criteria with need for hospital admission.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Instructor in Emergency Medicine, Part-time
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology
Carlos Arturo Camargo, Jr., Dr.P.H., M.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Egan Family Foundation Professor of Pediatrics
Sarin RR, Hick JL, Livinski AA, Nieratko J, Treber M, Mazurek A, Brannman S, Biddinger P, Burstein J, Ciottone G, Goldberg S, Milsten A, Nemeth I, Goralnick E
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Disaster Medicine: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature From 2016. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 12; 13(5-6):946-957.
Disaster Medicine: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature From 2016.
Sarin RR, Biddinger P, Brown J, Burstein JL, Burkle FM, Char D, Ciottone G, Hick JL, Koenig KL, Little C, Schultz C, Maggin J, Goralnick E
Core Disaster Medicine Education (CDME) for Emergency Medicine Residents in the United States. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2019 Oct; 34(5):473-480.
Core Disaster Medicine Education (CDME) for Emergency Medicine Residents in the United States.
Gurley K, Onyeii C, Burstein J, Grossman S
Clinical and experimental emergency medicine
Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2020 Jun; 7(2):131-135.
Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding.
Gurley K, Edlow J, Burstein JL, Grossman SA
Errors in Decisionmaking in Emergency Medicine: The Case of the Landscaper's Back and Root Cause Analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 02; 77(2):203-209.
Errors in Decisionmaking in Emergency Medicine: The Case of the Landscaper's Back and Root Cause Analysis.
Gurley KL, Burstein JL, Wolfe RE, Grossman SA
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open
Using a rule-based system to define error in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Oct; 1(5):887-897.
Using a rule-based system to define error in the emergency department.
Bettano A, Ficks R, Gonzales G, Blackburn M, Suzuki J, Chai PR, Bernson D, Goldfine C, Burstein JL
Alcohol-related encounter surveillance using emergency medical service records in Massachusetts, 2013-2023. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Oct 01; 275:112819.
Alcohol-related encounter surveillance using emergency medical service records in Massachusetts, 2013-2023.
Fares S, Femino M, Sayah A, Weiner DL, Yim ES, Douthwright S, Molloy MS, Irfan FB, Karkoukli MA, Lipton R, Burstein JL, Mazrouei MA, Ciottone G
Health care system hazard vulnerability analysis: an assessment of all public hospitals in Abu Dhabi. Disasters. 2014 Apr; 38(2):420-33.
Health care system hazard vulnerability analysis: an assessment of all public hospitals in Abu Dhabi.
Grossman ES, Burstein JL, Fradinho J, Grossestreuer AV, Marks C, Wolfe RE, Grossman SA
Can we tell when an error is an error? Assessing the reliability of a Likert scale in measuring error. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Jan; 99:285-288.
Can we tell when an error is an error? Assessing the reliability of a Likert scale in measuring error.
Burton V, Eshraghi N, Burstein J, Arastehmanesh D, Mangino A, Wolfe RE, Grossman SA
Would you have done something differently? A novel marker for improving emergency care. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 May; 103:166-169.
Would you have done something differently? A novel marker for improving emergency care.
Foley EM, Wolfe RE, Burstein JL, Edlow JA, Grossman SA
Utility of Procedural Sedation as a Marker for Quality Assurance in Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. 2016 May; 50(5):711-4.
Utility of Procedural Sedation as a Marker for Quality Assurance in Emergency Medicine.
Gurley KL, Wolfe RE, Burstein JL, Edlow JA, Hill JF, Grossman SA
The western journal of emergency medicine
Use of Physician Concerns and Patient Complaints as Quality Assurance Markers in Emergency Medicine. West J Emerg Med. 2016 Nov; 17(6):749-755.
Use of Physician Concerns and Patient Complaints as Quality Assurance Markers in Emergency Medicine.
Burstein JL, Hollander JE, Delagi R, Gold M, Henry MC, Alicandro JM
Refusal of out-of-hospital medical care: effect of medical-control physician assertiveness on transport rate. Acad Emerg Med. 1998 Jan; 5(1):4-8.
Refusal of out-of-hospital medical care: effect of medical-control physician assertiveness on transport rate.
Enhancing the value of journal club: use of a structured review instrument. Am J Emerg Med. 1996 Oct; 14(6):561-3.
Enhancing the value of journal club: use of a structured review instrument.
You shall not stand by. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 May; 49(5):610-1.
Hick JL, Hanfling D, Burstein JL, Markham J, Macintyre AG, Barbera JA
Protective equipment for health care facility decontamination personnel: regulations, risks, and recommendations. Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Sep; 42(3):370-80.
Protective equipment for health care facility decontamination personnel: regulations, risks, and recommendations.
The myths of disaster education. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Jan; 47(1):50-2.
Relief of chest pain out-of-hospital: a lost diagnostic opportunity? Acad Emerg Med. 1997 Jul; 4(7):754-6.
Relief of chest pain out-of-hospital: a lost diagnostic opportunity?
Hick JL, Hanfling D, Burstein JL, DeAtley C, Barbisch D, Bogdan GM, Cantrill S
Health care facility and community strategies for patient care surge capacity. Ann Emerg Med. 2004 Sep; 44(3):253-61.
Health care facility and community strategies for patient care surge capacity.
Delagi R, Burstein JL, Niegelberg E, Stapleton ER,Hollander JE, Henry MC
Emergency Cardiac Care Update, Montreal, Canada
Implementing a rapid cardiac alert system with standardized question format and 12-lead ECG. Emergency Cardiac Care Update, Montreal, Canada. 1996.
Implementing a rapid cardiac alert system with standardized question format and 12-lead ECG
International Disaster Management Conference, Orlando, Florida
Disaster medicine education in US emergency medicine residency programs. International Disaster Management Conference, Orlando, Florida. 1997.
Disaster medicine education in US emergency medicine residency programs
Emergency medicine clinics of North America
Nonspecific tests for pulmonary embolism. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2001 Nov; 19(4):943-55.
Nonspecific tests for pulmonary embolism.
Burstein J, DeAtley C, Edwards-Winslow F, Maniscalco P
The expert take: assessing the terrorism issues facing EMS. Interview by John Erich. Emerg Med Serv. 2002 Jan; 31(1):67-70.
The expert take: assessing the terrorism issues facing EMS. Interview by John Erich.
Hick JL, Penn P, Hanfling D, Lappe MA, O'laughlin D, Burstein JL
Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams. Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Sep; 42(3):381-90.
Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams.
Walls of canvas, walls of steel. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 May; 49(5):589.
Predictors of underlying coronary artery disease in cocaine associated myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of case reports. Vet Hum Toxicol. 1997 Oct; 39(5):276-80.
Predictors of underlying coronary artery disease in cocaine associated myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of case reports.
Crisis managment and preparedness for biological incidents and outbreaks of communicable disease, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events.
Crisis managment and preparedness for biological incidents and outbreaks of communicable disease, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events. 2003.
Crisis managment and preparedness for biological incidents and outbreaks of communicable disease, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events
Orfaly RA, Biddinger PD, Burstein JL, Leaning J
Integration of academia and practice in preparedness training: the Harvard School of Public Health experience. Public Health Rep. 2005; 120 Suppl 1:48-51.
Integration of academia and practice in preparedness training: the Harvard School of Public Health experience.
Condon S, Savoia E, Cadigan RO, Getchell M, Burstein JL, Auerbach B, Koh HK
"Operation Helping Hands": Massachusetts health and medical response to Hurricane Katrina. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 Jan-Feb; 25(1):80-6.
"Operation Helping Hands": Massachusetts health and medical response to Hurricane Katrina.
Refusal of care. Acad Emerg Med. 1999 Jan; 6(1):87-8.
Koh HK, Shei AC, Bataringaya J, Burstein J, Biddinger PD, Crowther MS, Serino RA, Cohen BR, Nick GA, Leary MC, Judge CM, Campbell PH, Brinsfield KH, Auerbach J
Building community-based surge capacity through a public health and academic collaboration: the role of community health centers. Public Health Rep. 2006 Mar-Apr; 121(2):211-6.
Building community-based surge capacity through a public health and academic collaboration: the role of community health centers.
Shannon M, Burstein J, Mandl K, Fleisher G
Usage of a web-based decision support tool for bioterrorism detection. Am J Emerg Med. 2002 Jul; 20(4):384-5.
Usage of a web-based decision support tool for bioterrorism detection.
Smoke and shadows: measuring hospital disaster preparedness. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Sep; 52(3):230-1.
Smoke and shadows: measuring hospital disaster preparedness.
Emergency Medicine Pearls: A Practical Guide for the Efficient Resident
Emergency Medicine Pearls: A Practical Guide for the Efficient Resident. 1996.
Yabek SM, Burstein J, Berman W, Dillon T
Aberrant systemic arterial supply to the left lung with congestive heart failure. Chest. 1981 Nov; 80(5):636-7.
Aberrant systemic arterial supply to the left lung with congestive heart failure.
Does recent vaccination increase the risk of occult bacteremia? Pediatr Emerg Care. 1994 Jun; 10(3):138-40.
Does recent vaccination increase the risk of occult bacteremia?
Benign exertional headache. Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Jan; 41(1):98-103.
Bioterrorism preparedness research priorities. Harvard Public Health Review. 2002.
Bioterrorism preparedness research priorities
Ciottone G editor, Burstein JL Section Editor
Transportation accidents, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events.
Transportation accidents, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events. 2003.
Transportation accidents, in the United Nations Manual for Disaster Management After Terrorist Events
Mostly dead: can science help with disaster triage? Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep; 54(3):431.
Mostly dead: can science help with disaster triage?
Savoia E, Biddinger PD, Burstein J, Stoto MA
Inter-agency communication and operations capabilities during a hospital functional exercise: reliability and validity of a measurement tool. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 Jan-Feb; 25(1):52-8.
Inter-agency communication and operations capabilities during a hospital functional exercise: reliability and validity of a measurement tool.
Ganz A, Yu X, Schafer J, D'Hauwe S, Nathanson LA, Burstein J, Ciottone GR, Lord G
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
DIORAMA: dynamic information collection and resource tracking architecture. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:386-9.
DIORAMA: dynamic information collection and resource tracking architecture.
Complaints and compliments in the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1991 Jun; 7(3):138-40.
Complaints and compliments in the pediatric emergency department.
New England Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Prehospital triage by paramedics. New England Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 1999.
Is there a role for nasal atropine in mass nerve agent poisoning?
Is there a role for nasal atropine in mass nerve agent poisoning?. 2000.
New England Regional Sosciety for Academic Emergency Medicine, New Haven, CT
Rescuer medical support: the TWA Flight 800 experience. New England Regional Sosciety for Academic Emergency Medicine, New Haven, CT. 1998.
Rescuer medical support: the TWA Flight 800 experience
Edlow JA, Juang P, Margulies S, Burstein J
Rectus sheath hematoma. Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Nov; 34(5):671-5.
Textbook of Emergency Medicine (Plantz,editor)
Incendiary agents: magnesium and thermite. Textbook of Emergency Medicine (Plantz,editor). 2000.
Incendiary agents: magnesium and thermite