Christian Dameff

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Emergency Medical Services
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
ORCID	0000-0001-9613-2603
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Biography

Education and Training

University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA	Fellowship	06/2019	Clinical Informatics
Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ	Residency	06/2017	Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ	MD	05/2014	Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ	MS	05/2010	Physiology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ	BA	05/2009	Philosophy

Overview

Dr. Christian Dameff is an Emergency Physician, Clinical Informaticist, and researcher. Published clinical works include post cardiac arrest care including therapeutic hypothermia, novel drug targets for acute myocardial infarction patients, ventricular fibrillation waveform analysis, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality and optimization, dispatch assisted CPR, teletoxicology, clinical applications of wearables, and electronic health records.

Dr. Dameff is also a hacker and security researcher interested in the intersection of healthcare, patient safety, and cybersecurity. He has spoken at some of the world’s most prominent hacker forums including DEFCON, RSA, Blackhat, Derbycon, BSides: Las Vegas, and is one of the cofounders of the CyberMed Summit, a novel multidisciplinary conference with emphasis on medical device and infrastructure cybersecurity. Published cybersecurity topics include hacking 911 systems, HL7 messaging vulnerabilities, and malware.

Interests

Cybersecurity, Emergency Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Cardiac Arrest

In The News

	Why is the healthcare industry still so bad at cybersecurity? (02/09/2020)
	Hospitals Are Encouraged To Do More To Avoid Medical Device Hacking (01/07/2020)
	Ransomware wrecks the ER (11/15/2019)
	Verizon Claims 5G Will Help Fight Cancer. Experts Say That's Not Likely (06/14/2019)
	The Rise of Medical Device Vulnerabilities: 5 Things to Know (05/21/2019)
	Health Care's Huge Cybersecurity Problem (04/04/2019)
	Hospital Viruses: Fake Cancerous Nodes CT Scans, Created By Malware, Trick Radiologists (04/03/2019)
	Fears of hackers targeting US Hospitals, Medical Devices for Cyber Attacks (06/29/2017)
	How Hackers Could Mess With 911 Systems and Put You at Risk (08/21/2014)

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Publications

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Ransomware Cyberattack Associated With Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcomes at Untargeted, Adjacent Hospitals. Crit Care Explor. 2024 Apr; 6(4):e1079. Pham TT, Loo TM, Malhotra A, Longhurst CA, Hylton D, Dameff C, Tully J, Wardi G, Sell RE, Pearce AK. PMID: 38605720; PMCID: PMC11008621.

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Hacking Acute Care: A Qualitative Study on the Health Care Impacts of Ransomware Attacks Against Hospitals. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Jan; 83(1):46-56. van Boven LS, Kusters RWJ, Tin D, van Osch FHM, De Cauwer H, Ketelings L, Rao M, Dameff C, Barten DG. PMID: 37318433.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Ransomware Attack Associated With Disruptions at Adjacent Emergency Departments in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 05 01; 6(5):e2312270. Dameff C, Tully J, Chan TC, Castillo EM, Savage S, Maysent P, Hemmen TM, Clay BJ, Longhurst CA. PMID: 37155166; PMCID: PMC10167570.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
A National Survey of Hospital Cyber Attack Emergency Operation Preparedness. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 03 22; 17:e363. Sullivan N, Tully J, Dameff C, Opara C, Snead M, Selzer J. PMID: 36945857.

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Dis Disaster Medicine Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Impact of underlying malignancy on emergency department utilization and outcomes. Cancer Med. 2021 12; 10(24):9129-9138. Qian AS, Qiao EM, Nalawade V, Voora RS, Kotha NV, Dameff C, Coyne CJ, Murphy JD. PMID: 34821051; PMCID: PMC8683529.

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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Cybersecurity Challenges and the Academic Health Center: An Interactive Tabletop Simulation for Executives. Acad Med. 2021 06 01; 96(6):850-853. Maggio LA, Dameff C, Kanter SL, Woods B, Tully J. PMID: 33239532.

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Edu Education
Translation:Humans
COVID-19 screening, testing and vaccination: Perceptions from emergency medicine residents and medical students. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 01; 51:418-419. Cronin AO, Coyne CJ, Castillo EM, Dameff C. PMID: 33810920; PMCID: PMC7981269.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
The Implementation of an Emergency Medicine Telehealth System During a Pandemic. J Emerg Med. 2021 04; 60(4):548-553. Tresenriter M, Holdaway J, Killeen J, Chan T, Dameff C. PMID: 33423835; PMCID: PMC7789960.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Deployment of artificial intelligence for radiographic diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Dec; 1(6):1459-1464. Carlile M, Hurt B, Hsiao A, Hogarth M, Longhurst CA, Dameff C. PMID: 33392549; PMCID: PMC7771783.

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Leveraging Remote Research Associates During a Pandemic. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul 21; 21(5):1114-1117. Cronin AO, Carlile MA, Dameff CJ, Coyne CJ, Castillo EM. PMID: 32970563; PMCID: PMC7514379.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Healthcare Challenges in the Era of Cybersecurity. Health Secur. 2020 May/Jun; 18(3):228-231. Tully J, Selzer J, Phillips JP, O'Connor P, Dameff C. PMID: 32559153.

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Dis Disaster Medicine Mil Military Medicine
Translation:Humans
Connected Medical Technology and Cybersecurity Informed Consent: A New Paradigm. J Med Internet Res. 2020 03 30; 22(3):e17612. Tully J, Coravos A, Doerr M, Dameff C. PMID: 32224492; PMCID: PMC7154933.

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Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans
Cyber Disaster Medicine: A New Frontier for Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 05; 75(5):642-647. Dameff C, Farah J, Killeen J, Chan T. PMID: 31959537.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Wave of Wearables: Clinical Management of Patients and the Future of Connected Medicine. Clin Lab Med. 2020 03; 40(1):69-82. Tully J, Dameff C, Longhurst CA. PMID: 32008641.

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Cli Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Translation:Humans
Cybersecurity implications for hospital quality. Health Serv Res. 2019 10; 54(5):969-970. Dameff C, Pfeffer MA, Longhurst CA. PMID: 31506957; PMCID: PMC6736916.

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Hea Health Services Research
Translation:Humans
Hacking 9-1-1: Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors. J Med Internet Res. 2019 07 09; 21(7):e14383. Goebel M, Dameff C, Tully J. PMID: 31290401; PMCID: PMC6647750.

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Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans
Challenges of Personal Health Records-Reply. JAMA. 2019 06 18; 321(23):2369. Dameff C, Clay B, Longhurst CA. PMID: 31211343.

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Med Medicine (General)
Personal Health Records: More Promising in the Smartphone Era? JAMA. 2019 Jan 29; 321(4):339-340. Dameff C, Clay B, Longhurst CA. PMID: 30633300.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Clinical Cybersecurity Training Through Novel High-Fidelity Simulations. J Emerg Med. 2019 02; 56(2):233-238. Dameff CJ, Selzer JA, Fisher J, Killeen JP, Tully JL. PMID: 30553562.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Digital Defenses for Hacked Hearts: Why Software Patching Can Save Lives. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 07 03; 72(1):126-127. Tully J, Jarrett M, Savage S, Corman J, Dameff C. PMID: 29957225.

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Car Cardiology
Description of Abnormal Breathing Is Associated With Improved Outcomes and Delayed Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instructions. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Aug 29; 6(9). Fukushima H, Panczyk M, Hu C, Dameff C, Chikani V, Vadeboncoeur T, Spaite DW, Bobrow BJ. PMID: 28851728; PMCID: PMC5634247.

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Car Cardiology Vas Vascular Diseases
Translation:Humans
Barriers to telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public and residential locations. Resuscitation. 2016 12; 109:116-120. Fukushima H, Panczyk M, Spaite DW, Chikani V, Dameff C, Hu C, Birkenes TS, Myklebust H, Sutter J, Langlais B, Wu Z, Bobrow BJ. PMID: 27521469.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Teletoxicology: Patient Assessment Using Wearable Audiovisual Streaming Technology. J Med Toxicol. 2016 12; 12(4):358-364. Skolnik AB, Chai PR, Dameff C, Gerkin R, Monas J, Padilla-Jones A, Curry S. PMID: 27381429; PMCID: PMC5135678.

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Tox Toxicology
Translation:Humans
Implementation of a Regional Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 06 01; 1(3):294-302. Bobrow BJ, Spaite DW, Vadeboncoeur TF, Hu C, Mullins T, Tormala W, Dameff C, Gallagher J, Smith G, Panczyk M. PMID: 27438108.

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Car Cardiology
Translation:Humans
Telephone CPR Instructions in Emergency Dispatch Systems: Qualitative Survey of 911 Call Centers. West J Emerg Med. 2015 Sep; 16(5):736-42. Sutter J, Panczyk M, Spaite DW, Ferrer JM, Roosa J, Dameff C, Langlais B, Murphy RA, Bobrow BJ. PMID: 26587099; PMCID: PMC4644043.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Measuring and improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality inside the emergency department. Resuscitation. 2015 Aug; 93:8-13. Crowe C, Bobrow BJ, Vadeboncoeur TF, Dameff C, Stolz U, Silver A, Roosa J, Page R, LoVecchio F, Spaite DW. PMID: 25963706.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Recording medical students' encounters with standardized patients using Google Glass: providing end-of-life clinical education. Acad Med. 2015 Mar; 90(3):314-6. Tully J, Dameff C, Kaib S, Moffitt M. PMID: 25551855.

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Edu Education
Translation:Humans
Experiences in adoption of teledermatology in Mohs micrographic surgery: using smartglasses for intraoperative consultation and defect triage. Surg Innov. 2014 Dec; 21(6):653-4. Hamann D, Mortensen WS, Hamann CR, Smith A, Martino B, Dameff C, Tully J, Kim J, Torres A. PMID: 25389145.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
Ultrasound-guided central venous access using Google Glass. J Emerg Med. 2014 Dec; 47(6):668-75. Wu TS, Dameff CJ, Tully JL. PMID: 25281180.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
A standardized template for measuring and reporting telephone pre-arrival cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions. Resuscitation. 2014 Jul; 85(7):869-73. Dameff C, Vadeboncoeur T, Tully J, Panczyk M, Dunham A, Murphy R, Stolz U, Chikani V, Spaite D, Bobrow B. PMID: 24614186.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
Translation:Humans
Glucagon-like peptide-1 preserves coronary microvascular endothelial function after cardiac arrest and resuscitation: potential antioxidant effects. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Feb 15; 304(4):H538-46. Dokken BB, Piermarini CV, Teachey MK, Gura MT, Dameff CJ, Heller BD, Krate J, Ashgar AM, Querin L, Mitchell JL, Hilwig RW, Kern KB. PMID: 23241323.

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Car Cardiology Phy Physiology
Translation:Humans Animals
Utility of the ventricular fibrillation waveform to predict a return of spontaneous circulation and distinguish acute from post myocardial infarction or normal Swine in ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Jun; 4(3):337-43. Indik JH, Allen D, Gura M, Dameff C, Hilwig RW, Kern KB. PMID: 21493961.

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Car Cardiology Vas Vascular Diseases
Translation:Animals