Disaster assessment

Disaster management

Disaster-related injuries

Health care surge capacity

Disaster

Refugee

Injury

Management

Dr. Kirsch has extensive disaster, international health and health care management experience. He is the co-Director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response (CRDR) in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an Assistant Professor and the Director of Operations for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR). He currently teaches the course, “Public Health Issues in Disasters” at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

For the past 15 years he has served as the National Physician Advisor for the American Red Cross Disaster Health Services, and has consulted on disaster-related issues for the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Centers for Disease Control and the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance).

Book:

VanRooyen M, Kirsch TD, Holiman CJ, Clem C. Emergent Field Medicine: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Articles:

Jenkins JL, McCarthy M, Kelen GD, Sauer L, Kirsch TD. Changes needed in the care for sheltered persons: A multistate analysis from Hurricane Katrina. Am J Dis Med 2009: In press.

Kaiser H, Hsu E, Barnett D, Kirsch TD, et al. Perspectives of Future Physicians on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: Challenges of Building a Capable and Sustainable Auxiliary Medical Workforce. Dis Med and Pub Health Prep 2009: In press.

Kirsch TD, Jenkins JL, Sauer L, Hsieh YS, Calvello E, Hsu E. Evolution of medical needs in displaced persons after the 2007 California Wildfires. Dis Med and Pub Health Prep 2009: In press.

Kirsch TD, Jenkins JL, Sauer LM, Hsieh YH, Calvello E, MD, Hsu E. Sheltering patterns and utilization following the 2007 southern California wildfires. AJDM 2009: In press.

Greenough GP, Brahmbhatt D, Mowafi H, Kirsch TD, Hsu E, et al. Public Health Preparedness of Post-Katrina and Rita Shelter Health Staff. Prehosp Disast Med 2009: In press.

Jenkins JL, Hsu EB, Sauer LM, Hsieh YH, Kirsch TD. Prevalence of unmet healthcare needs and description of healthcare seeking behavior amongst displaced persons following the 2007 California wildfires. Dis Med and Pub Health Prep 2009: In press.

Cavey AJ, Spector G, Greenough G, Kirsch TD. Mississippi’s Infectious Disease Hotline: A Surveillance and Education Model for Future Natural Disasters. Prehosp Disast Med 2009: 24(1): 11-15.

Pant AJ, Kirsch TD, Subbarao IS, Hsieh YS, Vu A. Faith-Based Organizations and Sustainable Sheltering Operations in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina: Implications for Informal Network Utilization. Prehosp Disast Med 2008:23(1): 48-54.

Jenkins JL, McCarthy M, Kelen GD, Sauer LM, Kirsch TD. Changes needed in the care for sheltered persons: A multistate analysis from Hurricane Katrina. Am J Disast Med 2009:4(1): 1-4.

Greenough GP, Lappi, MD, Hsu E, Fink S, Hsieh YH, Vu A, Heaton C, Kirsch TD. Burden of Disease and Health Status Among Hurricane Katrina– Displaced Persons in Shelters: A Population-Based Cluster Sample. Ann Emerg Med 2008; 51(4): 426-32.

Ding R, Jung JJ, Kirsch TD, Levy F, McCarthy ML. Uncompleted emergency department care: patients who leave against medical advice. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Oct;14(10):870-6.

Handler JA, Gillam M, Kirsch TD, Feied CF. Metrics of Surge. Aca Emerg Med 2006; 13: 1173-1178.

Ding R, McCarthy M, Li G, Kirsch TD, Jung J, Kelen GD: Patients who leave without being seen: Their characteristics and past history of emergency department use. Ann Emerg Med 2006; 48(6): 686-693.

Pham J, Millin M, Kirsch TD, Chanmugam C: The Effects of Ambulance Diversion: A Comprehensive Review. Academic Emergency Medicine 2006.

Millin M, Jenkins L, Kirsch TD: A comparative analysis of two external healthcare disaster responses following Hurricane Katrina. Prehospital Emergency Care 2006;10:451–456.

Greenough PG, Kirsch TD. Public health response- Assessing needs. New Engl J Med 2005; 353: 1544-46.