Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
Rashmi Kothari, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with Ascension Borgess Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is also where he earned his medical degree. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Kothari has been involved in NIH funded stroke research, was Chief of Staff and Director of the comprehensive stroke program at Ascension Borgess.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
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Education and Training
- Residency 1990, Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati
- MD 1986, School of Medicine, University of Michigan
- BA 1982, Anthropology, University of Michigan
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Research
- Emergency Medicine
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Publications
Vestfrid J., Kothari R., Kostenko A., Goldberg I., Tumanskii B., Gross Z. Intriguing Physical and Chemical Properties of Phosphorus Corroles Inorganic Chemistry. 2016;55(12):6061-6067.
Kothari R.U., Kothari C., Deboer M., Koestner A., Rohs T. Inpatient hospitalization and intimate partner violence: Who are we treating? Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2014;77(1):129-136.
Giebel S., Kothari R., Koestner A., Mohney G., Baker R. Factors influencing emergency medicine physicians' management of sports-related concussions: A community-wide study Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2011;41(6):649-654.
Kothari R., Hickenbottom S., Mullard A. Accuracy of identifying acute stroke admissions in a Michigan stroke registry Preventing Chronic Disease. 2011;8(3)
Brown M.D., Reeves M.J., Glynn T., Majid A., Kothari R.U. Implementation of an Emergency Department-based Transient Ischemic Attack Clinical Pathway: A Pilot Study in Knowledge Translation Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007;14(11):1114-1119.
Davis S.M. EMS management of acute stroke - Prehospital triage (resource document to NAEMSP position statement) Prehospital Emergency Care. 2007;11(3):313-317.
Kothari R.U., Mensah G., Morris D.L., Pancioli A.M., Riegel B., Zerwic J.J. Reducing Delay in Seeking Treatment by Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stroke: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Stroke Council* Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2007;22(4):326-343.
Deng Y.Z., Reeves M.J., Jacobs B.S., Birbeck G.L., Kothari R.U., Hickenbottom S.L., Mullard A.J., Wehner S., Maddox K., Majid A. IV tissue plasminogen activator use in acute stroke: Experience from a statewide registry Neurology. 2006;66(3):306-312.
Jacobs B.S., Birbeck G., Mullard A.J., Hickenbottom S., Kothari R., Roberts S., Reeves M.J. Quality of hospital care in African American and white patients with ischemic stroke and TIA Neurology. 2006;66(6):809-814.
Moser D., Kimble L., Alberts M., Alonzo A., Croft J., Dracup K., Evenson K., Go A., Hand M., Kothari R., Mensah G., Morris D., Pancioli A., Riegel B., Zerwic J. Reducing delay in seeking treatment by patients with acute coronary syndrome and stroke: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Stroke Council Circulation. 2006;114(2):168-182.
Mullard A.J., Reeves M.J., Jacobs B.S., Kothari R.U., Birbeck G.L., Maddox K., Stoeckle-Roberts S., Wehner S. Lipid testing and lipid-lowering therapy in hospitalized ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack patients: Results from a statewide stroke registry Stroke. 2006;37(1):44-49.
Turley K., Toledo-Pereyra L.H., Kothari R.U. Molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke Journal of Investigative Surgery. 2005;18(4):207-218.
Crocco T.J., Moreno R., Jauch E.C., Racine A.N., Pio B.J., Liu T., Kothari R.U. Teaching ACLS stroke objectives to prehospital providers: A case-based approach Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003;7(2):229-234.
Cipolla M.J., Hess D.C., Kothari R.U., Kochan J., Stieg P.E. Ischemic stroke Medical Crossfire. 2002;4(9)
Broderick J., Lu M., Jackson C., Pancioli A., Tilley B.C., Fagan S.C., Kothari R., Levine S.R., Marler J., Lyden P.D., Clark Haley E., Brott T., Grotta J.C. Apolipoprotein E phenotype and the efficacy of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke Annals of Neurology. 2001;49(6):736-744.
Huff J.S., Morris D.L., Kothari R.U., Gibbs M.A. Emergency department management of patients with seizures: A multicenter study Academic Emergency Medicine. 2001;8(6):622-628.
Kissela B., Broderick J., Woo D., Kothari R., Miller R., Khoury J., Brott T., Pancioli A., Jauch E., Gebel J., Shukla R., Alwell K., Tomsick T. Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky stroke study: Volume of first-ever ischemic stroke among blacks in a population-based study Stroke. 2001;32(6):1285-1289.
Kissela B., Kothari R., Tomsick T., Woo D., Broderick J. Embolization of calcific thrombi after tissue plasminogen activator treatment Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2001;10(3):135-138.
Kothari R.U., Hacke W., Brott T., Dykstra E.H., Furlan A., Koroshetz W., Marler J., Sayre M.R. Stroke Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2001;37(4 SUPPL.)
Broderick J.P., Lu M., Kothari R., Levine S.R., Lyden P.D., Haley E.C., Brott T.G., Grotta J., Tilley B.C., Marler J., Frankel M. Finding the most powerful measures of the effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator in the NINDS tPA stroke trial Stroke. 2000;31(10):2335-2341.
Gregson B.A., Mendelow A.D., Fernandes H., Pearson A.J., Siddique M.S., Broderick J., Brott T., Derex L., Kothari R., Zuccarello M. Surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage [1] (multiple letters) Stroke. 2000;31(3):791-792.
Broderick J. Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale: Reproducibility and validity Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1999;33(4):373-378.
Broderick J. Early surgical treatment for supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage: A randomized feasibility study Stroke. 1999;30(9):1833-1839.
Broderick J. Incidence rates of first-ever ischemic stroke subtypes among blacks: A population-based study Stroke. 1999;30(12):2517-2522.
Brott T., Zivin J. Underlying structure of the National Institutes of Health stroke scale: Results of a factor analysis Stroke. 1999;30(11):2347-2354.
Crocco T., Kothari R., Sayre M., Liu T. A nationwide prehospital stroke survey Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999;3(3):201-206.
Goldstein L.B., Brott T.G., Kothari R.U., Smith W. Clinical stroke trials: Guarding against bias Stroke. 1999;30(6):1165-1166.
Grotta J.C. Does the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale favor left hemisphere strokes? Stroke. 1999;30(11):2355-2359.
Hall K., Kothari R. Research fundamentals: IV. Choosing a research design Academic Emergency Medicine. 1999;6(1):67-74.
Khoury J., Levine R. Stroke: Warning signs and potential risk factors Cardiology Review. 1999;16(5):44-52.
Kothari R., Jauch E., Broderick J., Brott T., Sauerbeck L., Khoury J., Liu T. Acute stroke: Delays to presentation and emergency department evaluation Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1999;33(1):3-8.
Libman R., Kwiatkowski T., Broderick J.P., Marler J., Corrigan J., Huff S., Mitsias P., Talati S., Tanne D. Agreement and variability in the interpretation of early CT changes in stroke patients qualifying for intravenous rtPA therapy Stroke. 1999;30(8):1528-1533.
Mines D., Rosenzweig S., Campa J.F., Stolz J.L., Palma L.F., Villa A., Bonacina M., Paese S., Omboni E., Schriger D.L., Kalafut M., Starkman S., Krueger M., Saver J.L., Pancioli A.M., Broderick J., Kothari R., Brott T., Tuchfarber A., Miller R., Khoury J., Jauch E., Fontanarosa P.B., Winker M.A. Reducing treatment delay and improving diagnostic accuracy for patients with acute stroke [1] (multiple letters) Journal of the American Medical Association. 1999;281(1):31-34.
Pancioli A., Kothari R. Thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke Air Medical Journal. 1999;18(2):56-61.
Sakles J.C., Shah M.N., Zalenski R.J., Syverud S.A., Schneider S.M., Martin M.L., Marx J.A., Chisholm C.D., Cydulka R.K., Debehnke D.J., Lewis R., Zink B.J., Tien I., Schropp M.A. Saem emergency medicine research fellowship guidelines Academic Emergency Medicine. 1999;6(10):1067-1068.
Broderick J., Brott T., Kothari R., Miller R., Khoury J., Pancioli A., Gebel J., Mills D., Minneci L., Shukla R. The Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Study: Preliminary first-ever and total incidence rates of stroke among blacks Stroke. 1998;29(2):415-421.
Brott T., Lu M., Kothari R., Fagan S.C., Frankel M., Grotta J.C., Broderick J., Kwiatkowski T., Lewandowski C., Haley E.C., Marler J., Tilley B.C. Hypertension and its treatment in the NINDS rt-PA stroke trial Stroke. 1998;29(8):1504-1509.
Hughes A., Anthony J., Baudendistel D., Rymer M., Bettinger I., Laubinger P., Schmerler M., Meiros G., Lyden P., Dunford J., Zivin J., Rapp K., Babcock T., Daum P., Persona D., Brody M., Jackson C., Lewis S., Liss J., Mahdavi Z., Rothrock J., Tom T., Zweifler R., Kobayashi R., Kunin J., Licht J., Rowen R., Stein D., Grisolia J., Martin J., Chaplin E., Kaplitz N., Nelson J., Nueren A., Silver D., Chippendale T., Diamond E., Lobatz M., Murphy D., Rosenberg D., Ruel T., Sadoff M., Schim J., Schleimer J., Atkinson R., Wentworth D., Cummings R., Frink R., Heublein P., Grotta J.C., DeGraba T., Fisher M., Ramirez A., Hanson S., Morgenstern L., Sills C., Pasteur W., Yatsu F., Andrews K., Villar-Cordova C., Pepe P., Bratina P., Greenberg L., Rozek S., Simmons K., Kwiatkowski T.G., Horowitz S.H., Libman R., Kanner R., Silverman R., LaMantia J., Mealie C., Duarte R., Donnarumma R., Okola M., Cullin V., Mitchell E., Levine S.R. Response to ethical challenges in stroke research Stroke. 1998;29(8):1492-1493.
Pancioli A.M., Broderick J., Kothari R., Brott T., Tuchfarber A., Miller R., Khoury J., Jauch E. Public perception of stroke warning signs and knowledge of potential risk factors JAMA. 1998;279(16):1288-1292.
Brott T., Broderick J., Kothari R., Barsan W., Tomsick T., Sauerbeck L., Spilker J., Duldner J., Khoury J. Early hemorrhage growth in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage Stroke. 1997;28(1):1-5.
Brott T., Kothari R. Prehospital Management of Stroke Patients Cerebrovascular Diseases. 1997;7:2-4.
Kothari R., Hall K., Brott T., Broderick J. Early stroke recognition: Developing an Out-of-hospital NIH Stroke Scale Academic Emergency Medicine. 1997;4(10):986-990.
Kothari R., Sauerbeck L., Jauch E., Broderick J., Brott T., Khoury J., Liu T. Patients' awareness of stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors Stroke. 1997;28(10):1871-1875.
Verma S., Hamilton K., Hawkins H.H., Kothari R., Singal B., Buncher R., Nguyen P., O'Neill M. Clinical application of the Ottawa ankle rules for the use of radiography in acute ankle injuries: An independent site assessment American Journal of Roentgenology. 1997;169:825-827.
Kothari R., Pancioli A., Brott T., Broderick J. Thrombolytic therapy for cerebral infarction Academic Emergency Medicine. 1996;3(9):881-892.
Kothari R.U., Brott T., Broderick J.P., Barsan W.G., Sauerbeck L.R., Zuccarello M., Khoury J. The ABCs of measuring intracerebral hemorrhage volumes Stroke. 1996;27(8):1304-1305.
Sage J., Kothari R. Emergency physicians: Accuracy in the diagnosis of stroke [6] Stroke. 1996;27(3):572-573.
Schlaishunt S., Kothari R. Grassroots emergency medicine: a survey of U.S. medical schools. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 1996;3(6):648-650.
Kothari R., Barsan W., Brott T., Broderick J., Ashbrock S. Frequency and accuracy of prehospital diagnosis of acute stroke Stroke. 1995;26(6):937-941.
Kothari R.U., Brott T., Broderick J.P., Hamilton C.A. Emergency physicians: Accuracy in the diagnosis of stroke Stroke. 1995;26(12):2238-2241.
Brott T., Broderick J., Kothari R. Thrombolytic therapy for stroke Current Opinion in Neurology. 1994;7(1):25-35.
Wright S., Chudnofsky C., Dronen S., Kothari R., Birrer P., Blanton D., Bruner A. Comparison of midazolam and diazepam for conscious sedation in the emergency department Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(2):201-205.
Kothari R.U., Dronen S.C. Prospective evaluation of the scapular manipulation technique in reducing anterior shoulder dislocations Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1992;21(11):1349-1352.
Kothari R., Dronen S. The scapular manipulation technique for the reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocations Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1990;8(5):625-628.