Renoj Varughese MD
Renoj Varughese
MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medicine; Substance Use Disorder; Technology
Contact Information
Patient Care
Patient Care
This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDProfessional Summary:
Dr. Renoj Varughese is an attending physician in the emergency department at BGH, ECMC and the VA. He also serves as an assistant medical director of American Medical Response WNY.
Dr. Varughese is very involved in the telemedicine response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Varughese also helped launch Kaleida's and ECMC’s Virtual ER.
Dr. Varughese is also the Telemedicine Director of Buffalo MATTERS. He manages telemedicine projects that help initiate medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder to those unable to get to such services.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Emergency Medical Services (2020)
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019)
- MD, Thomas Jefferson University (2016)
- BS, Premedicine, Penn State University (2011)
Employment:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2021-present)
- Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Medical Center (2020-present)
- Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (2020-present)
- Telemedicine Director, NY Medication for Addiction Treatment and Electronic Referrals (MATTERS) Network (2020-present)
- Assistant Medical Director, American Medical Response WNY (2019-present)
- Associate Director of Telehealth, Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019-present)
- Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Medical Center (2019-present)
- Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Erie County Medical Center (2019-present)
- Attending Physician, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (2019-present)
Journal Articles:
- Clemency BM, Varughese R, Gonzalez-Rojas Y, Morse CG, Phipatanakul W, Koster DJ, Blaiss MS. (2022) Efficacy of Inhaled Ciclesonide for Outpatient Treatment of Adolescents and Adults With Symptomatic COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine (Jan), 182(1): 42-49. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6759
- Clemency BM, Varughese R, Scheafer DK, Ludwig B, Welch JV, McCormack RF, Ma C, Nan N, Giambra T, Raab T. (2020) Symptom Criteria for COVID-19 Testing of Heath Care Workers. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (Jun), 27(6): 469-474. doi:10.1111/acem.14009
Professional Memberships:
- National Association of EMS Physicians (2019–present)
Presentations:
- "Changes to albuterol administration by EMS clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic." National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2022)
- "EMS providers’ management of cardiac arrest: A qualitative approach to understanding educational applications." National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2022)
- "EMS witnessed cardiac arrests: EMS providers’ experiences in recognition and treatment." National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2022)