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 developing telemedicine solutions. He 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:
- Director of Telehealth, Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2023-present)
- 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)
- 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)
- Associate Director of Telehealth, Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019–2023)
Journal Articles:
- Lynch JJ, Payne ER, Varughese R, Kirk HM, Kruger DJ, Clemency B. (2024) Comparison of 30-day retention in treatment among patients referred to opioid use disorder treatment from emergency department and telemedicine settings. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment (Oct), 165: 209446.
- Brimmer M, Wahler A, Chambers M, Lynch J, Clemency B, Varughese R, Moore C, Vest B. (2024) Buprenorphine prescription and treatment initiation through preemptive outreach and telehealth consultation with emergency medicine providers. Journal of addictive diseases (Oct)1-7.
- Clemency BM, Clay C, Varughese R, Kennedy C, Yates W, Lat A, Ling Ching A, Clark D, Lewin D, Chen X, Castro M. (2024) Impact of nebulization versus metered-dose inhaler utilization on viral particle dispersion in patients with COVID-19. Journal of infection prevention (Jul)17571774241266420. doi:10.1177/17571774241266420
- Varughese R, Cater-Cyker M, Sabbineni R, Sigler S, Champoux S, Gamber M, Burnett SJ, Troutman G, Chuang C, Sanders R, Doran J, Nataneli N, Cooney DR, Bloomstone JA, Clemency BM. (2023) Transport Rates and Prehospital Intervals for an EMS Telemedicine Intervention. Prehospital emergency care (Oct)1-6.
- Burnett SJ, Innes JC, Varughese R, Frazer E, Clemency BM. (2023) A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of EMS Clinicians in Recognizing and Treating Witnessed Cardiac Arrests. Prehospital emergency care (Jan), 27(6): 758-766.
- 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:
- "Telemedicine Use Disparities for Opioid Use Disorder" American Telemedicine Association 2024 Nexus (2024)
- "The Association Between Red Lights and Sirens Use and Response Times for Interfacility Transfers" National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2024)
- "The Effect of Emergency Medical Services Facilitated Telemedicine on Time on Task" National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2023)
- "The Relationship Between Provider Impression and Transport Avoidance in an EMS Telemedicine Program" National Association of EMS Physicians Conference (2023)
- "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)