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William Frohna, MD, Emergency Medicine, Rockville, MD

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Emergency Medicine Rockville, MD

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  • Office

    9908 Juniper Hill Rd
    Rockville, MD 20850
    Phone+1 202-957-6444

Summary

  • Dr. William Frohna is an emergency medicine physician and physician executive. He was affiliated with MedStar Health and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He received his medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin and has been in practice 29 years. He is experienced in pneumonia, event medicine, and sport medicine. He has more than 40 publications and over 250 citings.

Education & Training

  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    Madigan Army Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1989 - 1992
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    Madigan Army Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
    Medical College of WisconsinClass of 1988
  • University of Wisconsin
    University of WisconsinBS, Zoology, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1998 - 2026
  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 1996 - 2024
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2014 - 2016
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 1989 - 1999
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 1992 - 1996
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 6th Annual Quality Improvement of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence: Emergency Physician-Nurse-Tech Team in Triage-ED Gold Team is “Worth its Weight…” George Mason University College of Health and Human Services, 2010
  • Nurses’ Choice Physician Collaboration Award Washington Hospital Center, 2009, 2011
  • Army Commendation Medal US Army, 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Provider and Hospital-level Variation in Admission Rates and 72-Hour Return-Admission Rates.  
    Abualenain, J., Frohna, W., et al, Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Post-Intubation Care in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department.  
    Bhat, Rahul; Goyal, Munish; Bhooshan, Anu; Frohna, Bill; Dubin, Jeffrey; Moy, Daniel; Kataria, Vikaas; Lung, Linn; Mete, Mihriye; Gaieski, David, Critical Care Medicine
  • Validation of an emergency department chart review quality assurance method to assess 72-hour revisits who are admittedto the hospital.  
    Abualenain, J., Frohna, W., Smith, M., Pipkin, M., Webb, C., & Pines, JM, Academic Emergency Medicine
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Reducing the Emergency Department Door to Intensive Care Unit Bed Occupancy Time for Critically Ill Patients Admitted Through the Emergency Department: Intervention an...
    Dubin J, Frohna B, Goyal M, Milad R, Desai S, Milzman D, Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • . Demographic data and the impact of electronic discharge instructions on 30-day hospital readmissions.
    Ybarra M, Frohna W, Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Provider and Hospital-Level Variation in Admissions Rates and 72-Hour Return-Admission Rates.
    Abualenain, J, Frohna, W, Shesser, R, Ding, R, Smith, M, Pines, J, Annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting, Chicago, IL
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Lectures

  • Dangers of snow and winter. 
  • Influenza/H1N1. 
    The Washington Post, WMAL radio, WJLA TV
  • ER Advice. 
    Energy Shots, WRC-TV, WTOP Radio-heat related illness, Baltimore Magazine, WUSA – heat related illne
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