Cameron Upchurch
Assistant Professor, Emergency and Internal Medicine
Director, Critical Care Education
Co-Medical Director, ECMO program
PRONOUNS he/him
- M.D., Vanderbilt University
- B.S., University of Arizona
Department of Emergency Medicine
Areas of expertise
airway and peri-intubation management; advanced shock; acute respiratory failure; advanced ventilator management; mechanical circulatory support; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
BIO
Cam Upchurch MD is an emergency medicine-intensivist and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He works clinically in the emergency department, medical ICU, cardiovascular ICU, and surgical/trauma ICU. He is Director of Critical Care Education and Co-Medical Director of the ECMO program. He serves as a member of the "Pulmonary Embolism Response Team" and "Cardiogenic Shock Team." He has particular expertise and research expertise in airway and peri-intubation management, severe respiratory failure and ventilator management, pulmonary embolism, advanced shock management, mechanical circulatory support, and physiologic-driven care.
Publications
Bio
Cam Upchurch MD is an emergency medicine-intensivist and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He works clinically in the emergency department, medical ICU, cardiovascular ICU, and surgical/trauma ICU. He is Director of Critical Care Education and Co-Medical Director of the ECMO program. He serves as a member of the "Pulmonary Embolism Response Team" and "Cardiogenic Shock Team." He has particular expertise and research expertise in airway and peri-intubation management, severe respiratory failure and ventilator management, pulmonary embolism, advanced shock management, mechanical circulatory support, and physiologic-driven care.
Publications
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- Upchurch CP, Grijalva CG, Russ S, et al. Comparison of Etomidate and Ketamine for Induction During Rapid Sequence Intubation of Adult Trauma Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2017;69(1):24-33.e2. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.009
- Upchurch CP, Sanfilippo K, Lew D, Samant M, McDonald R. Association of Shock Index and Variants with Mortality in Acute Pulmonary Embolism. West J Emerg Med. 2025;27(1):137-145. Published 2025 Dec 23. doi:10.5811/westjem.48698
- Upchurch CP, Wessman BT, Roberts BW, Fuller BM. Arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide gap and its characterization in mechanically ventilated adults in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2023;73:154-159. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.08.042
- Upchurch C, Blumenberg A, Brodie D, MacLaren G, Zakhary B, Hendrickson RG. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in poisoning: a narrative review with clinical recommendations. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021;59(10):877-887. doi:10.1080/15563650.2021.1945082
- Condella A, Lentz S, Upchurch C, Badulak J, Long B, Gottlieb M. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): A narrative review for the emergency clinician. Am J Emerg Med. 2025;96:6-14. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2025.06.007