Megan L. Fix
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Megan L. Fix, MD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Fix is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. She is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates resident physicians and medical students.

Her interests include medical education, airway management, and physician well being. A major focus of her career has been in medical education. She has been involved in undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education on multiple levels.

She currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and the Vice Chair of Education for Emergency Medicine.

Research interests: Airway management, medical education, mentoring

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)

Dr. Fix is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. She is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates resident physicians and medical students.

Her interests include medical education, airway management, and physician well being. A major focus of her career has been in medical education. She has been involved in undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education on multiple levels.

She currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and the Vice Chair of Education for Emergency Medicine.

Research interests: Airway management, medical education, mentoring

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Eccles Health Library -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Human Biology - Stanford University B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - Stanford School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Emergency Medicine - Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Resident
Chief Resident Emergency Medicine - Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Chief Resident
Fellowship Teaching Fellowship - Emergency Medicine Foundation-American College of Emergency Physicians Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Lum MM, Fix ML, Bohan S (2016). What Is the Significance of Elevated Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease?. Annals of emergency medicine, 68(1), 107-9.
  2. Fix ML, Lum MM, Bohan J (2015). Does Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin Dual Therapy Reduce Risk of Stroke in Patients at High Risk for Stroke?. Annals of emergency medicine, 66(1), 67-8.
  3. Lingenfelter E, Drapkin Z, Fritz K, Youngquist S, Madsen T, Fix (2016). ED pharmacist monitoring of provider antibiotic selection aids appropriate treatment for outpatient UTI. The American journal of emergency medicine, 34(8), 1600-3.
  4. DeLaney M, Zimmerman KD, Strout TD, Fix M (2013). The effect of medical students and residents on measures of efficiency and timeliness in an academic medical center emergency department. Academic medicine, 88(11), 1723-31.
  5. Ilgen JS, Bowen JL, McIntyre LA, Banh KV, Barnes D, Coates WC, Druck J, Fix ML, Rimple D, Yarris LM, Eva K (2013). Comparing diagnostic performance and the utility of clinical vignette-based assessment under testing conditions designed to encourage either automatic or analytic thought. Academic medicine, 88(10), 1545-51.
  6. Mallin M, Schlein S, Doctor S, Stroud S, Dawson M, Fix (2014). A survey of the current utilization of asynchronous education among emergency medicine residents in the United States. Academic medicine, 89(4), 598-601.
  7. Hurtado T, Wilkinson S, Battaglia B, Gilbertson E, Shipman H, Robinson M, O'Brien K, Shayman C, Gelhard S, Wilde B, Fix M, Anderson K, Tsai T, Wonsor B, Stevenson A, Richards (2021). Rethinking Career Exploration Interventions to Influence Student Help-Seeking Perspectives. Academic medicine, 96(11S), S187-S188.
  8. Krulewitz NA, Fix M (2019). Epistaxis. Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 37(1), 29-39.
  9. Godwin HT, Fix ML, Baker O, Madsen T, Walls RM, Brown CA 3r (2020). Emergency Department Airway Management for Status Asthmaticus With Respiratory Failure. Respiratory care, 65(12), 1904-1907.
  10. Stoecklein HH, Kelly C, Kaji AH, Fantegrossi A, Carlson M, Fix ML, Madsen T, Walls RM, Brown CA 3rd, NEAR Investigators (2019). Multicenter Comparison of Nonsupine Versus Supine Positioning During Intubation in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR) Study. Academic emergency medicine, 26(10), 1144-1151.
  11. Levin NM, Fix ML, April MD, Arana AA, Brown CA 3rd, NEAR Investigators (2021). The association of rocuronium dosing and first-attempt intubation success in adult emergency department patients. CJEM, 23(4), 518-527.
  12. Brant-Zawadzki G, Boltax J, Bott S, Chapman M, Fix M, Freeman A, Fuller M, Hartsell S, Krulewitz N, Ledyard H, Morgan M, Stephen R, Unger L, Williams W, Roginski MA, Lingenfelter E, Sloan C, Ciullo (2021). A Guide for Caring for Patients Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 15(4), e19.
  13. MacVane CZ, Fix ML, Strout TD, Zimmerman KD, Bloch RB, Hein C (2017). Congratulations, You're Pregnant! Now About Your Shifts . . . : The State of Maternity Leave Attitudes and Culture in EM. The western journal of emergency medicine, 18(5), 800-810.
  14. Dehon E, Zachrison KS, Peltzer-Jones J, Tabatabai RR, Clair E, Puskarich MA, Ondeyka A, Dixon-Gordon K, Walter LA, Situ-LaCasse EH, Fix M (2021). Sources of Distress and Coping Strategies Among Emergency Physicians During COVID-19. The western journal of emergency medicine, 22(6), 1240-1252.
  15. Graham EM, Ferrel MN, Wells KM, Egan DJ, MacVane CZ, Gisondi MA, Burns BD, Madsen TE, Fix M (2021). Gender-based Barriers in the Advancement of Women Leaders in Emergency Medicine: A Multi-institutional Qualitative Study. The western journal of emergency medicine, 22(6), 1355-1359.
  16. Pugh A, Ford T, Madsen T, Carlson C, Doyle G, Stephen R, Stroud S, Fix (2020). Impact of a financial incentive on the completion of educational metrics. International journal of emergency medicine, 13(1), 60.
  17. Wolff M, Hammoud M, Santen S, Deiorio N, Fix (2020). Coaching in undergraduate medical education: a national survey. Medical education online, 25(1), 1699765.
  18. Olaf M, Moffett S, Ledford M, Fix M, Smith (2021). Resource Utilization and Emergency Medicine Advisors' Approach to Video Interview Preparation. Cureus, 13(10), e18504.
  19. Ford TR, Fix ML, Shappell E, Egan DJ, Mannix A, Bailitz J, Li X, Gottlieb (2021). Beyond the emergency department: Effects of COVID-19 on emergency medicine resident education. AEM education and training, 5(3), e10568.
  20. Pickett J, Haas MRC, Fix ML, Tabatabai RR, Carrick A, Robertson J, Barnes AV, Ondeyka A, Brown MJ, Edwards AR, Dehon (2019). Training in the Management of Psychobehavioral Conditions: A Needs Assessment Survey of Emergency Medicine Residents. AEM education and training, 3(4), 365-374.
  21. Gottlieb M, Landry A, Egan DJ, Shappell E, Bailitz J, Horowitz R, Fix (2020). Rethinking Residency Conferences in the Era of COVID-19. AEM education and training, 4(3), 313-317.
  22. MacVane CZ, Puissant M, Fix M, Strout TD, Bonney C, Welsh L, Mittelman A, Ricker J, Agarwal (2022). Scheduling practices for pregnant emergency medicine residents. AEM education and training, 6(6), e10813.
  23. Gottlieb M, Bailitz J, Fix M, Shappell E, Wagner M (2023). Educator's blueprint: A how-to guide for developing high-quality multiple-choice questions. AEM education and training, 7(1), e10836.
  24. Gottlieb M, Jordan J, Krzyzaniak S, Mannix A, King A, Cooney R, Fix M, Shappell (2023). Trends in emergency medicine resident procedural reporting over a 10-year period. AEM education and training, 7(1), e10841.
  25. Gottlieb M, Cooney R, King A, Mannix A, Krzyzaniak S, Jordan J, Shappell E, Fix (2023). Trends in point-of-care ultrasound use among emergency medicine residency programs over a 10-year period. AEM education and training, 7(2), e10853.
  26. Wheelwright JC, Pence R, Richards B, Stroud S, Stephen R, Fix M (2023). Virtual Shadowing: An Effective Approach to Gaining Exposure to the Field of Emergency Medicine. Advances in medical education and practice, 14, 557-561.
  27. Ford T, Fix ML, Madsen TE, Stroud (2020). The Eyes Have It: A Low-Cost Model for Corneal Foreign Body Removal Training. Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine, 5(1), I10-I14.
  28. Arno K, Bradby C, Shappell E, Mannix A, Fix M, Jordan J, Cooney R, Krzyzaniak SM, Gottlieb (2024). Differences in emergency medicine resident procedural reporting by race and ethnicity. AEM education and training, 8(1), e10930.
  29. Gottlieb M, Mannix A, Shappell E, Jordan J, Fix M, Cooney R, King A, Krzyzaniak (2024). Differences in Emergency Medicine Resident Procedural Reporting by Gender in the United States. Journal of graduate medical education, 16(1), 70-74.
  30. Bonnett R, Robson J, Anderson K, Fix (2024). Coaching medical students to give quality feedback. Medical education,
  31. Chow CJ, Ferrel MN, Graham EM, Fix M (2024). Perspectives From Students and Faculty on How Women Achieve Leadership Roles in Academic Medicine: An Exploratory Qualitative Study. Cureus, 16(4), e57969.
  32. Chandra S, Olaf M, Fix M, Bord S, Katirji L, Dixon W, Pasirstein M, Schrepel C, Scott K (2024). The Influence of COVID on Emergency Medicine Career Choice: A Survey of Medical Students. Cureus, 16(4), e59055.
  33. Gottlieb M, Fix (2024). Bougie First: Rethinking the Modern Airway Algorithm. Annals of emergency medicine, 83(2), 145-146.
  34. Butler JM, Taft T, Taber P, Rutter E, Fix M, Baker A, Weir C, Nevers M, Classen D, Cosby K, Jones M, Chapman A, Jones B (2024). Pneumonia diagnosis performance in the emergency department: a mixed-methods study about clinicians' experiences and exploration of individual differences and response to diagnostic performance feedback. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 31(7), 1503-1513.
  35. Jones BE, Chapman AB, Ying J, Rutter ED, Nevers MR, Baker A, Dean NC, Fix ML, Singh H, Cosby KS, Taber PA, Weir CD, Jones MM, Samore MH, Butler J (2024). Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia : A National Cohort Study of 115 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Annals of internal medicine, 177(9), 1179-1189.
  36. Berko J, Raps C, Cacic Q, Stephen R, Fix M, Beaulieu A (2024). A Case of Severe Erythroderma in a Patient with Pustular Psoriasis. Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine, 8(4), 388-390.
  37. Casper SJ, Fix ML, Spivak A (2025). A blind spot in HIV diagnosis guidelines?. AIDS (London, England), 39(3), 334-335.
  38. Petelinsek S, Shimanski I, Fix M, Mendenhall T, Hughes P (2025). Hidden in plain sight: A malpositioned intrauterine device as the culprit of acute pelvic pain - a case report. The American journal of emergency medicine,
  39. Luo AD, Zeuthen C, Werley EB, Shappell E, Pelletier-Bui A, Estes M, Fix M, Preiksaitis C, Mihalic AP, Egan D (2025). Program Signaling in Emergency Medicine: Applicant Trends and Outcomes From the 2023 and 2024 Match. AEM education and training, 9(3), e70070.
  40. Taylor D, Anderson K, Dathatri S, Klig JE, Park H, Fix (2025). Medical student coaching in the U.S.: a national survey of clinical skills educators. BMC medical education, 25(1), 1486.
  41. Morris J, Sommer M, Braun F, Klapthor B, Beaulieu A, Fix (2026). Effects of Volume Overload: A Case Report of an Edema Bulla. Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine, 11(1), V6-V8.

Editorial

  1. Marcolini EG, Fix M (2026). Neurologic Emergencies. Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 44(1), xv-xvi.

Abstract

  1. Ferrel MN, Graham EM, Wells K, Egan DJ, MacVane CZ, Gisondi MA, Burns BD, Madsen TE, Fix M (2020). Assessing Improvement in Factors Contributing to the Advancement of Women Leadership in Emergency Medicine: Multi-Institutional Study. 76(45), S131.
  2. Graham EM, Ferrel M, Wells K, Egan D, MacVane C, Gisondi M, Burns BD, Madsen TE, Fix M (2020). Gender-based Barriers in the Advancement of Women Leaders in Emergency Medicine: A Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study. 76(45), S47.

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