Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH, FACEP
Vice Chair for Research
Medical Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Certification: Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Forensic Examiners
Educational Background
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine - Old Westbury
Internship: St. Barnabas Hospital - Bronx, New York
Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York City
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology
Conditions Treated
Abdominal pain
Asthma attacks
Behavioral health conditions
Bleeding
Breathing problems
Burns
Chronic severe medical conditions
Diabetes
Gynecology problems
Heart problems
High blood pressure (hypertension)
High fevers
Injuries
Obstetric (pregnancy) problems
Pediatric conditions
Stroke
Trauma
Wound care
Publications & Features
- Men’s Health Month
June 16, 2021 – YurView - COVID-19 Vaccine Education
June 9, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) - Arizona on track to have second-highest number of Valley Fever cases in 15 years
May 30, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Emma Lockhart
Article | Video - Fully-vaccinated Arizona lawmaker goes to emergency room due to COVID-19
May 4, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Briana Whitney
Article | Video - Can the vaccine help COVID-19 long haulers?
April 28, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) - CDC expected to update mask guidance as Mesa, Higley school districts make changes
April 26, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Brittni Thomason - Performance of PCR/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry on whole blood for detection of bloodstream microorganisms in patients with suspected sepsis
2021 – Journal of clinical microbiology 58 (9), K Strålin, RE Rothman, V Özenci, K Barkataki, D Brealey, N Dhiman, - Intravenous peramivir vs oral oseltamivir in high‐risk emergency department patients with influenza: Results from a pilot randomized controlled study
2021 – Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 15 (1), 121-131, YH Hsieh, AF Dugas, F LoVecchio, B McBryde, EP Ricketts - Emergence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Urinary Tract Infections Among Hospitalized Emergency Department Patients in the United States
2021 – Annals of emergency medicine 77 (1), 32-43, DA Talan, SS Takhar, A Krishnadasan, WR Mower, DJ Pallin, M Garg - Sex‐related Differences in D‐dimer Levels for Venous Thromboembolism Screening
2021 – Academic Emergency Medicine, JJ Reagh, H Zheng, U Stolz, BA Parry, AM Chang, SL House - Identification of pathogens from the upper respiratory tract of adult emergency department patients at high risk for influenza complications in a pre-Sars-CoV-2 environment
2021 – Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 115352, J. Hardick, K. Shaw-Saliba, B. McBryde, CA. Gaydos, YH. Hsieh - A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis
2021 – The New England journal of medicine 384 (9), 879 - Arizona emergency room doctors seeing fewer patients with flu this year
February 26, 2021 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Brittni Thomason - Oral 5-Day Lefamulin for Outpatient Management of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: Post-hoc Analysis of the Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia (LEAP) 2 Trial
2021- The Journal of Emergency Medicine, F. LoVecchio, J. Schranz, E. Alexander, D. Mariano, A. Meads, C. Sandrock - Death, Through a Nurse’s Eyes
February 24, 2021 – NY Times by Alexander Stockton and Lucy King - Coronavirus in Arizona on Jan. 27 5,918 new cases,195 new deaths reported Wednesday
January 27, 2021 – CBS8 by 12 News - Health officials: Arizona COVID-19 triage care again likely
January 1, 2021 -Daily Independent – Anita Snow - Vaccinating America a Long Road ahead
December 15, 2020 – CBS America - What you need to know as COVID-19 vaccination gets underway in Arizona
December 11, 2020 – Fox 10 by Matt Galka, Bailey Miller, Irene Snyder, Jennifer Martinez, Linda Williams - Arizona Doctors Weigh in On new Study of COVID-19
July 27, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Briana Whitney - Study shows asymptomatic COVID patients could have long term lung damage
June 30, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Briana Whitney - Moonshine made from Hand Sanitizer causing Methanol poisonings in AZ
June 29, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Max Gorden - Valley Doctors and Nurses on frontlines say more help is needed
June 22, 2020 -Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Emma Lockhart - Coronavirus model once used by White House now predicts 200,000 U.S. deaths by October
June 16, 2020 – CBS News by Audrey McNamara - Doctor Describes ICU and Emergency Room Conditions in AZ
June 15, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Briana Whitney - New coronavirus hotspots emerge in the South and Southwest
June 13, 2020 – CBS News - ER Doctor says Arizona hospitals have run out of ICU bed
June 6, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Carissa Planalp - Doctors Not Surprised With Rise in COVID-19 Cases in AZ
June 3, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Kristine Harrington - Concerns Over Spike in Coronavirus Cases amid Nationwide Protests
June 1, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Kristine Harrington - Temperature checks for COVID-19 can be misleading in AZ heat
May 13, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Kristine Harrington - Doctor Questions Doctor Congressman’s Health Recommendations
May 11, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Dennis Welch - Thermal imaging could be used to check temperatures
April 28, 2020 -Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by Briana Whitney - Arizona Doctor warns of heat related illnesses as temperature rise
April 26, 2020 – Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) by David Caltabiano - Doctors Talk about COVID-19 ‘Beast’
March 27, 2020 – AZ Central by Stephanie Innes
