Jay Lemery, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

FacultyPhoto

Website

Medical School
  • MD, Dartmouth Medical School (2000)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, University of Virginia (VA) (1993)
Residency
  • New York University School of Medicine Program, Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine (2004)
Languages
English
Department
Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Professional Titles

  • co-Director, Climate & Health Program

Recognitions

  • Member, National Academy of Medicine (2021)

Publications

  • Chekuri B, O'Connor T, Lemery J. Climate Change and Preventable Injuries. JAMA. 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1101-1102. PubMed PMID: 39230886
  • Wheat S, Chekuri B, Sorensen C, Rochford R, Lemery J. Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022;9:1060145. PubMed PMID: 36606054
  • Davis CB, Lorentzen AK, Patel H, Cheung D, Wright A, Lemery J, Penninga L. The Intersection of Telemedicine and Wilderness Care: Past, Present, and Future. Wilderness Environ Med. 2022 Jun;33(2):224-231. PubMed PMID: 35459612
  • Lee J, Sorensen C, Lemery J, Workman CF, Linstadt H, Bazilian MD. Managing upstream oil and gas emissions: A public health oriented approach. J Environ Manage. 2022 May 15;310:114766. PubMed PMID: 35228168
  • Gaudio FG, Johnson DE, DiLorenzo K, Anderson A, Musi M, Schimelpfenig T, Leemon D, Blair-Smith C, Lemery J. Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines on Anaphylaxis. Wilderness Environ Med. 2022 Mar;33(1):75-91. PubMed PMID: 35120856
  • Lemery J, Balbus J, Sorensen C, Rublee C, Dresser C, Balsari S, Calvello Hynes E. Training Clinical And Public Health Leaders In Climate And Health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Dec;39(12):2189-2196. PubMed PMID: 33284695
  • Rublee CS, Sorensen CJ, Lemery J, Wade TJ, Sams EA, Hilborn ED, Crooks JL. Associations Between Dust Storms and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000-2015. Geohealth. 2020 Aug;4(8):e2020GH000260. PubMed PMID: 32783014
  • Sorensen CJ, Salas RN, Rublee C, Hill K, Bartlett ES, Charlton P, Dyamond C, Fockele C, Harper R, Barot S, Calvello-Hynes E, Hess J, Lemery J. Clinical Implications of Climate Change on US Emergency Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):168-178. PubMed PMID: 32507491
  • Linstadt H, Collins A, Slutzman JE, Kimball E, Lemery J, Sorensen C, Winstead-Derlega C, Evans K, Auerbach PS. The Climate-Smart Emergency Department: A Primer. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):155-167. PubMed PMID: 31983497
  • Brown SP, Davis HE, McGladrey L, Brooks L, Lorentzen AK, Penninga L, Davis C, Lemery J. Psychological Care Augmented by Telemedicine after a Polar Bear Encounter at an Arctic Research Station: A Case Report. Telemed J E Health. 2020 Mar;26(3):369-373. PubMed PMID: 30912705
  • Lemery J, Sorensen C, Balbus J, Newman L, Davis C, Reno E, Salas R, Hynes EC. Science Policy Training for a New Physician Leader: Description and Framework of a Novel Climate and Health Science Policy Fellowship. AEM Educ Train. 2019 Jul;3(3):233-242. PubMed PMID: 31360816
  • Johnson RJ, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Newman LS, Lanaspa MA, Diaz HF, Lemery J, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Tolan DR, Butler-Dawson J, Sato Y, Garcia G, Hernando AA, Roncal-Jimenez CA. Climate Change and the Kidney. Ann Nutr Metab. 2019;74 Suppl 3:38-44. PubMed PMID: 31203298
  • Brown SP, Davis HE, McGladrey L, Brooks L, Lorentzen AK, Penninga L, Davis C, Lemery J. Psychological Care Augmented by Telemedicine after a Polar Bear Encounter at an Arctic Research Station: A Case Report. Telemed J E Health. 2019 Mar 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30912705
  • Mould-Millman NK, Dixon J, Burkholder TW, Sefa N, Patel H, Yaffee AQ, Osisanya A, Oyewumi T, Botchey I Jr, Osei-Ampofo M, Sawe H, Lemery J, Cushing T, Wallis LA. Fifteen years of emergency medicine literature in Africa: A scoping review. Afr J Emerg Med. 2019 Mar;9(1):45-52. PubMed PMID: 30873352
  • Sorensen CJ, Butler-Dawson J, Dally M, Krisher L, Griffin BR, Johnson RJ, Lemery J, Asensio C, Tenney L, Newman LS. Risk Factors and Mechanisms Underlying Cross-Shift Decline in Kidney Function in Guatemalan Sugarcane Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Mar;61(3):239-250. PubMed PMID: 30575695
  • Salas RN, Slutzman JE, Sorensen C, Lemery J, Hess JJ. Climate Change and Health: An Urgent Call to Academic Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;26(7):837-840. PubMed PMID: 30408266
  • Davis CB, Marzec LN, Blea Z, Godfrey D, Bickley D, Michael SS, Reno E, Bookman K, Lemery JJ. Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Sinusitis Within a Direct-to-Consumer Virtual Urgent Care. Telemed J E Health. 2019 Jun;25(6):519-522. PubMed PMID: 30020851
  • Lemery J. Peering through the hourglass. Emerg Med J. 2017 May;34(5):272-274. PubMed PMID: 28183715
  • Glaser J, Lemery J, Rajagopalan B, Diaz HF, García-Trabanino R, Taduri G, Madero M, Amarasinghe M, Abraham G, Anutrakulchai S, Jha V, Stenvinkel P, Roncal-Jimenez C, Lanaspa MA, Correa-Rotter R, Sheikh-Hamad D, Burdmann EA, Andres-Hernando A, Milagres T, Weiss I, Kanbay M, Wesseling C, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ. Climate Change and the Emergent Epidemic of CKD from Heat Stress in Rural Communities: The Case for Heat Stress Nephropathy. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):1472-83. PubMed PMID: 27151892
  • Joy E, Van Baak K, Dec KL, Semakula B, Cardin AD, Lemery J, Wortley GC, Yaron M, Madden C. Wilderness Preparticipation Evaluation and Considerations for Special Populations. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Dec;26(4 Suppl):76-91. PubMed PMID: 26617382
  • Young CC, Campbell AD, Lemery J, Young DS. Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation Evaluation for Wilderness Sports and Adventures. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Dec;26(4 Suppl):10-4. PubMed PMID: 26617373
  • Lemery J, Jackson RJ. "Independence" Day. Ann Glob Health. 2015 May-Jun;81(3):416-7. PubMed PMID: 26615076
  • Joy E, Van Baak K, Dec KL, Semakula B, Cardin AD, Lemery J, Wortley GC, Yaron M, Madden C. Wilderness Preparticipation Evaluation and Considerations for Special Populations. Clin J Sport Med. 2015 Sep;25(5):443-55. PubMed PMID: 26340738
  • Young CC, Campbell AD, Lemery J, Young DS. Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation Evaluation for Wilderness Sports and Adventures. Clin J Sport Med. 2015 Sep;25(5):388-91. PubMed PMID: 26340729
  • 1. Gomez, Balsari, Nussbaum, Heerboth, Lemery. “Environment, biodiversity, and the education of the physician of the future.” Academic Medicine. Vol 88. No 2. February 2013.
  • 1. Gomez, Balsari, Nussbaum, Heerboth, Lemery. “Environment, biodiversity, and the education of the physician of the future.” Academic Medicine. Vol 88. No 2. February 2013.
  • 2. Francis, Goodsmith, Michelow, Kulkarni, McKenney, Tomei, Kishore, Balsari, Lemery et al. “The Weill Cornell Global Health Curriculum: A Case Study on Global Health Program Development in Medical Schools” Academic Medicine, September 2012. 87(9). 1296–1302.
  • 1. Lemery J. “Lessons from Dr. Strangelove.” Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 23 (1). March 2012.
  • 2. “Intersections of Health and Human Rights: The Rights and Responsibilities Amid Climate Change and Environmental Degradation” Authored on behalf of the Editorial Staff of Health and Human Rights. Vol. 13. No 1. (2011).
  • 7. Yakoby, Lappin, Patel, Clark, Egan, Doty, Lemery. The New York Handbook of Emergency Medicine. Outskirts Press. New York. 2012.
  • 8. Kim J, Lemery J. “The ABC of Wilderness Medicine.” The New York Handbook of Emergency Medicine. Outskirts Press. New York. 2012.
  • 9. Lemery J. “A Nobel Cause for the WMS.” Wilderness Medicine. Spring 2012.
  • 1. Edelstein, Gupta, Lemery, McGinnis. Didactic Presentation: “The Rationale and Roadmap for Establishing Medical Student and Resident Wilderness Medicine Electives in Academic Emergency Medicine Education.” 2012 SAEM Annual Meeting. May 10, 2012, Chicago.
  • 2. Kulkarni A., Lemery J. “Developing a Clinical Skills Elective to Prepare Medical Students for Clinical Rotations in Resource-Poor Settings: A Strategy for Less Risk and More Reward.” Abstract Presentation: Innovations in Medical Education Across the Curriculum: 2012 Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Annual Retreat. Tufts University School of Medicine. March 24, 2012.
  • 3. Spencer, Lemery, Ahmed, Gupta, Musi. 2011 ACEP Scientific Assembly. Poster Presentation: “Warming of Multiple-Sized Intravenous Saline Bags With Chemical Hand Warmers in Near Freezing Temperatures.” San Francisco. October 2011.
  • 4. Gupta, Lemery, Musi, Ahmed, Spencer. 2011 ACEP Research Forum. Abstract Presentation #124: “Out-of-Hospital Warming of Intravenous Saline in an Austere Environment.” San Francisco. October 2011.
  • 5. Kulkarni A., Lemery J. Oral Presentation: “Wilderness Medicine within Global Health: A strategy for less risk and more reward-- A case study of integrating the two disciplines at Weill Cornell Medical College.” Wilderness Medical Society 2011 Annual Meeting. Snowmass, CO. 8/1/11.
  • 6. Kulkarni A., Sacco D., Francis L., Lemery, J. "Wilderness Medicine within Global Health: A strategy for less risk and more reward-- A case study of integrating the two disciplines at Weill Cornell Medical College." Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Abstracts from the WMS 2011 Annual Meeting. Fall 2011.
  • 7. Pandit K, Tedeschi C, Lemery J. “Scenario-based Learning: Beyond the SimLab.” Abstract, CORD Academic Assembly. March 3, 2011, San Diego CA.
  • 8. Hamilton D, Lemery J, Lipsett M, Polk J. “Atrial Fibrillation During an Exploration Class Mission”. Abstract #1010455. 82nd Annual Scientific and Human Performance Meeting, Aerospace Medical Association. Anchorage, AK, May 10, 2011.
  • 5. Madok R, Lemery J, Rodway G. “The Education of George Mallory” Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Fall 2011.
  • 4. Gaudio FG, Lemery J, Johnson D. “Recommendations on the Use of Epinephrine in Outdoor Education and Wilderness Settings.” Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Vol. 21 (4), 185-187 (2010).
  • 3. Lemery J, Sacco D., Kulkarni A, Francis L. “Wilderness Medicine Within Global Health: A Strategy for Less Risk and More Reward” Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 23 (1). March 2012.

Professional Memberships

  • Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Member
  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Fellow
  • Wilderness Medical Society (WMS), Member
  • SAEM, Member
  • National Academy of Medicine, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Emergency Medicine, Board Certification (2005)
Clinical Interests
Climate Change & Human Health Wilderness Medicine

Public Speaking
Yes



School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

School
General
Students