Hope A. Ring, M.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Hope Ring, MD,
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Legacy Urgent Cares
The University of Kansas Health System

Dr. Hope Ring earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She received her Medical Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Ring has held several leadership roles throughout her career, including Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director and Physician Director for a Level 1 Senior Emergency Department in Michigan. Since joining The University of Kansas Health System in December 2021, she has served as the Medical Director for the legacy Urgent Cares and as Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine.
At the national level, Dr. Ring has made significant contributions to the advancement of emergency medicine. She was a member of the ACGME Emergency Medicine Milestone Committee, an oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), and the former chair of Envision Health’s National Healthcare Disparities Committee. Currently, she serves as Vice Chair of Education at the University of Kansas and is a member of the board of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Her professional interests include critical care, academic medicine, and physician wellness.

Research

Overview

Simmons, S, Sharp B, Fowler J, Fowkes H, Paz-Arabo P, Dilt-Skaggs MK, Singal B, Carte T. Mind the (knowledge) gap: the effect of a communication instrument on emergency department patients' comprehension of and satisfaction with care." Patient Education Counseling. 2015 Feb;98(2):257-62. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.10.020. Epub 2014 Nov 3.

Stein PD, Matta F, Hughes PG, Ghiardi M, March JH, Khwarg J, Brandon MS, Fowkes HA, Kazan, V, Wiepking M, Keyes DC, Kakish EJ, Hughes MJ. "Home Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants." Clinical Applied Thrombosis-Hemostasis. 2015 Nov;21(8):729-32. doi: 10.1177/1076029615598222.Epub

Valiuddin H, Ring H, Fallon H, Valliuddin Y. “Comparison of admission rates among patients treated by male and female emergency physicians: a multicenter study.” 2020 Jul 1;20(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00349-4, PMID: 32611316

Maura Kennedy,MD, MPH; Benjamin K. I. Helfand, MSc; Ray Yun Gou, MA; Sarah L. Gartaganis, MSW, MPH; MargaretWebb, BA; J. Michelle Moccia, DNP, ANP-BC, GS- C; Stacey N. Bruursema, LMSW-C; Belinda Dokic, MHA; Brigid McCulloch, DO; Hope Ring, MD; Justin D. Margolin, BS; Ellen Zhang, BA; Robert Anderson, MD;
Rhonda L. Babine,MS, APRN, ACNS-BC; Tammy Hshieh,MD, MPH; Ambrose H.Wong,MD, MSEd; R. Andrew Taylor,MD, MHS; Kathleen Davenport, MD; Brittni Teresi, BA; Tamara G. Fong, MD, PhD; Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH. “Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department. JAMA NetwOpen. PMID: 33211114: 2020;3(11) 2020 Nov 2;3(11):e2029540. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29540.

Robert Cooney MD; Michael Beeson MD; Tiffany Murano MD; Hope Ring MD; Ryan Starr MD: Laura Edgar; “The Emergency Medicine Milestones 2.0: Setting the Stage for 2025 and Beyond.” AEM Education and Training . June 2021 Article ID: AET210640 Article DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10640. Internal Article ID: 17147254

Jerry Oommen DO; Hisham Valiuddin DO; Hope Ring MD; Paul Shotkin MD: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis with Skull Base. Authorea. March 18, 2021. DOI: 10.22541/au.161604009.91063403/v1

Taylor Diederich MD; Mary Velagapudi DO; Hope Ring MD: Complications of Bacterial Keratitis Impacted by Social Determinants of Health: A Case Report. November 20, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.1594

Jarrod Flax MD; Michelle Wilson MD; Hope Ring MD, FACEP: Management of Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Urgent Care. EBMedicine, November 2023.