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Sergey Motov, MD, FAAEM
Research Director
Professor of Emergency Medicine - SUNY Downstate
Medical School: Latvian Medical Academy
Internship: Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Professional Interests: Pain Management, Research, Medical Education
Twitter: @PainFreeED
Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Medicine Physician and Research Director at Maimonides Medical Center. He graduated from the Medical Academy of Latvia and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Maimonides. He is passionate about safe and effective pain management in the Emergency Department. He has numerous publications on the subject of opioid alternatives in pain management, and in his role as Research Director, he is actively involved in growing this body of work both nationally and globally.
Selected Scholarly Activity:
Dove D, Fassassi C, Davis A, Drapkin J, Butt M, Hossain R, Kabariti S, Likourezos A, Gohel A, Favale P, Silver M, Marshall J, Motov S. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine at Three Different Dosing Regimens for Treating Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;78(6):779-787.
Fassassi C, Dove D, Davis A, Butt M, Masoudi A, Drapkin J, Gohel A, Silver M, Likourezos A, Motov S. Analgesic efficacy of morphine sulfate immediate release vs. oxycodone/acetaminophen for acute pain in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;46:579-584.
Mazer-Amirshahi M, Motov S, Nelson LS. Intravenous Acetaminophen and Hydromorphone: The Bad and the Ugly of Emergency Department Pain Management. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;27(8):793-794.
Strayer RJ, Hawk K, Hayes BD, Herring AA, Ketcham E, LaPietra AM, Lynch JJ, Motov S, Repanshek Z, Weiner SG, Nelson LS. Management of Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A White Paper Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;58(3):522-546.
Mitchell OJL, Yuriditsky E, Johnson NJ, Doran O, Buckler DG, Neefe S, Seethala RR, Motov S, Moskowitz A, Lee J, Griffin KM, Shashaty MGS, Horowitz JM, Abella BS; Coronavirus 2019 In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (COVID IHCA) Study Group. In-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with coronavirus 2019. Resuscitation. 2021 Mar;160:72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.01.012. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33515638; PMCID: PMC7839632.
Motov S, Rockoff B, Cohen V, Pushkar I, Likourezos A, McKay C, Soleyman-Zomalan E, Homel P, Terentiev V, Fromm C. Intravenous Subdissociative-Dose Ketamine Versus Morphine for Analgesia in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;66(3):222-229.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.004. Epub 2015 Mar 26. PMID: 25817884.
Motov S, Yasavolian M, Likourezos A, Pushkar I, Hossain R, Drapkin J, Cohen V, Filk N, Smith A, Huang F, Rockoff B, Homel P, Fromm C. Comparison of Intravenous Ketorolac at Three Single-Dose Regimens for Treating Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;70(2):177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.10.014. Epub 2016 Dec 16. PMID: 27993418.
Motov S, Masoudi A, Drapkin J, Sotomayor C, Kim S, Butt M, Likourezos A, Fassassi C, Hossain R, Brady J, Rothberger N, Flom P, Marshall J. Comparison of Oral Ibuprofen at Three Single-Dose Regimens for Treating Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Oct;74(4):530-537. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.05.037. Epub 2019 Aug 2. PMID: 31383385.