Hope A. Ring, M.D.

Professional Background

Hope A. Ring, MD
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Urgent Care and Virtual Urgent Care
The University of Kansas Health System
Dr. Hope Ring is Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of Urgent Care and Virtual Urgent Care at The University of Kansas Health System. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident.
Throughout her career, Dr. Ring has held numerous academic and administrative leadership positions, including Medical Student Clerkship Director, Associate Residency Program Director, Residency Program Director, and Physician Director of a Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department. Since joining the University of Kansas in 2021, she has led the expansion and standardization of urgent care services while overseeing the department's educational mission, including the residency, fellowships, faculty development, and medical student education.
Nationally, Dr. Ring is a recognized leader in emergency medicine education and physician assessment. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), where she has held multiple leadership roles in examination development, continuing certification, and physician assessment. She was a member of the ACGME Emergency Medicine Milestones 2.0 Work Group, helping develop the national competency framework used to assess Emergency Medicine residents, and has contributed to the development of ABEM's next-generation Certifying Examination. She previously chaired Envision Healthcare's National Healthcare Disparities Committee, leading initiatives to improve health equity across emergency departments nationwide.
Dr. Ring's academic interests include medical education, physician assessment, urgent care innovation, quality improvement, health equity, and emergency care for older adults. Her work focuses on advancing physician education, improving patient outcomes, and developing national standards for Emergency Medicine training and certification.

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.