Summary
As the director of the Toft Lab for CPR Equity, I lead efforts to identify and address barriers to CPR training for the public. The lab focuses on addressing gender and race disparities in CPR through novel educational strategies. In 2020, our team won an Emmy award for our engaging, interactive film to teach CPR in schools, HEART CLASS (www.heart-class.com). The Toft lab collaborated with Heart &Stroke Foundation of Canada to create 4 interactive CPR training films (English & French) featuring female victims, winning 3 prestigious WEBBY awards. This work became the cornerstone for the Toft lab’s current $2M AHA and NIH grant-funded work to create more engaging and effective game-based methods to teach CPR to the public and to save lives. Visit CardiacStar.
Education
- B.S., Biology, University of California, Irvine (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha)
Clinical trainings
- Johns Hopkins Osler Internal Medicine Residency, 2010
- Assistant Chief of Service, Osler Medical Service, 2011-12
- Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship, 2010-11, 2012-14
Publications
- Cardiovascular Critical Care Core Curriculum in the Dr. Brown Vault of Education. Online free open access medical education lecture series. Over 900,000 views/downloads worldwide.
- Westhoff, J., Toft, L.E.B., et al. Clinical Research Video Series, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, 2023.
- Toft, L. Case challenges: Customizing HTN treatment strategies. http://www.acc.org [26 Jul, 2022].
- Toft, Land Yang, J.ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction–ACC/AHA Guideline Synopsis. In Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Cardiology Self-Assessment Program (CathSAP). Washington, DC: American College of Cardiology Foundation, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
- Toft, L., Faculty Advisor. First Aid for USMLE Step 1 2022 and 2023.McGraw Hill, publisher.
- Brown, L. Training Program Toolkit. In American College of Cardiology (ACC) CV Fellowship Director Training online module. American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, 2019 July.
- Le T, Brown L, Weisholtz Y, et al, eds. Scholar Rx Curriculum: Cardiology Collection.
- Improving "Code Blue" Resuscitation in the Medical ICU: An Inter-Professional Approach Utilizing Team-Based Simulation and Interactive Group Training. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine online curriculum.
- Brown, L., Rangachari, D., Block, L., and Melia, M. In: Chapter 6: Step Five, Implementation. In: Kern, D.E., Thomas, P.A., and Hughes, M.T. (Auths.) Curriculum Development for Medical Education (Ed. 3). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
- Clinical Coaching Curriculum. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education “Improve Your Teaching” website.
- Brown, L. Chapter 57: Alcohol intoxication and withdrawal. In: Garibaldi, B. (Ed.): The Internal Medicine Work-up (Patient Encounters) (Ed. 1). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2009.