Tom-Meka Michele Archinard

Tom-meka Michele Archinard, M.D., is an emergency medicine physician based in Decatur, Alabama, with active licensure across a broad range of states including New Jersey, Michigan, Washington, Tennessee, Maryland, Illinois, and others. Her multi-state licensure reflects a practice that extends well beyond a single jurisdiction.

Her published research touches on two areas with direct relevance to emergency department practice: the management of patients presenting with elevated blood pressure and the standardization of HIV testing protocols in emergency settings. The latter work appeared in Academic Emergency Medicine as part of a report from the 2007 National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium, addressing nomenclature and definitions for ED-based HIV testing. A separate study, published in the Journal of Community Health, examined the feasibility of referring emergency department patients with elevated blood pressure for follow-up care, a topic at the intersection of acute care and public health.