Christopher Sankey
MD, FACP, SFHM
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine); Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine; Director, Program in Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine; Co-Firm Chief, Hospital Medicine Firm, General Internal Medicine; Core Faculty, Quality Improvement and Physician Leadership Distinction Pathway, Residency Programs; Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs
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Research Summary
Chris' main research focuses are upon educational curricular development and evaluation, inpatient clinical deterioration, sepsis, and the publication of clinical vignettes.
Extensive Research Description
- Area of expertise: educational curriculum development. Designed and implemented inpatient didactic curriculum for Traditional Internal Medicine Residency training program. Designed and implemented hospital medicine elective curriculum for the Yale Internal Medicine Residency training programs.
- Area of expertise: inpatient clinical deterioration. Experience locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally presenting concepts and experience with quality and process improvement regarding inpatient clinical deterioration. Medical Director of Yale-New Haven Hospital rapid response team (RRT) for 4 years. First author, peer-reviewed publication “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients. Senior author, peer-reviewed review publication “Sepsis: An Update in Management”. Senior author, peer-reviewed publication "Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an
Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical Inpatients." - Area of expertise: clinical case writing. Experience locally, regionally, and nationally presenting concepts of writing and mentoring abstract and publication submissions. First author, peer-reviewed "Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases." Multiple individual clinical case peer-reviewed publications; mentorship of many student, resident, and fellow peer-reviewed publications; mentorship of student and resident national and regional meeting poster presentations. Creator and former physician Editor, ACP Hospitalist clinical vignette section, “The Brief Case”.
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Selected Publications
- “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized PatientsSankey CB, McAvay G, Siner JM, Barsky CL, Chaudhry SI. “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2016, 31: 895-900. PMID: 26969311, PMCID: PMC4945556, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3654-x.
- Sepsis: An update in managementGalen BT, Sankey C. Sepsis: An update in management. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 746-752. PMID: 26218572, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2435.
- A party before dying.Sankey C. A party before dying. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2010, 152: 402. PMID: 20231575, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00014.
- Leadership & Professional Development: Relational Leadership—It’s Not About YouSankey C. Leadership & Professional Development: Relational Leadership—It’s Not About You. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 735-735. PMID: 34826268, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3709.
- Implementation of an automated scheduling tool improves schedule quality and resident satisfactionHoward FM, Gao CA, Sankey C. Implementation of an automated scheduling tool improves schedule quality and resident satisfaction. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0236952. PMID: 32780751, PMCID: PMC7418963, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236952.
- Addressing Cognitive Biases in Interpreting an Elevated Lactate in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Thiamine DeficiencyChehayeb R, Ilagan-Ying Y, Sankey C. Addressing Cognitive Biases in Interpreting an Elevated Lactate in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Thiamine Deficiency. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 38: 1547-1551. PMID: 36814053, PMCID: PMC9946700, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08091-w.
- Finding your niche as a generalist: S‐curves, not straight linesSankey C, Smith D, Burger A, Graves K. Finding your niche as a generalist: S‐curves, not straight lines. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 18: 278-280. PMID: 36564982, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13037.
- Ruptured Bony Metastasis in Renal Cell CarcinomaGier C, Sankey C. Ruptured Bony Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 1547-1548. PMID: 35102479, PMCID: PMC9086094, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07366-4.
- Ischemic Gastritis in a Patient with Chronic ConstipationEhteshami-Afshar S, Sankey C, Pinto Taylor E. Ischemic Gastritis in a Patient with Chronic Constipation. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 966-967. PMID: 35037177, PMCID: PMC8904702, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07190-w.
- The clock on the wallSankey C. The clock on the wall. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 3405-3406. PMID: 34617289, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17509.
- Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical casesSankey C, Williams W, Bhatnagar D, Miller CS, Lai CJ. Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases. The Clinical Teacher 2020, 17: 471-476. PMID: 31923927, DOI: 10.1111/tct.13129.
- Pneumococcal Bacteremia Complicated by Hemophagocytic LymphohistiocytosisHoward F, Sankey C. Pneumococcal Bacteremia Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 34: 1653-1657. PMID: 31011972, PMCID: PMC6667527, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05001-x.
- Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical InpatientsFogerty RL, Sussman LS, Kenyon K, Li F, Sukumar N, Kliger AS, Acker K, Sankey C. Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical Inpatients. Journal Of Patient Safety 2018, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29369071, DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000463.
- When do patients with skin and soft-tissue infections require hospital admission and intravenous antibiotics?Perry J, Fogerty RL, Sankey, C. “When do patients with skin and soft-tissue infections require hospital admission and intravenous antibiotics?” SHM The Hospitalist, October 2017.
- Incidental Discovery of Retained Triple Lumen Catheter GuidewireShih AF, Sankey C. Incidental Discovery of Retained Triple Lumen Catheter Guidewire. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2016, 32: 361-362. PMID: 27400925, PMCID: PMC5330992, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3798-8.
- Bacillus cereus Bacteremia and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass SpectrometryShih A, Grant M, and Sankey C. Bacillus cereus Bacteremia and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 2016; 24(1):14-17.
- Hospitalist Communication.Sankey C. Hospitalist Communication. In Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition, ed Miller C, Burger A, Lai C, Pahwa A. 2016. Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE.
- Sepsis Survivorship.Sankey C. Sepsis Survivorship. In Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition, ed Miller C, Burger A, Lai C, Pahwa A. 2016. Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE.
- Bacillus cereus Bacteremia and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass SpectrometryShih A, Grant M, Sankey C. Bacillus cereus Bacteremia and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Infectious Diseases In Clinical Practice 2016, 24: 14-17. DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0000000000000335.
- Erythema Ab IgneLadizinski B, Sankey C. Erythema Ab Igne. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 49: e29-e30. PMID: 25934377, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.088.
- The Sister Mary Joseph NoduleZhang K, Sankey C. The Sister Mary Joseph Nodule. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 30: 689-690. PMID: 25515137, PMCID: PMC4395608, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3135-z.
- Ingested Foreign Body Associated With Bulimia NervosaSankey C, Ladizinski B, Gaudiani JL. Ingested Foreign Body Associated With Bulimia Nervosa. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 47: e107-e108. PMID: 25060012, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.04.038.
- A Topical Matter: Toxic Epidermal NecrolysisLadizinski B, Sankey C. A Topical Matter: Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. The American Journal Of Medicine 2014, 127: 931-932. PMID: 24950488, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.06.013.
- Aortic Graft InfectionLadizinski B, Sankey C. Aortic Graft Infection. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1419-1420. PMID: 24760265, PMCID: PMC4175657, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2838-5.
- Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Cross-reactivityLadizinski B, Sankey C. Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Cross-reactivity. The American Journal Of Medicine 2014, 127: e9-e10. PMID: 24608015, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.02.039.
- Vanishing Lung SyndromeLadizinski B, Sankey C. Vanishing Lung Syndrome. New England Journal Of Medicine 2014, 370: e14. PMID: 24571779, DOI: 10.1056/nejmicm1305898.
- Failure to Yield: Refractory AchalasiaLadizinski B, Rukhman ED, Sankey C. Failure to Yield: Refractory Achalasia. The American Journal Of Medicine 2014, 127: 34-35. PMID: 24384099, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.09.004.
- The Coffee Bean Sign and Sigmoid Volvulus in an Elderly AdultLadizinski B, Amjad H, Rukhman E, Sankey C. The Coffee Bean Sign and Sigmoid Volvulus in an Elderly Adult. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2013, 61: 1843-1844. PMID: 24117312, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12484.
- Calcinosis in Adult-Onset Dermatomyositis: Metastatic or Dystrophic?Ladizinski B, Khan A, Sankey C. Calcinosis in Adult-Onset Dermatomyositis: Metastatic or Dystrophic? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 29: 246-247. PMID: 23943420, PMCID: PMC3889946, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2564-4.
- Atrial Septal Defect in an Adult PatientSankey C. Atrial Septal Defect in an Adult Patient. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28: 1524-1524. PMID: 23674076, PMCID: PMC3797352, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2481-6.
- Under the SheetsSankey C. Under the Sheets. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28: 1247-1248. PMID: 23435770, PMCID: PMC3744300, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2369-5.
- Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine Trainee-Mentored Cases.Sankey, C. “Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine Trainee-Mentored Cases,” ACP Hospitalist, May 2013.
- Communication with Primary Care Providers.Sankey C. Communication with Primary Care Providers. In Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine, 1st edition, ed Wiese, J, Auerbach, A, Glasheen, J, Li J. 2013. Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE.
- A Gut FeelingSankey C. A Gut Feeling. The American Journal Of Medicine 2012, 125: e9-e10. PMID: 22444114, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.024.
- 5 Cases from Yale New Haven Hospital.Sankey, C. “5 Cases from Yale New Haven Hospital,” ACP Hospitalist, November 2012.
- The Third DimensionSankey C, Bhatt P. The Third Dimension. The American Journal Of Medicine 2011, 124: e5-e6. PMID: 21798506, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.03.025.
- To Comfort, AlwaysSankey C. To Comfort, Always. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 1515-1516. PMID: 21735347, PMCID: PMC3235619, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1782-x.
- Role of K+ channels in L-6 myoblast migrationVan Lunteren E, Sankey C, Moyer M, Snajdar RM. Role of K+ channels in L-6 myoblast migration. Journal Of Muscle Research And Cell Motility 2002, 23: 197-204. PMID: 12500899, DOI: 10.1023/a:1020967106084.
- Catchlike property of rat diaphragm: subsequent train frequency effects in variable-train stimulationvan Lunteren E, Sankey C. Catchlike property of rat diaphragm: subsequent train frequency effects in variable-train stimulation. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2000, 88: 586-598. PMID: 10658027, DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.2.586.