Kent McCann, MD

Instructor of Emergency Medicine

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Contact Info

Kent.McCann@Yale.edu

About

Titles

Instructor of Emergency Medicine

Appointments

Emergency Medicine
Instructor
Primary
Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine
Melnick Informatics Lab
Real-world Evidence in Acute Care Lab
Yale New Haven Health System

Education & Training

Clinical Informatics Fellow: Yale - VA (2027)

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow: St. Luke's University Health Network (2022)

Fellowship: St. Luke's University Health Network (2022)

Emergency Medicine Resident: Baystate Medical Center (2021)

MD: UMass Chan Medical School (2018)

MD: University of Massachusetts Medical School (2018)

BA: Tufts University, Music (2012)

Board Certifications

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Certification Organization
ABIM
Original Certification Date
2022
Emergency Medicine
Certification Organization
ABEM
Original Certification Date
2022

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Kent McCann's published research.

Donald Wright, MD, MHS
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Eileen Alvarez
Former YSM
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Ronald George Hauser III, MD
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Publications

ORCID
0009-0003-5969-4502

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

activity
Continuous-Value Tokenization Improves Medical Foundation Model Performance
11/07/2026 - PresentPoster PresentationAmerican Medical Informatics Association Symposium
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Dallas, TX, United States
Collaborators
Kent McCann, MD
Ikgyu Shin, MS
Andrew Loza, MD, PhD
Mark Iscoe, MD, MHS
Huan Li, PhD
activity
Medical Event Foundation Models: Learning the Language of Patient Trajectories
05/28/2026 - 05/29/2026Oral PresentationACIF VCC
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activity
Prognosis after Emergency Intubation in a Large International Dataset to Inform Decision Making
05/18/2026 - 05/21/2026Oral PresentationSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting
Details
Atlanta, GA, United States
Collaborators
Kent McCann, MD
Donald Wright, MD, MHS
Ted Melnick, MD, MHS
Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA, FACEP
activity
Continuous-Value Tokenization Improves Medical Foundation Model Performance
04/28/2026 - 04/29/2026Poster PresentationFrom Innovation to Impact: AI at Yale
Details
New Haven, CT, United States
Collaborators
Kent McCann, MD
Ikgyu Shin, MS
Huan Li, PhD
Ted Melnick, MD, MHS
Mark Iscoe, MD, MHS
Andrew Loza, MD, PhD
activity
Improving Risk Prediction and Treatment Effect Estimation Using Multimodal Medical Foundation Models
04/28/2026 - 04/29/2026LectureFrom Innovation to Impact: Ai at Yale
Details
New Haven, CT, United States
Collaborators
Andrew Loza, MD, PhD

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Honors

honor
Hero Award
09/30/2023Hospital System AwardSt. Luke's University Health Network
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Get In Touch

Contacts

Email

Kent.McCann@Yale.edu

Academic Office Number

Locations

Department of Emergency Medicine
Academic Office
Seamco Building
464 Congress Avenue, Ste 260
New Haven, CT 06519
Appointments
203.688.4242
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