Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency MedicineCards
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Associate Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Associate Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Associate Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency DepartmentBiography
Dr. Sangal is board certified in clinical informatics and emergency medicine. He is interested in quality improvement, clinical operations and process improvement within healthcare. He is specifically interested in how we can leverage technology and the health record to provide optimal care allowing physicians and care teams to spend more time with patients.
He completed an Administration Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University and obtained his MBA from the Yale School of Management. As part of fellowship, he maintained leadership roles in multiple projects for the ED. Some included deactivating dozens of low value system alerts saving hundred of thousands of clinician “clicks,” operationalizing ED observation care, driving communication of protocols around ED COVID management, and developing capital budgets and incentive plans. He is the Associate Medical Director of the Adult Emergency Department and is Medical Director within Care Signature working towards unifying care delivery across the health system nine emergency departments.
He has published multiple papers in multiple areas of administration including those on patient satisfaction, staff wellness, and management during COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Sangal earned his undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College double majoring in biochemistry and neuroscience. He completed medical school at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and emergency medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania where he was chief resident. He is originally from Andover, MA and lives in the New Haven suburbs.
Appointments
Emergency Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Administrative Fellow
- Yale University (2021)
- MBA
- Yale School of Management (2021)
- Resident
- University of Pennsylvania (2019)
- MD
- Brown University
- BA
- Bowdoin College, Biochemistry and Neuroscience
Board Certifications
Emergency Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Emergency Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2021
Research
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Andrew Ulrich, MD
Craig Rothenberg
Vivek Parwani, MD, FACEP
Andrew Taylor, MD, MHS
Allen Hsiao, MD, FAAP, FAMIA
Emergency Medicine
Publications
Featured Publications
Real-World Observational Evaluation of Common Interventions to Reduce Emergency Department Prescribing of Opioid Medications
Sangal R, Rothenberg C, Hawk K, D'Onofrio G, Hsiao A, Solad Y, Venkatesh A. Real-World Observational Evaluation of Common Interventions to Reduce Emergency Department Prescribing of Opioid Medications. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2023, 49: 239-246. PMID: 36914528, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsOpioid prescribingED visitsElectronic health recordsOpioid prescriptionsEmergency department opioid prescriptionsAnalgesia prescriptionOpioid stewardshipOpioid medicationsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomePreintervention periodInterruptive alertsCommon interventionPrescribingAlert fatigueElectronic prescribingPrevious interventionsHospital systemObservational evaluationHealth recordsVisitsStewardship policiesInterventionOutcomesPrescriptionDisparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act
Sangal RB, Powers E, Rothenberg C, Ndumele C, Ulrich A, Hsiao A, Venkatesh AK. Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 593-598. PMID: 34353651, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsProportion of patientsPatient portal accessEmergency departmentOpen notesClinical notesPortal accessPublic insuranceUrgent care centersCentury Cures ActDifferent patient demographicsSingle health systemPatient demographicsPrimary outcomeCures ActPatient utilizationPatient visitsCare centerObservational studyPatientsDigital health toolsAge 18Health systemHealth toolsUnique barriersNon-English speakersSociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Sangal R, Su H, Khidir H, Parwani V, Liebhardt B, Pinker E, Meng L, Venkatesh A, Ulrich A. Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2326338. PMID: 37505495, PMCID: PMC10383013, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCross-sectional studyHigh acuityPatient demographicsSame acuityLatino ethnicityNon-Hispanic raceEmergency department careBed placementTime of triageNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesED visitsPrimary outcomeED arrivalED patientsMedicaid insuranceMean ageTriage acuityStudy visitAcuity patientsSociodemographic disparitiesED outcomesHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMECare accessClinical Decision Support: Moving Beyond Interruptive “Pop-up” Alerts
Sangal R, Sharifi M, Rhodes D, Melnick E. Clinical Decision Support: Moving Beyond Interruptive “Pop-up” Alerts. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2023, 98: 1275-1279. PMID: 37661138, PMCID: PMC10491420, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2024
Patient-Representing Population's Perceptions of GPT-Generated Versus Standard Emergency Department Discharge Instructions: Randomized Blind Survey Assessment.
Huang T, Safranek C, Socrates V, Chartash D, Wright D, Dilip M, Sangal R, Taylor R. Patient-Representing Population's Perceptions of GPT-Generated Versus Standard Emergency Department Discharge Instructions: Randomized Blind Survey Assessment. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2024, 26: e60336. PMID: 39094112, DOI: 10.2196/60336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricImpact of the geriatric emergency medicine specialist intervention on final emergency department disposition
Cohen I, Sangal R, Taylor R, Crawford A, Lai J, Martin P, Palleschi S, Rothenberg C, Tomasino D, Hwang U. Impact of the geriatric emergency medicine specialist intervention on final emergency department disposition. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 2017-2026. PMID: 38667266, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsED length of stayED lengthLength of stayObservation admissionsED dispositionInpatient admissionsEmergency departmentOdds of inpatient admissionRate of hospital admissionsAdvanced practice providersGeriatric ED patientsEmergency medicine specialistsTarget trial emulation frameworkHospital admission ratesOdds of dischargeRegional healthcare systemEmergency department dispositionIncreased odds of dischargeCare planningPractice providersED sitesED visitsOlder adultsSpecialist interventionAdmission ratesAutomated HEART score determination via ChatGPT: Honing a framework for iterative prompt development
Safranek C, Huang T, Wright D, Wright C, Socrates V, Sangal R, Iscoe M, Chartash D, Taylor R. Automated HEART score determination via ChatGPT: Honing a framework for iterative prompt development. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2024, 5: e13133. PMID: 38481520, PMCID: PMC10936537, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.13133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsPrompt designsChest pain evaluationRule-based logicScore determinationLanguage modelPrivacy safeguardsPrompt improvementExtract insightsPain evaluationClinical notesRate of responseDiagnostic performancePhysician assessmentPrompt testingDetermination of heartChatGPTDesign frameworkNote analysisHeartSubscoresSimulated patientsClinical spaceUsing an artificial intelligence software improves emergency medicine physician intracranial haemorrhage detection to radiologist levels
Warman P, Warman A, Warman R, Degnan A, Blickman J, Smith D, McHale P, Coburn Z, McCormick S, Chowdhary V, Dash D, Sangal R, Vadhan J, Bueso T, Windisch T, Neves G. Using an artificial intelligence software improves emergency medicine physician intracranial haemorrhage detection to radiologist levels. Emergency Medicine Journal 2024, 41: 298-303. PMID: 38233106, DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCranial CT scanEmergency physiciansIntracranial haemorrhageBoard-certified emergency physiciansCT scanYears of practice experienceNon-contrast cranial CT scansED physiciansClinical careImaging ReportingEP cohortArtificial intelligenceReader accuracyNon-contrastPatient outcomesRadiologistsRandom orderPhysiciansPatientsCohort
2023
Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces
Tuffuor K, Su H, Meng L, Pinker E, Tarabar A, Van Tonder R, Chmura C, Parwani V, Venkatesh A, Sangal R. Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 76: 70-74. PMID: 38006634, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEscalation of careAdjusted odds ratioED revisitsHallway bedsEmergency departmentHigher oddsPatient placementPatient insurance coverageSocial risk factorsPatient social factorsDischarge AMAED visitsSecondary outcomesPatient agePatient demographicsPrimary outcomeMale sexPatient sexTreatment spaceED censusFemale sexRisk factorsOdds ratioED staffingObservational studyRapid serum tubes reduce transport hemolysis and false positive rates for high-sensitivity troponin T
Malaeb H, Vera M, Sangal R, Venkatesh A, Possick S, Maciejak L, Oberle E, El-Khoury J. Rapid serum tubes reduce transport hemolysis and false positive rates for high-sensitivity troponin T. Clinica Chimica Acta 2023, 551: 117630. PMID: 37931733, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117630.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Links & Media
News
- September 27, 2022Source: YaleNews
Office Hours with… Rohit Sangal
- August 30, 2021Source: Yale Alumni Magazine
Multiple heads are better than one
- June 22, 2021Source: Yale Insights
Identifying with a Team Helps Prevent Stress and Burnout among Healthcare Workers
- November 04, 2020
Team Identification Helps Support Health Care Worker Wellness During COVID-19 Pandemic
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