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Christopher Sankey, MD, FACP, SFHM

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Titles

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

Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs

Program Director, Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, General Internal Medicine

Education

MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)


BA
Rice University (1997)


About

Titles

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; Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs; Program Director, Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, General Internal Medicine

Biography

Chris is a former Yale intern, resident, and chief resident who is a career Hospitalist and medical educator. Chris was the first "academic" Hospitalist hired by the School of Medicine in 2010. He is active on a local and national level in medical education and Hospital Medicine. At present, he divides his time between supervision of medical trainees on teaching services, providing inpatient medical care on the NEMG Hospitalist service, directing the Program of Hospital Medicine in the section of General Internal Medicine, and fulfilling important administrative and educational roles as a co-Firm Chief of the Hospital Medicine inpatient medical Firm and Program Director of YSM's new Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship .

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Certificate in Physician Leadership
American College of Physicians and American Association for Physician Leadership (2018)
Faculty Development in Clinical Teaching
Yale School of Medicine (2017)
Executive Education: Emerging Leaders Program
Yale University (2015)
Medical Education Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine (2012)
Chief Resident
Yale New Haven Hospital (2006)
Resident
Yale New Haven Hospital (2005)
Intern
Yale New Haven Hospital (2003)
MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)
BA
Rice University (1997)

Board Certifications

  • Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2015

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2015
    Original Certification Date
    2005

Research

Overview

  • 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”.

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Christopher Sankey's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Society of General Internal Medicine

    Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
  • activity

    Society of Hospital Medicine

    Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
  • activity

    New England Journal of Medicine, Faculty Facilitator, Resident360.org

    Journal ServiceReviewer
  • activity

    ACP Publishing, Editorial Board Member

    Journal ServiceReviewer
  • activity

    American College of Physicians, Publications Committee

    Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
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Get In Touch

Contacts

Email
Clinical Inquiry Number
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Mailing Address

General Internal Medicine

Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

Events

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