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Raphael Sherak, MD, MPH

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Instructor of Emergency Medicine
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Instructor of Emergency Medicine

Biography

Raphael Sherak, MD MPH is an Instructor of Emergency Medicine and Research Fellow as part of the Yale Emergency Scholars (YES) Program. As an emergency medicine physician and researcher his work focuses on how to make the best decisions with imperfect and incomplete information.

Prior to starting fellowship, he completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Yale University. He received an MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has an MPH in Quantitative Methods from the Harvard School of Public Health in addition to a BA from Hampshire College. Prior to medical school he worked as an EMT for 5 years.

Dr. Sherak's research centers on the leveraging decision analytic methods, including cost-effectiveness analysis and risk prediction modeling, as well as use secondary analysis of large EHR datasets to improve patient and population health through data-driven decision making. His current areas of interest are antimicrobial stewardship including the treatment of urogenital infections, improving care for vulnerable populations and using mathematical modeling techniques to guide both care processes and inform patient care guidelines.

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Education & Training

Research Fellow - Yale Emergency Scholars (YES) Program
Yale School of Medicine (2025)
Emergency Medicine Resident
Yale New Haven Hospital (2024)
MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2020)
MPH
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Quantitative Methods (2019)
BA
Hampshire College, Self-Designed Concentration in Quantitative Approaches to Medical Decision Making (2014)

Research

Overview

Current projects:

  • Decision Analytic Model Comparing Azithromycin with Doxycycline for the Treatment of Chlamydia Infections in Emergency Department Patients
  • Epidemiology of Emergency Department Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Improving and Standardizing Care for Survivors of Sexual Assault in the Emergency Medical System
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Empiric Treatment Strategies for Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department Setting
  • Modeling ED patient flow and hospital crowding


Prior projects:

  • Assessment of SOFA Score for Mortality Prediction in Patients with COVID-19
  • Treatment of sodium disorders in ICU patients


Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Clinical Decision-Making; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Data Science; Disaster Medicine; Economics; Economics, Pharmaceutical; Emergency Medicine; Emergency Treatment; Epidemiology; Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine; Inappropriate Prescribing; Informatics; Policy; Urinary Tract Infections

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Raphael Sherak's published research.

Publications

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2020

2014

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Excellence in Research by Emergency Medicine Resident

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