Lab Members

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS, FACEP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, a Clinical Investigator at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and the Co-Director of the Yale Emergency Scholars (YES) Fellowship. Dr. Gettel aims to advance the understanding of emergency department care transitions in the growing geriatric population through the identification and development of patient- and caregiver-reported outcome measures and then to design, implement, and validate innovative care transition strategies and interventions to improve clinical outcomes. His work is funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR R03 mechanism, the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, the Alzheimer's Association, the Emergency Medicine Foundation, the Yale OAIC Pepper Center, the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Networks, the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation. At CORE, Dr. Gettel leads work funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop the next generation of performance measures across multiple care settings. Dr. Gettel earned his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Elizabethtown College and his Doctor of Medicine from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Most recently, he completed Emergency Medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as chief resident, and the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University.

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.

Dr. Sather’s expertise is in the diagnosis and management of critical illness. Dr. Sather currently serves as the Director of Safety and Quality for the Department. He has been instrumental in the creation of clinical guidelines for the management of critically ill patients within the Yale-New Haven Health System. His research focus is similarly focused on the improvement in critical care delivery, transitions in critical care, and the reduction of diagnostic error. He is Principal Investigator of a Diagnostic Excellence Initiative award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a composite measure of diagnostic performance in Pulmonary Embolism. He was also a project Principal Investigator of the AHRQ funded Patient Safety Learning Laboratory project that applied system engineering and process improvement to inter-hospital transfer care of patients with intracranial hemorrhage. Dr. Sather is also currently involved in trials of early care for septic shock and a study of retrograde endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in cardiac arrest. Dr. Sather is an established educator at the undergraduate and graduate medical education levels as core faculty member of the clinical reasoning curriculum for the School of Medicine, teacher of a popular weekly seminar in clinical reasoning for the EM clerkship, and as faculty lead of the Critical Care Area of Concentration for emergency medicine residents. Dr. Sather in actively engaged in University and Health System service as a member of the Yale School of Medicine Admissions Committee and the Yale-Haven Hospital Mortality Review Committee.

Andrew Taylor MD, MHS is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Emergency Medicine, and Biostatistics at Yale, where he founded and leads the Yale Interdisciplinary AI & Medicine Lab (Y-IAML). Y-IAML is a pioneering collaborative research group dedicated to advancing the field of AI in Medicine through a unique cross-disciplinary approach focused on harmoniously blending AI with healthcare delivery. Y-IAML brings together experts in design, cognitive science, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, implementation science, ethics/philosophy, and decision theory to develop innovative AI solutions that are not only technically robust but also ethically informed and practically implementable. By bridging the gap between diverse fields of study, Dr. Taylor and his team aim to create AI technologies that are deeply attuned to the complexities of healthcare, focusing on patient-centered outcomes and transformative healthcare solutions. Dr. Taylor's goal is to lead the way in interdisciplinary AI research, fostering a new era of healthcare innovation that is inclusive, effective, and profoundly impactful. Dr. Taylor's work is generously supported by a diverse group of funding agencies including multiple NIH Institutes (NIDA, NIA, NIMDH, NLM), AHRQ, SIDM, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as well as industry partnerships. Dr. Taylor earned his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Mississippi. He completed medical school at Emory University School of Medicine and Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Connecticut. Most recently he completed fellowships in point-of-care ultrasound and Masters in Health Science with an informatics focus from Yale University. He lives in Durham, CT with his wife and four kids.

Reinier van Tonder, MBChB, RDMS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Medical Director of the Saint Raphael’s Campus Emergency Department. He is also Co-Director of Emergency Ultrasound for the Saint Raphael’s Campus. Beyond his administrative leadership roles, he is an acclaimed educator in Point of Care Ultrasound, Ultrasound guided Regional Anesthesia and Emergency Airway management. He Co-directs the annual regional New England Point of Care Ultrasound course and the annual International Yale Point of care Ultrasound course. Dr van Tonder teaching was recently recognized with the Yale Emergency Medicine Outstanding Teaching Award.  Dr van Tonder completed his Emergency Medicine training at the Mayo clinic and Ultrasound Fellowship training here at Yale University. He is originally from South Africa and resides in Woodbridge.

Doreen Agboh, MD is currently training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago. Research Interests: Optimizing ED utilization in underserved communities by examining health disparities that preclude timely access to preventative healthcare; investigating methods to increase equitable access to care in urban health settings.

Dr. Wendy W. Sun is an Assistant Medical Director of the York Street Campus Emergency Department at Yale – New Haven Health, Administration Fellow, and Instructor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. She is passionate about clinical operations, patient quality and safety, physician well-being, and health innovation. Having served as a past President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Residents and Medical Students (SAEM RAMS) and the Resident Member on the SAEM Board of Directors, she continues to be invested in the advancement of Emergency Medicine through research, mentorship, education, and advocacy. Dr. Sun earned her undergraduate degree at Columbia University in Biomedical Engineering. She subsequently obtained her Doctor of Medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Societies. Most recently, she completed Emergency Medicine residency at Yale - New Haven Health where she served as Chief Resident. She continues to further her education as a candidate of the MBA for Executives at the Yale School of Management. A Canadian from Toronto, she now resides in New Haven.

Dr. Tuffuor currently serves as the Assistant Medical Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. His interest includes operational management along with the improvement of patient experience, patient safety, patient satisfaction, and quality of care with a special focus on underserved populations. Dr. Tuffuor completed an Administration Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine along with an Executive MBA (EMBA) at Yale School of Management. Dr. Tuffuor was born in Ghana and raised in the Bronx, NY. Upon completion of an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Virginia, he served as a Post Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow at National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Following NIH, he served as the Senior HIV Tester Counselor/Clinical Data Manager Supervisor at Howard University Hospital while attending Howard University College of Medicine. Dr. Tuffuor completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health and served as the Resident leader and liaison for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Northwell Emergency Medicine Service Line. He was awarded the Joseph LaMantia Award of Excellence in Service and Accomplishments.

Ryan Koski-Vacirca is a resident physician in the Yale Emergency Scholars Program within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He completed medical school at Wake Forest School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Koski-Vacirca's research interest is in using health services research as a tool to make health care more affordable and accessible for everyone. Outside of the hospital, he enjoys sundry exercise, sustainable agriculture, and cooking with family.