Lab Members

Catlin received her Masters of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Catlin has more than 15 years of experience in both U.S. and global health, with expertise in managing complex projects, community engagement, strategic planning and team leadership.

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. Dr. Gettel was selected as the 2023-2025 National Academy of Medicine / American Board of Emergency Medicine fellow and his work has been funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR R03, the NIA K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development in Aging Award, 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 both emergency medicine and clinical informatics. His academic and operational leadership centers on clinical decision support, artificial intelligence (AI), and system-wide care standardization. As Chair of the American College of Emergency Physician AI Task Force, he is a leader in the national conversation on safe and responsible implementation of AI tools across clinical environments. His work on the design and implementation of clinical decision support systems promote real-time, evidence-based care while reducing cognitive burden (and unnecessary “clicks”) for the clinical team. Dr. Sangal completed the Administration Fellowship in Emergency Medicine at Yale and earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management. His leadership portfolio includes initiatives in physician incentive design, real-time reporting dashboards, AI implementation, ED flow optimizations, and serving as a key leader in responding to emergencies that affect care delivery. 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 authored multiple peer-reviewed publications at the intersection of ED operations and Informatics in high impact journals including JAMA IM, JAMA Network Open, NEJM AI, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. Originally from Andover, MA, Dr. Sangal earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry and neuroscience from Bowdoin College, his medical degree from Brown University, and completed residency and served as chief resident in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He now resides in the Greater New Haven area with his family.

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.

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.

Sarah Follman, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale University MD – University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine BA, Economics and Psychology – Wellesley College Residency – Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago Specialty: Emergency Medicine

I am an emergency physician in the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine and fellow in Yale's National Clinician Scholars Program. I completed medical school at Wake Forest School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. My 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, I enjoy sundry exercise, sustainable agriculture, and cooking with family.

Lisa-Qiao MacDonald, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale University MD – Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University BA – Oberlin College, Biology Major

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.