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Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

Anthony N. Brady Professor of Emergency Medicine
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Chair, Emergency Medicine

Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine

About

The Yale Department of Emergency Medicine advances the science and practice of emergency medicine care as we continue to push the envelope of science and advocate for our patients and communities.

Titles

Anthony N. Brady Professor of Emergency Medicine

Chair, Emergency Medicine; Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine

Biography

Dr. Venkatesh is the Anthony N. Brady Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Chief of Emergency Services at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Scientist at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). A nationally recognized physician-scientist and healthcare leader, Dr. Venkatesh has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and secured more than $12 million in federal and foundation funding to advance quality measurement and health outcomes research in acute care. He serves as Principal Investigator of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL), the largest national practice-based research network in emergency care. His work has shaped national policy through the development of CMS quality measures, including the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.

Dr. Venkatesh earned his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University. He went on to earn an MBA from Ohio State University before completing medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed Emergency Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program here at Yale University. He is originally from Dayton, OH and resides in New Haven.

Last Updated on December 05, 2025.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

RWJF Clinical Scholar
Yale University School of medicine (2014)
MHS
Yale University School of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (2014)
Resident
Brigham and Women's Hospital-Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (2012)
MD
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Med (2008)
MBA
The Ohio State University, Finance (2004)
BS
Northwestern Univeristy, Communication Science and Disorders (2002)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Costs and Cost Analysis; Emergency Medicine; Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Health Services Research

Public Health Interests

Health Policy; Health Systems Reform; Health Care Quality, Efficiency; Health Economics; Health Care Management

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    0000-0002-8248-0567
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    Venkatesh Lab

    The Venkatesh Lab conducts rigorous research and trains the next generation of leaders to advance quality and value in emergency and acute care

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Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Arjun Venkatesh's published research.

Publications

2025

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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    American College of Emergency Physicians

    CommitteesCommittee Member
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    National Quality Forum Health and Well Being Steering Committee

    08/31/2015 - PresentPublic ServiceMember

Honors

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    Mid-Career Research Award

    06/27/2022National AwardSociety of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
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    Young Investigator Award

    05/15/2017National AwardSociety of Academic Emergency Medicine
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    Top New Reviewer

    01/24/2015National AwardAnnals of Emergency Medicine

Clinical Care

Overview

Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS, is chair of Emergency Medicine for Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and chief of Emergency Medicine for Yale New Haven Hospital. He is trained to treat acute emergency conditions. The most common of those are what he describes as the “big five conditions for which minutes matter,” including heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, trauma, and sepsis.

Choosing to pursue emergency medicine was difficult, says Dr. Venkatesh, explaining that he knew it would involve working evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays since people have emergencies at all times. “But it offered me the opportunity to care for patients at their greatest or most critical time of need—and it fed my curiosity with new diagnostic puzzles to solve every day,” he says. It also allowed him to provide care in the health care safety net and work to improve health equity, he adds.

Dr. Venkatesh says visiting the emergency department (ED) can be hard for patients. Time-sensitive diagnostic tests and treatments required for some conditions can make any experience there feel chaotic and rushed. “I try to make patients feel comfortable with simple but important gestures, including listening to their personal story, offering to update family or loved ones who may not be in the ED, or by just offering a ginger ale or warm blanket,” he says.

In addition to caring for patients in emergency medicine, Dr. Venkatesh is an associate professor at Yale School of Medicine and a scientist at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at Yale. His laboratory at Yale includes a multidisciplinary team of implementation experts and investigators who focus on improving the quality and value of emergency and acute care by expanding access, translating knowledge into effectiveness, improving affordability, and reducing disparities.

In addition, Dr. Venkatesh serves as the principal investigator of the American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Quality Network, a quality improvement and learning network of more than 1,500 emergency departments and 25,000 emergency physicians. His scholarship has informed numerous emergency and acute care quality measurement standards in federal programs, including the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. He has published approximately 200 peer-reviewed studies and federal technical reports focused on the quality and value of health care delivery.

Clinical Specialties

Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Emergency Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Emergency Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2013

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