Beverley Sheares, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonology)Cards
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Associate Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Pediatrics
Leader, Health Equity Thread, Yale School of Medicine, Pediatrics
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Associate Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Pediatrics
Leader, Health Equity Thread, Yale School of Medicine, Pediatrics
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Associate Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Pediatrics
Leader, Health Equity Thread, Yale School of Medicine, Pediatrics
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonology)
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Pediatrics; Leader, Health Equity Thread, Yale School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Biography
Beverley J Sheares, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, & Sleep Medicine section at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Sheares serves as the Director for the Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Program and the Health Equity Thread Leader for the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Sheares earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of New York –Presbyterian (Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons) where she served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. Following residency training, she worked for 3 years as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. She returned to Columbia to complete a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric pulmonary medicine and joined the faculty at Columbia. Dr. Sheares earned a Masters degree in biostatistics in patient-oriented research at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. She served as the Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Director for several years and mentored many medical students, residents, and fellows.
After a long career at Columbia, Dr. Sheares joined the faculty at Yale in 2018. In her capacity as Health Equity Thread Leader, Dr. Sheares develops health equity content for the medical school curriculum, partners with faculty to enhance content related to several domains of health equity including, but not limited to: race/ethnicity, sex and gender, sexual orientation/gender identity, disabilities, immigration, carceral status, poverty, housing status, and climate change/environmental injustice in existing courses. She and the Health Equity Thread team creates opportunities for faculty and student development in health equity. Her research interest is in improving health outcomes for children with asthma and behavioral sleep problems and in closing the health outcomes disparities gap in children with respiratory problems. In addition to clinical care, research, and her health equity work, Dr. Sheares serves as a career and research mentor for medical students, residents, and junior faculty members. She is the recipient of numerous teaching and mentorship awards.
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Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology & Sleep Medicine
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Education & Training
- MS
- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (2001)
- MD
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986)
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Eliaz Brumer, MD
Gunjan Tiyyagura, MD, MHS
Melissa Langhan, MD, MHS
Uma Phatak
Vidya Puthenpura, MD, MHS, FAAP
Brian Leaderer, MPH, PhD
Publications
2024
Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education.
Baugh A, Akgün K, Rusk A, Adelson V, Afolabi F, Crowder S, Ferreira J, Gurubhagavatula I, Lovinsky-Desir S, Lawrence K, Myers L, Niranjan S, Schotland H, Sheares B, Sullivan D, Wisnivesky J, Sweet S. Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2024 PMID: 39078251, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202403-322ps.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality Improvement Initiative Enhances Outpatient Pediatric Pulmonology Follow-up for Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Brumer E, Godse S, Chandrasekar L, Kizilirmak T, Blythe E, Gozzo Y, Peterec S, Kandil S, Grossman M, Chen L, Weiss P, Sheares B. Quality Improvement Initiative Enhances Outpatient Pediatric Pulmonology Follow-up for Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Pediatric Quality And Safety 2024, 9: e736. PMID: 38854502, PMCID: PMC11161285, DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere bronchopulmonary dysplasiaBronchopulmonary dysplasiaPremature infantsFollow-upClassification of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaDiagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaYale-New Haven Children's HospitalBronchopulmonary dysplasia severityFollow-up of childrenPulmonary follow-upStandard treatment optionPercentage of patientsRespiratory-related morbidityPremature babiesInternational Classification of DiseasesAccuracy of diagnosisTreatment optionsCorrect diagnosisChildren's HospitalQuality improvement initiativesQuality improvement projectClassification of DiseasesMedical recordsPercentage of appointmentsElectronic medical recordsParental Perspectives: Pediatric Asthma and the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Godse S, Flom J, Kaur A, Shabanova V, Chen L, Sheares B. Parental Perspectives: Pediatric Asthma and the Health Impacts of Climate Change. 2024, a6219-a6219. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a6219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvocacy and Health Equity The Role of the Pediatric Pulmonologist
Sadreameli S, Coates A, Sheares B. Advocacy and Health Equity The Role of the Pediatric Pulmonologist. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2024, 45: 771-783. PMID: 39069337, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.02.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2023
Identifying Gender and Racial Bias in Pediatric Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: Do Word Choices Influence Interview Decisions?
Boolchandani H, Chen L, Elder R, Osborn R, Phatak U, Puthenpura V, Sheares B, Tiyyagura G, Amster L, Lee S, Langhan M. Identifying Gender and Racial Bias in Pediatric Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: Do Word Choices Influence Interview Decisions? The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 265: 113843. PMID: 37995931, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric378 CFTR modulator therapy prescription rates in the pediatric cystic fibrosis population: a decade of care
Brumer E, Shabanova V, Rosano J, Mercurio M, Chen L, Sheares B, Egan M. 378 CFTR modulator therapy prescription rates in the pediatric cystic fibrosis population: a decade of care. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2023, 22: s191-s192. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(23)01305-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWords Used in Letters of Recommendation for Pediatric Residency Applicants: Demographic Differences and Impact on Interviews
Boolchandani H, Osborn R, Tiyyagura G, Sheares B, Chen L, Phatak U, Puthenpura V, Elder R, Lee S, Amster L, Langhan M. Words Used in Letters of Recommendation for Pediatric Residency Applicants: Demographic Differences and Impact on Interviews. Academic Pediatrics 2023, 23: 1614-1619. PMID: 36889506, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLetters of recommendationLetter writersCommunal termsNatural language processing applicationsLanguage processing applicationsApplicant genderInterview statusCommunal wordsWritersLanguageAgentic termsWordsGenderLetterSenior academic ranksRaceTextAgenciesEquitable approachResidency candidatesWomenSignificant associationEthnicitySignificant differencesInterviewsPaired Indoor and Outdoor Nitrogen Dioxide Associated With Childhood Asthma Outcomes in a Mixed Rural-Urban Setting: A Feasibility Study
Wi C, Gent J, Bublitz J, King K, Ryu E, Sorrentino K, Plano J, McKay L, Porcher J, Wheeler P, Chiarella S, DeWan A, Pollitt K, Sheares B, Leaderer B, Juhn Y. Paired Indoor and Outdoor Nitrogen Dioxide Associated With Childhood Asthma Outcomes in a Mixed Rural-Urban Setting: A Feasibility Study. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2023, 14: 21501319231173813. PMID: 37243352, PMCID: PMC10226331, DOI: 10.1177/21501319231173813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAsthma control statusControl statusAsthma diaryRural-urban settingOutdoor NOChildhood asthma outcomesProspective cohort studySocioeconomic statusLow socioeconomic statusSmall feasibility studyAsthma exacerbationsOlmsted CountyPersistent asthmaAsthma outcomesCohort studyChildhood asthmaRural-urban communityLarger sample sizeAsthmaStudy periodHealth effectsFeasibility studyWeeksStatusLow threshold
2022
Ensuring Timely Pulmonary Follow Up After an Inpatient Asthma Hospitalization: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Brumer E, Cherian C, Godse S, Kockar Kizilirmak T, Grossman M, Chen L, Sheares B. Ensuring Timely Pulmonary Follow Up After an Inpatient Asthma Hospitalization: A Quality Improvement Initiative. 2022, a5722-a5722. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts.a5722.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Chapter 3 Gender Differences in Pediatric Pulmonary Disease
Sheares B. Chapter 3 Gender Differences in Pediatric Pulmonary Disease. 2010, 35-50. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374271-1.00003-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary diseaseRespiratory diseasePediatric lung disordersCommon respiratory diseasesPediatric pulmonary diseaseNormal lung developmentGender-specific differencesPathophysiologic mechanismsLung disordersGender differencesHormonal differencesLung developmentRespiratory systemDiseasePrenatal developmentInfluence of genderAdolescent yearsMalesFemalesSocio-cultural factorsDifferencesMedical interestIncidenceDiagnosis
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Pediatric Pulmonology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Latest Certification Date
- 2016
- Original Certification Date
- 2000
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