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Gretchen Berland, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

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Gretchen Berland, MD

Mailing Address

  • Internal Medicine

    PO Box 208056, 333 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06520-8056

    United States

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Research Summary

Understanding the patient’s perspective, particularly in the context outside of the clinical arena is an essential, though often overlooked, component of the doctor–patient relationship. Is currently studying the perspective of the individual wheelchair user with communications technologies and several qualitative methods. Also interested in using video to study health care delivery in the emergent medical setting, specifically medical codes and operative traumas. Developing a seminar series on the role of media and medicine with the Yale Clinical Scholars Program.

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Research Interests

Motion Pictures; Wheelchairs; Qualitative Research; Healthcare Disparities

Selected Publications

  • Health information on the Internet: accessibility, quality, and readability in English and Spanish.Berland GK, Elliott MN, Morales LS, Algazy JI, Kravitz RL, Broder MS, Kanouse DE, Muñoz JA, Puyol JA, Lara M, Watkins KE, Yang H, McGlynn EA. Health information on the Internet: accessibility, quality, and readability in English and Spanish. JAMA 2001, 285: 2612-21. PMID: 11368735, PMCID: PMC4182102, DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.20.2612.
  • Rolling (life in a wheelchair)Rolling (life in a wheelchair). A 71 minute feature length documentary that has been widely acclaimed for providing unique patient-centered perspectives into the lives of wheelchair users.
  • Maintaining Independence with Dignity: Perspectives from the Wheelchair"Maintaining Independence with Dignity: Perspectives from the Wheelchair.” A 90 minute documentary produced by Gretchen Berland and Michael Majoros.
  • Condition CriticalWGBH Television for PBS Primetime. “Condition Critical.” A two-hour special on health care reform
  • “Hard Choices” and “A Time For Change."MacNeil/Lehrer for PBS & NBC. “Hard Choices” and “A Time For Change.” A series on health care issues.
  • Public Television Programs¦GBH Television for the NOVA Series. ¦“Race For The Superconductor” "Chaos” “The Controversial Dr. Koop” “Can The Elephant Be Saved?” “Confessions of a Weaponeer” “Death of Star” “A Hole In The Sky”
  • The view from the other side--patients, doctors, and the power of a camera.Berland G. The view from the other side--patients, doctors, and the power of a camera. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2007, 357: 2533-6. PMID: 18094371, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0706823.
  • Evaluating the surgery literature: can standardizing peer-review today predict manuscript impact tomorrow?Sosa JA, Mehta P, Thomas DC, Berland G, Gross C, McNamara RL, Rosenthal R, Udelsman R, Bravata DM, Roman SA. Evaluating the surgery literature: can standardizing peer-review today predict manuscript impact tomorrow? Annals Of Surgery 2009, 250: 152-8. PMID: 19561471, DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181ad8905.
  • Research and the media: a view from behind the camera.Berland G. Research and the media: a view from behind the camera. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2010, 63: 719-20. PMID: 20494803, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.003.
  • Hospitals as debtor prisons.Otremba M, Berland G, Amon JJ. Hospitals as debtor prisons. The Lancet. Global Health 2015, 3: e253-4. PMID: 25889465, DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70073-2.
  • Medical Exemption From Disconnection of Utilities in Connecticut.Kahn PA, Daggula KR, Teng W, Hintz RC, Berland G. Medical Exemption From Disconnection of Utilities in Connecticut. JAMA 2020, 323: 1189-1190. PMID: 32207786, PMCID: PMC7093762, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.0542.
  • Inpatient adoption of medications for alcohol use disorder: A mixed-methods formative evaluation involving key stakeholders.Joudrey PJ, Oldfield BJ, Yonkers KA, O'Connor PG, Berland G, Edelman EJ. Inpatient adoption of medications for alcohol use disorder: A mixed-methods formative evaluation involving key stakeholders. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 213: 108090. PMID: 32559667, PMCID: PMC7375447, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108090.
  • Addiction Screening-The A Star Is Born Movie Series and Destigmatization of Substance Use Disorders.Oldfield BJ, Tetrault JM, Berland G. Addiction Screening-The A Star Is Born Movie Series and Destigmatization of Substance Use Disorders. JAMA 2021, 325: 915-917. PMID: 33687448, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.25256.
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