Christopher Sankey, MD, FACP, SFHM
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General Internal Medicine
Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
Titles
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Director, Program in Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Co-Firm Chief, Hospital Medicine Firm, General Internal Medicine
Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs
Program Director, Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, General Internal Medicine
Education
Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)
Rice University (1997)
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
Titles
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Director, Program in Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Co-Firm Chief, Hospital Medicine Firm, General Internal Medicine
Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs
Program Director, Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, General Internal Medicine
Education
Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)
Rice University (1997)
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine; Director, Program in Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine; Co-Firm Chief, Hospital Medicine Firm, General Internal Medicine; Faculty Director, Hospital Medicine Elective Rotation, Residency Programs; Program Director, Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, General Internal Medicine
Biography
Chris is a former Yale intern, resident, and chief resident who is a career Hospitalist and medical educator. Chris was the first "academic" Hospitalist hired by the School of Medicine in 2010. He is active on a local and national level in medical education and Hospital Medicine. At present, he divides his time between supervision of medical trainees on teaching services, providing inpatient medical care on the NEMG Hospitalist service, directing the Program of Hospital Medicine in the section of General Internal Medicine, and fulfilling important administrative and educational roles as a co-Firm Chief of the Hospital Medicine inpatient medical Firm and Program Director of YSM's new Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship .
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Program in Hospital Medicine
Education & Training
- Certificate in Physician Leadership
- American College of Physicians and American Association for Physician Leadership (2018)
- Faculty Development in Clinical Teaching
- Yale School of Medicine (2017)
- Executive Education: Emerging Leaders Program
- Yale University (2015)
- Medical Education Fellowship
- Yale School of Medicine (2012)
- Chief Resident
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2006)
- Resident
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2005)
- Intern
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2003)
- MD
- Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)
- BA
- Rice University (1997)
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2015
- Original Certification Date
- 2005
Research
Overview
- Area of expertise: educational curriculum development. Designed and implemented inpatient didactic curriculum for Traditional Internal Medicine Residency training program. Designed and implemented hospital medicine elective curriculum for the Yale Internal Medicine Residency training programs.
- Area of expertise: inpatient clinical deterioration. Experience locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally presenting concepts and experience with quality and process improvement regarding inpatient clinical deterioration. Medical Director of Yale-New Haven Hospital rapid response team (RRT) for 4 years. First author, peer-reviewed publication “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients. Senior author, peer-reviewed review publication “Sepsis: An Update in Management”. Senior author, peer-reviewed publication "Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an
Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical Inpatients." - Area of expertise: clinical case writing. Experience locally, regionally, and nationally presenting concepts of writing and mentoring abstract and publication submissions. First author, peer-reviewed "Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases." Multiple individual clinical case peer-reviewed publications; mentorship of many student, resident, and fellow peer-reviewed publications; mentorship of student and resident national and regional meeting poster presentations. Creator and former physician Editor, ACP Hospitalist clinical vignette section, “The Brief Case”.
ORCID
0000-0002-7327-7460- View Lab Website
Yale Program in Hospital Medicine
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Fangyong Li, MS, MPH
Jonathan Siner, MD
Sarwat Chaudhry, MD
Ysabel Ilagan-Ying, MD
Publications
Featured Publications
“Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients
Sankey CB, McAvay G, Siner JM, Barsky CL, Chaudhry SI. “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2016, 31: 895-900. PMID: 26969311, PMCID: PMC4945556, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3654-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMedical intensive care unitEscalation of careIntensive care unitClinical deteriorationCare escalationHospitalized patientsCare unitDoor timeInpatient medicineRetrospective cohort studySeverity of illnessRisk of deathAcademic medical centerHospital mortalityICU transferCohort studyInpatient floorInpatient settingMedical CenterGeneral floorPatientsCareMortalityCurrent eraPrevious studiesSepsis: An update in management
Galen BT, Sankey C. Sepsis: An update in management. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 746-752. PMID: 26218572, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2435.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsIntensive care unitMortality/complicationsManagement of sepsisEvidence-based careHospital mortalitySepsis survivorshipSevere sepsisSepsis bundleCare unitVolume resuscitationSepsis researchEarly recognitionPivotal studiesDisease spectrumSepsisClinical practiceMedicine practitionersEvidence baseHospitalistsSignificant findingsReview articleSource controlComplicationsPatientsResuscitationA party before dying.
Sankey C. A party before dying. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2010, 152: 402. PMID: 20231575, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00014.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersLeadership & Professional Development: Relational Leadership—It’s Not About You
Sankey C. Leadership & Professional Development: Relational Leadership—It’s Not About You. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 735-735. PMID: 34826268, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3709.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsMeSH KeywordsImplementation of an automated scheduling tool improves schedule quality and resident satisfaction
Howard FM, Gao CA, Sankey C. Implementation of an automated scheduling tool improves schedule quality and resident satisfaction. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0236952. PMID: 32780751, PMCID: PMC7418963, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236952.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A Qualitative Study on the Outcomes of Participation in a Longitudinal Clinician Educator Curriculum During Internal Medicine Residency.
Yang Y, Sankey C, Gielissen K. A Qualitative Study on the Outcomes of Participation in a Longitudinal Clinician Educator Curriculum During Internal Medicine Residency. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2023, 15: 209-218. PMID: 37139209, PMCID: PMC10150823, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-22-00328.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsClinician-educator trackEarly career developmentCareer developmentQualitative studyInternal medicine residencyGraduate medical education programsMedical education communityMedical education programsMedicine residencyOutcomes of participationEducator’s careerFlexible curriculumCurricular efficacyEducator skillsEducation communityExperiential learningInternal medicine residency graduatesSemi-structured interviewsProfessional identityEducation programsScholarship skillsDepth semi-structured interviewsMember checkingProgram improvementDevelopment outcomesAddressing Cognitive Biases in Interpreting an Elevated Lactate in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Thiamine Deficiency
Chehayeb R, Ilagan-Ying Y, Sankey C. Addressing Cognitive Biases in Interpreting an Elevated Lactate in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Thiamine Deficiency. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 38: 1547-1551. PMID: 36814053, PMCID: PMC9946700, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08091-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsThiamine deficiencyExtensive infectious workupLactic acid elevationElevated lactate levelsType 1 diabetesInfectious workupDiabetic ketoacidosisThiamine administrationAppropriate patientsClinical patternElevated lactateLactate levelsPatient careYoung womenPatientsCOVID-19 pandemicCareDeficiencyElevationKetoacidosisDiabetesEtiologyWorkupCliniciansAdministration
2022
Finding your niche as a generalist: S‐curves, not straight lines
Sankey C, Smith D, Burger A, Graves K. Finding your niche as a generalist: S‐curves, not straight lines. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 18: 278-280. PMID: 36564982, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRuptured Bony Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Gier C, Sankey C. Ruptured Bony Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 1547-1548. PMID: 35102479, PMCID: PMC9086094, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07366-4.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesIschemic Gastritis in a Patient with Chronic Constipation
Ehteshami-Afshar S, Sankey C, Pinto Taylor E. Ischemic Gastritis in a Patient with Chronic Constipation. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 966-967. PMID: 35037177, PMCID: PMC8904702, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07190-w.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesMeSH Keywords
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity Society of General Internal Medicine
Professional OrganizationsCommittee MemberDetailsInvited member of the national Academic Hospitalist Commission06/01/2016 - Presentactivity Society of Hospital Medicine
Professional OrganizationsCommittee MemberDetailsInvited member of the national Academic Hospitalist Committee06/01/2016 - Presentactivity New England Journal of Medicine, Faculty Facilitator, Resident360.org
Journal ServiceReviewerDetails2017 - Presentactivity ACP Publishing, Editorial Board Member
Journal ServiceReviewerDetailsDr. Christopher Sankey, ACP Publishing, Editorial Board Member2015 - Presentactivity American College of Physicians, Publications Committee
Professional OrganizationsCommittee MemberDetails2019 - Present
News & Links
News
- December 18, 2024
New Study Provides Insights Into Hospital Medicine Education
- October 15, 2024
Yale Launches Adult Hospital Medicine Fellowship
- March 15, 2024
Announcing the New Residents in the Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program!
- March 15, 2024
Announcing the Incoming Residents in the Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program!
Related Links
- “Caring for sepsis survivors,” ACP Hospitalist, April 2018.
- “Baking hospitalist training into residency,” ACP Hospitalist, August 2018.
- “Resident Training During COVID-19,” Practice Management Webinar Presenter, Society of Hospital Medicine, November 2020.
- “COVID redefines curriculum for hospitalists in training: Pandemic brings ‘clarity and urgency,’” The Hospitalist, December 2020.
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Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
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