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    Christopher Sankey, MD, FACP, SFHM

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    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

    MD
    Ohio State University College of Medicine (2002)


    BA
    Rice University (1997)


    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

    Other Departments & Organizations

    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

    • Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2015

    • 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”.

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Christopher Sankey's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • activity

      Society of General Internal Medicine

      Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
    • activity

      Society of Hospital Medicine

      Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
    • activity

      New England Journal of Medicine, Faculty Facilitator, Resident360.org

      Journal ServiceReviewer
    • activity

      ACP Publishing, Editorial Board Member

      Journal ServiceReviewer
    • activity

      American College of Physicians, Publications Committee

      Professional OrganizationsCommittee Member
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    Get In Touch

    Contacts

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    Clinical Inquiry Number
    Office Fax Number
    Mailing Address

    General Internal Medicine

    Harkness Hall A, 367 Cedar St.

    New Haven, CT 06510

    United States

    Events

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