Andre N. Sofair, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology of Microbial DiseasesDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Biography
Dr. Andre Sofair is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale Medical School and holds a secondary appointment in the School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. He went to medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1986) and completed his Master’s in Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health in 1997. He is an attending physician and Firm Chief at Yale New-Haven Hospital. He is also a lead organizer for the medical chief residency program at the University of Rwanda. In addition to leading many studies in hepatitis and clinical care, he has lectured widely on biomedical ethics and eugenic sterilization. He serves as co-director of the viral hepatitis clinic at the St. Raphael Campus.
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General Internal Medicine
ProfessorPrimaryEpidemiology of Microbial Diseases
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Viral Hepatitis Program
- Yale Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- MPH
- Yale School of Medicine (1997)
- MD
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1986)
- BA
- Cornell University, Biology (1982)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital
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Medical Research Interests
Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Hepatitis C; Infectious Disease Medicine; Internal Medicine; Liver
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Andre N. Sofair's published research.
Emilie Egger
Joseph Donroe, MD, MPH
Publications
2024
Erysipelas
Wood N, Sofair A. Erysipelas. New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 391: 1632-1632. PMID: 39476343, DOI: 10.1056/nejmicm2404869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsClinical Reasoning: Perspectives of Expert Clinicians on Reasoning Through Complex Clinical Cases
Donroe J, Egger E, Soares S, Sofair A. Clinical Reasoning: Perspectives of Expert Clinicians on Reasoning Through Complex Clinical Cases. Cureus 2024, 16: e51696. PMID: 38313894, PMCID: PMC10838525, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsComplex clinical casesClinical casesExpert cliniciansPrimary care physiciansDiagnostic errorsClinical reasoningCare physiciansSemi-structured guideCore clinical skillsMost doctorsComplex casesPatient's bedsideStudy institutionPatient contextPhysiciansClinical skillsCliniciansClinical reasoning strategiesBedsideClinical reasoning skillsThematic analysis
2002
Comparison of Visual and Spectrophotometric Methods of Broth Microdilution MIC End Point Determination and Evaluation of a Sterol Quantitation Method for In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Fluconazole and Itraconazole against Trailing and Nontrailing Candida Isolates
Arthington-Skaggs BA, Lee-Yang W, Ciblak MA, Frade JP, Brandt ME, Hajjeh RA, Harrison LH, Sofair AN, Warnock A. Comparison of Visual and Spectrophotometric Methods of Broth Microdilution MIC End Point Determination and Evaluation of a Sterol Quantitation Method for In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Fluconazole and Itraconazole against Trailing and Nontrailing Candida Isolates. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2002, 46: 2477-2481. PMID: 12121921, PMCID: PMC127334, DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.8.2477-2481.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEnd pointSterol quantitation methodActive population-based surveillanceCandida sppPopulation-based surveillanceVisual end pointMIC end pointsC. albicans isolatesAzole antifungal agentsComparison of VisualClinical Laboratory StandardsBloodstream isolatesVitro Susceptibility TestingCandida isolatesSusceptibility testingItraconazoleAlbicans isolatesFluconazoleMIC resultsNational CommitteeVivo outcomesAntifungal agentsGrowth inhibitionC. tropicalisLaboratory StandardsSurveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses - Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, Hacker JK, Shieh WJ, Hendry RM, Nikkari S, Ladd-Wilson S, Hadler J, Rainbow J, Tappero JW, Woods CW, Conn L, Reagan S, Zaki S, Perkins BA, Deaths F, Group C. Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses - Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002, 8: 145-153. PMID: 11897065, PMCID: PMC2732455, DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCritical illnessMedian ageInfectious causesUnexplained deathEmerging Infections Program sitesPatients' median ageCommon clinical presentationPopulation-based surveillanceYears of ageClinical presentationEpidemiologic featuresPolymerase chain reaction-based methodSerologic testsHealthy personsDiagnostic capacityReaction-based methodsRoutine testingIllnessDeathCauseAgeSurveillanceProgram sitesSyndromeEtiologyHepatitis C. Part 2. Consultant
Sofair, AN. Hepatitis C. Part 2. Consultant. 2002 42(4): 465-473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatitis C. Part 1.
Sofair, AN. Hepatitis C. Part 1. Consultant. 2002 42(2): 157-161.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Anthrax-what you-and your patients-need to know now.
Bia, F. and Sofair, AN. Anthrax-what you-and your patients-need to know now. Consultant. 2001 41(14): 1797-1805.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2021
- Original Certification Date
- 1990
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