Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Biography
Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department, Hepatitis C Virus screening in the Emergency Department, HIV Screening in the Emergency Department, Influenza Virus Testing in the Emergency Department, Abscess Management in the Emergency Department
Websites
Education
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
- Stanford University, BS
Publications
- Published on 5/15/2020
Galbraith JW, Anderson ES, Hsieh YH, Franco RA, Donnelly JP, Rodgers JB, Schechter-Perkins EM, Thompson WW, Nelson NP, Rothman RE, White DAE. High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection Among Adult Patients at Four Urban Emergency Departments - Birmingham, Oakland, Baltimore, and Boston, 2015-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 May 15; 69(19):569-574. PMID: 32407307.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/14/2020
Schechter-Perkins EM, Dwyer KH, Amin A, Tyler MD, Liu J, Nelson KP, Mitchell PM. Loop Drainage Is Noninferior to Traditional Incision and Drainage of Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 May 14. PMID: 32406569.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/24/2020
Schowalter S, Altawil Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Pare JR. False Elevation of Volume Determined by Bladder Scanner Secondary to Bowel Obstruction. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2020 May; 4(2):158-160. PMID: 32426660.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/11/2019
Eberle ML, Schechter-Perkins EM, Altawil Z. Topical tranexamic acid (TXA) for the management of a bleeding arteriovenous fistula. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 02; 38(2):407.e5-407.e6. PMID: 31685307.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/10/2019
Calner P, Sperring H, Ruiz-Mercado G, Miller NS, Andry C, Battisti L, Scrudder K, Shea F, Chan A, Schechter-Perkins EM. HCV screening, linkage to care, and treatment patterns at different sites across one academic medical center. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0218388. PMID: 31291275.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/4/2019
Rencher L, Whitaker W, Schechter-Perkins E, Wilkinson M. Comparison of Minimally Invasive Loop Drainage and Standard Incision and Drainage of Cutaneous Abscesses in Children Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Mar 04. PMID: 30839438.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/25/2018
Altawil Z, Gendron BJ, Schechter-Perkins EM. Topical use of tranexamic acid for the management of post-procedural rectal bleeding. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 01; 37(1):173.e3-173.e4. PMID: 30343959.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/7/2018
Schechter-Perkins EM, Mitchell PM, Nelson KP, Liu JH, Shannon A, Ahern J, Orr B, Miller NS. Point-of-care influenza testing does not significantly shorten time to disposition among patients with an influenza-like illness. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 05; 37(5):873-878. PMID: 30107967.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/20/2018
Schechter-Perkins EM, Miller NS, Hall J, Hartman JJ, Dorfman DH, Andry C, Linas BP. Implementation and Preliminary Results of an Emergency Department Nontargeted, Opt-out Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 11; 25(11):1216-1226. PMID: 29851238.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/8/2017
Gibson J, Schechter-Perkins EM, Mitchell P, Mace S, Tian Y, Williams K, Luo R, Yen-Lieberman B. Multi-center evaluation of the cobas® Liat® Influenza A/B & RSV assay for rapid point of care diagnosis. J Clin Virol. 2017 Oct; 95:5-9. PMID: 28818691.
Read at: PubMed
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