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 7/26/2023
Ertem Z, Nelson RE, Schechter-Perkins EM, Al-Amery A, Zhang X, Branch-Elliman W. Condition-Dependent and Dynamic Impacts of Indoor Masking Policies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mitigation: A Nationwide, Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 26; 77(2):203-211. PMID: 37072937.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/16/2023
Tancioco V, Pancholi R, Schechter-Perkins E, Drainoni ML, White K. Emergency department staff perspectives on caring for patients experiencing early pregnancy loss (Boston, Massachusetts 2021). Contraception. 2023 Sep; 125:110091. PMID: 37331465.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/8/2023
Burrowes SAB, Casey SM, Pierre-Joseph N, Talbot SG, Hall T, Christian-Brathwaite N, Del-Carmen M, Garofalo C, Lundberg B, Mehta PK, Mottl-Santiago J, Schechter-Perkins EM, Weber A, Yarrington CD, Perkins RB. COVID-19 pandemic impacts on mental health, burnout, and longevity in the workplace among healthcare workers: A mixed methods study. J Interprof Educ Pract. 2023 Sep; 32:100661. PMID: 37305404.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/3/2023
DiLorenzo MA, Davis MR, Dugas JN, Nelson KP, Hochberg NS, Ingalls RR, Mishuris RG, Schechter-Perkins EM. Performance of three screening tools to predict COVID-19 positivity in emergency department patients. Emerg Med J. 2023 Mar; 40(3):210-215. PMID: 36596666.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/25/2022
Burrowes SAB, Casey SM, Dobbins S, Hall T, Ma M, Bano R, Drainoni ML, Schechter-Perkins EM, Garofalo C, Perkins RB, Pierre-Joseph N. Healthcare workers' perspectives on the COVID-19 vaccine and boosters for themselves, their patients, and their communities: a mixed methods study. Z Gesundh Wiss. 2022 Dec 25; 1-14. PMID: 36588660.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/21/2022
Casey SM, Burrowes SAB, Hall T, Dobbins S, Ma M, Bano R, Yarrington C, Schechter-Perkins EM, Garofalo C, Drainoni ML, Perkins RB, Pierre-Joseph N. Healthcare workers' attitudes on mandates, incentives, and strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake: A mixed methods study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Nov 30; 18(6):2144048. PMID: 36411988.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/24/2022
Oster E, Schechter-Perkins EM, Branch-Elliman W. Reply to Klein and Harris. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24; 75(1):e312-e313. PMID: 35253850.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/24/2022
Barocas JA, Savinkina A, Lodi S, Epstein RL, Bouton TC, Sperring H, Hsu HE, Jacobson KR, Schechter-Perkins EM, Linas BP, White LF. Projected Long-Term Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Hepatitis C Outcomes in the United States: A Modeling Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24; 75(1):e1112-e1119. PMID: 34499124.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/24/2022
Fisher L, Nelson RE, Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Lack of Association Between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile Over Time. Child Obes. 2023 Sep; 19(6):423-427. PMID: 36036724.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/2/2022
DiLorenzo MA, Schechter-Perkins EM. FebriDx host-response point-of-care testing improves patient triage for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug; 43(8):1049-1050. PMID: 35491950.
Read at: PubMed
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