Sadie Elisseou, MD
Adjunct Instructor, Medicine

Biography
Dr. Elisseou is a medical educator and general internist. She received her BA and MD through the eight-year Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) at Brown University. She then completed residency and chief residency at the Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program. Since that time, Dr. Elisseou has been working as a primary care physician in the VA healthcare system. She recently served as Course Leader for the Doctoring clinical skills course at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Elisseou currently has a full-time clinical practice, teaches at Harvard Medical School and Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and enjoys research, education, and consulting in the field of trauma-informed care.
Education
- Brown University School of Medicine, MD
- Brown University, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/27/2024
Brown T, Fialkowski A, Elisseou S, Grossman S, Sager Z, Potter J, Trinh NH. Trauma-informed precepting: A novel curriculum for faculty development. Med Teach. 2024 Jul 27; 1-6. PMID: 39066897.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/9/2024
Elisseou S, Shamaskin-Garroway A, Kopstick AJ, Potter J, Weil A, Gundacker C, Moreland-Capuia A. Leading Organizations From Burnout to Trauma-Informed Resilience: A Vital Paradigm Shift. Perm J. 2024 Mar 15; 28(1):198-205. PMID: 38332699.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/20/2023
Mosier-Mills A, Vagwala M, Potter J, Elisseou S. Respecting Body-Size Diversity in Patients: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Clinicians. Perm J. 2024 Mar 15; 28(1):206-211. PMID: 37981843.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/24/2023
Yang Y, Schulze A, Bekui AM, Elisseou S, Sun SW, Hay S, Moriarty JP, Holt SR. Chief resident behaviors that lead to effective morning reports, a multisite qualitative study. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Oct 24; 23(1):789. PMID: 37875921.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/21/2023
Elisseou S. Trauma-Informed Care: A Missing Link in Addressing Burnout. J Healthc Leadersh. 2023; 15:169-173. PMID: 37637484.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/19/2023
Ashworth H, Lewis-O'Connor A, Grossman S, Brown T, Elisseou S, Stoklosa H. Trauma-informed care (TIC) best practices for improving patient care in the emergency department. Int J Emerg Med. 2023 May 19; 16(1):38. PMID: 37208640.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/30/2022
Elisseou S, Adams E, Adler M. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Peer Physical Examination. MedEdPORTAL. 2022; 18:11273. PMID: 36118916.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/13/2022
Elisseou S, Holt SR. Effective Strategies for Planning and Facilitating Morning Report. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 06; 14(3):260-264. PMID: 35754651.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2020
Gerber MR, Elisseou S, Sager ZS, Keith JA. Trauma-Informed Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond. Fed Pract. 2020 Jul; 37(7):302-308. PMID: 32908333.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/25/2019
Elisseou S, Puranam S, Nandi M. A Novel, Trauma-Informed Physical Examination Curriculum for First-Year Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL. 2019 01 25; 15:10799. PMID: 30800999.
Read at: PubMed
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