Sadie Elisseou MD
Adjunct Instructor, General Internal Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 358-7492selisseo@bu.edu

Sections
General Internal 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
Medicine, MD, Brown University School of Medicine
BA, Brown University
Publications
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.
Published on 2/9/2024Elisseou 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.
Published on 11/20/2023Mosier-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.
Published on 10/24/2023Yang 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.
Published on 8/21/2023Elisseou S. Trauma-Informed Care: A Missing Link in Addressing Burnout. J Healthc Leadersh. 2023; 15:169-173. PMID: 37637484.
Published on 5/19/2023Ashworth 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.
Published on 8/30/2022Elisseou S, Adams E, Adler M. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Peer Physical Examination. MedEdPORTAL. 2022; 18:11273. PMID: 36118916.
Published on 6/13/2022Elisseou S, Holt SR. Effective Strategies for Planning and Facilitating Morning Report. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 06; 14(3):260-264. PMID: 35754651.
Published on 7/1/2020Gerber 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.
Published on 1/25/2019Elisseou 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.
Media Mentions
Published on 5/29/2024
Addressing health care workers’ trauma can help fight burnout
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