Brendan Carr (physician)

Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS is an American physician and educator. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System as of 2024,[1] and Professor and Endowed System Chair of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System.[2]

Brendan G. Carr, MD
Dr. Brendan G. Carr
NationalityUnited States
Alma materTemple University The University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Known forEmergency medicine
Scientific career
InstitutionsThomas Jefferson University, The Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Emergency Care Coordination Center
WebsiteProfile at Mount Sinai

Education edit

Carr holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology, a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland, an MD from Temple University, and a Master of Science in Health Policy Research from The University of Pennsylvania.[3] He completed residency in emergency medicine, a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Clinical Scholar Program at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.[4][5][6][7]

Career edit

Faculty edit

Carr was faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.[8][9]

At Thomas Jefferson University, Carr was Professor and Vice Chair of Health Policy in the Department of Emergency Medicine, ran a Population Science Research Group, and was the Associate Dean of Healthcare Delivery Innovation.[10][11] He focused on using research methods to measure the impact of healthcare delivery system innovations, including telehealth and other patient-centered care delivery methods.[12][13]

Federal appointments edit

Carr was appointed Director of the Emergency Care Coordination Center within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services from 2012 to 2020,[4][14][15] focusing on integrating emergency care delivery systems into the broader healthcare infrastructure.[4][5] Key efforts included coordination of the government-wide Council on Emergency Medical Care, partnerships with the National Quality Forum to improve the measurement of emergency care,[6] developing an emergency care system inventory, examining access to trauma care, exploring the development of better incentives for the delivery of high-quality emergency care, and partnerships with the U.S. Indian Health Service to improve emergency care.[16][15][17]

He has also worked as an advisor for the World Health Organization.[18]

Research edit

Carr's work is focused on how emergency care system design impacts outcomes in unplanned critical illnesses such as trauma, stroke, sepsis, and cardiac arrest.[19] His research funding has focused on trauma system outcomes and planning for both adults and children,[20][9] emergency systems of care,[21] telemedicine,[22][13] and the use of population-based outcomes measurements in order to improve outcomes for emergency conditions.[23][24] He is considered a thought leader in emergency care policy.[25][26][27]

Carr helped to develop the system-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic at Mount Sinai, [28][29] and his current research efforts seek to examine health system readiness.[30][31][32][33][34]

Publications edit

Carr has written over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, served as a reviewer and holds editorial positions for over a dozen peer-reviewed journals. As of 2023, Google Scholar ranks his h-index at 54 and i10-index at 153, with cumulative citations of 15,032. His top five articles ranked by number of citations are:[35]

  • Hollander JE, Carr BG. Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 30;382(18):1679-1681. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2003539. Epub 2020 Mar 11. PMID 32160451 Cited by 3114
  • Gaieski DF, Edwards JM, Kallan MJ, Carr BG. Benchmarking the incidence and mortality of severe sepsis in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2013 May;41(5):1167-74. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827c09f8. PMID 23442987 Cited by 1572
  • Merchant RM, Yang L, Becker LB, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Nichol G, Carr BG, Mitra N, Bradley SM, Abella BS, Groeneveld PW; American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators. Incidence of treated cardiac arrest in hospitalized patients in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;39(11):2401-6. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182257459. PMID 21705896; PMCID: PMC3196742 Cited by 470
  • Lurie N, Carr BG. The Role of Telehealth in the Medical Response to Disasters. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jun 1;178(6):745-746. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1314. PMID 29710200 Cited by 453
  • Gaieski DF, Band RA, Abella BS, Neumar RW, Fuchs BD, Kolansky DM, Merchant RM, Carr BG, Becker LB, Maguire C, Klair A, Hylton J, Goyal M. Early goal-directed hemodynamic optimization combined with therapeutic hypothermia in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2009 Apr;80(4):418-24. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.12.015. Epub 2009 Feb 12. PMID 19217200 Cited by 366


Grants and foundation support edit

Carr served as Principal Investigator for several R01 and R03 research awards from AHRQ, the CDC, and the National Institutes of Health, examining trauma systems, geography of acute care, and regional cardiac arrest outcomes and systems of care.[36][37][17] He received a career development award (K08) from the AHRQ to study adult trauma systems of care.

As of 2023, Carr's active research include A Population Based Approach to Improve Outcomes After Out-of- Hospital Cardiac Arrest, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Principal investigator, 7R01HL141841-03,[38] and Structural Racism and Discrimination in Emergency Department Transfers: Unintended Consequences of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, Co-investigator, 5R01MD017495-02.[39]

Awards, honors, and positions edit

Carr has received a number of awards, including the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Young Investigator Award,[40] the American College of Emergency Physicians Young Physician Leadership Fellowship,[41] the Golden Apple Teaching Award from the University of Pennsylvania, Best Manuscript from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma,[42] and Top Docs of Philadelphia.[43] In 2022, he received the “Chair of the Year Award" from the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) of the American College of Emergency Physicians.[44] He was formerly on the board of directors for the Emergency Medicine Foundation, is an active member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine,[3] the American College of Emergency Physicians, and is a widely sought after speaker on issues related to emergency care and health policy.[6][24][45][46] He serves on the editorial board for Annals of Emergency Medicine.[47] In fall 2020, Carr was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[16][19]

References edit

  1. ^ Neber, Jacqueline. "Mount Sinai Health System names Dr. Brendan Carr as next CEO". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Brendan Carr | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. ^ a b "SAEM Brendan Carr" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b c "Penn Emergency Medicine Physician Named as Director of the Federal Emergency Care Coordination Center - Penn Medicine". www.pennmedicine.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  5. ^ a b "Penn Emergency Medicine Physician Named as Director of the Federal Emergency Care Coordination Center". Penn Today. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  6. ^ a b c "National Quality Forum: Regionalized Emergency Medical Services - Brendan Carr".
  7. ^ "Emergency Care: A Story of Extraordinary Success and Lingering Challenge". RWJF. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  8. ^ "Brendan Carr, Philadelphia Inquirer, Safest Cities". LDI. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  9. ^ a b "Tracking the Golden Hour of Trauma Care". ldihealtheconomist.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  10. ^ "Brendan Carr, MD, MS - Thomas Jefferson University". www.jefferson.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  11. ^ "Brendan Carr | Computational Medicine Center at Thomas Jefferson University". | Computational Medicine Center at Thomas Jefferson University. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  12. ^ "4 Ways You Haven't Thought About Using Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic". www.healthleadersmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  13. ^ a b Joy, Kevin. "How 'Tele-Triage' Models Work to Keep Patients and Clinicians Safe". Technology Solutions That Drive Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  14. ^ "Regional COVID-19 Coordination Center Overview | Technical Resources". ASPR TRACIE. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  15. ^ a b Carr, Brendan. "Acute Medical Care: Navigating a Complex System". www.phe.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  16. ^ a b "Mount Sinai Doctors Elected to National Academy of Medicine for Contributions to Emergency Medicine and Translational Genetics". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  17. ^ a b Martinez, Ricardo; Carr, Brendan (2013-12-01). "Creating Integrated Networks Of Emergency Care: From Vision To Value". Health Affairs. 32 (12): 2082–2090. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0884. ISSN 0278-2715. PMID 24301390.
  18. ^ "External Advisory Committee". Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  19. ^ a b "National Academy of Medicine elects 100 new members". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  20. ^ "Brendan Carr, WBEZ Radio, Chicago Trauma Care". LDI. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  21. ^ "Health Affairs Briefing: Future Of Emergency Medicine: Challenges And Opportunities | Health Affairs Blog". www.healthaffairs.org. 2013. doi:10.1377/forefront.20131122.035494.
  22. ^ Hollander, Judd E.; Carr, Brendan G. (2020-04-30). "Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19". New England Journal of Medicine. 382 (18): 1679–1681. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2003539. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 32160451. S2CID 212678493.
  23. ^ Sisak, Michael R.; Peltz, Jennifer (March 18, 2020). "New York emergency rooms brace for surge of virus patients". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  24. ^ a b ""Strategies for improving injury outcomes for older adults: How novel Medicare payment structures can help"" (PDF). May 25, 2017.
  25. ^ "Notable in Health Care 2020". Crain's New York Business. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  26. ^ "The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Is Necessary But Not Sufficient – Here's What Congress Should Do Next | Health Affairs Blog". www.healthaffairs.org. 2020. doi:10.1377/forefront.20200318.858880.
  27. ^ "New study: nearly half of US medical care comes from emergency rooms". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  28. ^ "Coronavirus Updates: Hospital ship heads to New York as hospitals prepare for mass cases". ABC7 New York. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  29. ^ Sellers, Frances Stead. "Hospitals prepare for 'nightmare' scenario of flu and coronavirus striking at same time". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  30. ^ "Notable in Health Care 2020". Crain's New York Business. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  31. ^ "Study Projects Areas Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Patient Surge | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  32. ^ "Comparing Hospital COVID Waves Across the US". Medscape. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  33. ^ "Health care experts say coronavirus exposes major flaws in medical system". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  34. ^ Walker, Marcus; Maremont, Mark (2020-03-17). "Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown. 'Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  35. ^ "Brendan G Carr". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  36. ^ Meisel, Zachary F. (2011-07-19). "10 Dangerous Places to Vacation: Why Where You Live, Work or Play Matters for Your Health". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  37. ^ "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results". projectreporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  38. ^ "RePORT ⟩ RePORTER". reporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  39. ^ "RePORT ⟩ RePORTER". reporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  40. ^ "Past Award Winners". www.saem.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  41. ^ "Fellow (FACEP) Status". www.acep.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  42. ^ "Best Manuscript Award". www.east.org. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  43. ^ "The Next Generation of Great Philadelphia Doctors". Philly Magazine: City Life. 26 March 2009.
  44. ^ "Mount Sinai's Brendan Carr, MD, MS, Receives Prestigious "Chair of the Year Award" from Emergency Medicine Residents' Association". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  45. ^ "United Services University for Health Services: Brendan Carr" (PDF).
  46. ^ "Can't-Miss Lectures at ACEP19". ACEP Now. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  47. ^ "Annals of Emergency Medicine". www.annemergmed.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

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