Yvette Calderon
Yvette Calderon | |
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Alma mater | Brown University Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Jacobi Medical Center Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Yvette Calderon is an American physician who is Chair and Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research has focused on health disparities in Manhattan, with a particular focus on HIV and hepatitis C. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2022.
Early life and education
Calderon was raised in a housing project in
Research and career
Calderon started her career at the Jacobi Medical Center. Her career has focused on elimination of
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Calderon was Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital.[8] Calderon's father died from the disease.[8][9] This motivated her to ensure all hospitalized COVID-19 patients would be able to hear the voice of people they knew. She investigated health disparities during COVID-19,[10] and tried to persuade reluctant community members to get the vaccine.[11]
Calderon developed the first digital HIV diagnostic and counseling program, which has been deployed in various clinical settings.[12]
Awards and honors
- 2003 Inducted into Leo M. Davidoff Society[13]
- 2013 The Linda Laubenstein Award for Excellence in HIV care[14][3]
- 2015 Bronx Influential Women Awards[15]
- 2015 New York City Health and Hospital Corporation: Doctor’s Day Award[16]
- 2019 Crain Communications Notable Women in Healthcare[17]
- 2021 Crain’s New York Champion of Change Award[18]
- 2022 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine[12][19]
Selected publications
- Finitsis, David J.; Pellowski, Jennifer A.; Johnson, Blair T. (2014-02-05). "Text Message Intervention Designs to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART): A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials". PLOS ONE. 9 (2): e88166. PMID 24505411.
- Berger, Jeffrey S.; Eisen, Lewis; Nozad, Valerie; D’Angelo, John; Calderon, Yvette; Brown, David L.; Schweitzer, Paul (2005-08-01). "Competency in electrocardiogram interpretation among internal medicine and emergency medicine residents". The American Journal of Medicine. 118 (8): 873–880. PMID 16084180.
- Calderon, Yvette (2011-05-01). "Educational Effectiveness of an HIV Pretest Video for Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial". PMID 21482613.
References
- ^ Williams, Jaime (2015-02-18). "Bronx Neighbors: Dr. Yvette Calderon – Bronx Times". www.bxtimes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Woman of Substance: Yvette Calderon, Emergency Physician" (PDF). 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Jacobi Doctor Receives Laubenstein Award for HIV/AIDS Care Efforts". 2014-01-30.
- ^ a b c "Hispanic Heritage Month Highlight: Dr. Yvette Calderon | Diversity & Inclusion | Albert Einstein College of Medicine". www.einsteinmed.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Leadership | Icahn School of Medicine". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Yvette Calderon – Sinai EM". Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Class Notes | Einstein Magazine". Einstein Magazine |. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ a b "When coronavirus New York City, Dr. Yvette Calderon and her team did 'whatever it took'". NBC News. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Hear from people taking action against COVID-19". 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "11.10.21 | The Collision Between Health Disparities, Racism and Covid-19 | Continuing Medical Education". cme-learning.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "A Shot in the Arm | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ a b "Mount Sinai's Yvette Calderon, MD, MS, Elected to National Academy of Medicine for Contributions to Emergency Medicine | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "THE LEO M. DAVIDOFF SOCIETY OF THE ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEMBERSHIP LIST AS OF MAY 2021" (PDF). 2021.
- ^ "The New York State HIV Quality of Care Program".
- ^ Williams, Jaime (2015-07-09). "Bronx Times honors 25 Bronx influential women – Bronx Times". www.bxtimes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Doctors' Day Awards | Physician Affiliate Group of New York". www.pagny.org. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Notable Women in Healthcare - Yvette Calderon, MD". Crain's New York Business. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "ABEM Director Yvette Calderon, M.D., M.S., Recognized for Her Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion". www.abem.org. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Emergency Physicians Elected to National Academy of Medicine". www.acep.org. Retrieved 2022-10-23.