Sharon Anoush Chekijian, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Titles
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Patient Experience, Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Yale New Haven Hospital PA/NP Post-graduate Training Program, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Faculty Member, Division of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
- Medical Director, PA/NP group
- Chair, Patient Experience Forum
Education & Training
- MPHYale University, Health Policy and Administration (2011)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2007)
- MDYale University School of Medicine (2001)
Languages Spoken
- Հայերեն (Armenian)
- English
- Français (French)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Individual Achievement Award: International Section, American College of Emergency Physicians (2023)
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award: Arnold P. Gold Foundation (2023)
- Catalyst Award: Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
- Presidential Momentum Award: Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)
- Fulbright Scholar: United States Department of State (2019)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2008)
Publications
- Elia T, Temin E, Chekijian S, Raukar N, Gottlieb A. Closing the gender pay gap in emergency medicine: Paradigms to consider for leaders, faculty, and trainees. AEM Education And Training 2023, 7: s41-s47. PMID: 37383830, PMCID: PMC10294221, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10875.
- Kricorian K, Khoshnood K, Chekijian S. Hybrid warfare and public health: Conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh raise the alarm. Public Health In Practice 2022, 4: 100342. PMID: 36420420, PMCID: PMC9676215, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100342.
- Yeghiazaryan N, Isahakyan A, Zubalova L, Hovhannisyan Y, Sahakyan G, Chekijian S, Khachatryan S, Muratoglu M, Aghasaryan M, Babikian V. Stroke care in Armenia: Recent developments. European Stroke Journal 2022, 8: 28-34. PMID: 36793742, PMCID: PMC9923127, DOI: 10.1177/23969873221108739.
- Hertelendy A, Chekijian S, McNulty E, Mitchell C, Grimes J, Durneva P, Ranse J, Voskanyan A, Nazarian V, Rawaf S, Tabche C, Ciottone G. Crisis leadership: a case for inclusion in accredited Master of Public Health program curricula. Public Health 2022, 209: 14-18. PMID: 35749926, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.05.012.
- Chekijian S, Hertelendy A, McNulty E, Ciottone G. Integrating crisis leadership in academic medicine. BMJ Leader 2022, 6: 303-306. PMID: 36794603, DOI: 10.1136/leader-2021-000585.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Response to AAEM’s “Response to the Yale PA Residency Program”. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 23: 54-55. PMID: 35060862, PMCID: PMC8782125, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.6.53820.
- Carpenter CR, Abrams S, Courtney DM, Dorner SC, Dyne P, Elia T, Jourdan DN, Kaji AH, Martin IBK, Mills AM, Nagasawa K, Pillow M, Reznek M, Starnes A, Temin E, Wolfe R, Chekijian S. Advanced practice providers in academic emergency medicine: A national survey of chairs and program directors. Academic Emergency Medicine 2021, 29: 184-192. PMID: 34860436, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14424.
- Chekijian S, Li H, Fodeh S. Emergency care and the patient experience: Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health And Technology 2021, 11: 1073-1082. PMID: 34414063, PMCID: PMC8363088, DOI: 10.1007/s12553-021-00585-z.
- Chekijian S. Communication in the Time of COVID-19. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: 789-791. PMID: 34551877, PMCID: PMC8346334, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.065.
- Fang AC, Chekijian SA, Zeidan AJ, Choo EK, Sethuraman KN. National Awards and Female Emergency Physicians in the United States: Is the "Recognition Gap" Closing? Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: 540-549. PMID: 34364703, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.009.
- Chekijian SA. Emergency systems in the Republic of Armenia: country in crisis or land of opportunity. European Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 28: 337-338. PMID: 33899774, DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000831.
- Chekijian S, Bazarchyan A. Violation of the Global Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabagh: A Viral Amplification of Aggression. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2021, 36: 129-130. PMID: 33509320, PMCID: PMC7889838, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x21000121.
- Chekijian S, Truzyan N, Stepanyan T, Bazarchyan A. Healthcare in transition in the Republic of Armenia: the evolution of emergency medical systems and directions forward. International Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 14: 5. PMID: 33435883, PMCID: PMC7802204, DOI: 10.1186/s12245-020-00328-3.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Wong AH, Ray JM, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Implementation of a Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Within a Physician Residency. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 45-48. PMID: 33439803, PMCID: PMC7806319, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.11.49052.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Response to "Implementation of a Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Within a Physician Residency". Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 49-49. PMID: 33439804, PMCID: PMC7806315, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.12.51312.
- Chekijian S, Yedigaryan K, Bazarchyan A, Yaghjyan G, Sargsyan S. Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development in the Republic of Armenia: The Evolution of Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks Post Transition. Journal Of CME 2020, 10: 1853338. PMID: 33425482, PMCID: PMC7758054, DOI: 10.1080/21614083.2020.1853338.
- Chekijian S, Kinsman J, Taylor RA, Ravi S, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A, Agrawal P. Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.
- Chekijian SA, Elia TR, Horton JL, Baccari BM, Temin ES. A Review of Interprofessional Variation in Education: Challenges and Considerations in the Growth of Advanced Practice Providers in Emergency Medicine. AEM Education And Training 2020, 5: e10469. PMID: 33796808, PMCID: PMC7995928, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10469.
- Sun B, Chekijian S. Emergency Department Crowding and Other Intractable Problems. NEJM Catalyst 2020, 1 DOI: 10.1056/cat.20.0061.
- Chekijian S, Truzyan N, Grigoryan M, Babikian V. Abstract WP303: Laying the Groundwork for Stroke Care in Armenia. Assessment of Ambulance Services in the Republic of Armenia: Current State of Care, Public Perception and Opportunities for Strengthening the Emergency Medical System. Stroke 2020, 51 DOI: 10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.wp303.
- Sun, B, Chekijian, S, "Emergency Department Crowding and other Intractable Problems", NEJM Catalyst 2020 Vol 1, No2. DOI: 10.1056/CAT.20.0061
- Chekijian SA, Simonyan H, Yaghjyan G. A post-Soviet Republic in Transition: A Novel Amplification Programme to Address the Crisis of Continuing Medical Education and Challenges Facing Regional Physicians in the Republic of Armenia. Journal Of CME 2020, 9: 1815370. PMID: 33354407, PMCID: PMC7738310, DOI: 10.1080/21614083.2020.1815370.
- Chekijian SA, Elia TR, Monti JE, Temin ES. Integration of Advanced Practice Providers in Academic Emergency Departments: Best Practices and Considerations. AEM Education And Training 2018, 2: s48-s55. PMID: 30607379, PMCID: PMC6304279, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10207.
- Parwani V, Ashkenasi D, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Melnick E, Venkatesh A. Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 37: 767-768. PMID: 30220643, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025.
- Taylor R, Venkatesh A, Parwani V, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Oh A, Harriman D, Tarabar A, Ulrich A. Applying advanced analytics to guide emergency department operational decisions: A proof-of-concept study examining the effects of boarding. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 36: 1534-1539. PMID: 29310983, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.011.
- Kim Y, Hogan K, D’Onofrio G, Chekijian S, Safdar B. Patient Ethnicity Predicts Poor Health Access and Gaps in Perception of Personal Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Critical Pathways In Cardiology A Journal Of Evidence-Based Medicine 2017, 16: 147-157. PMID: 29135623, DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000132.
- Chekijian S, Paul M, Kohl VP, Walker DM, Tomassoni AJ, Cone DC, Vaca FE. The Global Burden of Road Injury: Its Relevance to the Emergency Physician. Emergency Medicine International 2014, 2014: 139219. PMID: 24719768, PMCID: PMC3956281, DOI: 10.1155/2014/139219.
- Chekijian SA, Truzyan N. Practices, attitudes and perceptions toward road safety in yerevan, republic of armenia. AAAM Annual Conference 2012, 56: 191-200. PMID: 23169129, PMCID: PMC3503422.
- Lynch C, Crape B, Tadevosyan M, Lyman T, Chekijian S. 126: Road Traffic Injury Hot Spots in Yerevan, Armenia. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2009, 54: s40. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.153.
- Safdar B, Hogan K, Chekijian S, D'Onofrio G. 242: Sex Differences in Patient- and Emergency Physician-Perceived Risk of Heart Disease in an Emergency Department Chest Pain Center. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2008, 52: s116. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.260.
- Chekijian S, Cone D, Virabyan A, Khamouchyan N, Truzyan N. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Republic of Armenia. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007, 14: s24-s24. DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.756.
- Legal, professional, public and policy barriers to the development of organ donation and transplantation programs in the Republic of ArmeniaChekijian, Sharon Anoush, "Legal, professional, public and policy barriers to the development of organ donation and transplantation programs in the Republic of Armenia" (2001). Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library. 2456. https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ymtdl/2456
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Patient Experience, Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Yale New Haven Hospital PA/NP Post-graduate Training Program, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Faculty Member, Division of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
- Medical Director, PA/NP group
- Chair, Patient Experience Forum
Education & Training
- MPHYale University, Health Policy and Administration (2011)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2007)
- MDYale University School of Medicine (2001)
Languages Spoken
- Հայերեն (Armenian)
- English
- Français (French)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Individual Achievement Award: International Section, American College of Emergency Physicians (2023)
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award: Arnold P. Gold Foundation (2023)
- Catalyst Award: Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
- Presidential Momentum Award: Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)
- Fulbright Scholar: United States Department of State (2019)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2008)
Publications
- Elia T, Temin E, Chekijian S, Raukar N, Gottlieb A. Closing the gender pay gap in emergency medicine: Paradigms to consider for leaders, faculty, and trainees. AEM Education And Training 2023, 7: s41-s47. PMID: 37383830, PMCID: PMC10294221, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10875.
- Kricorian K, Khoshnood K, Chekijian S. Hybrid warfare and public health: Conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh raise the alarm. Public Health In Practice 2022, 4: 100342. PMID: 36420420, PMCID: PMC9676215, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100342.
- Yeghiazaryan N, Isahakyan A, Zubalova L, Hovhannisyan Y, Sahakyan G, Chekijian S, Khachatryan S, Muratoglu M, Aghasaryan M, Babikian V. Stroke care in Armenia: Recent developments. European Stroke Journal 2022, 8: 28-34. PMID: 36793742, PMCID: PMC9923127, DOI: 10.1177/23969873221108739.
- Hertelendy A, Chekijian S, McNulty E, Mitchell C, Grimes J, Durneva P, Ranse J, Voskanyan A, Nazarian V, Rawaf S, Tabche C, Ciottone G. Crisis leadership: a case for inclusion in accredited Master of Public Health program curricula. Public Health 2022, 209: 14-18. PMID: 35749926, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.05.012.
- Chekijian S, Hertelendy A, McNulty E, Ciottone G. Integrating crisis leadership in academic medicine. BMJ Leader 2022, 6: 303-306. PMID: 36794603, DOI: 10.1136/leader-2021-000585.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Response to AAEM’s “Response to the Yale PA Residency Program”. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 23: 54-55. PMID: 35060862, PMCID: PMC8782125, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.6.53820.
- Carpenter CR, Abrams S, Courtney DM, Dorner SC, Dyne P, Elia T, Jourdan DN, Kaji AH, Martin IBK, Mills AM, Nagasawa K, Pillow M, Reznek M, Starnes A, Temin E, Wolfe R, Chekijian S. Advanced practice providers in academic emergency medicine: A national survey of chairs and program directors. Academic Emergency Medicine 2021, 29: 184-192. PMID: 34860436, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14424.
- Chekijian S, Li H, Fodeh S. Emergency care and the patient experience: Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health And Technology 2021, 11: 1073-1082. PMID: 34414063, PMCID: PMC8363088, DOI: 10.1007/s12553-021-00585-z.
- Chekijian S. Communication in the Time of COVID-19. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: 789-791. PMID: 34551877, PMCID: PMC8346334, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.065.
- Fang AC, Chekijian SA, Zeidan AJ, Choo EK, Sethuraman KN. National Awards and Female Emergency Physicians in the United States: Is the "Recognition Gap" Closing? Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: 540-549. PMID: 34364703, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.009.
- Chekijian SA. Emergency systems in the Republic of Armenia: country in crisis or land of opportunity. European Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 28: 337-338. PMID: 33899774, DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000831.
- Chekijian S, Bazarchyan A. Violation of the Global Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabagh: A Viral Amplification of Aggression. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2021, 36: 129-130. PMID: 33509320, PMCID: PMC7889838, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x21000121.
- Chekijian S, Truzyan N, Stepanyan T, Bazarchyan A. Healthcare in transition in the Republic of Armenia: the evolution of emergency medical systems and directions forward. International Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 14: 5. PMID: 33435883, PMCID: PMC7802204, DOI: 10.1186/s12245-020-00328-3.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Wong AH, Ray JM, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Implementation of a Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Within a Physician Residency. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 45-48. PMID: 33439803, PMCID: PMC7806319, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.11.49052.
- Tsyrulnik A, Goldflam K, Coughlin R, Bod J, Chekijian S, Della-Giustina D. Response to "Implementation of a Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Within a Physician Residency". Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 49-49. PMID: 33439804, PMCID: PMC7806315, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.12.51312.
- Chekijian S, Yedigaryan K, Bazarchyan A, Yaghjyan G, Sargsyan S. Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development in the Republic of Armenia: The Evolution of Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks Post Transition. Journal Of CME 2020, 10: 1853338. PMID: 33425482, PMCID: PMC7758054, DOI: 10.1080/21614083.2020.1853338.
- Chekijian S, Kinsman J, Taylor RA, Ravi S, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A, Agrawal P. Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.
- Chekijian SA, Elia TR, Horton JL, Baccari BM, Temin ES. A Review of Interprofessional Variation in Education: Challenges and Considerations in the Growth of Advanced Practice Providers in Emergency Medicine. AEM Education And Training 2020, 5: e10469. PMID: 33796808, PMCID: PMC7995928, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10469.
- Sun B, Chekijian S. Emergency Department Crowding and Other Intractable Problems. NEJM Catalyst 2020, 1 DOI: 10.1056/cat.20.0061.
- Chekijian S, Truzyan N, Grigoryan M, Babikian V. Abstract WP303: Laying the Groundwork for Stroke Care in Armenia. Assessment of Ambulance Services in the Republic of Armenia: Current State of Care, Public Perception and Opportunities for Strengthening the Emergency Medical System. Stroke 2020, 51 DOI: 10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.wp303.
- Sun, B, Chekijian, S, "Emergency Department Crowding and other Intractable Problems", NEJM Catalyst 2020 Vol 1, No2. DOI: 10.1056/CAT.20.0061
- Chekijian SA, Simonyan H, Yaghjyan G. A post-Soviet Republic in Transition: A Novel Amplification Programme to Address the Crisis of Continuing Medical Education and Challenges Facing Regional Physicians in the Republic of Armenia. Journal Of CME 2020, 9: 1815370. PMID: 33354407, PMCID: PMC7738310, DOI: 10.1080/21614083.2020.1815370.
- Chekijian SA, Elia TR, Monti JE, Temin ES. Integration of Advanced Practice Providers in Academic Emergency Departments: Best Practices and Considerations. AEM Education And Training 2018, 2: s48-s55. PMID: 30607379, PMCID: PMC6304279, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10207.
- Parwani V, Ashkenasi D, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Melnick E, Venkatesh A. Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 37: 767-768. PMID: 30220643, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025.
- Taylor R, Venkatesh A, Parwani V, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Oh A, Harriman D, Tarabar A, Ulrich A. Applying advanced analytics to guide emergency department operational decisions: A proof-of-concept study examining the effects of boarding. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 36: 1534-1539. PMID: 29310983, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.011.
- Kim Y, Hogan K, D’Onofrio G, Chekijian S, Safdar B. Patient Ethnicity Predicts Poor Health Access and Gaps in Perception of Personal Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Critical Pathways In Cardiology A Journal Of Evidence-Based Medicine 2017, 16: 147-157. PMID: 29135623, DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000132.
- Chekijian S, Paul M, Kohl VP, Walker DM, Tomassoni AJ, Cone DC, Vaca FE. The Global Burden of Road Injury: Its Relevance to the Emergency Physician. Emergency Medicine International 2014, 2014: 139219. PMID: 24719768, PMCID: PMC3956281, DOI: 10.1155/2014/139219.
- Chekijian SA, Truzyan N. Practices, attitudes and perceptions toward road safety in yerevan, republic of armenia. AAAM Annual Conference 2012, 56: 191-200. PMID: 23169129, PMCID: PMC3503422.
- Lynch C, Crape B, Tadevosyan M, Lyman T, Chekijian S. 126: Road Traffic Injury Hot Spots in Yerevan, Armenia. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2009, 54: s40. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.153.
- Safdar B, Hogan K, Chekijian S, D'Onofrio G. 242: Sex Differences in Patient- and Emergency Physician-Perceived Risk of Heart Disease in an Emergency Department Chest Pain Center. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2008, 52: s116. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.260.
- Chekijian S, Cone D, Virabyan A, Khamouchyan N, Truzyan N. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Republic of Armenia. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007, 14: s24-s24. DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.756.
- Legal, professional, public and policy barriers to the development of organ donation and transplantation programs in the Republic of ArmeniaChekijian, Sharon Anoush, "Legal, professional, public and policy barriers to the development of organ donation and transplantation programs in the Republic of Armenia" (2001). Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library. 2456. https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ymtdl/2456
Departments and Programs