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Raina Martha Merchant, MD MS

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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania
LDI Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Research Fellow, Center for Resuscitation Science
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
423 Guardian Drive, 13th floor Blockley
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: raina.merchant@uphs.upenn.edu
Links
Center for Resuscitation Science
Education:
BA (Psychobiology)
Yale University, 1998.
 MD
University of Chicago, 2003.
 MS (Master of Science in Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Emergency Medicine , University of Chicago, Chicago, IL , 2003-2007.
 Philips Resuscitation fellowship, University of Chicago, 2006-2007.
 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2010.
 Fellow, Center for Resuscitation Science, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2007-present.
 Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2007-present.
 Fellow, Health Policy , Department of Health and Human Services,Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response , 2010-present.
Certifications
Board certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2009.
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Description of Research Expertise

Her research is focused on improving survival from cardiac arrest. She is specifically interested in implementation of existing resuscitation therapies and tracking the diffusion of cardiac arrest interventions. In the in-patient setting, she is interested in using administrative data sets to identify disparities in post-resuscitation care.
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Last updated: 03/24/2010
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