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Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP
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Department of Emergency Medicine
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21 Administrative Office:
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Office: 215-662-6698 - Ext 3
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Education:
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21 c MD, mcl 36 (Division of Health Science and Technology) c
59 Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
21 8 MPP 1f (Health Care Policy) c
49 Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000.
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21 c BA, scl 1a (Biochemistry ) c
28 Harvard College, 1995.
21 c MD, mcl 36 (Division of Health Science and Technology) c
59 Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
21 8 MPP 1f (Health Care Policy) c
49 Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000.
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Post-Graduate Training
24 57 Resident, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, 2000-2004.
24 7e Health Services Research Fellow , UCLA- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, 2004-2006.
24 7b Financial Management for Leaders in Academic Medical Centers, Harvard School of Public Health, 2021-2021.
24 66 Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health, 2023-2023.
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24 57 Resident, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, 2000-2004.
24 7e Health Services Research Fellow , UCLA- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, 2004-2006.
24 7b Financial Management for Leaders in Academic Medical Centers, Harvard School of Public Health, 2021-2021.
24 66 Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health, 2023-2023.
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28 3d American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2005.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
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Description of Research Expertise
c2 Health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, randomized trial design; causal inference in observational data; qualitative research methods; emergency cardiac conditionse 29
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12f Kawatkar AA, Thokala P, Goodacre S, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Sun BC: Cost-effectiveness of early noninvasive cardiac testing for suspected acute coronary syndrome. Academic Emergency Medicine May 2025.
1ab Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Wu YL, Zheng C, Shen E, Sun BC: Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality. Ann Emerg Med Apr 2025 Notes: S0196-0644(25)00119-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.02.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID 40196978.
163 Kea B, Warton EM, Kutz CE, Kinney E, Ballard DW, Reed ME, Lip GYH, Raitt M, Sun BC, Vinson DR; KP CREST Network: Stroke prophylaxis after US emergency department diagnosis and discharge of patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter from 21 hospitals. Int J Emerg Med 18(1), 2025.
1cf Bhadra S, Nguyen T, Elman M, Kea B, Strusnska-Thayer M, Kinney E, Anwar M, Obando KA, Prychyna D, Schnittke N, Neth M, Sun B: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool Increases Oral Anticoagulant Prescription in the Emergency Department: Initial Findings From a Multi-Phase, Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial American Heart Association Scientific Sessions November 2024.
143 Moore AB, Gershon C, Fiske C, Sun, BC, Nazer B, Kea B: Changes in Clinical Management Following 14-Day Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Following Emergency Department Evaluation for Unexplained Syncope. Annals of Emergency Medicine Jan 2024 Notes: in press.
ff Kawatkar A, Sun BC: Cost-Effectiveness of Early Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome. 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum 2024.
d3 Yore M, Sharp A, Wu Y, Kawatkar A, Lee M, Ferencik M, Redberg R, Shen E, Zheng C, Sun BC: Emergency Department Cardiac Risk Stratification With High-Sensitivity 8b vs Conventional Troponin HEART Pathway. JAMA Network Open 6(12), Dec 2023 Notes: PMID 38113042; PMCID: PMC10731477.
1d0 Hopkins BJ, Nguyen T, Kinney E, Kim J, McCracken C, Bissell K, Gosman A, DeCarlo A, Anwar M, Neth MR, Schnittke N, Sun BC, Kea B: Optimizing Stroke Prophylaxis in the Emergency Department With an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool: A Preliminary Analysis of a Multi-Stage Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Tria. 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Session Nov 2023.
166 Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL: Automated interpretation of stress echocardiography reports using natural language processing. European Heart Journal - Digital Health 3(4), Dec 2022 Notes: PMID: 36710893; PMCID: PMC9779789.
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Selected Publications
138 Wehle HH, Gosman A, Dest A, Gina Beer G, Kim J, Kinney E, Schnittke N, Neth MR, Sun BC, Kea B: Emergency Department Clinician Preferences in the Management of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026 Notes: in press.12f Kawatkar AA, Thokala P, Goodacre S, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Sun BC: Cost-effectiveness of early noninvasive cardiac testing for suspected acute coronary syndrome. Academic Emergency Medicine May 2025.
1ab Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Wu YL, Zheng C, Shen E, Sun BC: Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality. Ann Emerg Med Apr 2025 Notes: S0196-0644(25)00119-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.02.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID 40196978.
163 Kea B, Warton EM, Kutz CE, Kinney E, Ballard DW, Reed ME, Lip GYH, Raitt M, Sun BC, Vinson DR; KP CREST Network: Stroke prophylaxis after US emergency department diagnosis and discharge of patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter from 21 hospitals. Int J Emerg Med 18(1), 2025.
1cf Bhadra S, Nguyen T, Elman M, Kea B, Strusnska-Thayer M, Kinney E, Anwar M, Obando KA, Prychyna D, Schnittke N, Neth M, Sun B: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool Increases Oral Anticoagulant Prescription in the Emergency Department: Initial Findings From a Multi-Phase, Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial American Heart Association Scientific Sessions November 2024.
143 Moore AB, Gershon C, Fiske C, Sun, BC, Nazer B, Kea B: Changes in Clinical Management Following 14-Day Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Following Emergency Department Evaluation for Unexplained Syncope. Annals of Emergency Medicine Jan 2024 Notes: in press.
ff Kawatkar A, Sun BC: Cost-Effectiveness of Early Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome. 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum 2024.
d3 Yore M, Sharp A, Wu Y, Kawatkar A, Lee M, Ferencik M, Redberg R, Shen E, Zheng C, Sun BC: Emergency Department Cardiac Risk Stratification With High-Sensitivity 8b vs Conventional Troponin HEART Pathway. JAMA Network Open 6(12), Dec 2023 Notes: PMID 38113042; PMCID: PMC10731477.
1d0 Hopkins BJ, Nguyen T, Kinney E, Kim J, McCracken C, Bissell K, Gosman A, DeCarlo A, Anwar M, Neth MR, Schnittke N, Sun BC, Kea B: Optimizing Stroke Prophylaxis in the Emergency Department With an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool: A Preliminary Analysis of a Multi-Stage Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Tria. 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Session Nov 2023.
166 Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL: Automated interpretation of stress echocardiography reports using natural language processing. European Heart Journal - Digital Health 3(4), Dec 2022 Notes: PMID: 36710893; PMCID: PMC9779789.
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