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Vidya Eswaran, M.D., M.A.S.

Vidya

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Investigator, Clinical Effectiveness & Population Health Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Email: vidya.eswaran@bcm.edu

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Health Care in Emergency Department Settings
  • Care of Incarcerated, and Recently Incarcerated, Populations
  • Health Equity
  • Implementation Science
  • Social Determinants of Health

Education

  • MAS Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  • Fellowship, National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  • Chief Resident, Northwestern University Emergency Medicine; Chicago, IL
  • Residency, Northwestern University Emergency Medicine; Chicago, IL
  • MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Awards and Activities

  • American College of Emergency Medicine, Social Emergency Medicine Section, Newsletter Editor, 2020-Present
  • UCSF Resource Allocation Program Pilot for Research on Racism Impacting Black People, 2021
  • Northwestern Emergency Medicine Annual Education Awards: Best Role Model, 2020
  • EMRA Leadership & Advocacy Travel Grant, 2016
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2015
  • Laya W. Wiesner Award, MIT Womens League, 2012
  • Girl Scout Gold Award, 2008

Dr. Eswaran's PubMed Link *

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