Sadia H. Sarzynski, MD, MHS

MD, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York
MHSc, Clinical Research Training Program, Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Sarzynski received her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology from Stony Brook University, her Doctor of Medicine degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and Master of Health Sciences degree from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed residency training at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital in combined emergency medicine and internal medicine, and then completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the NIH and an Infectious Diseases fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is actively board certified in all four specialties.

Her primary research interest is using observational methodology and epidemiological principles to leverage large electronic health record-based databases to answer clinically relevant questions. Topics of her research include emergency response, acute care, critical illness, and severe infections.

She serves as the Medical Director for the Division of Emergency Management and the Division of Fire and Rescue Services. She is the Chair of the ICU Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee. Dr. Sarzynski is also a dedicated medical educator. Her educational roles include Course Director of Critical Care Ultrasound Fellowship Program, and Simulation Instructor for the Critical Care Interprofessional Simulation Program.

Dr. Sarzynski believes all physicians have a responsibility to alleviate healthcare gaps globally, thus she has a keen interest in global health and has worked throughout her career as a volunteer physician and educator in resource-limited settings.

• NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, Patient Safety Champion, Point-of-Care Ultrasound, 2024
• NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, Patient Care, 2024
• NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, Innovation, Critical Care Ultrasound, 2023
• NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, Simulation Development, 2022
• NIH Clinical Center Director's Award, COVID-19 Critical Care Transport Team, 2021
• NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, ICU/IMC COVID Response Team, 2020

Trends in Patient Transfers From Overall and Caseload-Strained US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sarzynski SH, Mancera AG, Yek C, Rosenthal NA, Kartashov A, Hick JL, Mitchell SH, Neupane M, Warner S, Sun J, Demirkale CY, Swihart B, Kadri SS.JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Feb 5;7(2):e2356174. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen. 2023.56174. PMID: 38358739

Association between minimum inhibitory concentration values and mortality risk in patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections: a retrospective cohort study of electronic health records from 148 US hospitals. Sarzynski SH, Lawandi A, Warner S, Demirkale CY, Strich JR, Dekker JP, Babiker A, Li W, Kadri SS.JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2023 Apr 28;5(2):dlad049. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad049. eCollection 2023 Apr. PMID: 37124072

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Levofloxacin for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections: A Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Study of Electronic Health Records from 154 US Hospitals. Sarzynski SH, Warner S, Sun J, Matsouaka R, Dekker JP, Babiker A, Li W, Lai YL, Danner RL, Fowler VG Jr, Kadri SS.Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 17;9(2):ofab644. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab644. eCollection 2022 Feb. PMID: 35097154

Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. Sarzynski SH, Mancera A, Mann C, Dai M, Sun J, Warner S, Kadri SS.JAMA. 2022 Mar 1;327(9):874-877. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0812. PMID: 35089309

Measures and Impact of Caseload Surge During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review. Neupane M, De Jonge N, Angelo S, Sarzynski S, Sun J, Rochwerg B, Hick J, Mitchell SH, Warner S, Mancera A, Cooper D, Kadri SS.Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 1;52(7):1097-1112. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006263. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38517234

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