Cameron J. Gettel, MD, MHS

Yale University

Biography

Dr. Gettel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and a Clinical Investigator at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). Dr. Gettel aims to advance the understanding of emergency department care transitions in the growing geriatric population through the identification and development of patient- and caregiver-reported outcome measures and then to design, implement, and validate innovative care transition strategies and interventions to improve clinical outcomes. At CORE, Dr. Gettel leads work funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop the next generation of performance measures across multiple care settings. His work has also been funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR R03 mechanism, the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, the Alzheimer's Association, the Emergency Medicine Foundation, and the Yale OAIC Pepper Center.

Dr. Gettel earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Elizabethtown College and his doctor of medicine from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Most recently, he completed emergency medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as chief resident, and the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University.