Danielle McCarthy, MD

Danielle McCarthy, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of Research in the Northwestern University Department of Emergency Medicine. She is an emergency physician and health services researcher whose work focuses primarily on doctor patient communication in the emergency setting and health literacy.  Her recent research has focused on risk communication about opioids and improving communication about diagnostic uncertainty. Since completing her research training in 2012, she has been funded continuously on multiple grants from a range of foundations and federal agencies. She additionally co-leads the ARMED Course for SAEM.