Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD

Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD, is an emergency scholar at Yale University. 

She earned her medical degree and doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine, trained in emergency medicine at Yale University, and is continuing through the Yale Emergency Scholar Program in 2026-2027. Her academic work focuses on public health, health communication, and social media.

Dr. Panthagani’s current role is a resident, with a research focus in public health and health communication. She co-led a workgroup for the SAEM Misinformation Consensus Conference, serves on the Steering Committee for The Evidence Collective, and is founder and editor of You Can Know Things. 

Her current support includes a NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award in Substance Use Disorders Science Dissemination for 2025-2026. Her honors include the 2024 National Augustine D'Orta Humanism Award from the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association and the 2022 National FOAM(er) of the Year Award from the same organization. Her biography reflects a physician-scholar working at the intersection of emergency medicine, public communication, and evidence dissemination.