Michael Poulson
Clinical Instructor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Surgery




Michael is a resident physician and clinical instructor in general surgery at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Loyola University-Chicago, and Georgetown University School of Medicine. He graduated with a Master in Public Health in health policy from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in December 2020. His research focuses on changes to the built environment resulting from structural racism and racist housing policies that lead to disproportionate health outcomes and victimization of firearm violence. His work touches on cancer outcomes, firearm violence, and surgical outcomes as they relate to issues of racist policies, social mobility, and reparations. He leads the Boston Medical Center resident health equity group, is research chair of Socially Responsible Surgery, and active in legislative advocacy through the American College of Surgeons.

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  1. Poulson M, Riley K, Haqqani M, Green KA, Kenzik K, Scantling D. The Carceral State, Social Disorganization, and Firearm Homicides in Chicago. JAMA Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 159(8):910-916.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38837148; PMCID: PMC11154366; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.1596;
     
  2. Davis ES, Poulson MR, Yarbro AA, Franks JA, Bhatia S, Kenzik KM. Understanding racial differences in financial hardship among older adults surviving cancer. Cancer. 2024 Oct 15; 130(20):3487-3495.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38888939
     
  3. LaRaja A, Connor Y, Poulson MR. The effect of urban racial residential segregation on ovarian cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Aug; 187:163-169. PMID: 38788513
     
  4. Poulson M, Jay J, Kenzik K, Torres C, Sanchez SE, Saillant N, Holena D, Galea S, Scantling D. Death by the minute: Inequities in trauma care for victims of firearm violence. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Apr 01; 96(4):589-595.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37994476; PMCID: PMC10978261; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004219;
     
  5. Poulson MR, Neufeld MY, Laraja A, Allee L, Kenzik KM, Dechert T. The effect of historic redlining on firearm violence. J Natl Med Assoc. 2023 Aug; 115(4):421-427.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37365061
     
  6. Poulson MR, Geary A, Papageorge M, Laraja A, Sacks O, Hall J, Kenzik KM. The effect of medicare and screening guidelines on colorectal cancer outcomes. J Natl Med Assoc. 2023 Feb; 115(1):90-98.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36470707
     
  7. Poulson MR, Neufeld MY, LaRaja A, Allee L, Kenzik KM, Dechert T. Historic redlining, social mobility, and firearm violence. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Feb 01; 94(2):312-319.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35939375
     
  8. Poulson MR, Papageorge MV, LaRaja AS, Kenzik KM, Sachs TE. Socioeconomic Mediation of Racial Segregation in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment and Outcome Disparities. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 01; 278(2):246-252.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35837973
     
  9. Poulson M. Racist Factors Underlying Prostate Cancer Disparities. JAMA Oncol. 2022 May 01; 8(5):696-697. PMID: 35238911
     
  10. Neufeld MY, Poulson M, Sanchez SE, Siegel MB. State firearm laws and nonfatal firearm injury-related inpatient hospitalizations: A nationwide panel study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 03 01; 92(3):581-587.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34711793
     
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Prostate MRI to Diagnose Prostate Cancer Less Likely in Black Men

Cancer Therapy Advisor 3/21/2022

Prostate MRI to Diagnose Prostate Cancer Less Likely in Black Men

Renal and Urology News 3/14/2022

Understanding the structural factors that fuel racial disparities in the use of prostate MRI

Radiology Business 3/9/2022

Sociodemographic, structural processes mostly explain racial disparity in prostate MRI use

Healio 3/3/2022

Commentary: Connecting the dots between redlining and gun violence

Dorchester Reporter 11/23/2021

Gun Violence Is Higher in Boston Areas that Were Redlined in the 1930s

HealthCity 10/12/2021

Redlining, Racial Bias in Medical Tests, and more

MHA Monday Report 10/4/2021

Hospital study: Boston firearm violence higher in ‘redlined’ areas since 1930s

Boston 25 News 9/29/2021

POV: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Must Curb Structural Racism

BU Today 5/6/2021

Biden’s infrastructure plan must curb structural racism

The Boston Globe 4/27/2021

Intersectionality and COVID-19 Disparities in the Latinx Population

HealthCity 12/1/2020

Hispanics in the U.S. Have Worse COVID-19 Outcomes

HealthDay 11/2/2020
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