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Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH

Chair

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Emergency Medicine

MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, Houston Baptist University

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ORCID : 0000-0002-4669-3469

Christian Arbelaez is the Department of Emergency Medicine Chief at Boston Medical Center and Chair at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Previously, he was Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and prior to that, Assistant Residency Director of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Associate Director of the Office for Multicultural Careers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston.

He is recognized as a leader nationally and has been an invited speaker for his work around clinical innovation in the areas of HIV testing in the ED, physician leadership development, and workforce diversity. Dr. Arbelaez has participated in several domestic and international volunteer relief efforts including Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief with the American Red Cross, Gallup Indian Medical Center in the Navajo Nation with the BWH, and recently in St. Marc’s, Haiti with Partners in Health. He has been awarded the Dennis Thomson Leadership Award, the James Adams Leadership Award, and the Best Teacher Award at the BWH. He was recently awarded the Young Mentor Award at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Arbelaez earned his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He completed his post-graduate training at the Brown Medical School Residency Program in Emergency Medicine and was selected as a Chief Resident his final year. He earned his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health as part of the Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Policy Fellowship.

Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine

BMC Research

Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program Grant Oppo
09/01/2016 - 07/31/2022 (PI)
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH Centers for Disease

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Patiño AM, Chen J, DeVos EL, Lee JA, Anderson K, Banks M, Herard K, Kharel R, Kivlehan S, Arbelaez C. Emergency Medicine Around the World: Analysis of the 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians International Ambassador Country Reports. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2022 Apr; 3(2):e12681. PMID: 35252974; PMCID: PMC8886186; DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12681;

Madsen TE, Heron S, Lall MD, Blomkalns A, Arbelaez C, Lopez B, Lin M, Rounds K, Sethuraman KN, Safdar B. Institutional solutions addressing disparities in compensation and advancement of emergency medicine physicians: A critical appraisal of gaps and associated recommendations. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Jun; 29(6):710-718. PMID: 35064998

Reynolds CW, Duarte A, Fricke A, Gómez Restrepo C, Patiño A, Arbelaez C, Moretti K, Aguiar LG. Supporting healthcare workers caring for ex-combatants: incentives among Colombian providers with FARC ex-combatants. Glob Public Health. 2022 Nov; 17(11):3005-3021. PMID: 35132944

Moretti K, Aluisio AR, Gallo Marin B, Chen CJ, González Marqués C, Beaudoin FL, Clark M, Patiño A, Carranza H, Duarte A, Moreno A, Aguiar LG, Arbelaez C. Confidence and knowledge in emergency management among medical students across Colombia: A role for the WHO basic emergency care course. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262282. PMID: 35061787; PMCID: PMC8782416; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262282;

Reynolds CW, Aguiar LG, Arbelaez C, Restrepo CG, Patiño A, Carranza H, Pileika L, Duarte A. Healthcare access barriers for FARC ex-combatants in Colombia: qualitative perspectives from healthcare providers and FARC health promoters. BMC Public Health. 2021 01 08; 21(1):102. PMID: 33419406; PMCID: PMC7792039; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-10062-3;

Tupesis JP, Lin J, Nicks B, Chiu A, Arbalaez C, Wai A, Jouriles N. Leadership Matters: Needs Assessment and Framework for the International Federation for Emergency Medicine Administrative Leadership Curriculum. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Jul; 5(3):e10515. PMID: 34027280; PMCID: PMC8122125; DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10515;

Reynolds CW, Aguiar LG, Moretti K, Duarte A, Romero FAR, Patiño A, Fricke A, Zarama V, Moreno A, Carranza H, Arbelaez C. Evaluating emergency physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of FARC ex-combatants: A pilot study of Colombia's emergency medicine teaching hospitals. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Oct; 1(5):757-765. PMID: 33145516; PMCID: PMC7593466; DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12066;

Moretti K, Patiño A, Aguiar L, Fricke A, Lippmann M, Caffrey J, Gray A, Navedo M, Arbelaez C. From Rhode Island to Colombia: Brown University Emergency Physicians Lead a Collaborative Consortium in a Post-Conflict Colombia. R I Med J (2013). 2019 Sep 03; 102(7):40-43. PMID: 31480819

Madsen TE, Heron SL, Rounds K, Kass D, Lall M, Sethuraman KN, Arbelaez C, Blomkalns A, Safdar B. Making Promotion Count: The Gender Perspective. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 03; 26(3):335-338. PMID: 30628138; DOI: 10.1111/acem.13680;

Patiño A, Alcalde V, Gutierrez C, Romero MG, Carrillo AM, Vargas LE, Vallejo CE, Zarama V, Mora Rodriguez JL, Bustos Y, Granada J, Aguiar LG, Menéndez S, Cohen JI, Saavedra MA, Rodriguez JM, Roldan T, Arbelaez C. Characteristics of Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in Colombia. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Oct; 18(6):1120-1127. PMID: 29085546; PMCID: PMC5654883; DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2017.7.34668;

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Raaum SE, Arbelaez C, Vallejo CE, Patino AM, Colbert-Getz JM, Milne CK. Emergency medicine and internal medicine trainees' smartphone use in clinical settings in the United States. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2015; 12:48. PMID: 26582632; PMCID: PMC4671182; DOI: 10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.48;

Bhatia K, Takayesu JK, Arbelaez C, Peak D, Nadel ES. An Innovative Educational and Mentorship Program for Emergency Medicine Women Residents to Enhance Academic Development and Retention. CJEM. 2015 Nov; 17(6):685-8. PMID: 25915003; DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.17;

Arbelaez C, Patiño A. State of emergency medicine in Colombia. Int J Emerg Med. 2015; 8:9. PMID: 25897343; PMCID: PMC4397222; DOI: 10.1186/s12245-015-0057-4;

Henwood PC, Beversluis D, Genthon AA, Wilson CN, Norwood B, Silva D, Foran M, Romero MG, Martinez YB, Vargas LE, Ocampo AC, Vallejo CE, Arbelaez C. Characterizing the limited use of point-of-care ultrasound in Colombian emergency medicine residencies. Int J Emerg Med. 2014 Feb 05; 7(1):7. PMID: 24499650; PMCID: PMC3922404; DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-7-7;

Chong ID, Sandefur BJ, Rimmelin DE, Arbelaez C, Brown CA, Walls RM, Pallin DJ. Long-acting neuromuscular paralysis without concurrent sedation in emergency care. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 May; 32(5):452-6. PMID: 24650718; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.002;

Ganguli I, Collins JE, Reichmann WM, Losina E, Katz JN, Arbelaez C, Donnell-Fink LA, Walensky RP. Missed opportunities: refusal to confirm reactive rapid HIV tests in the emergency department. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e53408.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 23308216; PMCID: PMC3540076; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053408;

Donnell-Fink LA, Arbelaez C, Collins JE, Novais A, Case A, Pisculli ML, Reichmann WM, Katz JN, Losina E, Walensky RP. Acceptability of fingerstick versus oral fluid rapid HIV testing: results from the universal screening for HIV infection in the emergency room (USHER Phase II) randomized controlled trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 15; 61(5):588-92.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 23183149; PMCID: PMC3527681; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31826a6d67.;

Siegelman JN, Warsofsky I, Loukas BN, Arbelaez C. Man with oropharyngeal trauma. Oropharyngeal high-pressure injection injury. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 May; 59(5):350, 368. PMID: 22525528

Reichmann WM, Walensky RP, Case A, Novais A, Arbelaez C, Katz JN, Losina E. Estimation of the prevalence of undiagnosed and diagnosed HIV in an urban emergency department. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27701.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 22110730; PMCID: PMC3218027; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027701;

Walensky RP, Morris BL, Reichmann WM, Paltiel AD, Arbelaez C, Donnell-Fink L, Katz JN, Losina E. Resource utilization and cost-effectiveness of counselor- vs. provider-based rapid point-of-care HIV screening in the emergency department. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e25575.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 22022415; PMCID: PMC3192047; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025575;

Haukoos JS, White DA, Lyons MS, Hopkins E, Calderon Y, Kalish B, Rothman RE. Operational methods of HIV testing in emergency departments: a systematic review. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 58(1 Suppl 1):S96-103.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Feldman, James

PMID: 21684417; PMCID: PMC3690123; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.017;

Kecojevic A, Lindsell CJ, Lyons MS, Holtgrave D, Torres G, Heffelfinger J, Brown J, Couture E, Jung J, Connell S, Rothman RE. Public health and clinical impact of increasing emergency department-based HIV testing: perspectives from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 58(1 Suppl 1):S151-9.e1.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Feldman, James

PMID: 21684395; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.040;

Walensky RP, Reichmann WM, Arbelaez C, Wright E, Katz JN, Seage GR, Safren SA, Hare AQ, Novais A, Losina E. Counselor- versus provider-based HIV screening in the emergency department: results from the universal screening for HIV infection in the emergency room (USHER) randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 58(1 Suppl 1):S126-32.e1-4.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena
Seage, George

PMID: 21684391; PMCID: PMC3268065; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.023;

Donnell-Fink L, Reichmann WM, Arbelaez C, Case AL, Katz JN, Losina E, Walensky RP. Patient satisfaction with rapid HIV testing in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 58(1 Suppl 1):S49-52.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 21684408; PMCID: PMC3260474; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.024;

Pisculli ML, Reichmann WM, Losina E, Donnell-Fink LA, Arbelaez C, Katz JN, Walensky RP. Factors associated with refusal of rapid HIV testing in an emergency department. AIDS Behav. 2011 May; 15(4):734-42.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 20978834; PMCID: PMC3082047; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9837-2;

Arbelaez C, Ganguli I. The personal statement for residency application: review and guidance. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 May; 103(5):439-42. PMID: 21809794; DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30341-2;

White KE, Szumita PM, Gilboy N, Keenan HA, Arbelaez C. Implementation of a guideline for the treatment of pain, sedation, agitation and neuromuscular blockade in the mechanically ventilated adult patient in the emergency department. Open Access Emerg Med. 2011; 3:21-7. PMID: 27147848; PMCID: PMC4753963; DOI: 10.2147/OAEM.S17042;

Reichmann WM, Losina E, Seage GR, Arbelaez C, Safren SA, Katz JN, Hetland A, Walensky RP. Does modality of survey administration impact data quality: audio computer assisted self interview (ACASI) versus self-administered pen and paper? PLoS One. 2010; 5(1):e8728.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena
Seage, George

PMID: 20090953; PMCID: PMC2806918; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008728;

Mimiaga MJ, Reichmann WM, Safren SA, Losina E, Arbelaez C, Walensky RP. Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant depressive symptoms in an urban hospital emergency department. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2010; 12(2).View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 20694119; PMCID: PMC2911001; DOI: 10.4088/PCC.09m00817gry;

Wilcox SR, Arbelaez C, Nadel ES, Brown DF. Foreign body aspiration after high-velocity trauma. J Emerg Med. 2009 Nov; 37(4):411-4. PMID: 19836919

Arbelaez C, Wright EA, Losina E, Millen JC, Kimmel S, Dooley M, Reichmann WM, Mikulinsky R, Walensky RP. Emergency provider attitudes and barriers to universal HIV testing in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2012 Jan; 42(1):7-14.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 19828278; PMCID: PMC2889192; DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.07.038;

Arbelaez C, Block B, Losina E, Wright EA, Reichmann WM, Mikulinsky R, Solomon JD, Dooley MM, Walensky RP. Rapid HIV testing program implementation: lessons from the emergency department. Int J Emerg Med. 2009 Sep 01; 2(3):187-94.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena

PMID: 20157472; PMCID: PMC2760703; DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0123-x;

Lyons MS, Lindsell CJ, Haukoos JS, Almond G, Brown J, Calderon Y, Couture E, Merchant RC, White DA, Rothman RE. Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Feb; 16(2):168-77.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Feldman, James

PMID: 19076107; PMCID: PMC3173973; DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00300.x;

Walensky RP, Arbelaez C, Reichmann WM, Walls RM, Katz JN, Block BL, Dooley M, Hetland A, Kimmel S, Solomon JD, Losina E. Revising expectations from rapid HIV tests in the emergency department. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Aug 05; 149(3):153-60.View Related Profiles.

Arbelaez, Christian
Losina, Elena
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 18678842; PMCID: PMC3260470

Millen JC, Arbelaez C, Walensky RP. Implications and impact of the new US Centers for Disease Control and prevention HIV testing guidelines. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2008 May; 10(2):157-63. PMID: 18462591; PMCID: PMC3513386; DOI: 10.1007/s11908-008-0027-6;

Christopher K, Horkan C, Barb IT, Arbelaez C, Hodgdon TA, Yodice PC. Rapid irreversible encephalopathy associated with anti-D immune globulin treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Am J Hematol. 2004 Nov; 77(3):299-302. PMID: 15495245

Christopher K, Arbelaez C, Yodice PC. Bilateral vocal cord dysfunction complicating short-term intubation and the utility of heliox. Respiration. 2002; 69(4):366-8. PMID: 12169755

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2011

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2011

Year	Publications
2002	1
2004	1
2008	3
2009	3
2010	2
2011	9
2012	2
2013	1
2014	2
2015	3
2017	1
2019	2
2020	2
2021	1
2022	4

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2020 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): International Ambassador Leadership Award

2020 TeleCare Team, Brown Emergency Medicine: Foundation Leadership Award

2019 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine SAEM: Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion Award

2018 Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine ADIEM/Society of Academic Emergency Medicine: Chair Development Scholarship Award

2013 Hispanic Scholarship Fund: “Inspirador” Alumni Hall of Fame Award

2013 YMCA Greater Boston: YMCA Achievers Award

2008 American College of Emergency Physicians: Heroes of Emergency Medicine

2008 Harvard Medical School: Young Mentor Award

2007 Harvard Medical School: Excellence in Mentoring Minority Students

2007 Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency: Best Teacher Award

2007 Brigham and Women’s Hospital: James Adams Leadership Award

2007 Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Dennis Thomson Leadership Award

2006-2013 Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Minority Faculty Career Development Award

2006 Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Shore Fellowship for Scholars Award

2005 Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Partners Excellence Award - Hurricane Katrina

2004 Brown University Emergency Medicine Program: The Senior Resident Excellence Award

2004 Brown University/Lifespan Health System: Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award

1998 Association of American Medical College: Organization Student Representative (OSR)

1996 Houston Baptist University: Mr. Houston Baptist University/Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

1993-1999 National Hispanic Fund: National Hispanic Scholarship

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