Anita N Chary

Assistant Professor

Email

anita.chary@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Medicine - Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

MD from Washington University in St. Louis: 05/2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Residency at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency: 06/2021 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 05/2008 - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States

Certifications

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support/Basic Life Support/Pediatric Advanced Life Support: American Heart Association

Advanced Trauma Life Support: Advanced Trauma Life Support

Professional Interests

Social determinants of health
Health equity
Health services research
Emergency medicine
Geriatrics
Global healthcare delivery
Medical anthropology

Professional Statement

I completed my MD and PhD in Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. My doctoral dissertation focused on health system development and reproductive health care in low- and middle-income countries, based on field research conducted in Guatemala. Through graduate training, I developed expertise in qualitative and ethnographic research. I completed residency and served as Chief Resident at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) based at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. I have also served as a qualitative research consultant for non-governmental organizations and academic centers, including the Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Research Unit and the Center for Research in Indigenous Health in Guatemala. As a researcher, I have held leadership roles in mentoring teams of research assistants, graduate, and medical students. My mentees have presented at several national meetings and have been co-authors on publications. As a junior career clinician-researcher, I am focused on access to health care and innovations in health care delivery for vulnerable populations.

Websites

Anita Chary IQuESt Faculty Profile

Selected Publications

Krenz JR, Chary A, Schwartz KR, Hayes BD, O'Brien ME. " A case of a pediatric patient after a large ingestion of buspirone " Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Sep ; 59 (9) : 848-849.
Pubmed PMID: 33448880.
Molina M, Landry A, Chary A, Burnett-Bowie S. " Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Microaggressions in Medicine " Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2020 Oct ; 76 (4) : 387-391.
Pubmed PMID: 32456801.
Thomas YT, Chary AN. " An anthropological approach to effecting change as a medical trainee " AEM Educ Train. 2021 Aug ; 5 (4) : e10656.
Pubmed PMID: 34527847.
Chary A, Flood D.. " Iatrogenic Trainwrecks and Moral Injury " Medical Anthropology. 2021 May 31; 1-16.
Pubmed PMID: 34058932.
23. Austad K, Juarez M, Shryer H, Hibberd P, Drainoni M, Rohloff P, Chary A. " Improving the Experience of Facility-Based Delivery for Vulnerable Women through Obstetric Care Navigation: A Qualitative Evaluation " BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2021 Jun 11; 21 (1) : 425.
Pubmed PMID: 34116648.
Nandi M, Kurschner S, Wilcox K, Flood D, Mendoza Montano C, Barnoya J, Rohloff P, Chary A. " Perceptions of chronic kidney disease among at-risk adults in rural Guatemala " Global Public Health. 2021 Apr ; 16 (4) : 623-638.
Pubmed PMID: 33161879.
Zirulnik A, Chary A, Thatphet P, Wongtangman T, Gacioch B, Ouchi K, Kennedy M, Liu SW. " The Interface of Emergency and Palliative Care " J Geriatr Emerg Med. 2021 Apr 28; 2 : 4.
Pubmed PMID: 34296215.
Molina MF, Chary AN, Baugh JJ, Ludy S, Ginart P, Dadabhoy FZ, Samuels-Kalow ME, Slutzman JE, Raja AS, Hayes BD. " To-go medications as a means to treat discharged emergency department patients during COVID-19 " Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar ; 41 : 239-240.
Pubmed PMID: 32505470.
Chary AN, Castilla-Ojo N, Joshi C, Santangelo I, Carpenter CR, Ouchi K, Naik AD, Liu SW, Kennedy M. " Evaluating older adults with cognitive dysfunction: A qualitative study with emergency clinicians " J Am Ger Soc. 2021 Nov 18;
Pubmed PMID: 34796476.

Memberships

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Languages

Spanish