Anna Yaffee
- Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor
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Grady Memorial Hospital
Emergency Medicine
80 Jesse Hill Jr Dr
Overview
Dr. Anna Q. Yaffee is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, practicing clinically at Grady Memorial and Emory University Hospitals. She serves as the Emergency Medicine liaison to the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit and assists with frontline serious communicable disease preparedness for the Emory Healthcare system as well as nationally through the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center.
Dr. Yaffee also serves as Director of the Global Health in Emergency Medicine Section, Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Emergency Care, and Director of Global Health Education at the Global Health and Equity Office within Emory School of Medicine. Her primary clinical/scholarly focus is Public and Global Health in Emergency Medicine, including emergency medicine education and trauma care capacity building, preparedness, and barriers/solutions to accessing care for vulnerable populations both at home and abroad.
Dr. Yaffee is a board-certified emergency medicine physician, who received an MD (2012) and MPH (2008) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and completed her emergency medicine residency and chief residency (2015) at Emory University. Before returning to Emory as faculty, Dr. Yaffee served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Public Health Service and worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital
- Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Emory University Hospital
Education
Degrees
- MD from University of Michigan Medical School
- MPH from University of Michigan School of Public Health
- BS from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Research
Publications
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Hepatitis C testing and linkage to care in a safety-net hospital emergency department.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 94 Page(s): 133 - 139
04/21/2025 Authors: Lue N; Lom J; Manguso E; Park B; Palacio A; Darby R; Shah B; Yaffee A; Miller L -
Health Status and Healthcare Utilization Patterns of Emergency Department Patients Who Prefer a Language Other Than English.
J Immigr Minor Health Volume: 26 Page(s): 959 - 965
12/01/2024 Authors: Bakdash L; Chai N; Olakunle OE; Ahuja A; Amedi A; Moran T; Zeidan A; Yaffee AQ -
N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reuse, Extended Use, and Filtration Efficiency.
JAMA Netw Open Volume: 7 Page(s): e2441663
10/01/2024 Authors: Wang RC; Addo N; Degesys NF; Fahimi J; Ford JS; Rosenthal E; Harris AR; Yaffee AQ; Peterson S; Rothmann RE -
Non-English Language Preference as a Social Determinant of Health in Cardiovascular Disease: Addressing the Unseen.
JACC Adv Volume: 3 Page(s): 100920
07/01/2024 Authors: Olakunle OE; Bakdash L; Chai N; Bakdash T; Steinberg RS; Yaffee AQ; Zeidan A; Kelli HM; Ogunniyi MO -
Characterizing trauma encounters among patients with language other than English preference at a level 1 trauma center's emergency department.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Volume: 5 Page(s): e13205
06/01/2024 Authors: Olakunle OE; Bakdash L; Chai N; Amedi A; Ahuja A; Moran T; Loan P; Smith RN; Yaffee A; Zeidan A -
Incidence of Fit Test Failure During N95 Respirator Reuse and Extended Use.
JAMA Netw Open Volume: 7 Page(s): e2353631
01/02/2024 Authors: Wang RC; Degesys NF; Fahimi J; Jin C; Rosenthal E; Lazar AA; Yaffee AQ; Peterson S; Rothmann RE; Jones CMC -
The Use of a Self-triage Tool to Predict COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations in the State of Georgia.
West J Emerg Med Volume: 23 Page(s): 532 - 535
06/29/2022 Authors: Lee Y-TH; Di M; Schrager JD; Buckareff Z; Patzer RE; Yaffee AQ -
Triage Travel Screening in the Pediatric ED: A Cross-Sectional Analysis to Evaluate Current Use and Effectiveness in Identifying Travel Related Illness.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 113 - 116
06/01/2022 Authors: Greenky D; Linam M; Yaffee A; Costello B; Gillespie S; Murray B -
An Unusual Cause of Sudden Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness.
Adv Emerg Nurs J Volume: 44 Page(s): 103 - 108
04/01/2022 Authors: Steffens S; Yaffee AQ; Krakow D; Patel D -
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL HCV SCREENING AT A SAFETY-NET HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Volume: 74 Page(s): 557A - 557A
10/01/2021 Authors: Miller L; Park B; Taylor D; Palacio A; Darby R; Shah B; Yaffee A