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Anna Yaffee

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • anna.quay.yaffee@emory.edu
  • Grady Memorial Hospital
    Emergency Medicine
    80 Jesse Hill Jr Dr
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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

  • 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
  • Self-Reported Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Emergency Department Nurses, Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Int J Environ Res Public Health Volume: 18
    07/02/2021 Authors: Seitz RM; Yaffee AQ; Peacock E; Moran TP; Pendley A; Rupp JD
  • Response to 'Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pediatric healthcare workers (pHCWs)'.
    Int J Infect Dis Volume: 106 Page(s): 279 - 280
    05/01/2021 Authors: Greenky D; Linam M; Yaffee A; Costello BE; Murray B
  • Erratum.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 72 Page(s): 1108
    03/15/2021
  • Multispecies Outbreak of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo--Lactamase-Producing Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Driven by a Promiscuous Incompatibility Group A/C2 Plasmid.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 72 Page(s): 414 - 420
    02/01/2021 Authors: de Man TJB; Yaffee AQ; Zhu W; Batra D; Alyanak E; Rowe LA; McAllister G; Moulton-Meissner H; Boyd S; Flinchum A
  • Access to care solutions in healthcare for obstetric care in Africa: A systematic review.
    PLoS One Volume: 16 Page(s): e0252583
    01/01/2021 Authors: Joiner A; Lee A; Chowa P; Kharel R; Kumar L; Caruzzo NM; Ramirez T; Reynolds L; Sakita F; Van Vleet L
  • Standing at the edge of mortality; Five-year audit of an emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in a low resource setup.
    Pak J Med Sci Volume: 37 Page(s): 633 - 638
    01/01/2021 Authors: Mukhtar S; Saleem SG; Ali S; Khatri SA; Yaffee AQ
  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on an Emergency Department-Based Universal Opt-Out HIV Screening Program in Atlanta, GA, 2020
    Volume: 76 Page(s): S70 - S70
    10/01/2020 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Belay Z; Shah B
  • Preparedness, Adaptation, and Innovation: Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Decentralized, Quaternary Care Department of Emergency Medicine.
    West J Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 63 - 70
    09/25/2020 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Peacock E; Seitz R; Hughes G; Haun P; Ross M; Moran TP; Pendley A; Terry N; Wright DW
  • Development and Usability Testing of a Web-based COVID-19 Self-triage Platform.
    West J Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 1054 - 1058
    08/19/2020 Authors: Schrager JD; Schuler K; Isakov AP; Wright DW; Yaffee AQ; Jacobson KL; Parker RM; Goolsby C
  • Epidemiology and outcomes of trauma patients at The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 2017 - 2018.
    Pak J Med Sci Volume: 36 Page(s): S9 - S13
    01/01/2020 Authors: Salman S; Saleem SG; Shaikh Q; Yaffee AQ
  • The 2019-2020 Novel Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) Pandemic: A Joint American College of Academic International Medicine-World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine Multidisciplinary COVID-19 Working Group Consensus Paper.
    J Glob Infect Dis Volume: 12 Page(s): 47 - 93
    01/01/2020 Authors: Stawicki SP; Jeanmonod R; Miller AC; Paladino L; Gaieski DF; Yaffee AQ; De Wulf A; Grover J; Papadimos TJ; Bloem C
  • How Can Emergency Departments Better Prepare for Emerging Infectious Disease Threats? A Returned Traveler With Fever Walks Into Triage.
    J Emerg Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 568 - 570
    05/01/2019 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Isakov A; Wu HM
  • Dignity and Safety
    ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Volume: 73 Page(s): 417 - 418
    04/01/2019 Authors: Patel DM; Yaffee AQ
  • Young Male With Epigastric Pain.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 73 Page(s): 415 - 418
    04/01/2019 Authors: Patel DM; Yaffee AQ
  • Fifteen years of emergency medicine literature in Africa: A scoping review.
    Afr J Emerg Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 45 - 52
    03/01/2019 Authors: Mould-Millman N-K; Dixon J; Burkholder TW; Sefa N; Patel H; Yaffee AQ; Osisanya A; Oyewumi T; Botchey I; Osei-Ampofo M
  • Collaborative response to arsenic-contaminated soil in an Appalachian Kentucky neighborhood.
    J Toxicol Environ Health A Volume: 82 Page(s): 697 - 701
    01/01/2019 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Scott B; Kaelin C; Cambron J; Sanderson W; Christian WJ; Moran TP; Chamness J
  • Notes from the Field: Investigation of Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Among Patients at a Community Hospital - Kentucky, 2016.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 66 Page(s): 1410
    01/05/2018 Authors: Chae S-R; Yaffee AQ; Weng MK; Ham DC; Daniels K; Wilburn AB; Porter KA; Flinchum AH; Boyd S; Shams A
  • Notes from the Field: Obstetric Tetanus in an Unvaccinated Woman After a Home Birth Delivery - Kentucky, 2016.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 66 Page(s): 307 - 308
    03/24/2017 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Day DL; Bastin G; Powell M; Melendez S; Allen N; Miracle J; Jones M; Brawley R
  • Notes from the Field: Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal and Adult Intensive Care Unit--Kentucky, 2015.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 65 Page(s): 190
    02/26/2016 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Roser L; Daniels K; Humbaugh K; Brawley R; Thoroughman D; Flinchum A
  • Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 associated with romaine lettuce consumption, 2011.
    PLoS One Volume: 8 Page(s): e55300
    01/01/2013 Authors: Slayton RB; Turabelidze G; Bennett SD; Schwensohn CA; Yaffee AQ; Khan F; Butler C; Trees E; Ayers TL; Davis ML
  • Bypassing proximal health care facilities for acute care: a survey of patients in a Ghanaian Accident and Emergency Centre.
    Trop Med Int Health Volume: 17 Page(s): 775 - 781
    06/01/2012 Authors: Yaffee AQ; Whiteside LK; Oteng RA; Carter PM; Donkor P; Rominski SD; Kruk ME; Cunningham RM
  • A novel trafficking signal within the HLA-C cytoplasmic tail allows regulated expression upon differentiation of macrophages.
    J Immunol Volume: 180 Page(s): 7804 - 7817
    06/15/2008 Authors: Schaefer MR; Williams M; Kulpa DA; Blakely PK; Yaffee AQ; Collins KL
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