Brendan Carr (physician)
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Brendan G. Carr is an American emergency physician, health services researcher, and academic health leader. He is Chief Executive Officer and the Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, and a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was previously Chair of Emergency Medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Health System and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020 for his contributions to emergency care systems and health policy.
Carr's research focuses on how emergency care systems, trauma networks, and telehealth affect outcomes for patients with time-sensitive conditions such as trauma, stroke, sepsis, and cardiac arrest. He is known for work on regionalized emergency care, trauma systems, and the use of telemedicine in disaster and pandemic response.