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Elaine Rabin, MD
Emergency Medicine
About Me
Dr. Elaine Rabin is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Program Director for the Residency in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. In addition to medical education, Dr. Rabin has a longstanding academic focus on health policy issues including hospital crowding, healthcare disparities and how healthcare system structures affect access to care. In addition to the positions listed below, Dr. Rabin previously served as Co-chair for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Boarding and Crowding Interest Group, a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians' Public Health and Injury Prevention Committee and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Emergency Department Nonfatal Overdose Advisory Committee, and as the Associate Program Director and Director of Resident Research for the Residency in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Regional/National Committees/Advisory Boards:
• Co-chair, Choosing Wisely Sub-Committee, American College of Emergency Meds Quality and Patient Safety Committee
• E-QUAL Avoidable Injury Steering Committee, American College of Emergency Physicians and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Governmental Affairs Committee, New York Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Education:
Fellowship in Health Policy Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Internship, Transitional, New York Hospital of Queens
MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
BA, Brown University
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Education
MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Internship, Transitional Year
New York-Presbyterian Queens
Residency, Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Research
Dr. Rabin's research interests include the interactions of patients with the health care system, and how system design affects behavior. She is also interested in the dynamics of Emergency Department nursing workloads.
Insurance Information
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Impact of a Hospital-Wide Nursing Strike on an Emergency Medicine Residency: Lessons Learned. Timothy Friedmann, Frederick Milgrim, Alexander Tran, Duncan Grossman, Elaine Rabin. Journal of graduate medical education
- Why do we need quality measures in emergency medicine?. Shamie Das, Gregg Miller, Christopher Libby, Cameron J. Gettel, Elaine Rabin, Michelle Lin. JACEP Open
- Residency Leadership Lessons From the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Surge. Elaine Rabin, James Willis, Dorian Alexander, Eric Steinberg, Arlene Chung, Miriam Kulkarni, Chen He, Saumil Parikh. AEM Education and Training
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Rabin during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Cala Lily Clinical Care
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.