
Kimberly Souffront, PhD
About Me
Kimberly Souffront, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN (She/Her) is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Director of the Center for Nursing Research & Innovation at the Icahn School of Medicine. She is an emergency trained Nurse Practitioner, and her research interests include hypertension and health disparities.
Dr. Souffront has been supported as a principal investigator by the National Institutes of Health and has received funding from the Emergency Medicine Foundation, Emergency Nurses Association, and other private foundations. She completed her PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at New York University prior to joining the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She mentors nurses (undergraduate, graduate/doctoral) across the Mount Sinai Health System, medical students, and emergency medicine residents on research methodology.
Additional training
UC Davis National Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators, University of California
Leadership in Academic Departments, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
K12-Scholar, Icahn School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Post Doctoral Fellowship, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications
- A Scoping Review of Asymptomatic Hypertension: Definitions, Diagnosis, and Management in the Emergency Department. Aleksandra Degtyar, Marceé E. Wilder, Lynne D. Richardson, Kimberly T. Souffront. Current Hypertension Reports
- Corrigendum to “Telehealth Referral to Improve Outcomes (TRIO) Intervention for Asymptomatic Hypertension in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Pilot Feasibility Study” [Int. Emerg. Nurs. 81 (2025) 101622](S1755599X25000527)(10.1016/j.ienj.2025.101622). K. Souffront, C. Shubeck, G. T. Loo, L. D. Richardson. International Emergency Nursing
- Impact of Community-Level Social Vulnerability on Preventable Emergency Department Visits in Insured Patients. Marcee Wilder, Louisa Holaday, Andrew Maroko, Christopher Lopez, Kimberly Souffront, Carol Horowitz, Lynne D. Richardson. JACEP Open