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Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH
About Me
Dr. Makini Chisolm-Straker is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Core Faculty in the Institute for Health Equity Research. She works as an emergency medicine physician at Mount Sinai Queens. Her research centers on invisible populations, including labor and sex trafficking survivors, and trans and genderqueer patients in emergency settings.
Dr. Chisolm-Straker’s work has been funded by the Emergency Medicine Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Prior to joining the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she was a Global Emergency Medicine Fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. She works with community members around the world and social justice-oriented medical students. She is the co-founder of HEAL Trafficking, Inc (www.HEALtrafficking.org), an international network of professionals engaged in public health anti-trafficking work.
Additional training
Master of Public Health (Public Health and Humanitarian Aid), Columbia University
Doctorate of Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
Bachelor of Arts (Religious Studies), Brown University
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications
- Youth Survivors of Human Trafficking: On Improving Health Care Access and Treatment. Kanani E. Titchen, Elizabeth Chang, Jessica Kim, Shannon Tran, Ellora Nyhan, Makini Chisolm-Straker. Academic Pediatrics
- “This is Going to Get Worse”: Immigrant Reactions to the Public Charge Rule in a Large Northeastern City. Makini Chisolm-Straker, Claudia Calhoon, Elika A. Nerette, Cindy Clesca, Laura Janneck, Kristin Potterbusch, Michelle P. Lin. Journal of Urban Health
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infections Among Emergency Health Care Personnel: Impact on Delivery of United States Emergency Medical Care, 2020. Kurt D. Weber, William Mower, Anusha Krishnadasan, Nicholas M. Mohr, Juan Carlos Montoy, Robert M. Rodriguez, Philip A. Giordano, Patrick Ten Eyck, Karisa K. Harland, Kelli Wallace, Lawrence Clifford McDonald, Preeta K. Kutty, Elisabeth M. Hesse, David A. Talan, Monica Bahamon, Jestin N. Carlson, Makini Chisolm-Straker, Brian Driver, Brett Faine, Brian M. Fuller, James Galbraith, John P. Haran, Amanda Higgins, Jeremiah Hinson, Stacey House, Ahamed H. Idris, Efrat Kean, Elizabeth Krebs, Michael C. Kurz, Lilly Lee, Stephen Y. Liang, Stephen C. Lim, Gregory Moran, Utsav Nandi, Kavitha Pathmarajah, James H. Paxton, Yesenia Perez, Lynne D. Richardson, Richard Rothman, Walter A. Schrading, Jessica Shuck, Patricia Slev, Howard A. Smithline, Michelle St Romain, Kimberly Souffront, Mark T. Steele, Amy Stubbs, Morgan B. Swanson, Josh Tiao, Jesus R. Torres. Annals of Emergency Medicine
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. Chisolm-Straker during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Outside Employment
- NYS Office of General Services
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.