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Melto James Eliades, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
About Me
Dr. James Eliades is an Emergency Medicine physician and epidemiologist. He is Co-Director of the Global Health Division, Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health. In his role as Co-Director, he coordinates activities within the Global Health division including project design and implementation, research, educational and advocacy initiatives.
In addition to his work as an emergency physician, Dr. Eliades has worked in global health for over 20 years for U.S.G. and U.N. agencies, non-governmental organizations, and was previously faculty in the Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The focus of his work has included humanitarian response and refugee health, emergency health systems development, and malaria control and prevention in over 30 countries. Dr. Eliades’ current work focuses on strengthening the delivery of emergency medicine globally through partnership at sites in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and domestically serving Native American communities in South Dakota and New Mexico. He also specializes in improving and expanding the delivery of prevention and treatment interventions for malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. He has served on WHO's technical expert group for artemisinin resistance, and numerous other advisory groups.
Dr. Eliades has published numerous peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, CDC MMWRs, and book chapters. He recently returned from two years in Southeast Asia running a four-country, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded malaria elimination initiative. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan, a medical degree from Wayne State University, a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has basic conversational skills in Spanish and French.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Global Health and Health Systems Design, ASSISTANT CLINICAL 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, Wayne State University
Residency, Other, Not Listed
University of Illinois at Chicago
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Research
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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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.
Dr. Eliades has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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.