Description of Research Expertise

Health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, randomized trial design; causal inference in observational data; qualitative research methods; emergency cardiac conditions

Selected Publications

Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Wu YL, Zheng C, Shen E, Sun BC: Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Wu YL, Zheng C, Shen E, Sun BC. Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality Ann Emerg Med : 2025.

Bhadra S, Nguyen T, Elman M, Kea B, Strusnska-Thayer M, Kinney E, Anwar M, Obando KA, Prychyna D, Schnittke N, Neth M, Sun B: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool Increases Oral Anticoagulant Prescription in the Emergency Department: Initial Findings From a Multi-Phase, Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial American Heart Association Scientific Sessions : 2024.

Moore AB, Gershon C, Fiske C, Sun, BC, Nazer B, Kea B: Changes in Clinical Management Following 14-Day Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Following Emergency Department Evaluation for Unexplained Syncope Annals of Emergency Medicine : 2024.

Kawatkar A, Sun BC: Cost-Effectiveness of Early Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum : 2024.

Yore M, Sharp A, Wu Y, Kawatkar A, Lee M, Ferencik M, Redberg R, Shen E, Zheng C, Sun BC: Emergency Department Cardiac Risk Stratification With High-Sensitivity vs Conventional Troponin HEART Pathway JAMA Network Open 6 (12): 2023.

Hopkins BJ, Nguyen T, Kinney E, Kim J, McCracken C, Bissell K, Gosman A, DeCarlo A, Anwar M, Neth MR, Schnittke N, Sun BC, Kea B: Optimizing Stroke Prophylaxis in the Emergency Department With an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool: A Preliminary Analysis of a Multi-Stage Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Tria 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Session : 2023.

Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL: Automated interpretation of stress echocardiography reports using natural language processing European Heart Journal - Digital Health 3 (4): 2022.

du Fay de Lavallaz J, Zimmermann T, Badertscher P, Sun BC, Mueller C: Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology Guideline Criteria for Hospital Admission of Patients with Syncope Heart Rhythm 19 (10): 1712-1722,2022.

Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL.: Automated Abstraction of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Reports Using Natural Language Processing J Nucl Cardiol 29 (3): 1178-1187,2022.

Sharp AL, Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Redberg RF, Lee, MS, Ferencik M, Wu YL, Shen E, Zheng C, Park S, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Sun BC: Does Hospital Admission/Observation for Chest Pain Improve Patient Outcomes After Emergency Department Evaluation for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome? J Gen Intern Med 37 (4): 745-752,2022.

Academic Contact Information

Department of Emergency Medicine
Ground Ravdin, HUP
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-6698