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: Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality Ann Emerg Med : 2025.

Kea B, Warton EM, Kutz CE, Kinney E, Ballard DW, Reed ME, Lip GYH, Raitt M, Sun BC, Vinson DR; KP CREST Network: Stroke prophylaxis after US emergency department diagnosis and discharge of patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter from 21 hospitals Int J Emerg Med 18 (1): 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.

Academic Contact Information

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