Arthur L Kellermann was born on 1954 and is an American physician and epidemiologist.
21 Facts About Arthur Kellermann
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Arthur Kellermann was formerly professor and dean of the F Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
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Arthur Kellermann's writings include 200 publications on various aspects of emergency cardiac care, health services research, injury prevention and the role of emergency departments in providing health care to the poor.
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Arthur Kellermann was a professor of emergency medicine and public health at Emory School of Medicine from 1999 to 2010.
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Arthur Kellermann co-chaired the institute's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, which produced six reports on "America's uninsured crisis: Consequences for health and health care" from 2001 to 2004.
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At Emory, Arthur Kellermann served as the associate dean for health policy, the first chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and the director of the Emory Center for Injury Control at the Rollins School of Public Health.
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In 2007, Kellermann received John G Wiegenstein Leadership Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
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Arthur Kellermann was chair in policy analysis at the RAND Corporation and vice president and director at RAND Health.
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Arthur Kellermann co-chaired the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, of which he is an elected member.
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Arthur Kellermann holds career achievement awards for excellence in science from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section of the American Public Health Association.
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Arthur Kellermann is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences in the Institute of Medicine.
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Arthur Kellermann argued that their skills are currently under-utilized while not deployed, and that increasing the number of primary care providers would improve health outcomes and reduce costs.
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Arthur Kellermann's work includes more than 200 scientific and lay publications on various aspects of advanced cardiac life support, health services research, injury prevention and the role of emergency departments in providing health care to the poor.
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Arthur Kellermann is known for his research on the epidemiology of firearm-related injuries and deaths in the US.
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Arthur Kellermann published several high-profile studies on the topic of gun-related injuries.
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Arthur Kellermann coauthored additional studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine identifying firearm ownership as a risk factor for both homicide and suicide in the home.
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Arthur Kellermann responded that the mechanism behind the observed effect needed not result from the same gun kept in the household, but by the decedents having used these guns in failed self-defense.
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Arthur Kellermann has published extensively in the areas of emergency medicine and public health, including studies of emergency cardiac care, use of diagnostic technologies in the emergency department, and on the use of progesterone as a treatment for traumatic brain injury.
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Arthur Kellermann has published research on the role of emergency departments in providing health care to the poor, the role of insurance, and the situation of the uninsured.
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Arthur Kellermann was instrumental in the planning and implementation of the American Heart Association's "Racing the Clock to Restart Atlanta's Hearts" initiative.
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Arthur Kellermann played a role in the Institute of Medicine's three-volume report on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States.