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Dhara Amin

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Emergency Medicine
AddressChicago IL 60637
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-2498-9971 Additional info
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    Dr. Amin is an emergency medicine physician dedicated to serving some of the United States’ most diverse and underserved patient populations. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California and received her Masters in Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety from Northwestern University. She is a recognized local and national expert in quality improvement and patient safety, with a particular focus on the critical role of safe, effective, and patient-centered communication in clinical care. As an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, she balances her clinical work with a deep commitment to medical justice, health equity, and medical education. She is the associate medical director and director of quality improvement and patient safety for the Emergency Department at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Her research interests are improving diagnostic excellence and reducing medical jargon use in emergency medicine. She speaks locally and nationally on the role of equitable communication within healthcare and for the communities we serve. Her work is rooted in advocacy and driven by the belief that equitable care begins with how we listen, speak, and engage with every patient.

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    Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, ILMS05/2007Biology
    Rush Medical College, Chicago, ILMD06/2011Medicine
    Northwestern University, Chicago, ILMS06/2022Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
    Los Angeles County/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA06/2015Emergency Medicine

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    1. Wolgemuth T, Gauf A, Monti D, Amin D, Geynisman-Tan J. Patient Language and Differences in Administration of Analgesia for Pelvic Pain. Womens Health Issues. 2025 Jul-Aug; 35(4):261-266. PMID: 40617738.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Wahrenbrock T, Landry K, Amin DP, Rizvanolli L, Chandrasekaran R, Mycyk MB, Routsolias JC. Medical jargon is often misunderstood by emergency department patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Oct; 96:25-29. PMID: 40513550.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Reyes J, Rizvanolli L, Amin DP. Patients' Preferred Data in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Jan; 85(1):97-98. PMID: 39706613.
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    4. Pradhan P, Amin DP, Routsolias JC. Comment on "Induction of Labor at Term for Severe Antenatal Lead Poisoning". J Med Toxicol. 2024 01; 20(1):72-73. PMID: 37801275; PMCID: PMC10774462.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Winfield A, Amin DP. To the Editor: Where Is Equity in the SLOE? J Grad Med Educ. 2022 06; 14(3):357. PMID: 35754623; PMCID: PMC9200260.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Amin D, Bajaj K, Giuntoli A. A Need to Embrace Restorative Justice at the Heart of the Patient Safety Movement. J Med Toxicol. 2022 07; 18(3):183-184. PMID: 35578149; PMCID: PMC9198179.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Buchanan JA, Moreira M, Taira T, Byyny R, Jarou Z, Taylor TA, Sungar WG, Angerhofer C, Dyer S, White M, Amin D, D Lall M, Caro D, E Parsons M, Smith TY. Defining "county": A mixed-methods inquiry of county emergency medicine residency programs. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Sep; 5(Suppl 1):S87-S97. PMID: 34616979; PMCID: PMC8480508.
      Citations: 4     
    8. Amin DP, Palter JS. COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among healthcare personnel in the emergency department deserves continued attention. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 10; 48:372-373. PMID: 33573852; PMCID: PMC8500988.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Amin DP, Cooper MN, Newton KI. Traumatic Lingual Hematoma Resulting in Bilateral Temporal Mandibular Joint Dislocations. J Emerg Med. 2018 05; 54(5):e101-e103. PMID: 29452722.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Amin D, McCormick T, Mailhot T. Elevated Intracranial Pressure Diagnosis with Emergency Department Bedside Ocular Ultrasound. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015; 2015:385970. PMID: 26587297; PMCID: PMC4637462.
      Citations: 6     
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