Katherine McKenzie
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Katherine C. McKenzie, MD, FACP is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Yale Center for Asylum Medicine.[1]
Background
[edit]She established and directs the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine (YCAM).[2] Through YCAM, she conducts forensic evaluations for asylum seekers at Yale and in detention facilities.[3]
She collaborates with various organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights,[4] Society for Refugee Healthcare Providers,[5] Project Access New Haven,[6] and Integrated Refugee and Immigrants Services.
McKenzie received the Leonard B. Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine and the Faculty Award for Achievement in Clinical Care.[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- Rosenberg, Julia; Edwards, Emily; Wang, Karen H.; McKenzie, Katherine C.; Asnes, Andrea G.; Young, Janine (August 2021). "Characteristics and scope of humanitarian relief forensic medical evaluations for immigrant children in the US". Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 82: 102221. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102221. PMID 34325082. S2CID 236516810.
- McQuaid, Jennifer H; Silva, Michelle Alejandra; McKenzie, Katherine C (March 2021). "Surviving violent, traumatic loss after severe political persecution: lessons from the evaluation of a Venezuelan asylum seeker". BMJ Case Reports. 14 (3): e239025. doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-239025. ISSN 1757-790X. PMC 7993358. PMID 33758042.
- McKenzie, Katherine C. (2020), Annamalai, Aniyizhai (ed.), "Medical Evaluation of Asylum Seekers", Refugee Health Care, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 303–310, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47668-7_19, ISBN 978-3-030-47667-0, retrieved 2023-10-31
- McKenzie, Katherine C.; Emery, Eleanor Hope (July 2021). "Lessons from Asylum Seekers: How Forensic Medical Evaluations Can Teach Us Things We Didn't Learn in Medical School". Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36 (7): 2121–2122. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06157-7. ISSN 0884-8734. PMC 8298660. PMID 32875493.
- McKenzie, Katherine C. (2020-07-28). "A Cruel COVID-19 Irony". JAMA. 324 (4): 345–346. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.11882. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 32602892. S2CID 220272025.
- McKenzie, Katherine C.; Mishori, Ranit (September 2020). "Releasing Migrants from Detention During the Covid-19 Pandemic". Journal of General Internal Medicine. 35 (9): 2765–2766. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-05954-4. ISSN 0884-8734. PMC 7295322. PMID 32542498.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Katherine C. McKenzie, MD, FACP". Yale School of Medicine.
- ^ "More Doctors Needed In The Field Of Asylum Medicine, Says Yale Physician". Connecticut Public. 21 June 2018.
- ^ Davis, Abigail. "Groundbreaking Achievements in Asylum Medicine". Yale University.
- ^ "Katherine C. McKenzie". PHR.
- ^ "Our People". Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers.
- ^ "Project Access Board – Project Access New Haven". Retrieved 2023-08-29.