Undergrad: Northwestern University
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship: Medical toxicology at Northwell Health
Academic Interests: ED-based therapies for alcohol use disorder, as well as clinical studies to determine drug overdose severity risk predictors
Dr. Rachel Shively is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is core faculty at Elmhurst Hospital Center. She received her undergraduate degree in political science and art theory & practice at Northwestern University, followed by an MD at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. From 2011 to 2013 she was a clinical scholar working on vaccine development at The Rockefeller University, funded by a National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as a fellowship in medical toxicology at Northwell Health.
Dr. Shively is a member of the Division of Medical Toxicology in Emergency Medicine and the Mount Sinai Center for Research on Emerging Substances, Poisoning, Overdose, and New Discoveries (RESPOND Center). Her current interests focus on advancing ED-based therapies for alcohol use disorder, as well as clinical studies to determine drug overdose severity risk predictors.