Hani Mowafi, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Titles
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Chief, Section of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Director, Yale-LSHTM Fellowship in Global Health and International Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Education & Training
- MPHHarvard School of Public Health (2006)
- ResidencyVirginia Commonwealth University (2005)
- MDUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine (2002)
- BSDuke University, Biomedical Engineering (1997)
- InternshipVirginia Commonwealth University School of Med., Medical College
Languages Spoken
- العربية (Arabic)
- English
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Fellow: American College of Emergency Physicians (2006)
- Fellow: American Academy of Emergency Medicine (2005)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2006, recertified: 2017)
Professional Service
- National Institute of Health Research-UK (NIHR) (2020 - 2021): Grant Reviewer
- American College of Emergency Physicians (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- BMC Emergency Medicine (2016 - Present): Associate Editor
- African Conference on Emergency Medicine, Cairo November 2016 (2014 - 2016): Co-Chair
- Research Workshop, African Conference on Emergency Medicine 2014 (2013 - 2014): Chair
- African Federation for Emergency Medicine (2013 - Present): Member
- Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (2013 - 2018): Grant Reviewer
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2012 - 2013): Steering Committee 2013 SAEM Consensus Conference "Global Health and Emergency Care: A Research Agenda"
- American College of Emergency Physicians (2002 - Present): ACEP International Section
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2002 - Present): Member
Publications
- Al-Hajj S, Farran SH, Zgheib H, Tfaily MA, Halaoui A, Wehbe S, Karam S, Fadlallah Y, Fahd F, Toufaili L, Arjinian S, Al-Zaghrini E, Al Hariri M, El Hussein M, Souaiby N, Mowafi H, Mufarrij AJ. The Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Blast: A Multi-center Study to Assess Injury Characteristics and Outcomes. The Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022 PMID: 35999664, DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003745.
- Elreichouni A, Al-Hajj S, Maciejewski KR, Ariss AB, Mowafi H. Factors impacting trauma-specific quality of life following injury: A multi-center assessment in Lebanon. Injury 2022 PMID: 35970634, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.014.
- Fatima N, Mowafi H, Hariri M, Alnahhas H, Al-Kassem A, Saqqur M. Neurotrauma in the Syrian War: analysis of 41,143 cases from July 2013-July 2015. Neurological Sciences : Official Journal Of The Italian Neurological Society And Of The Italian Society Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 43: 3769-3774. PMID: 35018549, DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-05878-3.
- Household economic impact of road traffic injury versus routine emergencies in a low-income country.Mowafi H, Rice B, Nambaziira R, Nirere G, Wongoda R, James M, Group GW, Bisanzo M, Post L. Household economic impact of road traffic injury versus routine emergencies in a low-income country. Injury 2021, 52: 2657-2664. PMID: 34210454, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.06.007.
- Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Thadeus Kamara N, Mulogo EM, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Kohn M. Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 1291-1301. PMID: 32416022, PMCID: PMC7818254, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14013.
- Gamble M, Luggya TS, Mabweijano J, Nabulime J, Mowafi H. Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine : Revue Africaine De La Medecine D'urgence 2020, 10: 181-187. PMID: 33299746, PMCID: PMC7700954, DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.013.
- Mowafi H, Sakr H, Ravaghi H, Elmahal O, Slama S, Samhouri D, Relan P. Leveraging the COVID-19 response to improve emergency care systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Sante De La Mediterranee Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-sihhiyah Li-sharq Al-mutawassit 2020, 26: 626-629. PMID: 32621492, DOI: 10.26719/2020.26.6.626.
- Jahn HK, Kwan J, O'Reilly G, Geduld H, Douglass K, Tenner A, Wallis L, Tupesis J, Mowafi HO. Towards developing a consensus assessment framework for global emergency medicine fellowships. BMC Emergency Medicine 2019, 19: 68. PMID: 31711428, PMCID: PMC6849247, DOI: 10.1186/s12873-019-0286-6.
- El Hajj Abdallah Y, Beveridge J, Chan M, Deeb T, Mowafi H, Al-Nuaimi S, Easa AS, Saqqur M. Devastating neurologic injuries in the Syrian war. Neurology. Clinical Practice 2019, 9: 9-15. PMID: 30859002, PMCID: PMC6382378, DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000556.
- Mowafi H, Ngaruiya C, O'Reilly G, Kobusingye O, Kapil V, Rubiano A, Ong M, Puyana JC, Rahman AF, Jooma R, Beecroft B, Razzak J. Emergency care surveillance and emergency care registries in low-income and middle-income countries: conceptual challenges and future directions for research. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001442. PMID: 31406601, PMCID: PMC6666805, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001442.
- Rice BT, Bisanzo M, Maling S, Joseph R, Mowafi H. Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e020188. PMID: 29950461, PMCID: PMC6020949, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020188.
- Mowafi H, Oranmore-Brown R, Hopkins KL, White EE, Mulla YF, Seidenberg P. Analysis of Prehospital Transport Use for Trauma Patients in Lusaka, Zambia. World Journal Of Surgery 2016, 40: 2868-2874. PMID: 27405748, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3629-4.
- Mowafi H, Hariri M, Alnahhas H, Ludwig E, Allodami T, Mahameed B, Koly JK, Aldbis A, Saqqur M, Zhang B, Al-Kassem A. Results of a Nationwide Capacity Survey of Hospitals Providing Trauma Care in War-Affected Syria. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 815-22. PMID: 27332144, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1297.
- Taylor RA, Pare JR, Venkatesh AK, Mowafi H, Melnick ER, Fleischman W, Hall MK. Prediction of In-hospital Mortality in Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis: A Local Big Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 269-78. PMID: 26679719, PMCID: PMC5884101, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12876.
- Hayward AS, Jacquet GA, Sanson T, Mowafi H, Hansoti B. Academic affairs and global health: how global health electives can accelerate progress towards ACGME milestones. International Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 8: 45. PMID: 26628320, PMCID: PMC4666857, DOI: 10.1186/s12245-015-0093-0.
- Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and resource utilization at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia,Philip Seidenberg, Kate Cerwensky, Rae Oranmore-Brown, Emily Hammond, Yona Mofu, James Lungu, Yakob Mulla, Godfrey Biemba, Hani Mowafi; Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and resource utilization at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Article Published Online 25 March 2014
- Mowafi H, Dworkis D, Bisanzo M, Hansoti B, Seidenberg P, Obermeyer Z, Hauswald M, Reynolds TA. Making recording and analysis of chief complaint a priority for global emergency care research in low-income countries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1241-5. PMID: 24283813, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12262.
- Reynolds TA, Bisanzo M, Dworkis D, Hansoti B, Obermeyer Z, Seidenberg P, Hauswald M, Mowafi H. Research priorities for data collection and management within global acute and emergency care systems. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1246-50. PMID: 24341579, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12261.
- Mowafi H. Conflict, displacement and health in the Middle East. Global Public Health 2011, 6: 472-87. PMID: 21590557, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.570358.
- Sexual violence during war and forced migrationLeaning J, Bartels S, Mowafi H. Sexual violence during war and forced migration. In: Martin SF, Tirman J, eds. Women, migration and conflict. Springer Verlag. New York, NY, 2010
- Mowafi H, Spiegel P. The Iraqi refugee crisis: familiar problems and new challenges. JAMA 2008, 299: 1713-5. PMID: 18398084, DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.14.1713.
- Mowafi H, Nowak K, Hein K. Facing the challenges in human resources for humanitarian health. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2007, 22: 351-9. PMID: 18087902.
- UPDATED LIST OF PUBLICATIONShttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hani_Mowafi/publications
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Chief, Section of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Director, Yale-LSHTM Fellowship in Global Health and International Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Education & Training
- MPHHarvard School of Public Health (2006)
- ResidencyVirginia Commonwealth University (2005)
- MDUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine (2002)
- BSDuke University, Biomedical Engineering (1997)
- InternshipVirginia Commonwealth University School of Med., Medical College
Languages Spoken
- العربية (Arabic)
- English
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Fellow: American College of Emergency Physicians (2006)
- Fellow: American Academy of Emergency Medicine (2005)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2006, recertified: 2017)
Professional Service
- National Institute of Health Research-UK (NIHR) (2020 - 2021): Grant Reviewer
- American College of Emergency Physicians (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- BMC Emergency Medicine (2016 - Present): Associate Editor
- African Conference on Emergency Medicine, Cairo November 2016 (2014 - 2016): Co-Chair
- Research Workshop, African Conference on Emergency Medicine 2014 (2013 - 2014): Chair
- African Federation for Emergency Medicine (2013 - Present): Member
- Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (2013 - 2018): Grant Reviewer
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2012 - 2013): Steering Committee 2013 SAEM Consensus Conference "Global Health and Emergency Care: A Research Agenda"
- American College of Emergency Physicians (2002 - Present): ACEP International Section
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2002 - Present): Member
Publications
- Al-Hajj S, Farran SH, Zgheib H, Tfaily MA, Halaoui A, Wehbe S, Karam S, Fadlallah Y, Fahd F, Toufaili L, Arjinian S, Al-Zaghrini E, Al Hariri M, El Hussein M, Souaiby N, Mowafi H, Mufarrij AJ. The Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Blast: A Multi-center Study to Assess Injury Characteristics and Outcomes. The Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022 PMID: 35999664, DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003745.
- Elreichouni A, Al-Hajj S, Maciejewski KR, Ariss AB, Mowafi H. Factors impacting trauma-specific quality of life following injury: A multi-center assessment in Lebanon. Injury 2022 PMID: 35970634, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.014.
- Fatima N, Mowafi H, Hariri M, Alnahhas H, Al-Kassem A, Saqqur M. Neurotrauma in the Syrian War: analysis of 41,143 cases from July 2013-July 2015. Neurological Sciences : Official Journal Of The Italian Neurological Society And Of The Italian Society Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 43: 3769-3774. PMID: 35018549, DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-05878-3.
- Household economic impact of road traffic injury versus routine emergencies in a low-income country.Mowafi H, Rice B, Nambaziira R, Nirere G, Wongoda R, James M, Group GW, Bisanzo M, Post L. Household economic impact of road traffic injury versus routine emergencies in a low-income country. Injury 2021, 52: 2657-2664. PMID: 34210454, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.06.007.
- Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Thadeus Kamara N, Mulogo EM, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Kohn M. Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 1291-1301. PMID: 32416022, PMCID: PMC7818254, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14013.
- Gamble M, Luggya TS, Mabweijano J, Nabulime J, Mowafi H. Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine : Revue Africaine De La Medecine D'urgence 2020, 10: 181-187. PMID: 33299746, PMCID: PMC7700954, DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.013.
- Mowafi H, Sakr H, Ravaghi H, Elmahal O, Slama S, Samhouri D, Relan P. Leveraging the COVID-19 response to improve emergency care systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Sante De La Mediterranee Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-sihhiyah Li-sharq Al-mutawassit 2020, 26: 626-629. PMID: 32621492, DOI: 10.26719/2020.26.6.626.
- Jahn HK, Kwan J, O'Reilly G, Geduld H, Douglass K, Tenner A, Wallis L, Tupesis J, Mowafi HO. Towards developing a consensus assessment framework for global emergency medicine fellowships. BMC Emergency Medicine 2019, 19: 68. PMID: 31711428, PMCID: PMC6849247, DOI: 10.1186/s12873-019-0286-6.
- El Hajj Abdallah Y, Beveridge J, Chan M, Deeb T, Mowafi H, Al-Nuaimi S, Easa AS, Saqqur M. Devastating neurologic injuries in the Syrian war. Neurology. Clinical Practice 2019, 9: 9-15. PMID: 30859002, PMCID: PMC6382378, DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000556.
- Mowafi H, Ngaruiya C, O'Reilly G, Kobusingye O, Kapil V, Rubiano A, Ong M, Puyana JC, Rahman AF, Jooma R, Beecroft B, Razzak J. Emergency care surveillance and emergency care registries in low-income and middle-income countries: conceptual challenges and future directions for research. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001442. PMID: 31406601, PMCID: PMC6666805, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001442.
- Rice BT, Bisanzo M, Maling S, Joseph R, Mowafi H. Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e020188. PMID: 29950461, PMCID: PMC6020949, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020188.
- Mowafi H, Oranmore-Brown R, Hopkins KL, White EE, Mulla YF, Seidenberg P. Analysis of Prehospital Transport Use for Trauma Patients in Lusaka, Zambia. World Journal Of Surgery 2016, 40: 2868-2874. PMID: 27405748, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3629-4.
- Mowafi H, Hariri M, Alnahhas H, Ludwig E, Allodami T, Mahameed B, Koly JK, Aldbis A, Saqqur M, Zhang B, Al-Kassem A. Results of a Nationwide Capacity Survey of Hospitals Providing Trauma Care in War-Affected Syria. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 815-22. PMID: 27332144, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1297.
- Taylor RA, Pare JR, Venkatesh AK, Mowafi H, Melnick ER, Fleischman W, Hall MK. Prediction of In-hospital Mortality in Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis: A Local Big Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 269-78. PMID: 26679719, PMCID: PMC5884101, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12876.
- Hayward AS, Jacquet GA, Sanson T, Mowafi H, Hansoti B. Academic affairs and global health: how global health electives can accelerate progress towards ACGME milestones. International Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 8: 45. PMID: 26628320, PMCID: PMC4666857, DOI: 10.1186/s12245-015-0093-0.
- Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and resource utilization at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia,Philip Seidenberg, Kate Cerwensky, Rae Oranmore-Brown, Emily Hammond, Yona Mofu, James Lungu, Yakob Mulla, Godfrey Biemba, Hani Mowafi; Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and resource utilization at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Article Published Online 25 March 2014
- Mowafi H, Dworkis D, Bisanzo M, Hansoti B, Seidenberg P, Obermeyer Z, Hauswald M, Reynolds TA. Making recording and analysis of chief complaint a priority for global emergency care research in low-income countries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1241-5. PMID: 24283813, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12262.
- Reynolds TA, Bisanzo M, Dworkis D, Hansoti B, Obermeyer Z, Seidenberg P, Hauswald M, Mowafi H. Research priorities for data collection and management within global acute and emergency care systems. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1246-50. PMID: 24341579, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12261.
- Mowafi H. Conflict, displacement and health in the Middle East. Global Public Health 2011, 6: 472-87. PMID: 21590557, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.570358.
- Sexual violence during war and forced migrationLeaning J, Bartels S, Mowafi H. Sexual violence during war and forced migration. In: Martin SF, Tirman J, eds. Women, migration and conflict. Springer Verlag. New York, NY, 2010
- Mowafi H, Spiegel P. The Iraqi refugee crisis: familiar problems and new challenges. JAMA 2008, 299: 1713-5. PMID: 18398084, DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.14.1713.
- Mowafi H, Nowak K, Hein K. Facing the challenges in human resources for humanitarian health. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2007, 22: 351-9. PMID: 18087902.
- UPDATED LIST OF PUBLICATIONShttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hani_Mowafi/publications
Departments and Programs