## About Dr. Perkins has spent her career working with vulnerable populations, primarily in inner city EDs. Her academic area of expertise focuses on the intersection of infectious diseases, public health, and the ED. She has developed programs and evaluated methods to enhance both ED and hospital-wide screening and treatment of infectious diseases that have public health consequences, including HIV, HCV, MRSA, ... sexually transmitted infections, influenza, Covid-19, and mpox. She is also the Director of Emergency Medicine Infectious Disease Management. She is the immediate past co-Chair of the SAEM Interest Group Emergency Medicine Transmissible Infectious Diseases and Epidemics, a network of academic emergency departments focused on research, practice, and policy on emerging and transmissible infectious diseases.Read More - ### Departments [Emergency Medicine](/departments/emergency-medicine) - ### Contact [617.638.8000](tel:617.638.8000) - ### Primary Location 1 Boston Medical Center Pl Boston, MA 02118 - ### Administrative Title Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine - ### Residency Yale Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2006 - ### Fellowship International Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County Hospital, 2008 ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) [View profile](http://profiles.bu.edu/Elissa.Schechter) ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/elissa-schechter) ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) [View profile](http://profiles.bu.edu/Elissa.Schechter) ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/elissa-schechter)