PeterLElkinMD

Professor, Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine

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1020 Youngs Rd
Williamsville, NY 14221
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Lahey ClinicResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1996
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1990 - 1992
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
Brown UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 1985 - 1986
New York Medical CollegeClass of 1985

PubMed

65 citations
Exploring the frontier of electronic health record surveillance: the case of postoperative complications.
Fern FitzHenry, Harvey J. Murff, Michael E. Matheny, Nancy Gentry, Elliot M. Fielstein
Medical Care. 2013-06-01
23 citations
Detection of infectious symptoms from VA emergency department and primary care clinical documentation
Michael E. Matheny, Fern FitzHenry, Theodore Speroff, Jennifer Green, Michelle L. Griffith
International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2012-03-01
316 citations
Automated identification of postoperative complications within an electronic medical record using natural language processing
Harvey J. Murff, Fern FitzHenry, Michael E. Matheny, Nancy Gentry, Kristen Kotter
JAMA. 2011-08-24

Journal Articles

Artificial Intelligence: Bayesian Versus Heuristic Method for Diagnostic Decision Support
Peter L Elkin, Leslie Bisson, Applied Clinical Informatics

UB Donates Hundreds of Reusable Face Masks, Face Shields Made by Faculty & Students to Buffalo City MissionDecember 2nd, 2020
If Widely Deployed, Strategies Such as Wearing Masks Can Help WNY Avoid a COVID-19 Outbreak like Those in the South and WestJuly 31st, 2020
UB-Led Team Developing 3D-Printed, Reusable N95-like RespiratorsMay 6th, 2020
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Independent Validation &Verification Of BiosenseOffice Of National Center For Public Health Informatics2008
Independent Validation &Verification Of BiosenseOffice Of National Center For Public Health Informatics2006–2008
Biosurveillance Utilizing SNOMED-CT Based Natural Language ProcessingPublic Health Practice Program Office2007
Biosurveillance Utilizing SNOMED-CT Based Natural Language ProcessingPublic Health Practice Program Office2006–2007
Biosurveillance/Snomed-Ct Natural Language ProcessingPublic Health Practice Program Office2005
Controlled Vocabulary Design For Clinical ApplicationsNational Library Of Medicine2004
Controlled Vocabulary Design For Clinical ApplicationsNational Library Of Medicine2002–2003