Director, Observation Medicine, BIDMC
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Grossman’s consulting and research center around developing evidence-based data for the management of cardiac emergencies while his administrative responsibility as vice-chair of healthcare quality reflects this evidence-based approach. Dr. Grossman draws on his dual training in cardiology and emergency medicine to improve healthcare delivery in the emergency department through research, patient education, and implementation of new models of emergency medical care. He spearheaded the development of the clinical decision unit and the cardiac emergency center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dr. Grossman completed a residency in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a cardiology fellowship at Boston University Medical Center, and an emergency medicine residency from MGH/Brigham & Women’s, Harvard Medical School.
RECENT PROJECTS
- Dr. Grossman consulted on the creation of observation units for hospitals across the United States, including Yale Medical Center and Maine Medical Center.
- Dr. Grossman served as a consultant for the government of Antigua and Barbados in the redevelopment of their healthcare system and the opening and utilization of a new national hospital.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Dr. Grossman is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
PUBLICATIONS
- Grossman SA, Rosen Peds Cardiovascular Problems in Emergency Medicine. Wiley-Blackwell. Hoboken;2011
- Can Benign Etiologies Predict Benign Outcomes in High-risk Syncope Patients? Grossman SA, Fischer C, Kancharla A, Lipsitz LA, Mottley L, Zimetbaum P, Shapiro NI.J Emerg Med. 2009 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]
- Predicting adverse outcomes in syncope. Grossman SA, Fischer C, Lipsitz LA, Mottley L, Sands K, Thompson S, Zimetbaum P, Shapiro NI. J Emerg Med. 2007 Oct;33(3):233-9. Epub 2007 Jul 5
- The yield of head CT in syncope: a pilot study. Grossman SA, Fischer C, Bar JL, Lipsitz LA, Mottley L, Sands K, Thompson S, Zimetbaum P, Shapiro NI. Intern Emerg Med. 2007 Mar;2(1):46-9. Epub 2007 Mar 31
EDUCATION
- M.D., University of Tennessee School of Medicine