Katherine McKenzie

Katherine C. McKenzie, MD, FACP is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Yale Center for Asylum Medicine.[1]

Background

She established and directs the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine (YCAM).[2] Through YCAM, she conducts forensic evaluations for asylum seekers at Yale and in detention facilities.[3]

She collaborates with various organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights,[4] Society for Refugee Healthcare Providers,[5] Project Access New Haven,[6] and Integrated Refugee and Immigrants Services.

McKenzie received the Leonard B. Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine and the Faculty Award for Achievement in Clinical Care.[1]

Selected publications
  • Characteristics and scope of humanitarian relief forensic medical evaluations for immigrant children in the US, Rosenberg J, Edwards E, Wang KH, McKenzie KC, Asnes AG, Young J. Characteristics and scope of humanitarian relief forensic medical evaluations for immigrant children in the US. Journal Of Forensic And Legal Medicine 2021, 82: 102221. PMID 34325082, DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102221.
  • Surviving violent, traumatic loss after severe political persecution: lessons from the evaluation of a Venezuelan asylum seeker, McQuaid JH, Silva MA, McKenzie KC. Surviving violent, traumatic loss after severe political persecution: lessons from the evaluation of a Venezuelan asylum seeker. BMJ Case Reports 2021, 14: e239025. PMID 33758042, PMCID: PMC7993358, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239025.
  • Medical Evaluation of Asylum Seekers, McKenzie K. Medical Evaluation of Asylum Seekers. 2020, 303–310. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47668-7_19.
  • Lessons from Asylum Seekers: How Forensic Medical Evaluations Can Teach Us Things We Didn't Learn in Medical School, McKenzie KC, Emery EH. Lessons from Asylum Seekers: How Forensic Medical Evaluations Can Teach Us Things We Didn't Learn in Medical School. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 36: 2121–2122. PMID 32875493, PMCID: PMC8298660, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06157-7.
  • A Cruel COVID-19 Irony, McKenzie KC. A Cruel COVID-19 Irony. JAMA 2020, 324: 345–346. PMID 32602892, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.11882.
  • Releasing Migrants from Detention During the COVID-19 Pandemic, McKenzie KC, Mishori R. Releasing Migrants from Detention During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 2765–2766. PMID 32542498, PMCID: PMC7295322, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-05954-4.

References
  1. "Katherine C. McKenzie, MD, FACP". Yale School of Medicine.
  2. "More Doctors Needed In The Field Of Asylum Medicine, Says Yale Physician". Connecticut Public. 21 June 2018.
  3. Davis, Abigail. "Groundbreaking Achievements in Asylum Medicine". Yale University.
  4. "Katherine C. McKenzie". PHR.
  5. "Our People". Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers.
  6. "Project Access Board – Project Access New Haven". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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