Jin Han MD, MSC

Dr. Han is an Associate Professor and has been with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 2005. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati and also served as Chief Resident. He completed a research fellowship and obtained a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology. In addition to his clinical responsibilities in the emergency department, Dr. Han has been very active in patient oriented research. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and abstracts in the areas of geriatric medicine, cardiology, and emergency department overcrowding. He is the recipient of the Vanderbilt Physician Scientist Development Grant and Emergency Medicine Foundation Career Development Award and has served as co-investigator on several NIH grants. Dr. Han recently completed a National Institute on Aging K23 award which validated brief delirium assessments for the emergency department setting and evaluated the consequences of this form of organ failure. He is the Associate Research Director of Emergency Care at Vanderbilt's Center for Quality Aging, is a Research Committee member of the American Delirium Society, and runs the www.eddelirium.org website.