Esther K. Choo, M.D.,M.P.H. (she/her)

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Choo joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at OHSU in 2016 as full-time faculty. Her research interests include substance use disorders, violence, women's health, health disparities, gender medicine, digital health, intervention development, and faculty development.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2001, Yale University School of Medicine
    • M.P.H., 2009, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Residency

    • Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 2005
  • Fellowship

    • Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 2009

Honors and awards

  • 2014 Young Investigator Award - SAEM
  • 2012 Outstanding Physician Award - University Emergency Medicine Foundation
  • 2011 Best Innovation in Emergency Medicine Education - SAEM
  • 2011 Outstanding Review Award - Academic Emergency Medicine Journal

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Chronic Opioid Use After Implementation of Oregon's Medicaid Back Pain Policy

    American journal of preventive medicine
    1. Daniel M. Hartung
    2. Sanae El Ibrahimi
    3. Catherine J. Livingston
    4. Christina J. Charlesworth
    5. K. John McConnell
    6. Esther K. Choo
  • Impact of an Oregon health policy aimed at strengthening adolescent linkage to outpatient mental health care from the emergency department

    Academic Emergency Medicine
    1. Liliya Kraynov
    2. Christina Charlesworth
    3. Esther Choo
    4. K. John McConnell
  • Outcomes After a Statewide Policy to Improve Evidence-Based Treatment of Back Pain Among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon

    Journal of general internal medicine
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Christina J. Charlesworth
    3. Catherine J. Livingston
    4. Daniel M. Hartung
    5. Sanae El Ibrahimi
    6. Liliya Kraynov
    7. K. John McConnell
  • Adaptive Approaches to Physical Pain Treatment Modalities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
    1. Alexis Cooke
    2. Mary Gray
    3. Kate LaForge
    4. Catherine J. Livingston
    5. Diana P. Flores
    6. Esther K. Choo
  • “It Has Improved My Practice to Be Able to Offer Alternative Treatments”

    Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
    1. Mary Gray
    2. Alexis Cooke
    3. Catherine J. Livingston
    4. Kate LaForge
    5. Diana P. Flores
    6. Esther K. Choo
  • Pandemic phase-related racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 positivity and outcomes among patients presenting to emergency departments during the first two pandemic waves in the USA

    Emergency Medicine Journal
    1. Shaveta Khosla
    2. Marina Del Rios
    3. Makini Chisolm-Straker
    4. Saadiyah Bilal
    5. Timothy B. Jang
    6. Hao Wang
    7. Molly Hartley
    8. George T. Loo
    9. James P. d’Etienne
    10. Craig D. Newgard
    11. D. Mark Courtney
    12. Esther K. Choo
    13. Michelle P. Lin
    14. Jeffrey A. Kline
  • Risk of motor vehicle collision associated with cannabis and alcohol use among patients presenting for emergency care

    Accident Analysis and Prevention
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Stacy A. Trent
    3. Daniel K. Nishijima
    4. Angela Eichelberger
    5. Steve Kazmierczak
    6. Yu Ye
    7. Karen J. Brasel
    8. Ariane Audett
    9. Cheryl J. Cherpitel
  • A cross-sectional survey exploring clinician perceptions of a novel Medicaid back pain policy

    Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
    1. Catherine J. Livingston
    2. Mary Gray
    3. Kate Laforge
    4. Esther K. Choo
  • Clinician Perspectives on Referring Medicaid Back Pain Patients to Integrative and Complementary Medicine

    Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
    1. Kate Laforge
    2. Mary Gray
    3. Catherine J. Livingston
    4. Gillian Leichtling
    5. Esther K. Choo
  • Geographical Variations In Emergency Department Visits For Mental Health Conditions For Medicaid Beneficiaries

    Health affairs (Project Hope)
    1. K. John McConnell
    2. Kelsey Watson
    3. Esther Choo
    4. Jane M. Zhu
  • Observational study of organisational responses of 17 US hospitals over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

    BMJ open
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Matthew Strehlow
    3. Marina Del Rios
    4. Evrim Oral
    5. Ruth Pobee
    6. Andrew Nugent
    7. Stephen Lim
    8. Christian Hext
    9. Sarah Newhall
    10. Diana Ko
    11. Srihari V. Chari
    12. Amy Wilson
    13. Joshua J. Baugh
    14. David Callaway
    15. Mucio Kit Delgado
    16. Zoe Glick
    17. Christian J. Graulty
    18. Nicholas Hall
    19. Abdusebur Jemal
    20. Madhav Kc
    21. Aditya Mahadevan
    22. Milap Mehta
    23. Andrew C. Meltzer
    24. Dar'Ya Pozhidayeva
    25. Daniel Resnick-Ault
    26. Christian Schulz
    27. Sam Shen
    28. Lauren Southerland
    29. Daniel Du Pont
    30. Danielle M. McCarthy
  • Reworking Emergency Medicine Resident Education Post-Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization

    Journal of graduate medical education
    1. Monica Rakesh Saxena
    2. Esther K. Choo
    3. Sara Andrabi
  • Cannabis presentations to the emergency department after MVC in the era of legalization for recreational use

    Journal of Safety Research
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Daniel Nishijima
    3. Stacy Trent
    4. Angela Eichelberger
    5. Yu Ye
    6. Ariane Audett
    7. Karen Brasel
    8. Steve Kazmierczak
    9. Cheryl J. Cherpitel
  • Increased identification of cannabis use among drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions using an expanded cannabis inventory

    Academic Emergency Medicine
    1. Esther Choo
    2. Stacy A. Trent
    3. Daniel K. Nishijima
    4. Ariane Audett
    5. Robert G. Hendrickson
    6. Angela Eichelberger
    7. Karen J. Brasel
    8. Yu Ye
    9. Cheryl J. Cherpitel
  • Development and usability evaluation of VOICES

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Fuad Abujarad
    2. Davis Ulrich
    3. Chelsea Edwards
    4. Esther Choo
    5. Michael V. Pantalon
    6. Karen Jubanyik
    7. James Dziura
    8. Gail D'Onofrio
    9. Thomas M. Gill
  • Easy in, tough out

    The Lancet
    1. Esther Choo
  • Experiences of Nonpharmacologic Providers Implementing the Oregon Back Pain Policy Expanding Services for Medicaid Recipients

    Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
    1. Mary Gray
    2. Kate Laforge
    3. Catherine J. Livingston
    4. Gillian Leichtling
    5. Esther K. Choo
  • Increased Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain Following Statewide Medicaid Coverage Changes in Oregon

    Journal of general internal medicine
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Christina J. Charlesworth
    3. Yifan Gu
    4. Catherine J. Livingston
    5. K. John McConnell
  • National Awards and Female Emergency Physicians in the United States

    Journal of Emergency Medicine
    1. Andrea C. Fang
    2. Sharon A. Chekijian
    3. Amy J. Zeidan
    4. Esther K. Choo
    5. Kinjal N. Sethuraman
  • Parenting in the time of COVID-19

    The Lancet
    1. Shana Kusin
    2. Esther Choo
  • Perceptions of older adults and health professionals about digital screening tools for elder mistreatment in the emergency department

    Gerontechnology
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Chelsea Edwards
    3. Malik Abuwandi
    4. Kristina Carlson
    5. Jennifer Bonito
    6. Karen Jubanyik
    7. Thomas M. Gill
    8. Fuad Abujarad