Zach Feldman, MSc

Medical Student
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1245 Park Avenue
Apartment 15B
New York, NY
USA 10128
Email: zachary.feldman@icahn.mssm.edu


Biographical Sketch: Zach Feldman is a first year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York. He is from Boston, MA and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a master’s degree in chemistry. He has worked in management consulting, including experience in pharmaceuticals and in vitro diagnostics. He is interested in the intersection of patient safety protocols, physician training practices, quality and patient satisfaction standards, and cost-effective care.

Papers:
THE VALUE OF TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT REVISITED: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF INCREASED PROCEDURE RATES ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AND COSTS USING DATA FROM THE OSTEOARTHRITIS INITIATIVE CHOICE OF TIME SCALE FOR MODELING LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS: AN ILLUSTRATION