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Melek Somai MD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: General Internal Medicine
Program: Research

Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

Publications (25)

  • Patient and Provider Factors Associated With Successfully Addressing Medical Needs Using Telehealth: A Cross-Sectional Survey. (Wamuo O, Hyun N, Holt JM, Somai MM, Crotty BH) WMJ 2023 May;122(2):124-126 PMID: 37141478 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159549100 05/04/2023    
  • Twenty-first century house calls: a survey of ambulatory care providers to inform organisational telehealth strategy. (Holt JM, Cusatis R, Mortensen N, Wolfrath N, Hyun N, Winn AN, Brown SA, Somai MM, Crotty BH) BMJ Health Care Inform 2022 Dec;29(1) PMID: 36564094 PMCID: PMC9791455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144637616 12/24/2022    
  • Overcoming Eurocentric bias makes for better science. (Dajani R, Mbarek H, Ismail SI, Mohammad A, Somai M) Med 2022 Dec 09;3(12):813-814 PMID: 36495859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143917441 12/11/2022       2 Citations
  • Causal inference in medical records and complementary systems pharmacology for metformin drug repurposing towards dementia. (Charpignon ML, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Zheng B, Magdamo C, Su B, Evans K, Rodriguez S, Sokolov A, Boswell S, Sheu YH, Somai M, Middleton L, Hyman BT, Betensky RA, Finkelstein SN, Welsch RE, Tzoulaki I, Blacker D, Das S, Albers MW) Nat Commun 2022 Dec 10;13(1):7652 PMID: 36496454 PMCID: PMC9741618 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143664509 12/11/2022       19 Citations
  • Telemedicine and health disparities: Association between patient characteristics and telemedicine, in-person, telephone and message-based care during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tong L, George B, Crotty BH, Somai M, Taylor BW, Osinski K, Luo J) IPEM Transl 2022;3:100010 PMID: 36340828 PMCID: PMC9617798 11/08/2022    
  • Hospitalization Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19 Undergoing Remote Monitoring. (Crotty BH, Dong Y, Laud P, Hanson RJ, Gershkowitz B, Penlesky AC, Shah N, Anderes M, Green E, Fickel K, Singh S, Somai MM) JAMA Netw Open 2022 Jul 01;5(7):e2221050 PMID: 35797044 PMCID: PMC9264036 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133959055 07/08/2022       9 Citations
  • Real-world implementation evaluation of an electronic health record-integrated consumer informatics tool that collects patient-generated contextual data. (Holt JM, Spanbauer C, Cusatis R, Winn AN, Talsma A, Asan O, Somai M, Hanson R, Moore J, Makoul G, Crotty BH) Int J Med Inform 2022 Sep;165:104810 PMID: 35714549 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131956770 06/18/2022    
  • Bugs in the Virtual Clinic: Confronting Telemedicine's Challenges Through Empathy and Support. (Crotty BH, Somai M) J Particip Med 2022 Apr 22;14(1):e25688 PMID: 35452399 PMCID: PMC9077509 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129933877 04/23/2022       1 Citation
  • Analysis of Clinician and Patient Factors and Completion of Telemedicine Appointments Using Video. (Crotty BH, Hyun N, Polovneff A, Dong Y, Decker MC, Mortensen N, Holt JM, Winn AN, Laud PW, Somai MM) JAMA Netw Open 2021 Nov 01;4(11):e2132917 PMID: 34735013 PMCID: PMC8569484 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118926092 11/05/2021       27 Citations
  • Telemedicine Adoption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Gaps and Inequalities. (Luo J, Tong L, Crotty BH, Somai M, Taylor B, Osinski K, George B) Appl Clin Inform 2021 Aug;12(4):836-844 PMID: 34496419 PMCID: PMC8426040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114767728 09/09/2021       55 Citations
  • Addressing depression and behavioral health needs through a digital program at scale. (Sharif-Sidi Z, Shen C, Wong W, Hanson R, Miller L, Fickel K, Green E, Burns J, Dunn C, Somai M, Crotty BH) Healthc (Amst) 2021 Jun;9(2):100521 PMID: 33601212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100994947 02/19/2021       1 Citation
  • Impact of Pre-visit Contextual Data Collection on Patient-Physician Communication and Patient Activation: a Randomized Trial. (Holt JM, Cusatis R, Winn A, Asan O, Spanbauer C, Williams JS, Flynn KE, Somai M, Talsma A, Laud P, Makoul G, Crotty BH) J Gen Intern Med 2021 Nov;36(11):3321-3329 PMID: 33559067 PMCID: PMC8606508 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100812652 02/10/2021       9 Citations
  • Augmenting patient safety through participation by design - An assessment of dual monitors for patients in the outpatient clinic. (Asan O, Choudhury A, Somai MM, Crotty BH) Int J Med Inform 2021 Feb;146:104345 PMID: 33260089 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097574118 12/02/2020       3 Citations
  • The Impact of Previsit Contextual Data Collection on Patient-Provider Communication and Patient Activation: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. (Holt JM, Cusatis R, Winn A, Asan O, Spanbauer C, Williams JS, Flynn KE, Somai M, Laud P, Crotty BH) JMIR Res Protoc 2020 Sep 23;9(9):e20309 PMID: 32965223 PMCID: PMC7542405 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092189788 09/24/2020       2 Citations
  • Digital Engagement: How Serious Are Hospitals? (Crotty BH, Somai M) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Apr;35(4):992-993 PMID: 32076969 PMCID: PMC7174458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079739162 02/23/2020       2 Citations
  • Data Science in Global Health-Highlighting the Burdens of Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer in the MENA Region Using Open Source Data and Spatial Analysis (Somai M, Levy S, Mhirsi Z) Leveraging Data Science for Global Health 1 January 2020:373-382 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151194459 01/01/2020    
  • Association of Use of Online Symptom Checkers With Patients' Plans for Seeking Care. (Winn AN, Somai M, Fergestrom N, Crotty BH) JAMA Netw Open 2019 Dec 02;2(12):e1918561 PMID: 31880791 PMCID: PMC6991310 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077256883 12/28/2019       40 Citations
  • Clinical trials of neurointervention : 2007-2018. (Saber H, Jadhav AP, Rajah GB, Narayanan S, Sheth SA, Liebeskind DS, Somai M) J Neurointerv Surg 2019 Dec;11(12):1277-1282 PMID: 31530656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072514838 09/19/2019    
  • Predictive analytics and machine learning in stroke and neurovascular medicine. (Saber H, Somai M, Rajah GB, Scalzo F, Liebeskind DS) Neurol Res 2019 Aug;41(8):681-690 PMID: 31038007 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85069656854 05/01/2019       22 Citations
  • Most UK scientists who publish extremely highly-cited papers do not secure funding from major public and charity funders: A descriptive analysis. (Stavropoulou C, Somai M, Ioannidis JPA) PLoS One 2019;14(2):e0211460 PMID: 30811411 PMCID: PMC6392224 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062178385 02/28/2019       9 Citations
  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (GBD 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators) Lancet 2018 Jun 02;391(10136):2236-2271 PMID: 29893224 PMCID: PMC5986687 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047728707 06/13/2018       627 Citations
  • Mobile teledermatology for a prompter and more efficient dermatological care in rural Mongolia. (Byamba K, Syed-Abdul S, García-Romero M, Huang CW, Nergyi S, Nyamdorj A, Nguyen PA, Iqbal U, Paik K, Celi L, Nikore V, Somai M, Jian WS, Li YC) Br J Dermatol 2015 Jul;173(1):265-7 PMID: 25494968 PMCID: PMC5679216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84948720185 12/17/2014       20 Citations
  • From Pharmacovigilance to Clinical Care Optimization. (Celi LA, Moseley E, Moses C, Ryan P, Somai M, Stone D, Tang KO) Big Data 2014 Sep 01;2(3):134-141 PMID: 26576325 PMCID: PMC4630790 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84991807892 09/01/2014       10 Citations
  • A cannonball through the chest: disseminated tuberculosis, threatening the aortic arch. (Feldman HJ, Somai M, Dweck E) Tunis Med 2014 Jan;92(1):34-7 PMID: 24879168 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84896892495 06/01/2014       1 Citation
  • [Ectopic pregnancy under Implanon contraception: a case of encysted haematocele]. (Mbarki C, Hsayaoui N, Ben Abdelaziz A, Khediri Z, Najjar M, Souai A, Somai M, Mezghenni S, Oueslati H) Tunis Med 2013;91(8-9):561-2 PMID: 24227523 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84884860498 11/15/2013    
    • Last update: 05/02/2022