1. Sara Michelle Handy, M.D., M.P.H
8 Demar Rd  Lexington, MA 02420
Phone: (347) 276-0611  E-Mail: saramhandy@icloud.com
Education & Training
Residency University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine
6/06 – 4/10, (personal leave 5/10 - 6/11), 7/11 - 10/12
M.D. SUNY Downstate School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 8/02 – 5/06
M.P.H. SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY 8/02 – 5/06
B.A. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 9/94 – 5/99
Professional Experience
• Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Resident
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
2006 – 2012, personal
leave 5/10 – 6/11
• Assistant for Clinical Research
Rockefeller University, New York, NY
2000 - 2002
• Medical Secretary for Chair of Pulmonary Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
1999 - 2000
Licensure & Certification
• Board Eligible Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine 2012
• BLS 2004 - Present
• ACLS 2004 - Present
• PALS 2006 - 2012
Professional Memberships
• American College of Emergency Physicians 2006 – 2014
• American Academy of Emergency Medicine 2005 – 2014
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2005 - 2012
• American Medical Association 2002 - 2013
Awards & Honors
• Joshua H. Weiner, MD International Health Fellowship Award,
SUNY Downstate
2005

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• Alumni Association Award in Support of Public Health Scholarship,
SUNY Downstate
2003, 2004
• Women & Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award, National
Institute on Drug Abuse
2002
• John W. Boylan Scholarship in Medicine and Science, Bard College 1998, 1999
• Distinguished Scientist Scholarship, Bard College 1994-1999
Publications
Handy SM, Bart G, Borg L, Green M, Schluger J, Ho A, and Kreek MJ. Basal sex differences in circulating
levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, and prolactin in normal and drug-dependent volunteers.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2002; 66 (Supp 1): 196-197.
Zhang Y, Mantsch JR, Handy S, Stewart C, Kane S, Schlussman SD, Ho A and Kreek MJ. Conditioned
place preference after single doses or 'binge' cocaine in C57BL/6J and 129/J mice. Drug and Alcohol
Dependence. 2002; 66 (Supp 1): 135-137.
Bart G, Borg L, Piccolo P, Wells A, Ho A, Zhang L, Arauz G, Handy S, Khuri ET, Kreek MJ. Current
prevalence of Hepatitis A, B, and C and HIV-1 and HIV-2 serologic markers in former opiate addicts in
methadone maintenance treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2001; 63 (Supp1): 120-125.
Butelman ER, Ball JW, Lawinski CS, Handy SM and Kreek MJ. Comparative profiles of kappa- and mu-
opioids in a neuroendocrine assay and in a U69,593 drug-discrimination assay in rhesus monkeys. Drug
and Alcohol Dependence. 2001; 63 (Supp 1): 166-167.
Schlussman SD, Zhang Y, Elvander E, Mantsch J, Handy SM, Ho A and Kreek MJ. Effect of 3-day "binge"
cocaine administration on POMC mRNA in the anterior pituitary in male C57BL/6J and 129/J mice. Drug
and Alcohol Dependence. 2001;63(Supp 1):150-151.
Handy SM. Behavioral Analysis of the Roles of the Drosophila Genes Volado, leonardo, and D-raf in Non-
associative Learning and Memory. Bard College Senior Project 1999. Poster presented at the Thirteenth
National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Rochester, NY, April 8-10, 1999
Presentations
The 2010 Cholera Epidemic in Haiti: Epidemiology of the Outbreak and Recommended Strategies to
Reduce Mortality and Morbidity from Cholera. Internal Medicine Senior Resident Talk presented May
14, 2012 at University of Maryland Medical Center.
Case Report: A 35-year-old woman with recurrent severe hypertension after cocaine binges.
Presented at Internal Medicine Morning Report on May 7, 2012 at University of Maryland Medical
Center.
Disaster Preparedness: Are We Ready? Presented at Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine
Combined Conference on January 20, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center.
Imported Imposters: An Increasing Threat from Mosquito-borne Viruses. Presented at Emergency
Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Conference on August 20, 2008 at University of Maryland

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Medical Center. Covered Chikungunya, Dengue, and West Nile viruses including epidemiology and
clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. Presented at Internal Medicine Resident Morning Report on
July 17, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
Basal sex differences in circulating levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, and prolactin in
normal and drug-dependent volunteers. Oral Presentation on June 10, 2002 at International College
on Problems of Drug Dependence Meeting in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, supported by NIDA
Travel Award.
TeachTeaching Experience
• FAST Demo for Trauma Clerkship
University of Maryland College of Medicine
2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
• Emergency Medicine Resident Cadaver Lab,
University of Maryland College of Medicine
2012
• Pulmonary Exam Workshop,
University of Maryland College of Medicine
2008, 2009