Sharon Rikin, MD, MS is the Director of Ambulatory Quality Improvement for the Department of Medicine at Montefiore and a primary care physician at the Comprehensive Family Care Center.

Dr. Rikin's work focuses on implementing evidence-based medicine into practice for the Department of Medicine and collaborating with physicians to create a culture focused on high quality care. She is committed to improving health systems by making it easier for clinicians to deliver evidence-based care, particularly for communities impacted by health disparities. Initiatives include:

• Improving access to specialty expertise with electronic consultations (e-consults) (Medical Director)
• Improving blood pressure control with Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Hypertension (Medical Director)
• Improving completion of colorectal cancer screening (QI Lead)
• Implementing evidence based care for patients with diabetic kidney disease (QI Lead)
• Judicious opioid prescribing. (Site Leader for the CDC Opioid QI Collaborative)
• Quality Improvement Professional Development Programs for faculty, residents and fellows in the Department of Medicine (Course Director)

Dr. Rikin graduated from Emory University with a degree in Anthropology and completed medical school and then residency training in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following residency, she completed General Internal Medicine fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center and received a Master of Science in Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Rikin, S., Zhang, C., Lipsey, D. et al. Impact of an Opt-In eConsult Program on Primary Care Demand for Specialty Visits: Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Implementation Study. J GEN INTERN MED 35, 832–838 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06101-9

Rikin S, Epstein EJ, Gendlina I. Rapid Implementation of Inpatient eConsult Program addresses new challenges for patient care during COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Innovations: Published Online First: 09 March 2021.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2020-000557

Kopp, A.R., Rikin, S., Cassese, T. et al. Medical student remote eConsult participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Med Educ 21, 120 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02562-6

Leyton C, Zhang C, Rikin S. Evaluation of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electronic Consultation Use in Primary Care. Telemed J E Health. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2020.0547