Nicholas Pereira Risko, MD, MHS
Emergency Medicine
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Nicholas Pereira Risko
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Background
Nicholas Risko, M.D., M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Associate Director of the Center for Global Emergency Care. His Doctor of Medicine degree is from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In 2018 he completed residency training in emergency medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Additionally, he has a Master of Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a specialization in international health systems and health economics. He is a leading researcher in the economics of global emergency care development.
Research Interests
Emergency Care Systems Development, Global Health, Health Economics
Research Summary
Dr. Risko’s research focuses on increasing access to high-quality global emergency care. Topics of interest within this field include health system resilience, health economics, and policy development.
Selected Publications
Risko N, Chandra A, Burkholder TW, Wallis LA, Reynolds T, Calvello Hynes EJ, Razzak J. Advancing research on the economic value of emergency care. BMJ Glob Health.2019;4(Suppl 6):e001768. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001768
Risko N, Werner K, Offorjebe OA, Vecino-Ortiz AI, Wallis LA, Razzak J. Cost-effectiveness and return on investment of protecting health workers in low-and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one. 2020 Oct 9;15(10):e0240503
Calvello EJ, Broccoli M, Risko N, et al. Emergency care and health systems: Consensus-based recommendations and future research priorities. Acad Emerg Med. 2013;20(12):1278-1288
Hirshon JM, Risko N, Calvello EJ, et al. Health systems and services: The role of acute care. Bull World Health Organ. 2013;91(5):386-388
Werner K, Risko N, Burkholder T, Munge K, Wallis L, Reynolds T. Cost–effectiveness of emergency care interventions in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Bull World Health Organ. 2020 May 1;98:341-52
Locations
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 202-537-4000
- fax: 202-537-4001
- Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
- phone: 410-740-7890
- fax: 410-740-7891