Dr. Sheng is currently the Residency Program Director for Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Sheng attended medical school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed his residency at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has completed a Masters of Health Professions Education at Boston University.
He previously served as the Associate Residency Program Director at Boston Medical Center for eight years. He has received multiple teaching and mentorship awards throughout his career and has built a strong record for education scholarship and innovation.
Dr. Sheng is a member of multiple national committees at SAEM and CORD and is serving as the CORD Best Practices Track Chair for the next two years.
Dr. Sheng’s professional interests include:
| Sheng AY, Gruppuso PA, Suner S, Adashi EY. "The 2023 emergency medicine match: Alarming symptom of a health care system in crisis." AEM Education and Training, vol. 8, no. 1, 2024, pp. e10947. |
| Natesan S, Jordan J, Sheng A, Carmelli G, Barbas B, King A, Gore K, Estes M, Gottlieb M. "Feedback in Medical Education: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 24, no. 3, 2023, pp. 479-494. |
| Schoppel K, Spector J, Okafor I, Church R, Deblois K, Della-Giustina D, Kellogg A, MacVane C, Pirotte M, Snow D, Hays G, Mariorenzi A, Connelly H, Sheng A. "Gaps in pediatric emergency medicine education of emergency medicine residents: A needs assessment of recent graduates." AEM Education and Training, vol. 7, no. 6, 2023, pp. e10918. |
| Ayandeh A, Farrell N, Sheng AY. "Requirement for Discharge in the Care of a Responsible Adult in Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department: Necessity or Potential Barrier to Health Equity?." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023. |
| Sheng AY, Gottlieb M, Bautista JR, Trueger NS, Westafer LM, Gisondi MA. "The role of emergency physicians in the fight against health misinformation: Implications for resident training." AEM Education and Training, vol. 7, no. Suppl 1, 2023, pp. S48-S57. |
| Sheng AY, Gottlieb M, Bautista JR, Trueger NS, Westafer LM, Gisondi MA. "The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the Fight Against Health Misinformation." Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 15, no. 1, 2023, pp. 9-14. |
| DeVivo A, Sheng AY, Koyfman A, Long B. "High risk and low prevalence diseases: Esophageal perforation." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 53, 2022, pp. 29-36. |
| Dhanani M, Pfeiffer KV, Rogers J, Leo MM, Sheng AY, Jung CF. "Outcomes of a resident-led ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter placement training program and validation of a procedural training checklist." Internal and emergency medicine, vol. 17, no. 6, 2022, pp. 1837-1841. |
| Horn A, Freniere B, Sheng AY. "A Case Report of Ring Avulsion Injury: Under-recognized for Its Unique Implications in Transfer." Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, pp. 75-78. |
| Sheng AY, Gottlieb M, Welsh L. "Leveraging learner-centered educational frameworks to combat health mis/disinformation." AEM Education and Training, vol. 5, no. 4, 2021, pp. e10711. |
| Hughes RH, Kleinschmidt S, Sheng AY. "Using structured interviews to reduce bias in emergency medicine residency recruitment: Worth a second look." AEM Education and Training, vol. 5, no. Suppl 1, 2021, pp. S130-S134. |
| Mittelman A, Palmer M, Dugas J, Spector JA, McCabe K, Sheng AY. "A Nationwide Survey of Program Directors on Resident Attrition in Emergency Medicine." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 2020, pp. 86-93. |
| Clark A, Amanti C, Sheng AY. "Supervision of Advanced Practice Providers." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, vol. 38, no. 2, 2020, pp. 353-361. |
| Sheng AY, Clark A, Amanti C. "Supervision of Resident Physicians." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, vol. 38, no. 2, 2020, pp. 339-351. |
| Brockberg M, Mittelman A, Dugas J, McCabe K, Spector J, Liu J, Sheng AY. "Rate of Programs Affected by Resident Attrition and Program Factors Associated With Attrition in Emergency Medicine." Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 11, no. 6, 2019, pp. 663-667. |
| Sheng AY. "Trials and Tribulations in Implementation of the Emergency Medicine Milestones from the Frontlines." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 4, 2019, pp. 647-650. |
| Chu A, Biancarelli D, Drainoni ML, Liu JH, Schneider JI, Sullivan R, Sheng AY. "Usability of Learning Moment: Features of an E-learning Tool That Maximize Adoption by Students." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 1, 2019, pp. 78-84. |
| Sheng AY, Chu A, Biancarelli D, Drainoni ML, Sullivan R, Schneider JI. "A Novel Web-Based Experiential Learning Platform for Medical Students (Learning Moment): Qualitative Study." JMIR medical education, vol. 4, no. 2, 2018, pp. e10657. |
| Sheng AY, Sullivan R, Kleber K, Mitchell PM, Liu JH, McGreevy J, McCabe K, Atema A, Schneider JI. "Fantastic Learning Moments and Where to Find Them." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 1, 2018, pp. 59-65. |
| Rixe J Carter K Sheng AY Spector S Doering K Chien J Joshi N. "Hosting an eConference: Interactive video conference grand rounds between two institutions." Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018. |
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"Inter-Rater Reliability of Select Emergency Medicine Milestones in Simulation." J Emerg Intern Med, vol. 1, no. 2:12, 2017, pp. 1-4.
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| Kothari A, Breaud AH, Manasco AT, Spector JA, McGreevy J, Sheng AY. "Resident attendance at weekly conferences after implementation of an optional asynchronous learning curriculum." International journal of medical education, vol. 8, 2017, pp. 163-164. |
| Sheng AY, Castro A, Lewiss RE. "Awareness, Utilization, and Education of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: A Review and Future Directions." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, vol. 13, no. 2, 2016, pp. 131-6. |
| Jung CF, Breaud AH, Sheng AY, Byrne MW, Muruganandan KM, Dhanani M, Leo MM. "Delphi method validation of a procedural performance checklist for insertion of an ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 34, no. 11, 2016, pp. 2227-2230. |
| Sheng AY, Breaud AH, Schneider JI, Kadom N, Mitchell PM, Linden JA. "Interactive Learning Module Improves Resident Knowledge of Risks of Ionizing Radiation Exposure From Medical Imaging." Current problems in diagnostic radiology, vol. 45, no. 4, 2016, pp. 258-64. |
| Sheng A, Eicken J, Lynn Horton C, Nadel E, Takayesu J. "Interactive format is favoured in case conference." The Clinical Teacher, vol. 12, no. 4, 2015, pp. 241-5. |
| Lewiss RE, Chan W, Sheng AY, Soto J, Castro A, Meltzer AC, Cherney A, Kumaravel M, Cody D, Chen EH. "Research Priorities in the Utilization and Interpretation of Diagnostic Imaging: Education, Assessment, and Competency." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 12, 2015, pp. 1447-54. |
| Sheng AY, Dalziel P, Liteplo AS, Fagenholz P, Noble VE. "Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma and Abdominal Computed Tomography Utilization in Adult Trauma Patients: Trends over the Last Decade." Emergency medicine international, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 678380. |
| Sheng Y, Gerber DA. "Complications and management of an echinococcal cyst of the liver." Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 206, no. 6, 2008, pp. 1222-3. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MD | Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2006 | BS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Residency Training | Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals, Emergency medicine | 2010-2014 |
