ROLAND CLAYTON MERCHANT, MD, MPH, ScD is Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at Brown University. He has a Masters degree in Public Health (Quantitative methods) and a doctorate in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Residency Training: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY and Internship at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda
Fellowship Training: Research Fellow in the Section of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital
Board Certified: Emergency Medicine
| Guan W, Liu T, Baird JR, Merchant RC. "Evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce the negative consequences of drug misuse among adult emergency department patients." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 157, 2015, pp. 44-53. |
| Merchant, Roland C., DeLong, Allison K., Liu, Tao, Baird, Janette R. "Factors Influencing Uptake of Rapid HIV and Hepatitis C Screening Among Drug Misusing Adult Emergency Department Patients: Implications for Future HIV/HCV Screening Interventions." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 11, 2015, pp. 2025-35. |
| Tai M, Liu T, Merchant RC. "Hospitalizations in the United States among HIV-Infected Individuals in Short-Stay Hospitals, 1982 to 2010." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 14, no. 5, 2015, pp. 408-414. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Merchant, Roland C., Janicki, Adam, McKaig, Donald M., Babu, Kavita M. "Preventing Iatrogenic Overdose: A Review of In–Emergency Department Opioid-Related Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 65, no. 4, 2015, pp. 423-431. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Baird, Janette, Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland C. "Sex Differences in Substance Use Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: Prevalence, Severity, and Need for Intervention." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1307-1315. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Baird, Janette R., Liu, Tao. "Short-term Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Misuse and Increase Drug Treatment Utilization Among Adult Emergency Department Patients." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 10, 2015, pp. 1172-1180. |
| Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Liu, T., Beaudoin, F., Nirenberg, T. "189 Severity of Substance Misuse and Need for Substance Misuse Interventions Among Adult Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 64, no. 4, 2014, pp. S68. |
| Baird, Janette, Merchant, Roland C. "A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Brief Intervention to Increase Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing Uptake Among Young Adult Female Emergency Department Patients." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1512-1520. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Baird, Janette R., Liu, Tao, Taylor, Lynn E., Montague, Brian T., Nirenberg, Ted D. "Brief Intervention to Increase Emergency Department Uptake of Combined Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Screening Among a Drug Misusing Population." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 7, 2014, pp. 752-767. |
| Merchant RC, Clark MA, Santelices CA, Liu T, Cortés DE. "Efficacy of an HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing Video for Spanish-Speaking Latinos in Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Settings." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 3, 2014, pp. 523-535. |
| Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, Taylor LE. "HCV among The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital Adult ED Patients." RI medical journal, vol. 96, no. 7, 2014, pp. 35-9. |
| Tai M, Merchant RC. "HIV testing in US emergency departments, outpatient ambulatory medical departments, and physician offices, 1992-2010." AIDS Care, vol. 26, no. 9, 2014, pp. 1105-8. |
| Schwartz, Tayler M., Tai, Miao, Babu, Kavita M., Merchant, Roland C. "Lack of Association Between Press Ganey Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Scores and Emergency Department Administration of Analgesic Medications." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 64, no. 5, 2014, pp. 469-481. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Lin, Charlie, Guan, Wentao, Merchant, Roland C. "Low-dose ketamine improves pain relief in patients receiving intravenous opioids for acute pain in the emergency department: results of a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 11, 2014, pp. 1193-202. |
| Merritt C, Haran JP, Mintzer J, Stricker J, Merchant RC. "All purulence is local - epidemiology and management of skin and soft tissue infections in three urban emergency departments." BMC Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, 2013, pp. 26. |
| Jackson DA, Cotter BV, Merchant RC, Babu KM, Baird JR, Nirenberg T, Linakis JG. "Behavioral and physiologic adverse effects in adolescent and young adult emergency department patients reporting use of energy drinks and caffeine." Clinical Toxicology, vol. 51, no. 7, 2013, pp. 557-65. |
| Cotter BV, Jackson DA, Merchant RC, Babu KM, Baird JR, Nirenberg T, Linakis JG. "Energy drink and other substance use among adolescent and young adult emergency department patients." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 29, no. 10, 2013, pp. 1091-7. |
| Schwartz, T.M., Tai, M., Babu, K.M., Merchant, R.C. "Evaluating the Relationship Between Opioid Analgesics and Patient Satisfaction Among Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 62, no. 4, 2013, pp. S126-S127. |
| Canders CP, Merchant RC, Pleet K, Fuerch JH. "Internet-initiated sexual assault among U.S. adolescents reported in newspapers, 1996-2007." Journal of child sexual abuse, vol. 22, no. 8, 2013, pp. 987-99. |
| Trillo AD, Merchant RC, Baird JR, Ladd GT, Liu T, Nirenberg TD. "Interrelationship of alcohol misuse, HIV sexual risk and HIV screening uptake among emergency department patients." BMC Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2013, pp. 9. |
| Pringle K, Merchant RC, Clark MA. "Is self-perceived HIV risk congruent with reported HIV risk among traditionally lower HIV risk and prevalence adult emergency department patients? Implications for HIV testing." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 27, no. 10, 2013, pp. 573-84. |
| Waxman MJ, Merchant RC, Celada MT, Clark MA. "Perspectives on the ethical concerns and justifications of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV testing: HIV screening policy changes." BMC Medical Ethics, vol. 14, no. 1, 2013, pp. 46. |
| Mello MJ, Merchant RC, Clark MA. "Surveying emergency medicine." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 4, 2013, pp. 409-12. |
| Rosen LM, Liu T, Merchant RC. "Efficiency of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, billing code searches to identify emergency department visits for blood or body fluid exposures through a statewide multicenter database." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 33, no. 6, 2012, pp. 581-8. |
| Tsze DS, Asnis LM, Merchant RC, Amanullah S, Linakis JG. "Increasing computed tomography use for patients with appendicitis and discrepancies in pain management between adults and children: an analysis of the NHAMCS." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 59, no. 5, 2012, pp. 395-403. |
| Merchant RC, Waxman MJ, Maher JG, Clark MA, Celada MT, Liu T, Simmons EM, Beckwith CG, Mayer KH. "Patient and clinician ethical perspectives on the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and prevention HIV testing methods." public health reports, vol. 127, no. 3, 2012, pp. 318-29. |
| Trillo AD, Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, Nirenberg TD. "Sex differences in alcohol misuse and estimated blood alcohol concentrations among emergency department patients: implications for brief interventions." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 8, 2012, pp. 924-33. |
| Merritt, C., Mintzer, J., Stricker, J., Haran, J.P., Murphy, L., Merchant, R.C. "130 More May Not Be Better: Are Emergency Department Clinicians Overdosing Abscess Patients With Antibiotics?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 4, 2011, pp. S221. |
| Jackson, D.A., Cotter, B.V., Merchant, R.C., Babu, K.M., Baird, J.R., Nirenberg, T., Linakis, J.G. "433 Getting HYPED! Behavioral and Physiological Side-Effects Associated With Energy Drink and Caffeine Use Among Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 4, 2011, pp. S324-S325. |
| Pringle, K.D., Merchant, R.C., Clark, M.A. "64 Is Self-Perceived HIV Risk Congruent With Self-Reported HIV Risk Among Adult Emergency Department Patients? Implications for HIV Testing." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 4, 2011, pp. S198-S199. |
| Celada MT, Merchant RC, Waxman MJ, Sherwin AM. "An ethical evaluation of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for HIV testing in health care settings." The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, vol. 11, no. 4, 2011, pp. 31-40. |
| Beaudoin FL, Merchant RC, Lincoln J, Gardiner F, Liebmann O, Cohn J. "Bedside ultrasonography detects significant femoral vessel overlap: implications for central venous cannulation." CJEM, vol. 13, no. 4, 2011, pp. 245-50. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Langan, Thomas J., Mayer, Kenneth H., Seage, George R., DeGruttola, Victor G. "Can computer-based feedback improve emergency department patient uptake of rapid HIV screening?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 1 Suppl 1, 2011, pp. S114-9.e1-2. |
| Waxman MJ, Popick RS, Merchant RC, Rothman RE, Shahan JB, Almond G. "Ethical, financial, and legal considerations to implementing emergency department HIV screening: a report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 1 Suppl 1, 2011, pp. S33-43. |
| Garro AC, Asnis L, Merchant RC, McQuaid EL. "Frequency of prescription of inhaled corticosteroids to children with asthma in U.S. emergency departments." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 18, no. 7, 2011, pp. 767-70. |
| Merchant RC. "Infectious disease. Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 58, no. 1, 2011, pp. 67-8. |
| Waxman MJ, Merchant RC, Celada MT, Clark MA. "Perspectives on the ethical concerns and justifications of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV testing recommendations." BMC Medical Ethics, vol. 12, no. 1, 2011, pp. 24. |
| Siket MS, Merchant RC. "Psychogenic seizures: A review and description of pitfalls in their acute diagnosis and management in the emergency department." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, vol. 29, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73-81. |
| Guzman, H., Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Nirenberg, T.D., Liu, T., Ladd, G.T. "65: How Does Hazardous and Heavy Episodic Alcohol Drinking Relate to HIV Sexual Risk among Emergency Department Patients?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 56, no. 3, 2010, pp. S22. |
| Merchant RC, DePalo DM, Liu T, Rich JD, Stein MD. "Developing a system to predict laboratory-confirmed chlamydial and/or gonococcal urethritis in adult male emergency department patients." Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 122, no. 1, 2010, pp. 52-60. |
| Nagdev AD, Merchant RC, Tirado-Gonzalez A, Sisson CA, Murphy MC. "Emergency department bedside ultrasonographic measurement of the caval index for noninvasive determination of low central venous pressure." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 55, no. 3, 2010, pp. 290-5. |
| Merchant RC, Waxman MJ. "HIV screening in health care settings: some progress, even more questions." JAMA, vol. 304, no. 3, 2010, pp. 348-9. |
| Youmans Q, Merchant RC, Baird JR, Langan TJ 4th, Nirenberg T. "Prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and drug misuse among Rhode Island hospital emergency department patients." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 93, no. 2, 2010, pp. 44-7. |
| Panagos PD, Merchant RC, Alunday RL. "Psychogenic seizures: a focused clinical review for the emergency medicine practitioner." Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 122, no. 1, 2010, pp. 34-8. |
| Merchant RC, Freelove SM, Langan TJ 4th, Clark MA, Mayer KH, Seage GR 3rd, DeGruttola VG. "The relationship of reported HIV risk and history of HIV testing among emergency department patients." Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 122, no. 1, 2010, pp. 61-74. |
| Beaudoin FL, Nagdev A, Merchant RC, Becker BM. "Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks in elderly patients with hip fractures." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 28, no. 1, 2010, pp. 76-81. |
| Garro, A., Asnis, L., Merchant, R., McQuaid, E. "50: Emergency Department Prescriptions for Long-term Inhaled Corticosteroids for Children With Asthma: Are We Following Recommendations?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 54, no. 3, 2009, pp. S17. |
| Merchant RC, Depalo DM, Stein MD, Rich JD. "Adequacy of testing, empiric treatment, and referral for adult male emergency department patients with possible chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea urethritis." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 20, no. 8, 2009, pp. 534-9. |
| Merchant RC, Lau TC, Liu T, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Adult sexual assault evaluations at Rhode Island emergency departments, 1995-2001." Journal of Urban Health, vol. 86, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-53. |
| Merchant RC, Nettleton JE, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Blood or body fluid exposures and HIV postexposure prophylaxis utilization among first responders." Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, vol. 13, no. 1, 2009, pp. 6-13. |
| Merchant RC, Catanzaro BM, Seage GR 3rd, Mayer KH, Clark MA, Degruttola VG, Becker BM. "Demographic variations in HIV testing history among emergency department patients: implications for HIV screening in US emergency departments." Journal of Medical Screening, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 60-66. |
| Merchant RC, Clark MA, Langan TJ 4th, Seage GR 3rd, Mayer KH, DeGruttola VG. "Effectiveness of Increasing Emergency Department Patients’ Self-perceived Risk for Being Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Through Audio Computer Self-interview-based Feedback About Reported HIV Risk Behaviors." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 11, 2009, pp. 1143-55. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Seage, George R., Mayer, Kenneth H., Degruttola, Victor G., Becker, Bruce M. "Emergency department patient perceptions and preferences on opt-in rapid HIV screening program components." AIDS Care, vol. 21, no. 4, 2009, pp. 490-500. |
| Merchant RC, Catanzaro BM. "HIV testing in US EDs, 1993-2004." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 27, no. 7, 2009, pp. 868-74. |
| Lyons MS, Lindsell CJ, Haukoos JS, Almond G, Brown J, Calderon Y, Couture E, Merchant RC, White DA, Rothman RE, National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium, Aldridge C, Almond G, Andrade G, Arbelaez C, Archinard TM, Aronin SI, Barrera S, Bateganya M, Bell-Merriam J, Bongiovanni B, Brady K, Branson B, Brosgart C, Brown J, Cadoff E, Calderon Y, Chaille-Arnold L, Cheng B, Chiang W, Copeland B, Cousar RL, Couture E, Czarnogorski M, Delgado K, Erbelding E, Feldman J, Garcia O, Gaydos CA, Glick N, Gripshover B, Haukoos J, Hayes A, Heffelfinger J, Herrera L, Hilley A, Holtgrave D, Hoots B, Hopkins E, Houry D, Howell D, Hsieh YH, Hutchinson AB, Jackson B, Jaker M, Jones K, Jung J, Kampe L, Kan V, Kass N, Kelen GD, Kroc K, Kurth A, Lampe MA, Leider J, Lemanski M, Lindsell CJ, Lyons M, McGovern S, Mercer S, Merchant R, Miertschin N, Miller J, Mitchell P, Nelson S, Onaga L, Paltiel D, Paul S, Pollack H, Raffanti S, Randall L, Rothman R, Sabreen A, Sankoff J, Sasso V, Saylor NB, Schechter E, Schechtman B, Schrantz S, Scribner A, Shahan J, Skiest D, Spielberg F, Stennett IS, Sullivan P, Teahan C, Thompson S, Torres G, Totten V, Wagner K, Walensky R, Waxman M, Weddle A, White D, Widell T, Wilde JA, Wrenn K, Yonek J. "Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 168-77. |
| Merchant RC, Clark MA, Mayer KH, Seage Iii GR, DeGruttola VG, Becker BM. "Video as an Effective Method to Deliver Pretest Information for Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Testing." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 124-35. |
| Merchant RC, Kelly ET, Mayer KH, Becker BM, Duffy SJ, Pugatch DL. "Compliance in Rhode Island emergency departments with American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for adolescent sexual assaults." Pediatrics, vol. 121, no. 6, 2008, pp. e1660-7. |
| Merchant RC, Phillips BZ, Delong AK, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Disparities in the provision of sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy testing and prophylaxis for sexually assaulted women in Rhode Island emergency departments." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 17, no. 4, 2008, pp. 619-29. |
| Merchant RC, Seage GR, Mayer KH, Clark MA, DeGruttola VG, Becker BM. "Emergency department patient acceptance of opt-in, universal, rapid HIV screening." public health reports, vol. 123 Suppl 3, 2008, pp. 27-40. |
| Merchant RC, Nettleton JE, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "HIV post-exposure prophylaxis among police and corrections officers." Occupational Medicine, vol. 58, no. 7, 2008, pp. 502-5. |
| Merchant RC, Chee KJ, Liu T, Mayer KH. "Incidence of visits for health care worker blood or body fluid exposures and HIV postexposure prophylaxis provision at Rhode Island emergency departments." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 47, no. 3, 2008, pp. 358-68. |
| Merchant RC, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. "Negative Opinions About Cancer Screening and Contraceptive Measures by Female Emergency Department Patients." The Journal of Primary Prevention, vol. 29, no. 6, 2008, pp. 517-533. |
| Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Becker BM, Delong AK, Hogan JW. "Predictors of the initiation of HIV postexposure prophylaxis in Rhode Island emergency departments." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 22, no. 1, 2008, pp. 41-52. |
| Merchant RC, Kelly ET, Mayer KH, Becker BM, Duffy SJ. "Trends of visits to Rhode Island Emergency Departments for Pediatric Sexual Exposures, 1995-2001." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 91, no. 1, 2008, pp. 15-9. |
| Merchant, R.C., Catanzaro, B.M., Mayer, K.H., Seage, G.R., Clark, M.A., DeGruttola, V.G., Becker, B.M. "408: Who Has Not Been Tested for HIV? HIV Testing History Varies by Patient Demography." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 50, no. 3, 2007, pp. S128. |
| Merchant RC, Gee EM, Clark MA, Mayer KH, Seage GR 3rd, Degruttola VG. "Comparison of patient comprehension of rapid HIV pre-test fundamentals by information delivery format in an emergency department setting." BMC Public Health, vol. 7, no. 1, 2007, pp. 238. |
| Merchant RC, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. "Correlates of women's cancer screening and contraceptive knowledge among female emergency department patients." BMC Women's Health, vol. 7, no. 1, 2007, pp. 7. |
| Merchant RC, Katzen JB, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Emergency department evaluations of non-percutaneous blood or body fluid exposures during cardiopulmonary resuscitation." Prehosp. Disaster med., vol. 22, no. 4, 2007, pp. 330-4. |
| Merchant RC, Zabbo CP, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Factors associated with delay to emergency department presentation, antibiotic usage and admission for human bite injuries." CJEM, vol. 9, no. 6, 2007, pp. 441-8. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Vuittonet, Cynthia L., Clark, Melissa A., Gee, Erin M., Bock, Beth C., Becker, Bruce M. "Implications of Question Format in Emergency Department Preventive Health Knowledge Surveys." Acad Emergency Med, vol. 14, no. 6, 2007, pp. 549-557. |
| Merchant RC, Vuittonet CL, Clark MA, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM. "Implications of question format in emergency department preventive health knowledge surveys." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 6, 2007, pp. 549-57. |
| Merchant, R., Mayer, K., Seage, G., Clark, M., Degruttola, V., Becker, B. "Is a 9.5 Minute Video an Effective Substitute for an HIV Counselor for Rapid HIV Testing?." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 5 Supplement 1, 2007, pp. S175-S176. |
| Merchant RC, Casadei K, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. "Patients’ Emergency Contraception Comprehension, Usage, and View of the Emergency Department Role for Emergency Contraception." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 33, no. 4, 2007, pp. 367-75. |
| Rothman RE, Merchant RC. "Update on emerging infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 49, no. 5, 2007, pp. 575-9. |
| Merchant RC, McGregor AJ, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. "Women's preventive health service preferences in the Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 90, no. 8, 2007, pp. 235-7. |
| Merchant RC, Damergis JA, Gee EM, Bock BC, Becker BM, Clark MA. "Contraceptive usage, knowledge and correlates of usage among female emergency department patients." Contraception, vol. 74, no. 3, 2006, pp. 201-207. |
| Merchant RC, Schwartzapfel BL, Wolf FA, Li W, Carlson L, Rich JD. "Demographic, geographic, and temporal patterns of ambulance runs for suspected opiate overdose in Rhode Island, 1997-20021." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 41, no. 9, 2006, pp. 1209-26. |
| Ranney ML, Gee EM, Merchant RC. "Nonprescription availability of emergency contraception in the United States: current status, controversies, and impact on emergency medicine practice." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 47, no. 5, 2006, pp. 461-71. |
| Merchant RC, Keshavarz R. "Patterns in the offering of hepatitis B prophylaxis by US emergency department physicians." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 27, no. 7, 2006, pp. 764-6. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Talan, David A., Moran, Gregory J., Pinner, Robert. "Update on Emerging Infections: News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 47, no. 5, 2006, pp. 492-494. |
| Merchant RC. "Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures of HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 47, no. 5, 2006, pp. 492-5. |
| Merchant, R. C. "What Do Women Want?: Preventive Health Preferences in the Emergency Department." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 5Supplement 1, 2006, pp. S112-S112. |
| Merchant, R.C., Lau, T.C., Becker, B.M., Mayer, K.H. "Adult Sexual Assault Evaluations at Rhode Island Emergency Departments, 1995-2001." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 3, 2005, pp. 97. |
| Merchant, Roland C. "Clinicopathological Conference: a 29-Year-Old Man with Vomiting and Chest Pain." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 12, no. 3, 2005, pp. 237-244. |
| Merchant RC. "Clinicopathological conference: a 29-year-old man with vomiting and chest pain." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 12, no. 3, 2005, pp. 237-44. |
| Merchant, Roland C. "Commentary." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 1, 2005, pp. 84-86. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Fuerch, Janene, Becker, Bruce M., Mayer, Kenneth H. "Comparison of the Epidemiology of Human Bites Evaluated at Three US Pediatric Emergency Departments." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 21, no. 12, 2005, pp. 833-838. |
| Merchant RC, Fuerch J, Becker BM, Mayer KH. "Comparison of the epidemiology of human bites evaluated at three US pediatric emergency departments." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 21, no. 12, 2005, pp. 833-8. |
| Merchant, R.C., Gee, E.M., Damergis, J.A., Bock, B.C., Becker, B.M., Clark, M.A. "Correlates of Contraceptive Usage Among Female Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 3, 2005, pp. 94-95. |
| Merchant, Roland C., Jongco, Artemio M., Woodward, Luke. "Disclosure of Sexual Orientation by Medical Students and Residency Applicants." Academic Medicine, vol. 80, no. 8, 2005, pp. 786. |
| Merchant RC, Jongco AM 3rd, Woodward L. "Disclosure of sexual orientation by medical students and residency applicants." Academic Medicine, vol. 80, no. 8, 2005, pp. 786. |
| Merchant, R.C., Chee, K.M., Becker, B.M., Mayer, K.H. "Health Care Worker Blood or Body Fluid Exposures and HIV Prophylaxis Provision at Rhode Island Emergency Departments." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 3, 2005, pp. 93. |
| Merchant RC, Mayer KH. "Perspectives on new recommendations for nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis." JAMA, vol. 293, no. 19, 2005, pp. 2407-9. |
| Merchant, R.C., Phillips, B.Z., Becker, B.M., Mayer, K.H. "Predictors of STD and Pregnancy Testing and Prophylaxis Usage for Adult Female Sexual Assault Survivors in Rhode Island EDs." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 3, 2005, pp. 47. |
| Merchant RC. "Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 46, no. 1, 2005, pp. 82-6. |
| Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Browning CA. "Development of guidelines on nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis for the state of Rhode Island." public health reports, vol. 119, no. 2, 2004, pp. 136-40. |
| Merchant RC, Keshavarz R, Low C. "HIV post-exposure prophylaxis provided at an urban paediatric emergency department to female adolescents after sexual assault." Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, vol. 21, no. 4, 2004, pp. 449-51. |
| Merchant, R.C., Gee, E., Bock, B., Becker, B.M. "Predictors of preventive health knowledge among female emergency department patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 44, no. 4, 2004, pp. S106. |
| Urbina BY, Merchant RC, Mayer KH. "Case studies on nonoccupational postexposure HIV prophylaxis." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 86, no. 6, 2003, pp. 175-7. |
| Merchant RC, Becker BM, Mayer KH, Fuerch J, Schreck B. "Emergency department blood or body fluid exposure evaluations and HIV postexposure prophylaxis usage." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 10, no. 12, 2003, pp. 1345-53. |
| Merchant RC, Keshavarz R. "Emergency prophylaxis following needle-stick injuries and sexual exposures: results from a survey comparing New York Emergency Department practitioners with their national colleagues." The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York, vol. 70, no. 5, 2003, pp. 338-43. |
| Merchant RC, Keshavarz R. "HIV postexposure prophylaxis practices by US ED practitioners." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 4, 2003, pp. 309-12. |
| Keshavarz R, Merchant RC, McGreal J. "Emergency contraception provision: a survey of emergency department practitioners." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 9, no. 1, 2002, pp. 69-74. |
| Rich JD, Macalino G, Merchant RC, Salas C, Marcussen P, Grundy M, Spaulding A. "HIV seroprevalence of adult males incarcerated for a sexual offense in Rhode Island, 1994-1999." JAMA, vol. 288, no. 2, 2002, pp. 164-5. |
| Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Browning CA. "Nonoccupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: guidelines for Rhode Island from the Brown University AIDS Program and the RI Department of Health." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 85, no. 8, 2002, pp. 244-8. |
| Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Rich JD. "Prophylactic panic." AIDS clinical care, vol. 14, no. 6, 2002, pp. 55. |
| Merchant RC, Keshavarz R. "Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis for adolescents and children." Pediatrics, vol. 108, no. 2, 2001, pp. E38. |
| Merchant RC. "Post-exposure prophylaxis affordability: a clearer reality." AIDS, vol. 15, no. 4, 2001, pp. 541-2. |
| Merchant RC. "Nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis: a new role for the emergency department." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 36, no. 4, 2000, pp. 366-75. |
Lifespan Risk Management (FY 2016)
2015-2016; Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Critical care step-down unit: the impact of advanced practice providers on quality of care, safety, and patient satisfaction in emergency department critical care
This project examines the added value to quality of patient care, patient satisfaction, and departmental operations of advanced practice providers providing follow-on care to critically-ill or -injured emergency department patients.
National Institute of Nursing Research (R01-NR014782)
2014-2019; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV testing literacy for emergency department patients
This project is a randomized, controlled trial evaluating information delivery mode (video or pictorial brochure) on HIV/AIDS and HIV testing information. These study findings will inform emergency departments if information delivery mode should be selected for patients by language and/or health literacy level. The results also will inform when, how, and for whom information needs to be provided for those testing again for HIV within one year, and the impact of these factors on HIV re-testing behavior within one year.
National Institute of Nursing Research (R21-NR013869)
2014-2016; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Facilitating HIV testing among young adult MSM through social networking
The study will investigate a novel internet-based approach to facilitating a new approach to HIV testing among young adult MSM through social networking. The ultimate aim of this project is to help improve HIV testing outreach in this at-risk population.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (RF2013-001)
2013-2015; Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Brown University emergency medicine substance abuse research fellowship
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine is providing salary support for an emergency medicine physician for our Brown University Emergency Medicine Substance Abuse Research Fellowship. The fellow will conduct a worthwhile project related to substance abuse research in emergency medicine and complete a master’s degree program in epidemiology at Brown University.
Gilead Foundation
2010-2014; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Hepatitis B screening and vaccination for emergency department patients who misuse drugs
National Institute on Drug Abuse (Diversity Supplement to R01-DA026066-02S1)
2010-2012; Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Brief intervention for drug misuse for emergency department patients (BIDMED)
The major goal of this project is to provide a research experience related to the parent grant (BIDMED) for a Latina student from the Rhode Island College Masters Program in Co-occurring Disorders and Chemical Depependency.
National Institute of Nursing Research (R21-NR011997)
2010-2012; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Video-based delivery of HIV test information for Spanish-speaking Latinos
The major goal of this project is to develop and test an informational video for Spanish-speaking Latinos for HIV testing.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21-DA028645)
2010-2012; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Increasing viral testing in the emergency department (InVITED)
The major goal of this project is to identify unrecognized HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infections among drug misusers through combined rapid screening in the emergency department.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Summer Student and Teacher Supplement to R01-DA026066-01S1)
2009-2010; Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Brief intervention for drug misuse for emergency department patients (BIDMED)
The major goal of this project is to provide a research experience related to the parent grant (BIDMED) for four undergraduate students and one college science educator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA026066)
2009-2014; Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Brief intervention for drug misuse for emergency department patients (BIDMED)
This project is a randomized, controlled, longitudinal trial investigating the effectiveness of a brief intervention among emergency departments to decrease drug misuse, the behaviors associated with drug misuse, and the negative consequences of drug misuse. Decrease in HIV and hepatitis C risk behaviors and an increase in uptake of screening for these infections as a consequence of the brief intervention are also evaluated as outcomes.
Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (P30-AI042853)
2009-2010; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Confluence of HIV risk behaviors and drug misuse among Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department patients
This Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) developmental award provides for a pilot study that investigates the prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among emergency department patients who are identified as having a drug misuse problem.
American Foundation for AIDS Research (106879-42-RGAT)
2007-2008; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: CDC HIV testing guidelines: unresolved ethical concerns
This grant provides for an investigation of the ethical concerns and justifications raised by advocacy groups about the 2006 CDC HIV testing recommendations for healthcare settings.
National Institute for Allergic and Infectious Diseases (K23-AI060363)
2004-2009; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Rapid HIV testing in the emergency department
This career development award provides for an evaluation of a voluntary rapid HIV testing program in the Rhode Island Hospital emergency department and an intervention to increase patient willingness to be tested for HIV.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U65 / CCU124504)
2004-2005; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Evaluation of video-based rapid HIV test counseling in the emergency department
This award provided for an expansion of an ongoing voluntary rapid HIV testing trial to evaluate a video-based method of providing rapid HIV pre-test information.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32-DA13911-02)
2002-2004; Role: Trainee
Title: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases among substance abusers
This training grant provided Dr. Merchant to pursue two years of clinical research training in subjects related to diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of HIV, Hepatitis B and C, STDs, tuberculosis, or bacterial infections related to substance abuse.
Rhode Island Foundation (20020740)
2002-2003; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: HIV postexposure prophylaxis in RI Emergency Departments
This award provided funds for a state-wide assessment of HIV postexposure prophylaxis usage in Rhode Island emergency departments.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (27.5-PS-22127)
2002-2003; Role: Principal Investigator
Title: HIV postexposure prophylaxis to adolescents and children in RI
This award provided funds for a state-wide assessment of HIV postexposure prophylaxis usage for adolescents and children in Rhode Island emergency departments.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Resident Research Award
2001-2002; Role: Principal Investigator
This award provided support for Dr. Merchant’s first year of a clinical research fellowship to examine HIV postexposure prophylaxis provision at the Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital emergency departments.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Merchant RC. Management of healthcare worker exposures to blood or body fluids. Handbook of bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Springer, April 2006
Merchant RC and McMahon-Downer M. HIV. In: Emergency medicine handbook: Critical concepts for clinical practice. Roppolo, et al. editors. Mosby, January 2007.
Merchant RC and Roland ME. Blood or body fluid exposure management and post-exposure prophylaxis for hepatitis B and HIV. In: Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases. Chin, et al. editors. Cambridge, June 2008.
Geyer BC and Goldberg E, editors-in-chief. Merchant RC and Bird SR, faculty editors. Emergency medicine research handbook for residents and medical students. Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association. May 2012.
Shao W, Guan W, Clark MA, Liu T, Santelices C, Cortés DE, and Merchant RC. Variations in recruitment yield, costs, speed and participant diversity across Internet platforms in a global study examining the efficacy of an HIV/AIDS and HIV testing animated and live-action video among English- or Spanish-speaking Internet or social media users (Chapter 11). In: Walsh CS, editor. Transforming HIV prevention and care for marginalised populations: Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in community-based and led approaches. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (eBook). 2015: 186-210.
VIDEOTAPE
Merchant RC, Gee EM, and Christie SI. "Do you know about rapid HIV testing?" RC Merchant, Executive Producer. Abbott Diagnostics, Producer. March 2005.
Merchant RC, Gee EM, Sykes DA, Goishi D, and Christie SI. "Do you know about HIV and HIV testing?" RC Merchant, Executive Producer. Abbott Diagnostics, Producer. November 2007.
Merchant RC, Clark MA, Santelices C, Cortes DE, Arellano N, and Reyes A. “What do you know about HIV and HIV testing?” RC Merchant, Executive Producer. SI Christie, Producer. May 2012.
The video itself is available at: http://biomed.brown.edu/hiv-testing-video/
It and previous versions are also available at: https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/centers/aids-program/educational-materials
Support this project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIV-Education-125935790948730/
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
Merchant RC, Mayer KH, Browning C. Nonoccupational human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis guidelines for Rhode Island healthcare practitioners. Brown University AIDS Program and Rhode Island Department of Health. Providence, RI, August 2002.
ACEP Clinical Policies Committee and the Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Critical issues in the evaluation of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute blunt abdominal trauma. October, 2003. Published in: Ann Emerg Med. 2004;43:278-290.
World Health Organization. Post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection. Joint WHO/ILO guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection. International Labor Organization and World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2008.
New York AIDS Institute. Unresolved issues with New York State HIV testing laws: Alerting patients of the cost of testing. Albany, NY, October 2012.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ScD | Harvard University |
| 2003 | MPH | Harvard University |
| 1993 | MD | Emory University |
| 1989 | BA | Rhodes College |
| Research Fellow | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, emergency medicine; infectious diseases | 2001-2004 | Providence, RI |
| Resident | Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Emergency medicine | 1998-2001 | New York, NY |
| Intern | National Naval Medical Center, internal medicine | 1993-1994 | Bethesda, MD |
Paul Calabresi Faculty Research Award (2006)
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School
Young Investigator Award (2008)
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Bruce M. Selya Award for Research Excellence (2008)
Lifespan Corporation
Outstanding Physician Award (2010)
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School
| Certification | American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency medicine | 2002-2022 | |
| Medical License | Rhode Island | 2001-2019 | |
| Medical License | New York | 1998- | |
| Medical License | Louisiana | 1997- | |
| Medical License | Alabama | 1994- |
| Chair. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2015-2016 |
| Associate Director for Research. 2010-2016 |
| Attending Physician. Rhode Island Hospital & Hasbro Children's Hospital, 2001-Present |
