Kelly M. Doran, MD, MHS
Twitter: @kellymdoran
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Email: Kelly.Doran@nyulangone.org
Education
MD, Medicine, University of Michigan Medical SchoolMHS, Health Services Research, Yale University
BA, Sociology, Harvard College
Research Interests
Homelessness, Social determinants of health, Emergency department use, Health service use, Substance use, Medicaid BIO
Kelly Doran is an emergency physician and Associate Professor in the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Doran studies how health care systems can better address homelessness and other social determinants of health. She has been active in homelessness related work and research since working at a student-run homeless shelter as an undergraduate at Harvard College. Dr. Doran attended medical school at the University of Michigan, completed a residency in emergency medicine at NYU-Bellevue, and earned a master’s degree in health sciences as a RWJF Clinical Scholar at Yale University. She works clinically in the emergency department at Bellevue Hospital Center. Projects
Principal Investigator, Community-based Evaluation of a Novel, System-wide Harm Reduction Strategic Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness in New York City. Active
Principal Investigator, Crisis Response, Durable Lessons: A Mixed Methods Examination of a Large-Scale Hoteling Intervention for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Active
Principal Investigator, Implementation of Overdose Prevention Practices in Permanent Supportive Housing. Active
Principal Investigator, Preventing Overdose in Supportive Housing: Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-Sector, Upstream Intervention. Active
Principal Investigator, The Impact of Housing Choice Vouchers on Health and Housing Outcomes. Active
Principal Investigator, Addressing Homelessness and Substance Use in Emergency Department Patients. Completed
Principal Investigator, Randomized Controlled Trial of Relay – NYC’s Nonfatal Overdose Response Program. Completed
Publications
Recent
Gross C, Berry CA, Passmore H, Craft S, Blaufarb S, Ahmed N, Doran KM (2026).
Insights from COVID-19 pandemic-era innovations at the intersection of homelessness and substance use: In-depth qualitative interviews with key informants
Harm Reduction Journal, 23 (1), 38. doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01392-9. PMCID: PMC12917979.
Insights from COVID-19 pandemic-era innovations at the intersection of homelessness and substance use: In-depth qualitative interviews with key informants
Harm Reduction Journal, 23 (1), 38. doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01392-9. PMCID: PMC12917979.
Doran KM, Welch AE, Kepler KL, Jeffers A, Chambless D, Cowan E, Wittman I, Regina A, Siu K, Bailey VS, Rostam-Abadi Y, Kennedy J, Kunins HV, Gwadz M, Shelley D, Cleland CM, McNeely J (2026).
Peer navigator intervention and opioid-related adverse events for emergency department patients: A randomized clinical trial
JAMA Network Open, 9 (2), e2555903. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.55903. PMCID: PMC12881982.
Peer navigator intervention and opioid-related adverse events for emergency department patients: A randomized clinical trial
JAMA Network Open, 9 (2), e2555903. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.55903. PMCID: PMC12881982.
Doran KM, Passmore H, Henderson R, Rodriguez I, Smith M, Carter J, Freeman R, Berry CA, Laraque F (2026).
COVID-19 pandemic density hotel initiative for people experiencing homelessness: New York City, 2020-2021
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 37 (1), 422-429. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2026.a982982.
COVID-19 pandemic density hotel initiative for people experiencing homelessness: New York City, 2020-2021
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 37 (1), 422-429. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2026.a982982.
Gazzola MG, Hayman C, Wright D, Kim JG, Genes N, Wittman I, Doran KM, Koziatek C, Wang Y, Smith SW, Boatright DH (2026).
Factors associated with emergency department distribution of fentanyl test strips
Journal of Addiction Medicine. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001651.
Factors associated with emergency department distribution of fentanyl test strips
Journal of Addiction Medicine. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001651.
Johnson S, Doran KM, Grant M, Nguemeni Tiako MJ (2026).
Representation of people experiencing homelessness in U.S. medical licensing exam question banks
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41 (1), 242-244. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09726-w. PMCID: PMC12855628.
Representation of people experiencing homelessness in U.S. medical licensing exam question banks
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 41 (1), 242-244. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09726-w. PMCID: PMC12855628.
Notable
Housing as health care — New York’s boundary-crossing experiment
New England Journal of Medicine, 369 (25), 2374-2377. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1310121.
Doran KM, Raven MC, Rosenheck RA (2013).
What drives frequent emergency department use in an integrated health system? National data from the Veterans Health Administration
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62 (2), 151-159. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.02.016.
Dr. Doran's Google Scholar Profile
Selected Press