Charlie Santos, MD
Chief Resident Internal Medicine & Psychiatry
Education & Affiliations
Biography
Hometown: Charleston, SC
About: When he is not working, Charles can be found parading, cooking, fishing, kayaking, baking, and exploring all that southern Louisiana has to offer.
What I like about Tulane/New Orleans: Charles was originally drawn to combined training in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry while observing the relationship between physical and mental health comorbidities among individuals with substance use disorders while a medical student in Philadelphia. While interviewing at Tulane, he was struck that the trainees he observed seemed not only to be growing into themselves as physicians, but also growing into the people they aspired to be. Since arriving, he has dived into the program and city headfirst and found his home here.
Professional Interests: Charles's interests lie in applying med/psych to substance use, CL psychiatry, outpatient combined med psych treatment for individuals with SMI, and caring for those with SMI across the disease course and the lifespan, as well as in medical education, research, quality improvement, and advancing equity in medicine.
Publications
Risk factors for delirium among SARS-CoV-2 positive veterans. Charles J Santos, Nebil Nuradin, Christopher Joplin, Alexandra E Leigh, Rebecca V Burke, Robin Rome, Jonathan McCall, Amanda M Raines. Psychiatry Research. 2021 Dec 30;309:114375. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114375. Online ahead of print.
Discharges "Against Medical Advice" in Patients With Opioid-related Hospitalizations. Charles J Santos, Frances S Shofer, Margaret Lowenstein, Jeanmarie Perrone. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2021 Jan-Feb 01;15(1):49-54. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000688.
Registry-Managed Care Coordination and Education for Patients With Co-occurring Diabetes and Serious Mental Illness. Judith A Cook, Jessica A Jonikas, Pamela J Steigman, Crystal M Glover, Jane K Burke-Miller, Joni Weidenaar, Sheila O'Neill, Debbie Pavick, Asma Jami, Charles J Santos. Psychiatr Services. 2021 Aug 1;72(8):912-919. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000096. Epub 2021 Apr 23.
Enhancing Your Immune Health Facilitator's Guide. Jessica Jonikas, Margaret Swarbrick, Charles Santos, Judith Cook. September, 2021. Center on Integrated Health Care and Self-Directed Recovery.
Presentations
"Current Trends in Getting High." Charles Santos. Tulane Med Psych Conference, December 2021.
"Introduction to Medical Malpractice." Charles Santos, Brobson Lutz. Tulane Internal Medicine Monday School. January 2022.
