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Kimbia Arno, MD, MFA
Assistant, Residency Program Director
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Fellowship - Clinical Simulation: New York University/Bellevue Hospital
Professional Interests: Simulation, Medical Education, Creative Writing
Dr. Kimbia Arno is an Assistant Residency Program Director at Maimonides Medical Center. She obtained a medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Kingston University in London. She completed her training at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and then returned to New York to pursue both a fellowship in simulation and a Masters in Health Professions Education at NYU/Bellevue. Currently an Assistant Program Director at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, Kimbia enjoys learning languages, taking herself to the movies, post-workout popsicles, and going to bed on time.
Selected Scholarly Activity:
Kimbia Arno, MD, MFA Receives National Recognition for Her Contributions to Teaching and Evaluation
Arno, K., Bradby, C., Shappell, E., Mannix, A., Fix, M., Jordan, J., ... & Gottlieb, M. (2024). Differences in emergency medicine resident procedural reporting by race and ethnicity. AEM Education and Training, 8(1), e10930.
Arno, K., Davenport, D., Shah, M., Heinrich, S., & Gottlieb, M. (2021). Addressing the urgent need for racial diversification in emergency medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 77(1), 69-75.
Arno, K., Davenport, D., Shah, M., Heinrich, S., & Gottlieb, M. (2021). Addressing the urgent need for racial diversification in emergency medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 77(1), 69-75.
Shin-Kim J, Shapiro A, John D, Arno, K., et al. Transgender and non-binary health care: A virtual objective structured clinical examination. Medical Education. 2021 Nov;55(11):1314-1315. DOI: 10.1111/medu.14632. PMID: 34541705.
Gottlieb, M., Hill, E. D., & Arno, K. (2019). Is point-of-care ultrasonography effective for the diagnosis of urolithiasis?. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 73(5), 517-519.
Gottlieb, M., Arno, K., Kuhns, M., & Chan, T. M. (2018). Distribution of clinical rotations among emergency medicine residency programs in the United States. AEM Education and Training, 2(4), 288-292.
Arno, K. (2018). A Lack of Specificity Inherently Results In A Lack of Sensitivity, When It Comes to Questions of Race. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 72(1), 105-106.