Sarah Kandil, MD

Sarah Kandil, MD, is a pediatric intensive care doctor who works with children coping with any type of critical illness. She is also a pediatric sedation specialist who provides sedation and comfort for children undergoing procedures or imaging through the pediatric sedation service at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH). An associate professor of pediatrics (critical care) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Kandil is also a leader of quality improvement for the pediatric intensive care unit and a Deputy Quality and Safety Officer at YNHCH. She assisted in the development of a scoring tool that helps transport teams make early triage decisions. Her clinical research interests include the study and development of systematic methods for improving the quality of patient care, as well as nutrition and metabolic changes during critical illness.