Andrew Polites, MD

I became a doctor because I enjoy the human aspect of medicine. I'm a people person, and the face-to-face collaboration of treating and educating people about their health makes it the most rewarding job possible. After graduating from Louisville Medical School and completing Internal Medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati, I'm excited to help treat the complex medical needs of the people of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Participated in creation of Primary Care Pathway which is a curriculum within our residency designed to advance the practice of physicians interested in primary care.

• Heppner Z, Shreffler J, Polites A, Ross A, Thomas J, Huecker M. COVID-19 and emergency department volume: The patients return but have different characteristics. American Journal of Emergency Medicine Journal. PMID: 33039215. Volume 45, pgs: 385-388. July 2021.
• Keller M, Polites A, Shreffler J, Wilmes K, Huecker M. Equal incidence of COVID-19 among homeless and non-homeless ED patients when controlling for confounders. Academic Emergency Medicine Journal. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. PMID: 34620530. Volume 53, pages 286.e5 – 286.e7. March 2022.

• Medical Student Researcher | University of Louisville | June 2020 – January 2022

- Assisted in analyzing patterns of diagnoses in patients who presented to the University of Louisville ED in the initial months of the COVID pandemic.

- Helped to compile a database of homeless individuals in the Louisville Metro area for analysis of whether homeless individuals are more at risk for contracting COVID.

• President | Critical Care Interest Group | July 2020 – July 2021

- Helped organize information sessions about the critical care subspecialty including interviews with attendings and fellows about how COVID patients are being treated.