Baseline serum cystatin C as a marker of acute kidney injury in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.
Jha P, Jha AK, Dayal VM, Jha SK, Kumar A.
Indian J Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan 03. PMID: 34981441
Adjunct Faculty
Ashish Jha
Overview
Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, is Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is a practicing General Internist and also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jha received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and then trained in Internal Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. He completed his General Medicine fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School and received his M.P.H. from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
His research endeavors focus on improving the quality and costs of healthcare systems with a specialized focus on the impact of policies. Dr. Jha has published over two hundred various papers in prestigious journals and heads a personal blog which focuses on using statistical data research to improve health quality. Dr. Jha is a member of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
A.B., 1992
Columbia College
M.D., 1997
Harvard Medical School
M.P.H., 2004
Harvard School of Public Health
Rose Seegal Prize for best original research by a graduating senior
Harvard Medical School
Housestaff Teaching Award
University of California, San Francisco
Member
Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine)
Bibliography
Association of community-level social vulnerability with US acute care hospital intensive care unit capacity during COVID-19.
Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Orav EJ, Jha AK.
Healthc (Amst). 2021 Dec 22. 10(1):100611. PMID: 34979442
Analysis of absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy with 177Lu-trastuzumab using two different imaging scenarios: a pilot study.
Nautiyal A, Jha AK, Mithun S, Shetye B, Kameswaran M, Shah S, Rangarajan V, Gupta S.
Nucl Med Commun. 2021 Dec 01. 42(12):1382-1395. PMID: 34406146
A methodology for identifying high-need, high-cost patient personas for international comparisons.
Figueroa JF, Horneffer KE, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Blankart CR, Bowden N, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Hansen TM, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Pellet L, Orlander D, Penneau A, Schoenfeld AJ, Shatrov K, Skudal KE, Stafford M, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis WP, Tanke M, Jha AK, Papanicolas I.
Health Serv Res. 2021 12. 56 Suppl 3:1302-1316. PMID: 34755334
Comments on "Treatment of anal fistula with FiLaC®: results of a 10-year experience with 175 patients".
Anand A, Jha AK, Kumar M.
Tech Coloproctol. 2021 Dec 01. PMID: 34853946
Comparison of Patient Outcomes of Surgeons Who Are US Versus International Medical Graduates.
Tsugawa Y, Dimick JB, Jena AB, Maggard-Gibbons M, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Jha AK.
Ann Surg. 2021 12 01. 274(6):e1047-e1055. PMID: 31850990
Spending outcomes among patients with cancer in accountable care organizations 4 years after implementation.
Erfani P, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Figueroa JF, Jha AK, Lam MB.
Cancer. 2021 Nov 12. PMID: 34767638
Skull Base Chordoma: Long-Term Observation and Evaluation of Prognostic Factors after Surgical Resection.
Roy A, Warade A, Jha AK, Misra BK.
Neurol India. 2021 Nov-Dec. 69(6):1608-1612. PMID: 34979650
Installation and Optimization of 68Ga Synthesis Module for Clinical Use: An Institutional Experience.
Tayal S, Ali A, Kumar V, Jha AK, Gandhi A.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2021 Jul-Sep. 36(3):282-287. PMID: 34658552
Data: The Lifeblood of the Public Health Response to COVID-19.
Jha AK.
Ann Intern Med. 2021 12. 174(12):1757-1758. PMID: 34543587
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