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Saurabh Jha, MBBS MRCS MS

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Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Active Staff , Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Philadelphia, PA
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Active Staff , Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
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Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
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Active Medical Staff, Chester County Hospital
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Active Radiologist, Phoenixville Hospital, Dept. of Radiology
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Scholar, Center for Global Health
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Director and Founder, Penn Radiology Policy Institute
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Fellowship Program Director Cardiovascular Imaging, Penn Medicine
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Interim Section Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Radiology
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21 9 MBBS 15 (Medicine) c
2d University of London, 1997.
21 7 MS 23 (Health Policy Research) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
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Description of Research Expertise

99 Value and drivers of imaging, uncertainty in medicine, epistemology of overdiagnosis, controversies in screening, artificial intelligence
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Description of Clinical Expertise

77 Cardiovascular CT and MRI, emergency radiology, evidence-based imaging, and appropriate use of imaging.
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Description of Other Expertise

69 Writer and contributor to multiple medical outlets and free open access medical education
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Selected Publications

8d Jha S: Doctor Sahib. N Engl J Med 379(21): 1988-1989, November 2018.

e0 Jha S, Topol EJ: Adapting to Artificial Intelligence: Radiologists and Pathologists as Information Specialists. JAMA 316(22): 2353-2354, December 2016.

d3 Jha S: From Imaging Gatekeeper to Service Provider – A Transatlantic Journey. New England Journal of Medicine 369 (1): 5-7, July 2013.

c7 Jha S.: The Road to Overdiagnosis: The Case of Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolus. Academic Radiology 22(8): 985-87, August 2015

130 Jha S: To Err Is Homicide in Britain: The Case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba. Medscape February 2018 Notes: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892210#:~:text=The%20good%20that%20doctors%20do,every%20junior%20doctor%27s%20primal%20fear.

5b Jha S: The Ethics of Keeping Alfie Alive af Medscape May 2018 Notes: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/897249#:~:text=Some%20have%20asked%20how%20letting,to%20euthanasia%20or%20even%20murder.

ce Jha S, Topol EJ: Information and Artificial Intelligence. Journal of the American College of Radiology 15(3): 509-511, February 2018.

e8 Stein S, Barry J & Jha S.: Are Chargemaster Rates for Imaging Studies Lower in States That Cap Non-Economic Damages (Tort Reform)? JACR 11(8): 808-816, 2014.

cf Jha S.: Stop Hunting for Zebras in Texas: end the diagnostic culture of “rule out." British Medical Journal 348: g2625, April 2014.

ab Jha S: Uncertainty and the Diagnostic Leviathan. JAMA Internal Medicine 175(7): 1085-6, Jul 2015.

bd Jha, S: Saving Normal. BMJ Blogs October 2015 Notes: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/10/26/saurabh-jha-saving-normal/

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