Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP
Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Affiliated Faculty, University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Leonard David Institute of Health Economics
Co-Director, Quality Improvement and Delivery Science (QUIDS) Program
Associate Chief Innovation Officer, University of Pennsylvania
Core Faculty, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, Perelman School of Medicine
Member, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
Physician Lead, Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategy team, Penn Medicine
Associate Director, T32 Gastroenterology Clinical Epidemiology Training Grant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Innovation Faculty, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, Abramson Cancer Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3600 Civic Center Boulevard
8W-206
Philadelphia, PA 19104
8W-206
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-9807
Publications
Links
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University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania Center for Healthcare and Innovation
Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation
Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
University of Pennsylvania Quality Improvement and Delivery Science (QUIDS) Program
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Search PubMed for articles
University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania Center for Healthcare and Innovation
Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation
Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
University of Pennsylvania Quality Improvement and Delivery Science (QUIDS) Program
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Education:
BA (Economics)
Yale University, 2001.
MBA (Healthcare Management)
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Permanent linkBA (Economics)
Yale University, 2001.
MBA (Healthcare Management)
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Description of Clinical Expertise
General gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screeningDescription of Other Expertise
Health care delivery innovation, design thinking, health care delivery scienceDescription of Research Expertise
1.) Improving the quality of and access to population-based colorectal cancer screening2.) Leveraging behavioral economics, new technology, and care redesign to improve population health outcomes
3.) Pragmatic trials of health care delivery innovation
Selected Publications
Mehta SJ, Shaw PA, Reitz C, Brophy C, Okorie E, Williams K, Segura A, Tao J, Snider CK, Wollack C, Friday S, Rendle KA, Klaiman T, Glanz K, Rhodes C, Asch DA: Sequential choice vs colonoscopy outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials December 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.108188.Acharya V, Mehta SJ, Sussman DA, Kumaresan V, England J, Cook TS, Issenberg SB, Deshpande AR: Use of Large Language Models to Determine the Surveillance Colonoscopy Interval: A Bi-institutional Validation Study. American Journal of Gastroenterology November 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003864.
Lee SC, Lucky SS, Zhu J, Ow S, Loh L, Tan JH, Lim SE, Hairom Z, Mehta S, Tai BC, Goh BC: Pragmatic Interventions to Boost Surveillance Mammogram Uptake Among an Overdue Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine November 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5873.
Mehta SJ, Teel J, Okorie E, Reitz C, Purcell A, Snider CK, Clark K, Kersting RC, Glanz K, Putt M, Rareshide C, Volpp KG: Behavioral Economic Framing for Enrollment and Retention of Patients in Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open 8(9): e2529825, September 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.29825.
Yaskolko M, Reitz C, Snider CK, Subbio S, Brophy C, Mehta SJ, Rhodes C: Effective Implementation of Population Health Outreach to Increase Breast Cancer Screening. Journal of General Internal Medicine September 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09870-3.
Mehta SJ, Nadella P, Shaw PA, Reitz C, Brophy C, Okorie E, Williams K, Snider CK, Peifer MK, Rhodes C, Asch DA: Behavioral Interventions Improve Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Overdue Patients in a Randomized Trial. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology September 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.09.015.
Kumar S, Zarnegarnia Y, Sikorskii A, Kaplan DE, Mehta SJ, Su GL, Goldberg DS, Crane TE: Risk of colorectal cancer after weight loss in the obese: a pooled cohort study. Annals of Gastroenterology 38(6): 1-9, September 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.20524/aog.2025.0999.
Soroush A, Sabnis SP, Mehta SJ, Siddique SM: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Gastroenterology Workforce and Practice. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 23(9): 1472-1476, August 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.04.023.
Bakillah E, Rosenthal JW, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz RR: The Burden of Colorectal Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life: A Paired Longitudinal Analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollees. Journal of Surgical Oncology 132(1): 187-197, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/jso.28161.
Boger S, Mahmud N, Reitz C, Brophy C, Coniglio M, Delp K, Friday S, Muccie B, Snider C, Ahmad N, Mehta SJ: Effectiveness of Bidirectional Text Navigation (Coloprep 3.0) on Colonoscopy Show Rate: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation. Digestive Disease Week May 2025.