Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP

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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
Office: 215-898-9807
Email: shivan.mehta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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 Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation
University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania Quality Improvement and Delivery Science (QUIDS) Program
University of Pennsylvania Center for Healthcare and Innovation
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.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

General gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening

Description of Other Expertise

Health care delivery innovation, design thinking

Description of Research Expertise

1.) Improving the quality of and access to population-based colorectal cancer screening
2.) Leveraging behavioral economics, new technology, and care redesign to improve population health outcomes
3.) Pragmatic trials of health care delivery innovation

Selected Publications

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 June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/jso.28161.

 Soroush A, Sabnis SP, Mehta SJ, Siddique SM: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Gastroenterology Workforce and Practice. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.04.023.

 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.

 Pollak C, Parambath A, Coratti S, Norton L, Girard A, Reitz C, Snider CK, Xu L, Walker Z, John A, Putt ME, Volpp KG, Mehta SJ: Default Bulk Ordering and Text Messaging to Enhance Outreach for Lipid Screening: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiology 10(4): 313-320, April 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5281.

 Acharya V, Kumaresan V, England J, Mehta S, Sussman D, Deshpande A: Use of Large Language Models to Identify Surveillance Colonoscopy Intervals-A Feasibility Study. Gastroenterology 168(2): 382-384.e4, February 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.032.

 Waddell KJ, Mehta SJ, Liao JM, Linn KA, Park S, Rhodes CM, Brophy C, Reitz C, Cousins DS, Williams K, Thatcher EJ, Muskin R, Pronovost PJ, Navathe AS: Increasing screening for breast cancer using a randomized evaluation of electronic health record nudges: Design and rationale of the I-screen clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials(148), 107753, January 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107753.

 Bakillah E, Rosenthal JW, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz R: Colorectal Cancer and Quality of Life: A Medicare Advantage Study by Race, Ethnicity, and Language. Journal of Surgical Oncology January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/jso.28005.

 Tang K, Layne S, Panchal S, Mehta S, Rhodes C, Patel N, Bird A: Utilizing Quality Improvement Methodology to Address Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Between Faculty and Resident Physicians. Journal of General Internal Medicine December 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09147-1.

 Waddell K, Mehta SJ, Navathe A, Linn K, Park SH, White A, Staloff J, Rhodes C, Couzens C, Goel K, McDonald C, Reitz C, Williams K, Liao JM: Behavioural economics to improve and motivate vaccination in primary care using nudges through the electronic health record: rationale and design of the BE IMMUNE randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open 14(11): e086698, November 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086698.

 Mehta SJ, Palat S, McDonald C, Reitz C, Okorie E, Williams K, Tao J, Shaw PA, Glanz K, Asch DA: A Randomized Trial of Choice Architecture and Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach in a Community Health Setting. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 22(10): 2117-2124.e2, October 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.04.003.
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