Saurabh Jha, MBBS MRCS MS
Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Staff , Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Philadelphia, PA
Active Staff , Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Active Radiologist, Phoenixville Hospital, Dept. of Radiology
Scholar, Center for Global Health
Director and Founder, Penn Radiology Policy Institute
Interim Section Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 1 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street, 1 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662 3431
Fax: 215-662-7263
Fax: 215-662-7263
Education:
BSc (Anatomy)
University of London, 1994.
MBBS (Medicine)
University of London, 1997.
MS (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Permanent linkBSc (Anatomy)
University of London, 1994.
MBBS (Medicine)
University of London, 1997.
MS (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Description of Research Expertise
Value and drivers of imaging, uncertainty in medicine, epistemology of overdiagnosis, controversies in screening, artificial intelligenceDescription of Clinical Expertise
Cardiovascular CT and MRI, emergency radiology, evidence-based imaging, and appropriate use of imaging.Description of Other Expertise
Writer and contributor to multiple medical outlets and free open access medical educationSelected Publications
Jha S: Doctor Sahib. N Engl J Med 379(21): 1988-1989, November 2018.Jha S, Topol EJ: Adapting to Artificial Intelligence: Radiologists and Pathologists as Information Specialists. JAMA 316(22): 2353-2354, December 2016.
Jha S: From Imaging Gatekeeper to Service Provider – A Transatlantic Journey. New England Journal of Medicine 369 (1): 5-7, July 2013.
Jha S.: The Road to Overdiagnosis: The Case of Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolus. Academic Radiology 22(8): 985-87, August 2015
Jha S: To Err Is Homicide in Britain: The Case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba. Medscape February 2018.
Jha S: The Ethics of Keeping Alfie Alive Medscape May 2018.
Jha S, Topol EJ: Information and Artificial Intelligence. Journal of the American College of Radiology 15(3): 509-511, February 2018.
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.
Jha S.: Stop Hunting for Zebras in Texas: end the diagnostic culture of “rule out." British Medical Journal 348: g2625, April 2014.
Jha S: Uncertainty and the Diagnostic Leviathan. JAMA Internal Medicine 175(7): 1085-6, Jul 2015.
Jha, S: Saving Normal. BMJ Blogs October 2015.