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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
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Affiliated Faculty, University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
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Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Leonard David Institute of Health Economics
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Co-Director, Quality Improvement and Delivery Science (QUIDS) Program
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Associate Chief Innovation Officer, University of Pennsylvania
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Core Faculty, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, Perelman School of Medicine
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Member, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
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Physician Lead, Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategy team, Penn Medicine
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Associate Director, T32 Gastroenterology Clinical Epidemiology Training Grant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Innovation Faculty, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, Abramson Cancer Center
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Department: Medicine
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3600 Civic Center Boulevard
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Email: shivan.mehta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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13 Education:
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28 Yale University, 2001.
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50 Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
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43 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
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50 Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

45 General gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening
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Description of Other Expertise

5e Health care delivery innovation, design thinking, health care delivery science
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Description of Research Expertise

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

1a9 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.

 148 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.

 135 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.

 181 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.

 7a Boger S, Mahmud N, Reitz C, Brophy C, Coniglio M, Delp K, Friday S, Muccie B, 64 Snider C, Ahmad N, Mehta SJ: Effectiveness of Bidirectional Text Navigation (Coloprep 3.0) 73 on Colonoscopy Show Rate: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation. Digestive Disease Week May 2025.

 17b 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 40(5): 1023-1027, April 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09147-1.

 18b 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.

 14a 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.

 1dc 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.

 158 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.

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