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
Education:
BA (Economics)
Yale University, 2001.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MBA (Healthcare Management)
Wharton School, 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

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 October 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.032.

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.

Kumar S, Blandon C, Sikorskii A, Kaplan DE, Mehta SJ, Su GL, Goldberg DS, Crane TE: Investigating the Obesity Paradox in Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis of Prospectively Collected Data in a Diverse Cohort. Cancers (Basel) 16(17): 2950, August 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.3390/cancers16172950.

Mehta SJ, Rhodes C, Linn KA, Reitz C, McDonald C, Okorie E, Williams K, Resnick D, Arostegui A, McAuliffe T, Wollack C, Snider CK, Peifer MK, Weinstein SP: Behavioral Interventions to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Outreach: Two Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Internal Medicine 184(7): 761-768, July 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0495.

Mehta SJ, Volpp KG, Troxel AB, Teel J, Reitz CR, Purcell A, Shen H, McNelis K, Snider CK, Asch DA: Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring With Social Support for Patients With Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open 7(6): e2413515, June 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13515.

Wainwright JV, Aggarwal C, Beucker S, Dougherty DW, Gabriel PE, Jacobs LA, Kalman J, Linn KA, Martella AO, Mehta SJ, Rhodes CM, Roy M, Schapira MM, Shulman LN, Steltz J, Stephens Shields AJ, Tan ASL, Thompson JC, Toneff H, Wender RC, Zeb S, Rendle KA, Vachani A, Bekelman JE; Penn TRACE: University of Pennsylvania Telehealth Research Center of Excellence. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 2024(64): 62-29, June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgae011.

Waddell KJ, Goel K, Park SH, Linn KA, Navathe AS, Liao JM, McDonald C, Reitz C, Moore J, Hyland S, Mehta SJ: Association of Electronic Self-Scheduling and Screening Mammogram Completion. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 66(3): 399-407, March 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.002.

Mehta SJ, McDonald C, Reitz C, Kastuar S, Snider CK, Okorie E, McNelis K, Shaikh H, Cook TS, Goldberg DS, Rothstein K: A randomized trial of mailed outreach with behavioral economic interventions to improve liver cancer surveillance. Hepatology Communications 8(1): e0349, December 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000349.

Waddell KJ, Mehta SJ: Designing Effective and Appropriate Opt-Out Approaches for Patient Outreach. JAMA Internal Medicine 183(11): 1194-1195, November 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.4628.

Serper M, Burdzy A, Schaubel DE, Mason R, Banerjee A, Goldberg DS, Martin EF, Mehta SJ, Russell LB, Cheung AC, Ladner DP, Benavente JY, Wolf MS: Patient randomised controlled trial of technology enabled strategies to promote treatment adherence in liver transplantation: rationale and design of the TEST trial. BMJ Open 13(9): e075172, September 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075172.

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Last updated: 10/30/2024
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