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Niharika Ganta, M.D., M.P.H
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Affiliated Faculty, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center
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Medical Director, Penn Home Palliative Care, Penn Medicine at Home
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Chair, Palliative Care Alliance, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Chief, Penn Palliative Care Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Director of Clinical Innovation, PennMedicine@Home
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Department: Medicine
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Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
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1a 3400 Spruce Street
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1a 3400 Spruce Street
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Office: (215) 221-2365
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2a Temple University, 2004.
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2a Temple University, 2008.
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2a Temple University, 2010.
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2a Temple University, 2004.
21 8 MPH 1a (Public Health) c
2a Temple University, 2008.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
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Description of Other Expertise
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18d Parikh RB, Sedhom R, Ferrell WJ, Villarin K, Berwanger K, Scarborough B, Oyer R, Kumar P, Ganta N, Sivendran S, Chen J, Volpp KG, Bekelman JE.: Behavioural economic interventions to embed palliative care in community oncology (BE-EPIC): study protocol for the BE-EPIC randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 13(3), March 2023.
5f Tarshish,Yael, Olenik,Jennifer, and Ganta,Niharika b8 : Pembrolizumab Neurotoxicity: A Prognostic Challenge. Poster Presentation, Annual Assembly for American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2021.
134 Hatchimonji JS, Huston-Patterson HH, Dortche K, Orji W, Ganta N, O’Connor N, Kaplan LJ, Martin ND. : Do We Know Our Patients’ Goals? Evaluating Preoperative Discussions in Emergency Surgery. Am J Surg 220(4): 861-862, October 2020.
e7 Haines L, Ganta N, Jones CA, Martin ND.: Palliative Care for Trauma Patients: Today and into the Next Decade. J Palliat Med. 23(9): 1147-1148, September 2020.
128 Klinedinst R, Dingfield L, Farabelli JP, Ganta N.: Balancing Democracy with Efficiency: Strategies for Leading an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 59(2): 493-494, February 2020.
149 Pasricha V, Bhardwaj A, Gorman D, Laothamatas K, Mikkelsen ME, and Ganta N.: Implementation of a Standardized Serious Illness Conversation Guide within the ICU. Critical Care Medicine Poster Presentation 48(1): 645, January 2020 Notes: Poster presentation.
ff Pasricha V, Gorman D, Laothamatas K, Bhardwaj A, Ganta N, and Mikkelsen ME: Use of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Improve Communication with Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients. A Pilot Study 30 ATS Scholar 1(2), 2020.
16b Ganta N, Mayro G, Yen P, Greenblatt J, OConnor N: A Comprehensive Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Serious Illness Communication in the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Setting. Society of General Internal Medicine, Poster Session (meeting cancelled due to travel restrictions) 2020.
b9 Ganta, Niharika and Haines, Lindsay: Clinical Pearls: The Itch to Cure: Managing Pruritus. AAHPM Quarterly 2019.
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Selected Publications
12f Levoy K, Ashare RL, Ganta N, O'Connor N, Meghani SH.: Caregiver Engagement in Serious Illness Communication in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Setting. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 41(19): 1109-1119, October 2024.18d Parikh RB, Sedhom R, Ferrell WJ, Villarin K, Berwanger K, Scarborough B, Oyer R, Kumar P, Ganta N, Sivendran S, Chen J, Volpp KG, Bekelman JE.: Behavioural economic interventions to embed palliative care in community oncology (BE-EPIC): study protocol for the BE-EPIC randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 13(3), March 2023.
5f Tarshish,Yael, Olenik,Jennifer, and Ganta,Niharika b8 : Pembrolizumab Neurotoxicity: A Prognostic Challenge. Poster Presentation, Annual Assembly for American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2021.
134 Hatchimonji JS, Huston-Patterson HH, Dortche K, Orji W, Ganta N, O’Connor N, Kaplan LJ, Martin ND. : Do We Know Our Patients’ Goals? Evaluating Preoperative Discussions in Emergency Surgery. Am J Surg 220(4): 861-862, October 2020.
e7 Haines L, Ganta N, Jones CA, Martin ND.: Palliative Care for Trauma Patients: Today and into the Next Decade. J Palliat Med. 23(9): 1147-1148, September 2020.
128 Klinedinst R, Dingfield L, Farabelli JP, Ganta N.: Balancing Democracy with Efficiency: Strategies for Leading an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 59(2): 493-494, February 2020.
149 Pasricha V, Bhardwaj A, Gorman D, Laothamatas K, Mikkelsen ME, and Ganta N.: Implementation of a Standardized Serious Illness Conversation Guide within the ICU. Critical Care Medicine Poster Presentation 48(1): 645, January 2020 Notes: Poster presentation.
ff Pasricha V, Gorman D, Laothamatas K, Bhardwaj A, Ganta N, and Mikkelsen ME: Use of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Improve Communication with Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients. A Pilot Study 30 ATS Scholar 1(2), 2020.
16b Ganta N, Mayro G, Yen P, Greenblatt J, OConnor N: A Comprehensive Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Serious Illness Communication in the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Setting. Society of General Internal Medicine, Poster Session (meeting cancelled due to travel restrictions) 2020.
b9 Ganta, Niharika and Haines, Lindsay: Clinical Pearls: The Itch to Cure: Managing Pruritus. AAHPM Quarterly 2019.
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