Anish K Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS

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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Deputy Director, Center for Insights to Outcomes, Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation
Research Fellowship Director , University of PA, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine

Contact information
Department of Emergency Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
428 Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-9359
Education:
BS (Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering)
Tufts University, 2007.
MPH (Public Health)
Tufts University School of Public Health, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2011.
MSHP (Health Science Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
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Selected Publications

Agarwal A, Schroeder D, Gonzales R, Southwick L, Bellini L, Asch D, Merchant R.: Evaluating Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation Among Healthcare Workers: A Secondary Analysis. J Gen Intern Med 40(14), Nov 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Apr 24.

Agarwal AK, Merchant RM.: The Emergency Department as a Public Health Lever-Infrastructure to Drive Intent to Action. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2537664, Oct 2025.

Muir KJ, Moon SKA, Agarwal AK.: Emergency department workplace violence: Clinician-endorsed strategies informing prevention mandates. Nurs Outlook 73: 102539, Sep 2025.

Graham G, Wilson C, Hoskins K, Delgado MK, Vespico Jackson S, Lee A, Agarwal A, Kaufman EJ.: Firearm Owners' Preferences for Secure Storage Devices: Insights From Product Reviews. J Surg Res 313: 372-379, Sep 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Jul 21.

Sehgal NKR, Guntuku SC, Southwick L, Merchant RM, Agarwal AK.: Online Reviews of Health Care Facilities. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2524505, Aug 2025.

Agarwal AK, Ebert JP, Xiong R, Ali ZS, Lee D, Shofer F, Gitelman Y, Do D, Spencer EA, Grenader EM, Li F, Harhay MO, Delgado MK.: Peer and Patient Feedback to Increase Adherence to Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg 160: 866-874, Jun 2025.

Ebert JP, Grenader EM, Gonzales RE, Spencer EA, Schroeder DM, Southwick L, Shofer FS, Delgado MK, Agarwal AK.: Clinician Views of an Opioid Prescribing Report with Peer Comparisons and Patient-Reported Outcomes. Am J Med Qual 40(3): 73-81, May-Jun 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Feb 18.

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM.: Understanding health care workers' mental health needs: insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions. BMC Health Serv Res 25: 654, May 2025.

Muir KJ, Agarwal AK, Golinelli D, Lasater KB, Ballinghoff J, Mattioni C, McHugh MD, Aiken LH; United States Clinician Wellbeing Study Consortium.: Association of emergency department nurse and physician work environment agreement on clinician job and patient outcomes. BMC Health Serv Res 25: 709, May 2025.

Shen D, Agarwal A, Misra V, Schelter B, Shah D, Shiells H, Wischik C.: Obtaining personalized predictions from a randomized controlled trial on Alzheimer's disease. Sci Rep 15: 1671, Jan 2025.

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