Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Corporal Michael J Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Director, Outpatient Palliative and Supportive Oncology Clinic , Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Oncology Palliative Care, Penn Medicine
Associate Program Director, Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Penn Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Hematology Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
10th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #10-144
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
10th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #10-144
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-360-0737
Fax: 215-662-2432
Fax: 215-662-2432
Education:
BS (Accounting)
Binghamton University, 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University, Durham NC, 2007.
MPH (Clinical Effectiveness)
Harvard School of Public Health, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Accounting)
Binghamton University, 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University, Durham NC, 2007.
MPH (Clinical Effectiveness)
Harvard School of Public Health, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
palliative medicinethoracic oncology
gastrointestinal oncology
Description of Other Expertise
Serious Illness Care Program - faculty training and program implementationDescription of Research Expertise
Health Services Research - palliative care integration into oncology careHealth Services Research - serious illness communication
Selected Publications
Jennifer S Temel 1 2, Vicki A Jackson 1 2, Areej El-Jawahri 1 2, Simone P Rinaldi 1, Laura A Petrillo 1 2, Pallavi Kumar 3, Kathryn A McGrath 3, Thomas W LeBlanc 4, Arif H Kamal 4 5, Christopher A Jones 4, Dustin J Rabideau 1 2, Nora Horick 1, Kedie Pintro 1, Emily R Gallagher Medeiros 1, Kathryn E Post 1 2, Joseph A Greer 1 2: Stepped Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 332 ((6)): 471-481, August 2024.Takvorian SU, Gabriel P, Wileyto EP, Blumenthal D, Tejada S, Clifton ABW, Asch DA, Buttenheim AM, Rendle KA, Shelton RC, Chaiyachati KH, Fayanju OM, Ware S, Schuchter LM, Kumar P, Salam T, Lieberman A, Ragusano D, Bauer AM, Scott CA, Shulman LN, Schnoll R, Beidas RS, Bekelman JE, Parikh RB.: Clinician- and Patient-Directed Communication Strategies for Patients With Cancer at High Mortality Risk: A Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA Netw Open 7(7): e2418639, July 2024.
Erin M Bange 1, Yimei Li 2 3, Pallavi Kumar 4 5, Abigail Doucette 5, Peter Gabriel 5, Ravi Parikh 5 6, Eric H Li 7, Ronac Mamtani 3, Kelly D Getz 2 3: The association between telemedicine, advance care planning, and unplanned hospitalizations among high-risk patients with cancer. Cancer 130(4): 636-644, Feb 2024.
Christopher R Manz 1 2, Yichen Zhang 3, Kan Chen 4, Qi Long 4, Dylan S Small 5, Chalanda N Evans 6, Corey Chivers 7, Susan H Regli 7, C William Hanson 7, Justin E Bekelman 3 8, Jennifer Braun 7, Charles A L Rareshide 6, Nina O'Connor 6, Pallavi Kumar 6 9, Lynn M Schuchter 6 8, Lawrence N Shulman 6 8, Mitesh S Patel 10, Ravi B Parikh 3 6 8 9: Long-term Effect of Machine Learning-Triggered Behavioral Nudges on Serious Illness Conversations and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 9(3): 414-418, March 2023.
Ravi B Parikh 1 2, Ramy Sedhom 3, William J Ferrell 3 2, Katherine Villarin 2, Kara Berwanger 3 2, Bethann Scarborough 4, Randall Oyer 4, Pallavi Kumar 3 2, Niharika Ganta 2, Shanthi Sivendran 4, Jinbo Chen 3 2, Kevin G Volpp 2 5, Justin E Bekelman 3 2: 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.
Michelle B Riba 1, Kristine A Donovan 2, Kauser Ahmed 3, Barbara Andersen 4, IIana Braun 5, William S Breitbart 6, Benjamin W Brewer 7, Cheyenne Corbett 8, Jesse Fann 9, Stewart Fleishman 10, Sofia Garcia 11, Donna B Greenberg 12, George F Handzo 10, Laura Herald Hoofring 13, Chao-Hui Huang 14, Sean Hutchinson 15, Shelley Johns 16, Jennifer Keller 17, Pallavi Kumar 18, Sheila Lahijani 19, Sara Martin 20, Shehzad K Niazi 21, Megan Pailler 22, Francine Parnes 23, Vinay Rao 24, Jaroslava Salman 25, Eli Scher 26, Jessica Schuster 27, Melissa Teply 28, Angela Usher 29, Alan D Valentine 30, Jessica Vanderlan 31, Megan S Lyons 32, Nicole R McMillian 32, Susan D Darlow 32: NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Distress Management, Version 2.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw . 21((5)): 450-457, Feb 2023.
Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH, Joanna Paladino, MD, Peter E. Gabriel, MD, William J. Ferrell, MPH, Joshua Jones, MD, MA, Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, and Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP: The Serious Illness Care Program: Implementing a Key Element of High-Quality Oncology Care (Case Study). New England Journal of Medicine - Catalyst. Thomas H. Lee (eds.). NEJM Group 4(2), January 2023.
Eric Li 1, Christopher Manz 2, Manqing Liu 1, Jinbo Chen 1, Corey Chivers 1, Jennifer Braun 1, Lynn Mara Schuchter 1, Pallavi Kumar 1, Mitesh S Patel 1, Lawrence N Shulman 1, Ravi B Parikh 1: Oncologist phenotypes and associations with response to a machine learning-based intervention to increase advance care planning: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. PLoS One 17((5) ), May 2022.
Eric H Li, William Ferrell, Tamar Klaiman, Pallavi Kumar, Nina O'Connor, Lynn M Schuchter, Jinbo Chen, Mitesh S Patel, Christopher R Manz, Ravi B Parikh.: Impact of Behavioral Nudges on the Quality of Serious Illness Conversations Among Patients With Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Oncology Practice 18(4): e495-e503. Apr 2022.
Kathryn E Post 1, Lauren B Heuer 2, Arif H Kamal 3, Pallavi Kumar 4, Madeleine Elyze 2, Sarah Griffith 2, Jacqueline Han 2, Fred Friedman 3, Ashley Jackson 4, Chardria Trotter 2, Rachel Plotke 2, Charu Vyas 2, Vicki Jackson 2, Dustin J Rabideau 2, Joseph A Greer 5, Jennifer S Temel 2: Study protocol for a randomised trial evaluating the non-inferiority of stepped palliative care versus early integrated palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer. BMJ Open 12((2)), Feb 2022.