Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Director of Health Equity Research & Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Blockley Hall, Room 1318
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Political Science, Molecular Biology)
Yale University, 2009.
MPH (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)
Yale School of Public Health, 2010.
MD
Harvard Medical School, 2014.
BS (Political Science, Molecular Biology)
Yale University, 2009.
MPH (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)
Yale School of Public Health, 2010.
MD
Harvard Medical School, 2014.
Post-Graduate Training
Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 2014-2017.
Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2014-2015.
Resident, Internal Medicine, Management and Leadership Track, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2015-2017.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Division of General Internal Medicine, 2017-2018.
Chief Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2018-2019.
Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 2014-2017.
Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2014-2015.
Resident, Internal Medicine, Management and Leadership Track, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2015-2017.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Division of General Internal Medicine, 2017-2018.
Chief Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2018-2019.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine , 2019.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine , 2019.
Selected Publications
Chatterjee P, Macneal E, Werner RM: Rural Health Transformation Program Allocations and Rural Health Needs in the US. JAMA 335(13): 1176-1179, April 2026.Dean A, McCallum J, Venkataramani AS, Chatterjee P, Coe NB, Michaels D: The Effects Of Labor Unions On Nurse Staffing Ratios And Quality Of Care In US Nursing Homes, 2013-21. Health Affairs 45(3): 278-284, March 2026.
Graves JM, Waken RJ, Wang F, Chatterjee P, Joynt Maddox KE: Characterizing Early Adopters of the Rural Emergency Hospital Designation. Health Affairs Scholar March 2026.
Lowenstein M, Kim S, Landon S, Xu L, Mandell DS, Perrone J, Chatterjee P : Association Between Inpatient Addiction Consult Service Implementation and Hospital Length-of-stay and Thirty-Day Readmission Rates for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder. JGIM Forthcoming 2026.
Abernathy A, Schreiber C, Chatterjee P: Changes in Permanent Contraception Rates in Pennsylvania Associated With the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision. Obstetrics & Gynecology Open 2(5): e114, September 2025.
Chatterjee P, Liao J, Amagai K, Zhao Y, Shirk T, Navathe AN. : Variation, Overlap, and Stability in Defining Safety Net Hospitals. JAMA Network Open 8(7): e2523923, July 2025.
Liao J, Chatterjee P, Zhao Y, Carroll I, Browne DS, Kilaru AS, Crowley AP, Pagnotti D, Shirk T, Cousins DS, Navathe AN: Ambulatory Care for Individuals Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Health Affairs Scholar 3(8), July 2025.
Landon S, Chatterjee P: Deciphering Social Disadvantage in Diagnostic Error Rates. Journal of Hospital Medicine 20(7): 793-794, July 2025.
Chatterjee P, Macneal E, Roberts ET.: Measurement Bias in Documentation of Social Risk Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Health Forum 6(7): e251923, July 2025.
Burke R, Chatterjee P: Breaking hospital discharge gridlock through policy reforms. Journal of Hospital Medicine 20(4): 414-417, Apr 2025.