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Office
521 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2016- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2012 - 2014
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2011 - 2023- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance.Katherine A Nash, Himali Weerahandi, Huihui Yu, Arjun K Venkatesh, Louisa W Holaday, Jeph Herrin, Zhenqiu Lin, Leora I Horwitz, Joseph S Ross, Susannah M Bernheim> ;JAMA. 2024 Jan 9
- The Risk Factor for Maternal Morbidity is Racism, not Race.Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Himali Weerahandi, Rollin, F.> ;American Journal of Perinatology. 2023 Dec 5
- 1 citationsCharacteristics of Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy Received by COVID-19 Patients in a Skilled Nursing Facility: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Benjamin E Canter, Lauren Raschen, Joann P Reinhardt, Himali Weerahandi, Wingyun Mak, Orah R Burack, Anne Escher, Kenneth S Boockvar> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023 Apr 1
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Journal Articles
- Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19Saul Blecker, Christopher M Petrilli, Himali Weerahandi, Fritz Francois, Leora I Horwitz, JAMA Internal Medicine
Abstracts/Posters
- Effect of an Electronic Alert on Treatment of Soft Tissue Skin Infections.• Weerahandi, H; Wang, J; Weiss, D; Lurio, J., ACPM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 2/1/2014
- Developing and Implementing Resident-Run Prevention Clinic at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Pena, J; Rajasekhar K; Weerahandi, H; Senay, E; Garland, E; Bordowitz, R., ACPM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 2014
- Predictors of weight loss in an urban weight management programWeerahandi, H; Patterson, E; Ahn, A; Deza, C; Parikh, L; Pierre, G.C.; Gillespie, C; McMacken., SGIM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 5/2012
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Press Mentions
- Coping with the “Long-Haul” of COVID-19: More Research, Treatments NeededMarch 2nd, 2021
Hospital Readmissions High for Heart Patients Hastily Sent Home from Skilled NursingApril 4th, 2019
Shorter Stays in a Skilled Nursing Facility Tied to Higher Risk for ReadmissionApril 3rd, 2019
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