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Rohan Khera, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and of Biostatistics (Health Informatics); Clinical Director, Center for Health Informatics and Analytics, YNHH/Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE)

Appointments

Biography

Dr. Khera is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, and of Biostatistics in the Section on Health Informatics at the Yale School of Public Health. He is a general cardiologist at the Yale-New Haven Hospital, a data science, health policy, and outcomes researcher at the Yale School of Medicine, and an investigator at Yale’s Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He leads the Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab, which is a multidisciplinary group focusing on data-driven discovery in cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Khera is a graduate of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences where he was a National Young Investigator Scholarship awardee. During his internal medicine residency training at the University of Iowa and his cardiology fellowship training at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Khera received the American College of Cardiology’s Young Investigator Award and the Francois Abboud Young Investigator Award, in addition to being inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society for his academic accomplishments. Dr. Khera also received the Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award for 2021.

Dr. Khera’s research focuses on evaluating the quality of care and patient outcomes across hospitals in the United States and identifying targets for interventions aimed at improving the outcomes of patients. His work has specifically addressed the vast variation in adherence to evidence-based therapy, uptake of novel care practices and treatments, and rigorous evaluation of national health policies and their effects on hospital practices and patient outcomes. Dr. Khera’s work increasingly leverages digital data sources, including the electronic health record, electrocardiography, and cardiovascular imaging, with applications of informatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to evaluate the care patients receive and to develop precision care solutions. The work he has led has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), BMJ, Circulation, JAMA Internal Medicine, Nature Communications, and JAMA Cardiology, among others.

More details on his work can be found at www.cards-lab.org.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020)
  • MS
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019)
  • Clinical Scholar
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019)
  • Residency
    University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2016)
  • Internship
    University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2014)
  • MD
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2011)

Activities

  • Artificial Intelligence to Individualize Treatment Response in Hypertension
    Hosted by the NHLBI, the virtual meeting brought together leading experts discussing, "Transforming Hypertension Diagnosis and Management in the Era of Artificial Intelligence" on March 29 and March 30 2023
    NHLBI Seminar on Transforming Hypertension Care with Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence and Chest Pain
    New Orleans, LA, United States 2023
    American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
  • Leading Transformation in Cardiovascular Care: The Role of AI
    New Orleans, LA, United States 2023
    American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
  • Leveraging Data Science for Innovation in Cardiovascular Care
    Toronto, ON, Canada 2023
    Schulich Heart Program Grand Rounds
  • Outcome-Driven Augmented Intelligence in Healthcare
    Chicago, IL, United States 2022
    American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
  • Implementing Machine Learning for Precision Care: Crossing the Bridge to Reality
    Chicago, IL, United States 2022
    American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
  • Building your team locally, nationally, and internationally – the academic perspective
    Chicago, IL, United States 2022
    American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
  • Use of AI to improve quality and cardiovascular outcomes
    Washington, DC, United States 2022
    ACC Applied Health Innovation Consortium Summit: AI Driven Tools
  • Discovery and Portability of Precision Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies from Clinical Trials to the Real World
    Los Angeles, CA, United States 2022
    UCLA Research Frontiers in Biomathematics
  • Healthcare 2.0: AI-Driven Innovation for Accessible and Accountable Care
    New Haven, CT, United States 2022
    Yale University Foundations of Data Science Kickoff Event
  • Data-Driven Innovation in Cardiovascular Care
    New Haven, CT, United States 2022
    Yale Medical Grand Rounds
  • Innovation in Data Science and Transforming Cardiovascular Care
    Reston, VA, United States 2022
    American Heart Association QCOR
  • Personalizing Clinical Trial Interpretation Through Computational Phenomaps
    Virtual Presentation 2021
    University of Michigan, MiCHAMP Big Data AI in Health Seminar Series
  • Biased Algorithms: Is AI Perpetuating Biases?
    American Heart Association Virtual Scientific Sessions 2021
    American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
  • Future Direction on Integration of Evidence-based Practice and Health-informatics to Achieve Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
    American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR) Meeting 2021
    American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting
  • Integrating Data From Health Tech Devices/Tools Into Clinical Workflow
    AHA Virtual Scientific Sessions, 2021 2021
    American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
  • Personalizing Clinical Trial Interpretation Through Computational Phenomaps
    ML4H Seminar 2021
    Broad Institute Machine Learning for Health (ML4H) Seminar

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
Blavatnik AwardBlavatnik Family Fund2023
Young Physician-Scientist AwardAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2023
Clinical Scientist Development AwardDoris Duke Charitable Foundation2022
Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award2021
Young Investigator AwardAmerican College of Cardiology2019
Young Investigator AwardAmerican Heart Association Resuscitation Science2018
Francois M. Abboud Internal Medicine Research AwardUniversity of Iowa Carver College of Medicine2015
Outstanding Junior Resident in Internal MedicineUniversity of Iowa Carver College of Medicine2015
Quality of Care Outcomes and Research (QCOR) Young Investigator Award, FinalistAmerican Heart Association2015
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society2015

Professional Service

OrganizationRoleDate
JAMAAssociate Editor2023 - Present
American Heart Association QCOR Early Career CommitteeMember2021 - Present
American Heart Association QCOR Specialty Conference Program CommitteePlanning Committee2021 - Present
American College of Cardiology Digital Strategies CommitteeFaculty Member2021 - 2022
American Heart Association Data Science and Precision Medicine Science SubcommitteeFaculty Member2021 - Present
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Task Force for Performance measures.Board Member2018 - 2020
Journal of the American College of CardiologyReviewer2018 - Present
The LancetReviewer2018 - Present
American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular CommitteeMember2017 - 2021
American Heart Association Guidelines StatementsExternal Reviewer2017 - Present
JAMAReviewer2017 - Present
JAMA CardiologyReviewer2017 - Present
Lancet Digital HealthReviewer2017 - Present
BMJReviewer2017 - Present
European Heart JournalReviewer2017 - Present
Science AdvancesReviewer2017 - Present
EHJ Digital HealthReviewer2017 - Present
Nature CommunicationsReviewer2017 - Present
JAMA Internal MedicineReviewer2017 - Present
JAMA Health ForumReviewer2017 - Present
JAMA PediatricsReviewer2017 - Present
JAMA Network OpenReviewer2017 - Present
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesReviewer2017 - Present
Circulation: Cardiovascular InterventionsReviewer2017 - Present
EHJ - Quality of Care and Clinical OutcomesReviewer2017 - Present
BMJ Quality and SafetyReviewer2017 - Present
Health AffairsReviewer2017 - Present
American Heart JournalReviewer2017 - Present
American Journal of CardiologyReviewer2017 - Present
Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA)Reviewer2017 - Present
American Journal of Preventative MedicineReviewer2017 - Present
British Medical Journal (BMJ) openReviewer2017 - Present
Open HeartReviewer2017 - Present
Journal of Cardiac FailureReviewer2017 - Present
Canadian Journal of CardiologyReviewer2017 - Present
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersReviewer2017 - Present
Annals of Pediatric CardiologyReviewer2017 - Present
Journal of General Internal MedicineReviewer2017 - Present
Risk Management and Healthcare PolicyReviewer2017 - Present
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk ManagementReviewer2017 - Present
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and TherapeuticsReviewer2017 - Present
Alimentary Pharmacology & TherapeuticsReviewer2017 - Present
HepatologyReviewer2017 - Present
Annals of Internal Medicine Top Reviewer Recognition (2016, 2017)2016 - Present
CirculationReviewer2016 - Present

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