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Nihar Desai, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
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Cardiovascular Medicine

15 York Street, PO Box 208017

New Haven, CT 06520-8017

United States

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Biography

Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Vice Chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, an Investigator at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and Executive Director for Bundled Payments and Clinical Service Line Operations at the Yale New Haven Health System. His interests focus on cardiovascular health services and comparative effectiveness research, examining patterns of care, identifying opportunities to improve clinical outcomes, and evaluating the impact of novel care delivery systems on cost and quality. In addition, he serves as a clinical consultant on the CMS acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery readmission and mortality measures. He graduated with highest honors from Lehigh University before completing an internship in the Clinton White House. He then attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where he received his Doctorate in Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health where he received his Master’s in Public Health. Dr. Desai completed his residency training in Internal Medicine as well as his clinical fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He then completed a research fellowship at the TIMI Study Group with Dr. Eugene Braunwald. His scholarly work has been published in New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Circulation, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Appointments

Education & Training

Fellowship
Brigham & Women's Hospital (2013)
Residency
Brigham & Women's Hospital (2009)
MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2006)
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health (2005)

Research

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Frequent collaborators of Nihar Desai's published research.

Publications

2024

Clinical Trials

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Clinical Care

Overview

Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, is a cardiovascular medicine specialist, treating patients with complex cardiovascular conditions, including acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and arrhythmias.

Dr. Desai’s research explores opportunities to improve the quality of care, the impact of decision support tools on care patterns, and how different models of care affect quality, outcomes, and cost of care. He leads clinical trials and real world studies using administrative and clinical datasets to conduct hypothesis driven research of importance to patients, providers, payers, and policymakers.

Dr. Desai is an associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine

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Cardiovascular Medicine

15 York Street, PO Box 208017

New Haven, CT 06520-8017

United States

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