Nitu Kashyap, MD, FAMIA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Biostatistics; Chief Medical Information Officer, Information Technology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Biography
Dr. Nitu Kashyap is the Chief Medical Information Officer at Yale New Haven Health where she is responsible for Population Health Informatics and Clinical Decision Support. She is faculty in Internal Medicine and teaches Clinical Informatics to residents Informatics fellows. Her research interests include development and delivery of guidelines-based clinical decision support.
Dr. Kashyap is board certified in Internal Medicine and in Clinical Informatics.
Education & Training
- Advanced Emerging Leaders ProgramYale University (2019)
- Strategic Agility ProgramYale University (2019)
- Emerging Leaders ProgramYale University (2018)
- FellowshipYale Center for Medical Informatics (2011)
- ResidentUMDNJ, Morristown Memorial Program (2003)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics (2015)
- Board CertificationAB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2003, recertified: 2015)
Activities
- Experiences with Cyclical User-Centered Design for Patient and Clinician Facing Medication Reconciliation mHealth ApplicationsWashington, DC, United States 2022Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association
- InteroperabilityExpert panelist, moderated discussion on current state of health care data interoperability and directions for the future 2022Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services FHIR Connectathon
- Lessons Learned from Real-World Applications of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision SupportAHRQ symposium on patient centered clinical decision support 2022AHRQ Webinar on Patient Centered Clinical Decision Support
- Implementing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Current State, Future Directions, and Real-World ExperienceHouston, TX, United States 2022American Medical Informatics Association, Clinical Informatics Conference
- Shareable Opioid Decision SupportWashington, DC, United States 2020Annual Meeting, Office of National Coordinator
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Invited member | Office of Health Strategy and CT State Health Information Exchange | 2022 |
| Elected Co-Chair, Medication Reconciliation Polypharmacy Committee | Office of Health Strategy, State of CT | 2019 |
| Clinical Informatics Sub-Board Member | American Board of Medical Specialties | 2019 |
| Fellow | American Medical Informatics Association | 2019 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Yale CBIT Hackathon | Mentor | 2023 - Present |
| Clinical Advisory Council, CT Health Information Exchange | Committee Member | 2022 - Present |
| Yale Affiliated Hospitals Program | Lecturer | 2022 |
| Department of Medicine, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee | Member | 2022 - Present |
| Department of Medicine, Retention subcommittee | Member | 2022 - Present |
| Yale School of Medicine, Resident QI distinction tract | Faculty Member | 2022 - Present |
| Yale School of Medicine, Faculty QI curriculum | Faculty Member | 2021 - Present |
| Yale School of Public Health | Lecturer | 2021 - Present |
| YSM-YNHHS Clinician Wellness Council | Member | 2021 - Present |
| YNHHS Ambulatory Opioid Stewardship Committee | Member | 2021 - Present |
| Building Against Burnout webinar series | Lead | 2021 - Present |
| YSM Department of Medicine QI Contest | Reviewer | 2020 - Present |
| Strategic Agility Program | Mentor | 2020 - Present |
| CT State Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy Committee | Co-Chair | 2019 - 2021 |
| American Board of Medical Specialties | Member | 2019 - Present |
| American Medical Informatics Association | Fellow | 2019 - Present |
| Clinical Advisory Council, First Data Bank | Advisor | 2019 - 2023 |
| System Opioid Steering Committee | Member | 2019 - Present |
| Yale School of Medicine | Mentoring junior faculty members with career guidance, scholarly activity, committee membership at local organization and with CT state-wide committees | 2019 - Present |
| Clinical Informatics, Technology and Data Leadership Committee | Member | 2019 - Present |
| CT State HIE CancelRx workflow committee | Chair | 2017 - 2018 |
| Healthy Planet Users Group | Chair | 2016 - Present |
| Clinical Decision Support Committee, Yale New Haven Health | Co-Chair | 2016 - Present |
| Research Prioritization Committee | Member | 2015 - Present |
| American Medical Informatics Association | Scientific Committee | 2014 - Present |
| Primary Care Users Group, Yale New Haven Health | Co-Chair | 2014 - Present |
| Inpatient EHR Optimization Committee | Member | 2013 - Present |
| YNHHS Clinical Informatics resident elective | Resident elective in Clinical Informatics | 2012 - Present |
| Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems | Member | 2011 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Medical Informatics
- Internal Medicine
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health