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Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA

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Biography

Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA is a cardiologist, geriatrician and Chief Scientific Officer at Clover Health, a Medicare Advantage and technology company. Dr. Dharmarajan leads Clover's clinical programs and R&D initiatives for its most medically complex members. Previously, Dr. Dharmarajan was on full time faculty at Yale, during which time he sought to improve the quality of hospital and post-acute care for older adults through research and quality measure development for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. His work has appeared in multiple journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, the British Medical Journal, and Health Affairs. He is a member of the Cardiovascular Standing Committee of the National Quality Forum and remains adjunct faculty at the Yale School of Medicine. He earned his AB at Harvard and MD and MBA at Columbia. He continues to practice geriatrics in Clover’s house calls programs and cardiology at Yale New Haven Hospital.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Columbia University Medical Center (2014)
Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital (2010)
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital (2009)
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital (2007)
MBA
Columbia Business School (2006)
MD
Columbia University Coll of Physicians & Surgeons (2006)
AB
Harvard College, Social Studies (2001)

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Cardiology; Geriatrics; Hospital Medicine; Quality of Health Care

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Frequent collaborators of Kumar Dharmarajan's published research.

Publications

2020

2019

Clinical Care

Overview

Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA, is a cardiologist and geriatrician who researches ways to improve health care for older patients.

Dr. Dharmarajan’s research has been critical to understanding the vulnerability patients experience after being hospitalized and developing ways hospitals and health systems can help patients avoid rehospitalization.

Dr. Dharmarajan is the chief scientific officer at Clover Health, a Medicare Advantage and technology company. He is a member of the Cardiovascular Standing Committee of the National Quality Forum and an adjunct assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine.

Previously, Dr. Dharmarajan was a full-time faculty member at Yale, where he worked to improve hospital and post-acute care for older patients through research and development for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Clinical Specialties

Cardiovascular Medicine; Geriatrics

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