2024
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Medical Students’ Identity Formation
Venkataraman S, Nguyen M, Chaudhry S, Desai M, Hajduk A, Mason H, Webber A, Boatright D. Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Medical Students’ Identity Formation. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439727. PMID: 39412803, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack studentsWhite studentsCross-sectional studyMedical schoolsProfessional developmentMedical studentsMedical educationStudent identity formationHolistic student developmentIdentity formationUS medical studentsProfessional identity formationEthnic discriminationEthnic groupsRetrospective cross-sectional studyStudent developmentInclusive environmentMain OutcomesStudentsSchoolDeidentified dataRisk differenceLikert scaleEducationCombat discriminationLeveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
Wang K, Hendrickson Z, Miller M, Abel E, Skanderson M, Erdos J, Womack J, Brandt C, Desai M, Han L. Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2024, 62: 458-463. PMID: 38848139, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsResidential addressesHealth recordsHealth AdministrationLeveraging electronic health recordsInfluence health care utilizationVeterans Health Administration dataAssociations of sociodemographicsHealth care utilizationHealth care systemPatient's residential addressCross-sectional analysisGeneralized logistic regressionCare utilizationHealth systemResidential mobilitySubstance use disordersCare systemPatient's residenceLogistic regressionVeteransMultinomial outcomesHealthOdds
2023
Transition From Mentored to Independent NIH Funding by Gender and Department
Nguyen M, Panyadahundi A, Olagun-Samuel C, Chaudhry S, Desai M, Dardik A, Boatright D. Transition From Mentored to Independent NIH Funding by Gender and Department. JAMA 2023, 329: 2189-2190. PMID: 37367985, PMCID: PMC10300699, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.7693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
Roy S, Hassan S, Kanaya A, Kandula N, Desai M. Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2023, 25: 990-998. PMID: 36940078, PMCID: PMC11070655, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-023-01467-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow social supportSouth AsiansSouth Asian immigrantsRisk of depressionSocial supportMediators of AtherosclerosisLogistic regression modelsOverall prevalenceLimited English proficiencyDepressive symptomsAssociation of discriminationAmerica StudyMental healthCross-sectional dataDepressionAsian immigrantsRegression modelsExperiences of discriminationAsiansAssociationStressorsIndividual factorsAtherosclerosisSymptomsPrevalenceGender, Racial, and Ethnic and Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants
Nguyen M, Chaudhry S, Desai M, Dzirasa K, Cavazos J, Boatright D. Gender, Racial, and Ethnic and Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e230855. PMID: 36853608, PMCID: PMC9975935, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional studyResearch project grantsNational cohortHealth Research Project GrantPrincipal investigatorNational InstituteComplex health problemsWarrants further investigationNIH investigatorsProject grantsRacial groupsMAIN OUTCOMEEarly-stage investigatorsHealth problemsRacial distributionHealth investigatorsNIH grantsAnnual numberCohort
2022
National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplement Awards by Medical School
Hill K, Desai M, Chaudhry S, Fancher T, Nguyen M, Wang K, Boatright D. National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplement Awards by Medical School. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 1175-1179. PMID: 36344641, PMCID: PMC10110783, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07849-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInequity in National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowships, 2001-2020
Nguyen M, Nguyen ND, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Cavazos JE, Boatright D. Inequity in National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowships, 2001-2020. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2238600. PMID: 36287568, PMCID: PMC9606849, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchFellowships and ScholarshipsHumansNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)United StatesVariation in Research Experiences and Publications During Medical School by Sex and Race and Ethnicity
Nguyen M, Chaudhry SI, Asabor E, Desai MM, Lett E, Cavazos JE, Mason HRC, Boatright D. Variation in Research Experiences and Publications During Medical School by Sex and Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2238520. PMID: 36282497, PMCID: PMC9597391, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation of Sociodemographic Characteristics With US Medical Student Attrition
Nguyen M, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Chen C, Mason HRC, McDade WA, Fancher TL, Boatright D. Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With US Medical Student Attrition. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 917-924. PMID: 35816334, PMCID: PMC9274446, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEthnicityFemaleHumansMaleRacial GroupsRetrospective StudiesSchools, MedicalStudents, MedicalUnited StatesConceptsRetrospective cohort studyCohort studyMAIN OUTCOMELow incomeHealth care accessPatient populationResource-limited communitiesCare accessAllopathic doctorsMedical schoolsSignificant associationSociodemographic characteristicsLogistic regressionRate of attritionPhysician workforceMedical school matriculantsMedical traineesMedical workforceAttrition ratesOutcomesNon-Hispanic white studentsAssociationNeighbourhood statusAttritionTrends in U.S. MD–PhD Program Matriculant Diversity by Sex and Race/Ethnicity
Martinez-Strengel A, Samuels EA, Cross J, Cramer LD, Desai MM, Gotian R, Gross CP, Latimore D, Cavazos JE, Boatright D. Trends in U.S. MD–PhD Program Matriculant Diversity by Sex and Race/Ethnicity. Academic Medicine 2022, 97: 1346-1350. PMID: 35583935, PMCID: PMC9474393, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004747.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
NIH Diversity Supplement Awards by Year and Administering Institute
Hill KA, Desai MM, Chaudhry SI, Nguyen M, Boatright D. NIH Diversity Supplement Awards by Year and Administering Institute. JAMA 2021, 326: 2427-2429. PMID: 34932089, PMCID: PMC8693216, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.19360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States
Becher RD, Vander Wyk B, Leo-Summers L, Desai MM, Gill TM. The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2021, 277: 87-92. PMID: 34261884, PMCID: PMC8758792, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDementiaHumansIncidenceLongitudinal StudiesMedicareProspective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsMajor surgeryOlder personsCumulative riskNational HealthCommunity-living older personsHigh-quality surgical careNon-frail groupPopulation-based incidenceService Medicare beneficiariesMedicaid Services dataCumulative risk estimatesProspective longitudinal studyUnited States agesAging Trends StudyGeriatric characteristicsRepresentative incidenceFrail groupAdjusted incidenceGeriatric populationProbable dementiaSurgical carePersons 85Medicare beneficiariesSurgeryVulnerable subgroupsAssociation Between Sexual Orientation, Mistreatment, and Burnout Among US Medical Students
Samuels EA, Boatright DH, Wong AH, Cramer LD, Desai MM, Solotke MT, Latimore D, Gross CP. Association Between Sexual Orientation, Mistreatment, and Burnout Among US Medical Students. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2036136. PMID: 33528552, PMCID: PMC7856540, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOdds of burnoutAAMC Graduation QuestionnaireMedical studentsSexual orientationAssociated with increased odds of burnoutGraduation QuestionnaireMedical schoolsPoor quality careHeterosexual studentsProbability of burnoutFear of discriminationUS allopathic medical schoolsAssociated with increased oddsExperiences of mistreatmentUS medical studentsAllopathic medical schoolsCross-sectional studyMedical student burnoutLogistic regression modelsSexual minority groupsQuality careOldenburg Burnout Inventory for Medical StudentsLGB sexual orientationTrainee burnoutMain Outcomes
2020
Variation in Risk-standardized Rates and Causes of Unplanned Hospital Visits Within 7 Days of Hospital Outpatient Surgery
Desai MM, Zogg CK, Ranasinghe I, Parzynski CS, Lin Z, Gorbaty M, Merrill A, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Variation in Risk-standardized Rates and Causes of Unplanned Hospital Visits Within 7 Days of Hospital Outpatient Surgery. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 276: e714-e720. PMID: 33214469, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned hospital visitsHospital outpatient surgeryHospital outpatient departmentsHospital visitsOutpatient surgeryShort-term safety outcomesFacility-level variationHierarchical logistic regression modelingPost-surgical visitSame-day surgeryHalf of proceduresLogistic regression modelingUrinary retentionStudy cohortUnplanned visitsClinical comorbiditiesOutpatient departmentOutpatient settingPreventable conditionPreventable reasonsBACKGROUND DATASafety outcomesMedicare feeSurgeryService beneficiaries
2019
Factors Associated with Dissatisfaction in Medical Care Quality among Older Medicare Beneficiaries Suffering from Mental Illness
Travers JL, Le C, Desai MM, Merrill JA. Factors Associated with Dissatisfaction in Medical Care Quality among Older Medicare Beneficiaries Suffering from Mental Illness. Journal Of Aging & Social Policy 2019, 33: 51-66. PMID: 31266436, DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2019.1628624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical care qualityMental health disordersOlder adultsCare qualityHealth disordersOlder Medicare beneficiariesPrimary care providersPrimary care practicesUS older adultsMedicaid Services dataMental health needsCare providersMedicare beneficiariesSatisfactory careCare practicesMental illnessHealth needsEthnic differencesAdultsDisordersService dataIllnessFactorsCare
2018
Association Between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education's Diversity Standards and Changes in Percentage of Medical Student Sex, Race, and Ethnicity.
Boatright DH, Samuels EA, Cramer L, Cross J, Desai M, Latimore D, Gross CP. Association Between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education's Diversity Standards and Changes in Percentage of Medical Student Sex, Race, and Ethnicity. JAMA 2018, 320: 2267-2269. PMID: 30512090, PMCID: PMC6583477, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.13705.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
A longitudinal study of health professional students’ attitudes towards interprofessional education at an American university
Wong RL, Fahs DB, Talwalkar JS, Colson ER, Desai MM, Kayingo G, Balanda M, Luczak AG, Rosenthal MS. A longitudinal study of health professional students’ attitudes towards interprofessional education at an American university. Journal Of Interprofessional Care 2016, 30: 191-200. PMID: 27026189, DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2015.1121215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth professional studentsInterprofessional educationProfessional studentsPositive attitudesStudent characteristicsExtracurricular activitiesInterdisciplinary Education Perception ScalePhysician associate studentsService-learning modelsInterprofessional Learning ScaleThird yearPrevious healthcare experiencesLearning ScaleExtracurricular experiencesAssociate studentsNursing studentsStudentsAmerican UniversityPerception ScaleCohort of USSchoolsEducationAttitudesExperienceSuch activitiesVena Caval Filter Utilization and Outcomes in Pulmonary Embolism Medicare Hospitalizations From 1999 to 2010
Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Minges KE, Desai NR, Kim N, Desai MM, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM. Vena Caval Filter Utilization and Outcomes in Pulmonary Embolism Medicare Hospitalizations From 1999 to 2010. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 1027-1035. PMID: 26940921, PMCID: PMC5322943, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The Value of Continuous ST-Segment Monitoring in the Emergency Department
Bovino LR, Funk M, Pelter MM, Desai MM, Jefferson V, Andrews LK, Forte K. The Value of Continuous ST-Segment Monitoring in the Emergency Department. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 2015, 37: 290-300. PMID: 26509726, PMCID: PMC4644066, DOI: 10.1097/tme.0000000000000080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous ST-segment monitoringAcute coronary syndromeST-segment monitoringEmergency departmentAdverse eventsDiagnostic accuracyRisk-stratified analysisLikelihood ratioSingle emergency departmentHigh-risk participantsCoronary syndromeElectrocardiographic monitoringMedian timeTroponin (HEART) scoreMyocardial ischemiaRisk factorsHigh riskDiagnostic benefitIschemiaIntervention phaseDiagnosisBedside monitorsInfarctionPatientsSymptomsNational Trends in Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes for Adults Aged ≥65 Years in the United States (1999 to 2010)
Minges KE, Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Kim N, Curtis JP, Desai MM, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes for Adults Aged ≥65 Years in the United States (1999 to 2010). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 1436-1442. PMID: 26409636, PMCID: PMC4841688, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.07.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalization ratesMortality rateReadmission ratesBlack patientsPrincipal discharge diagnosis codeOlder adultsCause readmission rateHospital mortality rateProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyDischarge diagnosis codesSkilled nursing facilitiesNational trendsSignificant racial differencesHigh rateHome health careHospital stayAdults AgedCohort studyMore patientsTherapeutic advancesDiagnosis codesMedicare feeNursing facilitiesSignificant burden