Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University 2005 - 2008
  • M.B.B.S., Topiwala National Medical College (India) 2001
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2021
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Tesson, Alan, Rami Abdo, Aparna Kamath, Joanne Sutter, Rachel Cline, Sarah L. Hale, Jonathan Bae, and Lalit Verma. “HEART Failure? Episodes of Missed Major Cardiac Events When Applying the HEART Pathway to an Observation Unit Population.” Crit Pathw Cardiol 17, no. 2 (June 2018): 88–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000137.
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    • Wickersham, A., K. Johnson, A. Kamath, and P. J. Kaboli. “Novel use of communication technology to improve nurse-physician communication, teamwork, and care coordination during bedside rounds^*.” Journal of Communication in Healthcare 11, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2018.1431425.
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    • Hommos, Musab S., Ethan F. Kuperman, Aparna Kamath, and Clarence D. Kreiter. “The Development and Evaluation of a Novel Instrument Assessing Residents' Discharge Summaries.” Acad Med 92, no. 4 (April 2017): 550–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001450.
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    • Abughali, Nazha, Jessie R. Maxwell, Aparna S. Kamath, Uchebike Nwankwo, and Maroun J. Mhanna. “Interventions Using Electronic Medical Records Improve Follow Up of Infants Born to Hepatitis C Virus Infected Mothers.” Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 33, no. 4 (April 2014): 376–80. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000000129.
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    • Chiang, Hsiu-Yin, Aparna S. Kamath, Jean M. Pottinger, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Matthew A. Howard, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, and Loreen A. Herwaldt. “Risk factors and outcomes associated with surgical site infections after craniotomy or craniectomy.” Journal of Neurosurgery 120, no. 2 (February 2014): 509–21. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.9.jns13843.
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    • Kamath, Aparna S., Mary Vaughan Sarrazin, Mark W. Vander Weg, Xueya Cai, Joseph Cullen, and David A. Katz. “Hospital Costs Associated with Smoking in Veterans Undergoing General Surgery.” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 214, no. 6 (June 2012): 901-908e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.01.056.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Wickersham, Alexis, Krista M. Johnson, Aparna Kamath, and Peter Kaboli. “IMPROVING NURSE-PHYSICIAN COMMUNICATION THROUGH A RESIDENT-LED COMMUNICATION DEVICE.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31:S272–S272. SPRINGER, 2016.
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    • Kamath, A. S., April Cooper, MIchael Willis, Sarah Hale, Jon Lovins, Aparna Swaminathan, and Adam Wachter. “INTER-PROFESSIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF DISCHARGE MEDICATION RECONCILIATION PROCESS FOR HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS.” In Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 4(Suppl). Wiley, n.d.
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