Nrupen Bhavsar | Scholars@Duke

Nrupen Bhavsar
Assistant Professor in Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017

Contact Information

Ste 500 NC Mutual Mldg, Box 104427, Durham, NC 27710
Ste 500 NC Mutual Mldg, Box 104427, Durham, NC 27710
nrupen.bhavsar@duke.edu (919) 668-7211

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2011 - 2013
- Fellowship, New York University School of Medicine 2010 - 2011
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 2010
Recognition
In the News
- DEC 23, 2015 Health Affairs Blog
  
  Commentary: Evaluating a new era in Medicare hospice and end-of-life policy
Research
Selected Grants
- Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care awarded by Four Seasons 2014 - 2017
- Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care awarded by Four Seasons 2014 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Green, JA, Ephraim, PL, Hill-Briggs, FF, Browne, T, Strigo, TS, Hauer, CL, Stametz, RA, Darer, JD, Patel, UD, Lang-Lindsey, K, Bankes, BL, Bolden, SA, Danielson, P, Ruff, S, Schmidt, L, Swoboda, A, Woods, P, Vinson, B, Littlewood, D, Jackson, G, Pendergast, JF, St Clair Russell, J, Collins, K, Norfolk, E, Bucaloiu, ID, Kethireddy, S, Collins, C, Davis, D, dePrisco, J, Malloy, D, Diamantidis, CJ, Fulmer, S, Martin, J, Schatell, D, Tangri, N, Sees, A, Siegrist, C, Breed, J, Medley, A, Graboski, E, Billet, J, Hackenberg, M, Singer, D, Stewart, S, Alkon, A, Bhavsar, NA, Lewis-Boyer, L, Martz, C, Yule, C, Greer, RC, Saunders, M, Cameron, B, & Boulware, LE. (2018, October). Putting patients at the center of kidney care transitions: PREPARE NOW, a cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials , 73 , 98-110. Full Text
  - Kaufman, BG, Klemish, D, Kassner, CT, Reiter, JP, Li, F, Harker, M, O'Brien, EC, Taylor, DH, & Bhavsar, NA. (2018, August). Predicting Length of Hospice Stay: An Application of Quantile Regression. Journal of Palliative Medicine , 21 (8), 1131-1136. Full Text
  - Schoen, MW, Basch, E, Hudson, LL, Chung, AE, Mendoza, TR, Mitchell, SA, St Germain, D, Baumgartner, P, Sit, L, Rogak, LJ, Shouery, M, Shalley, E, Reeve, BB, Fawzy, MR, Bhavsar, NA, Cleeland, C, Schrag, D, Dueck, AC, & Abernethy, AP. (2018, July 16). Software for Administering the National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events: Usability Study. Jmir Human Factors , 5 (3), e10070-null. Full Text
  - Olivo, RE, Davenport, CA, Diamantidis, CJ, Bhavsar, NA, Tyson, CC, Hall, R, Bidulescu, A, Young, B, Mwasongwe, SE, Pendergast, J, Boulware, LE, & Scialla, JJ. (2018, June). Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association European Renal Association , 33 (6), 992-1001. Full Text
  - Rao, K, Liang, S, Cardamone, M, Joshu, CE, Marmen, K, Bhavsar, N, Nelson, WG, Ballentine Carter, H, Albert, MC, Platz, EA, & Pollack, CE. (2018, May 9). Cost implications of PSA screening differ by age. Bmc Urology , 18 (1), 38-null. Full Text
  - Taylor, DH, Bhavsar, NA, Bull, JH, Kassner, CT, Olson, A, & Boucher, NA. (2018, May). Will Changes to Medicare Payment Rates Alter Hospice's Cost-Saving Ability?. Journal of Palliative Medicine , 21 (5), 645-651. Full Text
  - Lunyera, J, Davenport, CA, Bhavsar, NA, Sims, M, Scialla, J, Pendergast, J, Hall, R, Tyson, CC, Russell, JSC, Wang, W, Correa, A, Boulware, LE, & Diamantidis, CJ. (2018, February). Nondepressive Psychosocial Factors and CKD Outcomes in Black Americans. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn , 13 (2), 213-222. Full Text
  - Kassner, CT, Bhavsar, NA, Harker, M, Bull, J, & Taylor, DH. (2018, January). Hospital-Based Palliative Care with Medicare Claims: Evidence From Colorado. The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care , 35 (1), 66-68. Full Text
  - Phelan, M, Bhavsar, NA, & Goldstein, BA. (2017, December 6). Illustrating Informed Presence Bias in Electronic Health Records Data: How Patient Interactions with a Health System Can Impact Inference. Egems (Washington, Dc) , 5 (1), 22-null. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Bloom, K, Nicolla, J, Gable, C, Goodman, A, Olson, A, Harker, M, Bull, J, & Taylor, DH. (2017, October). Delivery of Community-Based Palliative Care: Findings from a Time and Motion Study. Journal of Palliative Medicine , 20 (10), 1120-1126. Full Text
  - Locklear, T, DeBar, LL, Willig, J, Rundell, S, Blackhall, L, Zatzick, D, Staman, K, Bhavsar, N, Weinfurt, K, & Abernethy, AP. (2017, June 12). Case Studies from the Clinic: Initiating and Implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. Egems (Washington, Dc) , 5 (1), 7-null. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Harrison, MR, Hirsch, BR, Creel, P, Wolf, SP, Samsa, GP, Abernethy, AP, Simantov, R, Borham, A, & George, DJ. (2017, May 28). Design and Rationale of the Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (MaRCC) Registry: A Prospective Academic and Community-Based Study of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer. Cancer Invest , 35 (5), 333-344. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bhavsar, NA, Constand, S, Harker, M, & Taylor, DH. (2017, February 2). Death of outrage over talking about dying. Bmj Supportive & Palliative Care ,. Full Text
  - Goldstein, BA, Bhavsar, NA, Phelan, M, & Pencina, MJ. (2016, December). Controlling for Informed Presence Bias Due to the Number of Health Encounters in an Electronic Health Record. American Journal of Epidemiology , 184 (11), 847-855. Full Text
  - Qin, R, Olson, A, Singh, B, Thomas, S, Wolf, S, Bhavsar, NA, Hanks, BA, Salama, JK, & Salama, AKS. (2016, September). Safety and Efficacy of Radiation Therapy in Advanced Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics , 96 (1), 72-77. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Palta, P, Bhavsar, NA, Horton, JK, & Blitzblau, RC. (2015, January 1). The use of adjuvant radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer: Changes in practice patterns after publication of Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9343. Cancer , 121 (2), 188-193. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Bream, JH, Meeker, AK, Drake, CG, Peskoe, SB, Dabitao, D, De Marzo, AM, Isaacs, WB, & Platz, EA. (2014, November). A peripheral circulating TH1 cytokine profile is inversely associated with prostate cancer risk in CLUE II. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology , 23 (11), 2561-2567. Full Text
  - Kamal, A, Bhavsar, NA, Power, S, & Mosca, PJ. (2014, October). Surgical interventions in cancer patients at the end of life: Experiences at an academic medical center. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology , 32 (30_suppl), 281-null.
  - Umbehr, MH, Platz, EA, Peskoe, SB, Bhavsar, NA, Epstein, JI, Landis, P, Partin, AW, & Carter, HB. (2014, April). Serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration is positively associated with rate of disease reclassification on subsequent active surveillance prostate biopsy in men with low PSA density. Bju International , 113 (4), 561-567. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Coresh, J, & Astor, BC. (2013, January). In Reply to 'Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL), Neutrophils, and CKD: Which Comes First?'. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation , 61 (1), 184-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Pollack, CE, Platz, EA, Bhavsar, NA, Noronha, G, Green, GE, Chen, S, & Carter, HB. (2012, November). Primary care providers' perspectives on discontinuing prostate cancer screening. Cancer , 118 (22), 5518-5524. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Köttgen, A, Coresh, J, & Astor, BC. (2012, August). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) as predictors of incident CKD stage 3: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation , 60 (2), 233-240. Full Text
  - Pollack, CE, Noronha, G, Green, GE, Bhavsar, NA, & Carter, HB. (2012, April). Primary care providers' response to the US Preventive Services Task Force draft recommendations on screening for prostate cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine , 172 (8), 668-670. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Appel, LJ, Kusek, JW, Contreras, G, Bakris, G, Coresh, J, Astor, BC, & AASK Study Group, . (2011, December). Comparison of measured GFR, serum creatinine, cystatin C, and beta-trace protein to predict ESRD in African Americans with hypertensive CKD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation , 58 (6), 886-893. Full Text
  - Astor, BC, & Bhavsar, NA. (2011, October). Is there something better than the best marker of kidney function?. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn , 22 (10), 1779-1781. Full Text
  - O'Seaghdha, CM, Hwang, S-J, Bhavsar, NA, Köttgen, A, Coresh, J, Astor, BC, & Fox, CS. (2011, June). Lower urinary connective tissue growth factor levels and incident CKD stage 3 in the general population. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation , 57 (6), 841-849. Full Text
  - Astor, BC, Köttgen, A, Hwang, S-J, Bhavsar, N, Fox, CS, & Coresh, J. (2011, January). Trefoil factor 3 predicts incident chronic kidney disease: a case-control study nested within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. American Journal of Nephrology , 34 (4), 291-297. Full Text
  - Song, DY, Thompson, TL, Ramakrishnan, V, Harrison, R, Bhavsar, N, Onaodowan, O, & DeWeese, TL. (2002, August). Salvage radiotherapy for rising or persistent PSA after radical prostatectomy. Urology , 60 (2), 281-287. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Bhavsar, NA, Goldstein, BA, Phelan, M, & Boulware, LE. (2017, March 7). E-Epidemiology to study the Associations of Socioeconomic Status with Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalization Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association on Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health. Portland, OR. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. Link to Item
  - Howie, L, Marcom, P, Topping, D, Force, J, Emerson, R, Bhavsar, N, Abbott, S, Parks, M, Robins, H, & Blackwell, K. (2016, February 15). Abstract P4-14-16: T-cell clonality increases after neoadjuvant treatment with trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Full Text
  - Harrison, MR, Bhavsar, NA, Wolf, SP, Costello, BA, Stadler, WM, Hammers, HJ, Vaishampayan, UN, Appleman, LJ, Tsao, C-K, Creel, PA, Samsa, GP, Richardson, EM, Johnson, KA, Borham, A, & George, DJ. (2016, January 10). Front-line management patterns in the prospective metastatic renal cell cancer (MaRCC) registry. Full Text
  - Kyriakopoulos, C, Harrison, MR, Bhavsar, NA, Wolf, SP, Costello, BA, Stadler, WM, Hammers, HJ, Vaishampayan, UN, Appleman, LJ, Creel, PA, Samsa, GP, Richardson, EM, Johnson, KA, Borham, A, & George, DJ. (2016, January 10). Physician treatment selection in the prospective Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (MaRCC) Registry. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Harrison, MR, Hirsch, BR, Creel, P, Wolf, SP, Samsa, GP, Richardson, EM, Johnson, KA, Borham, A, & George, DJ. (2015, December 1). The metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MaRCC) Registry: a prospective academic and community-based study of metastatic renal cell cancer patients. 14th International Kidney Cancer Symposium. Miami, FL. WILEY-BLACKWELL. Link to Item
  - Costello, BA, Harrison, MR, Bhavsar, NA, Wolf, SP, Kyriakopoulos, CE, Stadler, WM, Hammers, HJ, Vaishampayan, U, Appleman, LJ, Creel, P, Samsa, GP, Richardson, EM, Johnson, KA, Borham, A, & George, DJ. (2015, December 1). Physician treatment selection in the prospective metastatic renal cell cancer (MaRCC) registry. 14th International Kidney Cancer Symposium. Miami, FL. WILEY-BLACKWELL. Link to Item
  - Harrison, MR, Bhavsar, NA, Wolf, SP, Costello, BA, Stadler, WM, Hammers, HJ, Vaishampayan, U, Appleman, LJ, Tsao, C-K, Creel, P, Samsa, GP, Richardson, EM, Johnson, KA, Barham, A, & George, DJ. (2015, December 1). Front-line management patterns in the prospective metastatic renal cell cancer (MaRCC) registry. 14th International Kidney Cancer Symposium. Miami, FL. WILEY-BLACKWELL. Link to Item
  - Olson, AC, Qin, R, Singh, B, Bhavsar, N, Wolf, S, Salama, JK, Kirkpatrick, JP, & Salama, AK. (2015, November). Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases in Melanoma Patients Receiving Ipilimumab. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Palta, P, Bhavsar, NA, Horton, JK, & Blitzblau, RC. (2015, January). The use of adjuvant radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer: changes in practice patterns after publication of Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9343. Full Text
  - Bhavsar, NA, Harrison, MR, Howie, LJ, Armstrong, AJ, Davis, K, Chen, Q, Pupa, MR, Abernethy, A, George, DJ, & Hirsch, BR. (2014, September). 1072PEXPERIENCE OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH SIPULEUCEL-T IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING.

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Education, Training, & Certifications

In the News

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers