Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  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
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  In the News

  • DEC 23, 2015

    Health Affairs Blog

    Commentary: Evaluating a new era in Medicare hospice and end-of-life policy
• Research
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  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
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  Selected Publications

  • 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.

  • Journal Articles

    • 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

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