Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH, FACP

Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine

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Medical Schools
  • MBBS, Byramjee Jeejabhoy Medical College, University of Pune (1990)
  • MD, Byramjee Jeejabhoy Medical College, University of Pune (1993)
Residency
  • University of Rochester Primary Care Internal Medicine Program, Internal Medicine (1998)
Fellowships
  • Boston University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine (2000)
Department
Medicine-Internal Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Director of Service, Department of Medicine
  • Vice Chair of Medicine

Recognitions

  • Fellow, American College of Physicians (2009)
  • Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2011)
  • Clinical Practice Award, American College of Physicians, Pennsylvania Chapter (2013)
  • Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia (2015)

Publications

  • Zisman-Ilani Y, Khaikin S, Savoy ML, Paranjape A, Rubin DJ, Jacob R, Wieringa TH, Suarez J, Liu J, Gardiner H, Bass SB, Montori VM, Siminoff LA. Disparities in Shared Decision-Making Research and Practice: The Case for Black American Patients. Ann Fam Med. 2023 Mar-Apr;21(2):112-118. PubMed PMID: 36750357
  • Jackson SL, Block JP, Rolka DB, Pavkov ME, Chevinsky JR, Lekiachvili A, Carton TW, Thacker D, Denson JL, Paranjape A, Kappelman MD, Boehmer TK, Twentyman E. COVID-19 Outcomes Stratified by Control Status of Hypertension and Diabetes: Preliminary Findings From PCORnet, U.S. AJPM Focus. 2022 Sep;1(1):100012. PubMed PMID: 36942020
  • Matthews EB, Savoy M, Paranjape A, Washington D, Hackney T, Galis D, Zisman-Ilani Y. Acceptability of Health Information Exchange and Patient Portal Use in Depression Care Among Underrepresented Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov;37(15):3947-3955. PubMed PMID: 35132548
  • Jones WS, Mulder H, Wruck LM, Pencina MJ, Kripalani S, Muñoz D, Crenshaw DL, Effron MB, Re RN, Gupta K, Anderson RD, Pepine CJ, Handberg EM, Manning BR, Jain SK, Girotra S, Riley D, DeWalt DA, Whittle J, Goldberg YH, Roger VL, Hess R, Benziger CP, Farrehi P, Zhou L, Ford DE, Haynes K, VanWormer JJ, Knowlton KU, Kraschnewski JL, Polonsky TS, Fintel DJ, Ahmad FS, McClay JC, Campbell JR, Bell DS, Fonarow GC, Bradley SM, Paranjape A, Roe MT, Robertson HR, Curtis LH, Sharlow AG, Berdan LG, Hammill BG, Harris DF, Qualls LG, Marquis-Gravel G, Modrow MF, Marcus GM, Carton TW, Nauman E, Waitman LR, Kho AN, Shenkman EA, McTigue KM, Kaushal R, Masoudi FA, Antman EM, Davidson DR, Edgley K, Merritt JG, Brown LS, Zemon DN, McCormick TE 3rd, Alikhaani JD, Gregoire KC, Rothman RL, Harrington RA, Hernandez AF. Comparative Effectiveness of Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease. N Engl J Med. 2021 May 27;384(21):1981-1990. PubMed PMID: 33999548
  • Sciamanna C, Ballentine NH, Bopp M, Brach JS, Chinchilli VM, Ciccolo JT, Conroy MB, Fisher A, Fox EJ, Greenspan SL, Jan De Beur Suzanne M, Kearcher K, Kraschnewski JL, McTigue KM, McAuley E, Morone NE, Paranjape A, Rodriguez-Colon S, Rosenzweig A, Smyth JM, Stewart KJ, Stuckey HL. Working to Increase Stability through Exercise (WISE): Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a coached exercise program to reduce serious fall-related injuries. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Nov;74:1-10. PubMed PMID: 30261294
  • Kalokhe A, Del Rio C, Dunkle K, Stephenson R, Metheny N, Paranjape A, Sahay S. Domestic violence against women in India: A systematic review of a decade of quantitative studies. Glob Public Health. 2017 Apr;12(4):498-513. PubMed PMID: 26886155
  • Erkmen CP, Moore RF, Belden C, DiSesa V, Kaiser LR, Ma GX, Paranjape A. Overcoming Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening by Implementing a Single-Visit Patient Experience. Int J Cancer Oncol. 2017;4(2). PubMed PMID: 29399636
  • Crites JS, Chuang C, Dimmock A, Hwang W, Johannes B, Paranjape A, Wu AW. PROs in the Balance: Ethical Implications of Collecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures in the Electronic Health Record. Am J Bioeth. 2016;16(4):67-8. PubMed PMID: 26982933
  • Linzer M, Bitton A, Tu SP, Plews-Ogan M, Horowitz KR, Schwartz MD, Poplau S, Paranjape A, Landry M, Babbott S, Collins T, Caudill TS, Prasad A, Adolphe A, Kern DE, Aung K, Bensching K, Fairfield K. The End of the 15-20 Minute Primary Care Visit. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Nov;30(11):1584-6. PubMed PMID: 25900539
  • Amin W, Tsui FR, Borromeo C, Chuang CH, Espino JU, Ford D, Hwang W, Kapoor W, Lehmann H, Martich GD, Morton S, Paranjape A, Shirey W, Sorensen A, Becich MJ, Hess R. PaTH: towards a learning health system in the Mid-Atlantic region. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):633-6. PubMed PMID: 24821745
  • Gordon TF, Bass SB, Ruzek SB, Wolak C, Rovito MJ, Ruggieri DG, Ward S, Paranjape A, Greener J. Developing a typology of African Americans with limited literacy based on preventive health practice orientation: implications for colorectal cancer screening strategies. J Health Commun. 2014;19(11):1259-77. PubMed PMID: 24673248
  • Bass SB, Gordon TF, Ruzek SB, Wolak C, Ruggieri D, Mora G, Rovito MJ, Britto J, Parameswaran L, Abedin Z, Ward S, Paranjape A, Lin K, Meyer B, Pitts K. Developing a computer touch-screen interactive colorectal screening decision aid for a low-literacy African American population: lessons learned. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Jul;14(4):589-98. PubMed PMID: 23132838
  • Ruggieri DG, Bass SB, Rovito MJ, Ward S, Gordon TF, Paranjape A, Lin K, Meyer B, Parameswaran L, Wolak C, Britto J, Ruzek SB. Perceived colonoscopy barriers and facilitators among urban African American patients and their medical residents. J Health Commun. 2013;18(4):372-90. PubMed PMID: 23343400
  • Kalokhe AS, Paranjape A, Bell CE, Cardenas GA, Kuper T, Metsch LR, del Rio C. Intimate partner violence among HIV-infected crack cocaine users. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Apr;26(4):234-40. PubMed PMID: 22364209
  • Bass SB, Gordon TF, Ruzek SB, Wolak C, Ward S, Paranjape A, Lin K, Meyer B, Ruggieri DG. Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening in urban African American clinic patients: differences by gender and screening status. J Cancer Educ. 2011 Mar;26(1):121-8. PubMed PMID: 20443096
  • Paranjape A, Kaslow N. Family violence exposure and health outcomes among older African American women: do spirituality and social support play protective roles?. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Oct;19(10):1899-904. PubMed PMID: 20831432
  • Ward SH, Parameswaran L, Bass SB, Paranjape A, Gordon TF, Ruzek SB. Resident physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening for African Americans. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Apr;102(4):303-11. PubMed PMID: 20437737
  • Paranjape A, Rodríguez M, Gaughan J, Kaslow NJ. Psychometric properties of a new scale to assess family violence in older African American women: The Family Violence Against Older Women (FVOW) Scale. Violence Against Women. 2009 Oct;15(10):1213-26. PubMed PMID: 19710297
  • Ward SH, Gray AM, Paranjape A. African Americans' perceptions of physician attempts to address obesity in the primary care setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May;24(5):579-84. PubMed PMID: 19277791
  • Willett LL, Paranjape A, Estrada C. Identifying key components for an effective case report poster: an observational study. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar;24(3):393-7. PubMed PMID: 19089510
  • Paranjape A, Sprauve-Holmes NE, Gaughan J, Kaslow NJ. Lifetime exposure to family violence: implications for the health status of older African American women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Feb;18(2):171-5. PubMed PMID: 19183088
  • Paranjape A, Corbie-Smith G, Thompson N, Kaslow NJ. When older African American women are affected by violence in the home: a qualitative investigation of risk and protective factors. Violence Against Women. 2009 Aug;15(8):977-90. PubMed PMID: 19549992
  • Fedovskiy K, Higgins S, Paranjape A. Intimate partner violence: how does it impact major depressive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder among immigrant Latinas?. J Immigr Minor Health. 2008 Feb;10(1):45-51. PubMed PMID: 17503184
  • Paranjape A, Tucker A, McKenzie-Mack L, Thompson N, Kaslow N. Family violence and associated help-seeking behavior among older African American women. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Oct;68(2):167-72. PubMed PMID: 17644300
  • Paranjape A, Heron S, Thompson M, Bethea K, Wallace T, Kaslow N. Are alcohol problems linked with an increase in depressive symptoms in abused, inner-city African American women?. Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jan-Feb;17(1):37-43. PubMed PMID: 17321946
  • Paranjape A, Rask K, Liebschutz J. Utility of STaT for the identification of recent intimate partner violence. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Oct;98(10):1663-9. PubMed PMID: 17052059
  • Bussey-Jones J, Bernstein L, Higgins S, Malebranche D, Paranjape A, Genao I, Lee B, Branch W. Repaving the road to academic success: the IMeRGE approach to peer mentoring. Acad Med. 2006 Jul;81(7):674-9. PubMed PMID: 16799297
  • Paranjape A, Bernstein L, St George DM, Doyle J, Henderson S, Corbie-Smith G. Effect of relationship factors on safer sex decisions in older inner-city women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Jan-Feb;15(1):90-7. PubMed PMID: 16417423
  • Paranjape A, Heron S, Kaslow NJ. Utilization of services by abused, low-income African-American women. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Feb;21(2):189-92. PubMed PMID: 16390509
  • Henderson SJ, Bernstein LB, George DM, Doyle JP, Paranjape AS, Corbie-Smith G. Older women and HIV: how much do they know and where are they getting their information?. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Sep;52(9):1549-53. PubMed PMID: 15341560
  • Branch WT Jr, Paranjape A. Feedback and reflection: teaching methods for clinical settings. Acad Med. 2002 Dec;77(12 Pt 1):1185-8. PubMed PMID: 12480619
  • Paranjape A, Liebschutz J. STaT: a three-question screen for intimate partner violence. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2003 Apr;12(3):233-9. PubMed PMID: 12804354
  • Hai AA, Weiner MG, Paranjape A, Livshits A, Brown JR, Obradovic Z, Rubin DJ. Deep Learning vs Traditional Models for Predicting Hospital Readmission among Patients with Diabetes. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2022;2022:512-521. PubMed PMID: 37128461
  • Kelsey MD, Mulder H, Chiswell K, Lampron ZM, Nilles E, Kulinski JP, Joshi PH, Jones WS, Chamberlain AM, Leucker TM, Hwang W, Milks MW, Paranjape A, Obeid JS, Linton MF, Kent ST, Peterson ED, O'Brien EC, Pagidipati NJ. Contemporary patterns of lipoprotein(a) testing and associated clinical care and outcomes. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2023 Jun;14:100478. PubMed PMID: 37025553
  • Boehmer TK , Koumans EH , Skillen EL , Kappelman MD , Carton TW , Patel A , August EM , Bernstein R , Denson JL , Draper C , Gundlapalli AV , Paranjape A , Puro J , Rao P , Siegel DA , Trick WE , Walker CL , Block JP. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 - United States, January-July 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022 71 (43) 1359-1365
  • Sciamanna C; Ballentine, NH; Bopp, M; Chinchilli, VM; Ciccolo, JT; Delauter, G; Fisher, A; Fox, EJ; Jan De Beur, SM; Kearcher, K; Krachnewski, JL; McTigue, KM; McAuley, E; Paranjape, A; Rodriguez-Colon,S; Rovniak, LS; Rutt, K; Smyth, JM; Stewart, KJ; Stuckey, HL; Tsay, A. Working to increase stability through exercise (WISE): screening, recruitment, and baseline characteristics. Trials 22, 809 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05761-0. PMID: 34781994
  • Matthews EB, Savoy M, Paranjape A, Washington D, Hackney T, Galis D, Zisman-Ilani Y. Shared Decision Making in Primary Care Based Depression Treatment: Communication and Decision-Making Preferences Among an Underserved Patient Population. Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:681165. PubMed PMID: 34322040
  • Block, J; Boehmer, TK; Forrest, CB; Carton, T; Lee, GM; Ajani, UA; Christakis, DA; Cowell, LG; Draper, C; Ghildayal, N; Harris, AM; Kappelman, MD; Ko, JY; Mayer, KH; Nagavedu, K; Oster, ME; Paranjape, A; Puro, J; Ritchey, MD; Shay, DK; Thacker, D; Gundlapalli, AV. Myocarditis, pericarditis, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection and mRNA COVID-19 vaccination — PCORnet, National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, January 2021–January 2022. MMWR Morb Mort Wkly Rep 2022; 71: 517-523.
  • Kalokhe AS, Iyer SR, Gadhe K, Katendra T, Paranjape A, Del Rio C, Stephenson R, Sahay S. Correlates of domestic violence perpetration reporting among recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India. PLoS One. 2018;13(5):e0197303. PubMed PMID: 29771949
  • Kalokhe AS, Iyer SR, Kolhe AR, Dhayarkar S, Paranjape A, Del Rio C, Stephenson R, Sahay S. Correlates of domestic violence experience among recently-married women residing in slums in Pune, India. PLoS One. 2018;13(4):e0195152. PubMed PMID: 29608581
  • McTigue KM, Wellman R, Nauman E, Anau J, Coley RY, Odor A, Tice J, Coleman KJ, Courcoulas A, Pardee RE, Toh S, Janning CD, Williams N, Cook A, Sturtevant JL, Horgan C, Arterburn D. Comparing the 5-Year Diabetes Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORNet) Bariatric Study. JAMA Surg. 2020 May 1;155(5):e200087. PubMed PMID: 32129809. *Listed in group authorship for the Collaborative.
  • Kalokhe AS, Stephenson R, Kelley ME, Dunkle KL, Paranjape A, Solas V, Karve L, del Rio C, Sahay S. The Development and Validation of the Indian Family Violence and Control Scale. PLoS One. 2016;11(1):e0148120. PubMed PMID: 26824611
  • Kalokhe AS, Potdar RR, Stephenson R, Dunkle KL, Paranjape A, Del Rio C, Sahay S. How well does the World Health Organization definition of domestic violence work for India?. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0120909. PubMed PMID: 25811374
  • Rubin DJ, Donnell-Jackson K, Jhingan R, Golden SH, Paranjape A. Early readmission among patients with diabetes: a qualitative assessment of contributing factors. J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Nov-Dec;28(6):869-73. PubMed PMID: 25087192
  • Kalokhe AS, Iyer S, Katendra T, Gadhe K, Kolhe AR, Paranjape A, Del Rio C, Stephenson R, Sahay S. Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Among Recently Married Dyads Residing in the Slums of Pune, India: Development and Rationale for a Dyadic Intervention. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jan 18;8(1):e11533. PubMed PMID: 30664483
  • Mctigue, KM, Hartelius, J, Anderson TS, Allsup, AP, Alston, T, Chuang, CH, Dillon, S, Ford, DE, Gunturi, N, Hess, R, Kirchner, HL, Larson, SL. Leon-Jhong, AB, McCoy, DR, Paranjape, A, Uhrig, JR, Waheed, AA, Mitchell, GR. Using a deliberative forum for engaging health system and health plan leaders to prioritize research topics, European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 2018; 6(4).
  • Toh S, et al and the PCORnet Bariatric Study Collaborative*. The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Bariatric Study Cohort: Rationale, Methods, and Baseline Characteristics. JMIR research Protocol. 2017. 6(12) : e222. *Listed in group authorship for the Collaborative.
  • 1. Razzaghi, H; Forrest, CB; Hirabayashi, K; Wu, Q; Allen, A; Rao, S; Chen, Y; Bunnell, HT; Chrischilles, EA; Cowell, LG; Cummins, MR; Hanauer, DA; Higginbothan, M; Horne, BD; Horowitz, CR; Jhaveri, R; Kim, S; Mishkin, A; Muszynski, JA; Naggie, S; Pajor, NM; Paranjape, A; Schwenk, HT; Sills, MR; Tedla, YG, Williams, DA and Bailey C on behalf of the RECOVER Consortium. Vaccine Effectiveness Against Long COVID in Children: A Report from the RECOVER EHR Cohort. Pediatrics [in press]
  • 2. Jackson, SL; Woodruff, R; Nagavedu, K; Fearrington, J; Rolka, D; Twentyman, E; Carton, T; Puro, J; Denson, JL; Kappelman, MD; Paranjape, A; Thacker, D; Weiner, MG; Goodman, AB; Lekiachvili, A; Boehmer, TK, Block, JP. Association between hypertension and diabetes control and COVID-19 Severity: PCORnet, United States, March 2020–February 2022. J Am Heart Assoc, 2023: 12(21)
  • 3. Hai, AA; Weiner, M; Livshits, A; Brown, J; Paranjape, A; Obradovic, Z; Rubin, DJ. Spatial Knowledge Transfer with Deep Adaptation Network for Predicting Hospital Readmission In: Juarez, J.M., Marcos, M., Stiglic, G., Tucker, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. AIME 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13897. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34344-5_17
  • 4. Kelsey, M; Mulder, H; Chiswell, K;Lampron, Z; Nilles, E; Kulinski, J; Joshi, P; Jones, W; Chamberlain, A; Leucker, T; Hwang, W; Milks, M; Paranjape, A; Obeid, J; Linton, M; Kent, S; Peterson, E; O’brien, E; Pagidipati, N. Contemporary patterns of lipoprotein(a) testing and associated clinical care and outcomes. Am J Prev Card; 2023 Jun; 14: 100478. PMID 37025553
  • 5. Zisman-Ilani, Y; Khaikin, S; Savoy, ML; Paranjape, A; Rubin, DJ; Jacob, R; Wieringa, TH; Suarez, J; Liu, J; Gardiner, H; Bass, SB; Montori, VM; Siminoff, LA. Disparities in Shared Decision-Making Research and Practice: The Case for Black American Patients. Ann Fam Med, 2023: 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2943

Practice Locations

Hospital Affiliation
  • Denver Health Medical Center

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Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (1998, 2022)

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