Megha Garg, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Chief, Hospital Medicine, Rocky Mountain Regional VA

Research Interests

Publications

• Rink DE, Berger G, Chan G, Cox LM, Garg M, Khawaja HR, Kwan B, Limes J, Ruggiero R, Sinex NC, Albert TJ. Internal medicine residents' perceptions of autonomy and supervision across clinical training sites: A multicenter study. Am J Med. 2026 Sep;139(9):1254-1260.e3. PubMed PMID: 42019806
• Cornia PB, Starks H, Harrington WE, Akwe J, Allaudeen N, Boggan JC, Carlson MA, Chun J, Cox L, Ehlers E, Alshaeba SE, Elzweig J, Fletcher KE, Garg M, Gasga A, Godwin PO, Hang MT, Jagannath AD, Kaneshiro C, Kwan B, Park JH, Schackmann E, Sehgal R, Sinex N, Smeraglio A, Tuck M, Turbyfill W, Vargas J, Albert TJ. Career choices of ambulatory chief residents: A 20-year, multicenter study. Am J Med. 2026 Mar;139(3):366-372. PubMed PMID: 41308818
• Garg M. Optimal Disability Accommodations for Medical Residents. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Mar 2;9(3):e263360. PubMed PMID: 41910979
• O'Brien MT, Fields R, Jackson A, Garg M. Development Process and Evaluation of an Anti-racism Primer and Toolkit for Medical Educators. Cureus. 2025 Jul;17(7):e88188. PubMed PMID: 40821145
• Jones BLH, López L, Garg M. Heterogeneity in internal medicine chief residency selection processes and role preparation: an opportunity for improvement. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jul 2;25(1):995. PubMed PMID: 40604726
• Smeraglio A, Heppe D, Cox LM, Gunderson C, Tuck M, Schackmann E, Nickoloff S, Albert T, Beard A, Arundel C, Boggan JC, Villanueva M, Anderson M, Rush R, Akwe J, Price E, Garg M. Prolonged Hospitalization and Adverse Events in Veterans Awaiting Guardianship: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Nov;40(15):3642-3648. PubMed PMID: 40341476
• Yagobian SD, Iheanacho F, Patel A, Flores EJ, Omofoye TS, Garg M, Miles RC. Application of the Socio-Ecological Model to Address Recruitment, Promotion, and Leadership Development of Women in Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Aug;22(8):953-960. PubMed PMID: 40216284
• Albert TJ, Starks H, Harrington W, Akwe J, Allaudeen N, Boggan JC, Carlson MA, Chun J, Cox L, Ehlers E, Alshaeba SE, Elzweig J, Fletcher KE, Garg M, Gasga A, Godwin PO, Hang MT, Jagannath AD, Kaneshiro C, Kwan B, Park JH, Schackmann E, Sehgal R, Sinex N, Smeraglio A, Tuck M, Turbyfill W, Vargas J, Cornia PB. The Evolution of Internal Medicine Chief Residents: A 20-Year Multicenter Study. Am J Med. 2024 Sep;137(9):900-907. PubMed PMID: 38848984
• Jones BLH, Garg M, Eniasivam A. Beyond competency: LGBTQ+ history as medical education. Med Educ. 2023 May;57(5):484-485. PubMed PMID: 36852943
• Garg M, Oliva J, Lu A, Martin M, Hooper S. Hospital-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships for Complex Care Patients: Intersectionality and Ethics Considerations. J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):764-770. PubMed PMID: 38477278
• Eniasivam A, Medeiros A, Garg M. Addressing harm and establishing trust in peer review: Recommendations for action. Med Educ. 2022 Mar;56(3):256-259. PubMed PMID: 35030641
• Garg M, Kompala T, Hurley M, López L. Characterization of Internal Medicine Chief Resident Administrative, Educational, and Clinical Experiences. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e223882. PubMed PMID: 35319760
• Borowsky H, Morinis L, Garg M. Disability and Ableism in Medicine: A Curriculum for Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL. 2021 Jan 25;17:11073. PubMed PMID: 33511270
• Griffiths EP, Tong MS, Teherani A, Garg M. First year medical student perceptions of physician advocacy and advocacy as a core competency: A qualitative analysis. Med Teach. 2021 Nov;43(11):1286-1293. PubMed PMID: 34151706
• Kucirek N, Studenmund C, Cordero DM, Garg M. A Preclinical Medical School Curriculum on Firearm Violence to Develop Patient Counseling and Foundational Health Policy Skills. Med Educ Online. 2021 Dec;26(1):1984177. PubMed PMID: 34672249
• Rodriguez F, Ngo S, Baird G, Balla S, Miles R, Garg M. Readability of Online Patient Educational Materials for Coronary Artery Calcium Scans and Implications for Health Disparities. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Sep 15;9(18):e017372. PubMed PMID: 32865121
• Miles RC, Choi P, Baird GL, Dibble EH, Lamb L, Garg M, Lehman C. Will the Effect of New Federal Breast Density Legislation Be Diminished by Currently Available Online Patient Educational Materials?. Acad Radiol. 2020 Oct;27(10):1400-1405. PubMed PMID: 31839567
• Garg M, Wray CM. Hospital Medicine Management in the Time of COVID-19: Preparing for a Sprint and a Marathon. J Hosp Med. 2020 May;15(5):305-307. PubMed PMID: 32379037
• Garg M, Miles RC, Rodriguez F, Stetson G. Left Ventricular Compression and Hypotension Due to Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction. Fed Pract. 2020 Dec;37(12):566-568. PubMed PMID: 33424215
• Garg M, Eniasivam A, Satterfield J, Norton B, Austin E, Dohan D. Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus. Med Educ Online. 2020 Dec;25(1):1812225. PubMed PMID: 32822280
• Miles RC, Baird GL, Choi P, Falomo E, Dibble EH, Garg M. Readability of Online Patient Educational Materials Related to Breast Lesions Requiring Surgery. Radiology. 2019 Apr;291(1):112-118. PubMed PMID: 30694156
• Garg M, Tseng Z, Baird GL, Egan P, McGarry K. Attitudes Toward Advocacy Do Not Match Actions: A Cross-sectional Survey of Residents and Fellows. R I Med J (2013). 2019 Apr 1;102(3):34-37. PubMed PMID: 30943670
• Hutchinson N, Baird GL, Garg M. Examining the Reading Level of Internet Medical Information for Common Internal Medicine Diagnoses. Am J Med. 2016 Jun;129(6):637-9. PubMed PMID: 26829438
• Long T, Chaiyachati K, Bosu O, Sircar S, Richards B, Garg M, McGarry K, Solomon S, Berman R, Curry L, Moriarty J, Huot S. Why Aren't More Primary Care Residents Going into Primary Care? A Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Dec;31(12):1452-1459. PubMed PMID: 27488970
• Garg M, Lee BE, McGarry K, Mangray S, Castillo JJ. CD20-negative diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting with lactic acidosis. Am J Hematol. 2015 Mar;90(3):E49-50. PubMed PMID: 25417998
• Garg M, Drolet BC, Tammaro D, Fischer SA. Resident duty hours: a survey of internal medicine program directors. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Oct;29(10):1349-54. PubMed PMID: 24913004
• Wolfe SQ, Garg M, Cumberbatch NM, Furst C, Martinez M, Hernandez M, Reimers R, Berrocal Y, Gómez-Marín O, Eaton MJ. Optimizing the transplant dose of a human neuronal cell line graft to treat SCI pain in the rat. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Mar 6;414(2):121-5. PubMed PMID: 17306458

Practice Locations

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center