Sashank Kaushik MD, MBA, FACP, FAMIA
Sashank Kaushik
MD, MBA, FACP, FAMIA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Bioinformatics; Internal Medicine
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Clinical Informatics, University at Buffalo (2016)
- MBA, Business Management, University at Buffalo (2015)
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Brookdale Medical Center (2012)
- Internship, Internal Medicine, Brookdale Medical Center (2010)
- MBBS, Medicine and Surgery, Kasturba Medical College (2003)
Employment:
- Chief Health Informatics Officer, Clinical Informatics, WNY VA Healthcare System (2018-present)
- Hospitalist, Medicine, VA WNY Healthcare System (2018-present)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2016-present)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2016-present)
- Hospitalist, Medicine, Kaleida Health (2012–2020)
- Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Clinical Informatics, Kaleida Health (2016–2018)
Awards and Honors:
- Fellow of American Medical Informatics Association (2019)
- Healthcare Champion, 2018 (2018)
- Fellow, American College of Physicians (2017)
Research Expertise:
- Clinical Informatics
- Hospital medicine
Journal Articles:
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Nautiyal A, Choudhary SK, Kayastha BL, Mostow N, Lazar JM. Cardiac rupture in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a systematic review. Clin Cardiol. 2011; 34(11).
- Pedrosa E, Kaushik S, Lachman HM. ChIP-chip analysis of neurexins and other candidate genes for addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. J Neurogenet. 2010; 24(1).
- Khan A, Kaushik S, Lindenmayer JP. Interface for electronic data capture systems for clinical trials by optimal utilization of available hospital resources. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008.
Evaluative Studies and Case Reports:
- Kaushik S, Subramanian SR, Rafii S, Castillo R. Aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with low-risk factors for SCD. BMJ Case Rep. 2013; 2013.
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Nautiyal A, Mostow N, Lazar JM. Pathology findings mimicking acute myocardial infarction in a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by cardiac rupture. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012; 13(7).
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Vaval A, Zhao Q, Lazar JM, Grodman R. Resolution of ischemia with ß-blocker in a patient with anomalous right coronary artery. BMJ Case Rep. 2011; 2011.
Professional Memberships:
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Informatics Association
- Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
- American Association of Physician Leadership
- Society of Hospital Medicine
Presentations:
- "ED Utilization Patterns of Super-Utilizers Across Multiple Independent Healthcare Systems" GME Scholarly Exchange Day, University at Buffalo, Biomedical Informatics (2016)
- "Clinical Relevance of the Doctor's Dilemma Question Set" AMIA Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association (2015)
- "Using NLP in Secondary Use of Clinical Data" Postdoc Research Symposium, University at Buffalo, Biomedical Informatics (2015)
- "Preparing for Informatics Careers and Trends in the Age of Meaningful Use" AMIA Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association (2013)
- "A clinical research EDC system for EMR in psychiatry" AMIA Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association (2010)
- "Evaluation for clustering of cases requiring ICU care using EMR in Emergency Department" AMIA Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association (2010)
- "Metabolic Syndrome and CHD Risk Characteristics in Severe and Persistently Mentally Ill" 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases (2008)
Service Activities:
- VA National Clinical Template Workgroup; Member (2020–present)
- VA Informatics Competency Promortion Workgroup; Member (2020–present)
- VA Institution Review Board committee, VAWNYHCS; Member (2019–present)
- VA VISN Chief Health Informatics (VCHI) Subcommittee; Member (2019–present)
- VA Medical Records Committee, VAWNYHCS; Member (2019–present)
- VA Acute Provider Council member, Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization; Member (2018–present)
- Peer Review profesional Practice Evaluation Committee; Committee Member (2018–2020)
- Faculty Council-Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences; School Representative (2018–present)
- Faculty Senate- University at Buffalo; Senator (2017–2019)
- Cerner Physician Advocate; Member (2017–2018)