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)
- Medicine and Surgery, Kasturba Medical College (2003)
Employment:
- Chief Health Informatics Officer, WNY VA Healthcare System (2018-present)
- Hospitalist, Medicine, VA WNY Healthcare System Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2018-present)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2016-present)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2016-present)
- Hospitalist, Kaleida Health (2012–2020)
- Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, 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:
- Kaushik S, Subramanian SR, Rafii S, Castillo R. (2013) Aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with low-risk factors for SCD. BMJ Case Rep (Jan), 2013.
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Nautiyal A, Mostow N, Lazar JM. (2012) Pathology findings mimicking acute myocardial infarction in a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by cardiac rupture. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) (Jul), 13(7): 478-480.
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Nautiyal A, Choudhary SK, Kayastha BL, Mostow N, Lazar JM. (2011) Cardiac rupture in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a systematic review. Clin Cardiol (Nov), 34(11): 672-676.
- Kumar S, Kaushik S, Vaval A, Zhao Q, Lazar JM, Grodman R. (2011) Resolution of ischemia with ß-blocker in a patient with anomalous right coronary artery. BMJ Case Rep (Oct), 2011.
- Lindenmayer JP, Citrome L, Khan A, Kaushik S, Kaushik S. (2011) A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, fixed-dose, clinical trial of quetiapine at 600 versus 1200 mg/d for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol (Apr), 31(2): 160-168.
- Lindenmayer JP, Citrome L, Khan A, Kaushik S, Kaushik S. (2011) A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, fixed-dose, clinical trial of quetiapine at 600 versus 1200 mg/d for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol (Apr), 31(2): 160-168.
- Pedrosa E, Kaushik S, Lachman HM. (2010) ChIP-chip analysis of neurexins and other candidate genes for addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. J Neurogenet (Mar), 24(1): 5-17.
- Lindenmayer JP, Khan A, Wance D, Maccabee N, Kaushik S, Kaushik S. (2009) Outcome evaluation of a structured educational wellness program in patients with severe mental illness. J Clin Psychiatry (Oct), 70(10): 1385-1396.
- Lindenmayer JP, Khan A, Wance D, Maccabee N, Kaushik S, Kaushik S. (2009) Outcome evaluation of a structured educational wellness program in patients with severe mental illness. J Clin Psychiatry (Oct), 70(10): 1385-1396.
- Khan A, Kaushik S, Lindenmayer JP. (2008) Interface for electronic data capture systems for clinical trials by optimal utilization of available hospital resources. AMIA Annu Symp Proc (Nov)998-998.
Professional Memberships:
- American Association of Physician Leadership
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Informatics Association
- Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
- 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:
- 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)