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Office
521 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143
Education & Training
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2016
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2012 - 2014
- NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2011 - 2023
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsPost-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in nursing homes: Do not forget the most vulnerable.Himali Weerahandi, Mana Rao, Kenneth S Boockvar
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022-05-01 - 93 citationsPost-Discharge Health Status and Symptoms in Patients with Severe COVID-19.Himali Weerahandi, Katherine Hochman, Emma Simon, Caroline Blaum, Joshua Chodosh
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021-01-14 - 97 citationsHospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19.Saul Blecker, Simon Jones, Christopher M. Petrilli, Andrew J Admon, Himali Weerahandi
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021-02-01
Journal Articles
- Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19Saul Blecker, Christopher M Petrilli, Himali Weerahandi, Fritz Francois, Leora I Horwitz, JAMA Internal Medicine
Abstracts/Posters
- Effect of an Electronic Alert on Treatment of Soft Tissue Skin Infections.• Weerahandi, H; Wang, J; Weiss, D; Lurio, J., ACPM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 2/1/2014
- Developing and Implementing Resident-Run Prevention Clinic at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Pena, J; Rajasekhar K; Weerahandi, H; Senay, E; Garland, E; Bordowitz, R., ACPM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 2014
- Predictors of weight loss in an urban weight management programWeerahandi, H; Patterson, E; Ahn, A; Deza, C; Parikh, L; Pierre, G.C.; Gillespie, C; McMacken., SGIM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 5/2012
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Press Mentions
- Coping with the “Long-Haul” of COVID-19: More Research, Treatments NeededMarch 2nd, 2021
- Hospital Readmissions High for Heart Patients Hastily Sent Home from Skilled NursingApril 4th, 2019
- Shorter Stays in a Skilled Nursing Facility Tied to Higher Risk for ReadmissionApril 3rd, 2019
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