RishiDesaiMD

Pediatric Infectious Disease • Palo Alto, CA

Chief Medical Officer at Osmosis

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Office
725 Welch Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone+1 714-234-8358

Education & Training

Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2007 - 2010
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Clinical Trials

Data Analysis for Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) - Tocilizumab vs Abatacept Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 17
Completed
Data Analysis for Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) - Tofacitinib vs Abatacept Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 17
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Targeted learning with an undersmoothed LASSO propensity score model for large-scale covariate adjustment in health-care database studies.
Richard Wyss, Mark van der Laan, Susan Gruber, Xu Shi, Hana Lee
American Journal of Epidemiology. 2024-11-04
8 citations
Comparative effectiveness of azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis (PROMISE-MG): a prospective cohort study.
Pushpa Narayanaswami, Donald B Sanders, Laine Thomas, Dylan Thibault, Jason Blevins
The Lancet. Neurology. 2024-03-01
1 citations
Real-World Treatment Effectiveness of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs by Serostatus Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Yinzhu Jin, Jun Liu, Rishi J Desai, Seoyoung C Kim
ACR Open Rheumatology. 2023-11-01

Press Mentions

Thinking Glocally - Dr. Dele Davies, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean for Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska Medical CenterApril 21st, 2022
What to Do if You Test Positive for COVID-19December 20th, 2021
How to Make Healthcare Innovation Happen - Regina Herzlinger, Professor at Harvard Business SchoolDecember 2nd, 2021
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