Abhishek Karwa, DO

Assistant Professor

As an academic hospitalist, I provide high value care directly to adults admitted to San Francisco General Hospital (San Francisco's safety net hospital), supervise medical students and residents, and actively contribute to system improvement processes.
Education
Residency, 06/2017 - Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
D.O., 05/2014 - Medicine, Des Moines University
B.S., 08/2008 - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California
A.A., 12/2005 - Liberal Arts, Santa Monica College
Publications
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    JAMA internal medicine

    Brooks KC, Raffel KE, Chia D, Karwa A, Hubbard CC, Auerbach AD, Ranji SR. Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38619826


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    Journal of general internal medicine

    Auerbach AD, Astik GJ, O'Leary KJ, Barish PN, Kantor MA, Raffel KR, Ranji SR, Mueller SK, Burney SN, Galinsky J, Gershanik EF, Goyal A, Chitneni PR, Rastegar S, Esmaili AM, Fenton C, Virapongse A, Ngov LK, Burden M, Keniston A, Patel H, Gupta AB, Rohde J, Marr R, Greysen SR, Fang M, Shah P, Mao F, Kaiksow F, Sterken D, Choi JJ, Contractor J, Karwa A, Chia D, Lee T, Hubbard CC, Maselli J, Dalal AK, Schnipper JL. Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36952085


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    Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

    Karwa A, Patell R, Parthasarathy G, Lopez R, McMichael J, Burke CA. Development of an Automated Algorithm to Generate Guideline-based Recommendations for Follow-up Colonoscopy. Volume 18 of Issue 9. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2019. PMID: 31622739


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    Cancer treatment and research communications

    Patell R, Karwa A, Lopez R, Burke CA. Trainees' knowledge and application of guideline recommendations for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance. Volume 21. Cancer treatment and research communications 2019. PMID: 31229916


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    Digestive diseases and sciences

    Patell R, Karwa A, Lopez R, Burke CA. Poor Knowledge of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance Guidelines in a National Cohort of Digestive Disease Specialists. Volume 64 of Issue 2. Digestive diseases and sciences 2018. PMID: 30370490


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    Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

    Cremer PC, Tariq MU, Karwa A, Alraies MC, Benatti R, Schuster A, Agarwal S, Flamm SD, Kwon DH, Klein AL. Quantitative assessment of pericardial delayed hyperenhancement predicts clinical improvement in patients with constrictive pericarditis treated with anti-inflammatory therapy. Volume 8 of Issue 5. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2015. PMID: 25904576