Rohan Chalasani Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, MD, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Work directly with the Chief Medical Officer for Value-Based Care as a population health intern supporting Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care practices serving 150K+ Medicare and Medicaid.
• Developed analytic approach to identify promising hospital partners and service lines for collaboration, generating insights guiding the development of partnership frameworks with three major Chicagoland health systems
• Created strategic playbook shared with regional leaders for future approach to building hospital networks
• Led efforts to source vendors for novel COVID-19 anti-virals and monoclonal antibodies and built interactive dashboard used nationally by center medical directors and frontline primary care physicians in 20 states to.
• Conducted a comparative analysis of investments in underserved communities across the primary care landscape in major markets, and led ongoing preparation of accompanying op-ed
• Collaborating on qualitative research study examining the barriers to care and social needs of patients with highest health care utilization

Chicago, IL, US

• Conducting ongoing analyses of policies and factors shaping quality, experience, utilization, and cost of care in the United States, in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey Linder at Northwestern University and Drs. Bruce.
• Published analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s impact on quality and delivery of American health care in JAMA Network Open
• Awarded oral presentations at Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting in 2021 and 2022
• Honored with Mack Lipkin Sr. Award at SGIM 2022, presented annually to three individuals with highest-rated presentations

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Leading ongoing health services research studying drug pricing and prescribing policy, in collaboration with Drs. Walid Gellad and Utibe Essien at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Conducted an ongoing study examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
• Led research studies in collaboration with AZ Medicaid and the PA Department of Health examining occupational patterns of fatal opioid overdose and disruptions to treatment for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19.
• Authored commentaries on equity in access to prescription drugs, drug pricing policy, and regulation of groundbreaking cancer therapies
• Published six first-author publications in outlets including JAMA Health Forum, Health Affairs Forefront, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and Wired

• Serve as Chief Product Officer for a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to advance health literacy through equitable and accessible early elementary health education based on principles of problem-based.
• Developed and authored Stepping Stones: A Kid’s Guide to Health, an illustrated health education resource and teacher’s guide
• Sourced and executed on partnership leads for distribution of our novel health education resource, with partnerships in eleven Chicagoland elementary schools and with seven community partners, distributing over 1,500.
• Designed protocol for evaluation and validation of our book’s efficacy, with ongoing iteration
• Developed and authored A Guide to Beating COVID-19, an online educational resource for children in the pandemic

Brookfield, Wisconsin, US

• Served as first Executive Director of a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and social movement with a mission to increase access to mental health resources for the South Asian community through education, activism, and.
• Led development and implementation of an organizational model, operating procedures, and legal framework for a chapter-based, volunteer-run non-profit organization
• Recruited and mobilized Board of Directors and national staff of over 75 team members, launching 8 local chapters in communities and college campuses
• Launched database of over 40 South Asian mental health providers for provision of culturally competent care and comprehensive database of external mental health resources
• Built relationships with community partners regionally, speaking at cultural events, organizing community-based storytelling forums, and launching virtual dialogue circles
• Honored as an invited panelist at the Slashie Summit by Brown Girl Magazine (New York City, 2019) and the In-Between Pan-Asian Mental Health Conference by Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, 2019)

Evanston, IL, US

• Contributed to the development of molecular MRI probes with diagnostic and therapeutic applications in Alzheimer's Disease with the Klein Laboratory at Northwestern University's Department of Neurobiology.
• Developed and iterated on laboratory protocols for conjugation of novel antibody specific for amyloid-beta oligomers to magnetic nanostructures, optimizing yield
• Performed preliminary behavioral assessment of efficacy of antibody therapy in mouse models

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Developed and evaluated novel antibody-based positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents with direct implications for the treatment of metastatic tumors at the University of Pittsburgh's Molecular Imaging.
• Identified and produced engineered antibody fragments with potential applications in imaging PD-L1, a marker on metastatic tumors that mitigates the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy
• Iterated on production protocol of our team's novel "minibodies" to optimize yield and purity
• Evaluated promising candidate minibodies for affinity to PD-L1, with results suggesting possible diagnostic utility
• Awarded poster presentation at University of Pittsburgh Science 2016 conference

• Investigated cellular mechanisms of renal plasma cell-rich acute transplant rejections, a form of rejection associated with poor transplant survival, at the Starzl Transplantation Institute.
• Developed a MATLAB application to automate the analysis of digital images of renal transplant biopsy tissue through quantitation of infiltrating cells
• Utilized this novel application to study tissue of patients with plasma cell-rich acute transplant rejections, yielding findings with direct implications on clinical management
• Awarded oral presentation at American Medical Informatics Association 2016 Annual Symposium
• Awarded poster presentation at University of Pittsburgh Science 2015 conference
• Coauthor on poster presentation at World Transplant Congress 2014, which received a Poster of Distinction award

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological Sciences, Business Institutions | Gpa: 4.00/4.00

High School | Gpa: 4.67 (Weighted), 4.00 (Unweighted)