Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH

🩺🥼 Med-Peds Hospitalist @The_BMC via @BWHBCHMedPeds @UNMC • 🔎✍🏽 Research @DeptPopMed @FXBHarvard on health policy, equity, carceral & child welfare systems

[Boston Medical Center @The_BMC]

New BMC research published in @AAPJournals finds individualized, trauma-informed assessments reduced CPS reports for infants with prenatal substance exposure by 50%, without changing the proportion safely discharged home with their families. https://t.co/IIJWBLQl8n

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

CC: @NCCPR @DorothyERoberts @AlanDettlaff @upendmovement @davida_schiff @dnatkins7 @LauraFahertyMD @AnnaEAustin @pnqinma @AAPJournals @AAPDelMonte @MassChapterAAP @GraykenBMC @FXBHarvard @ChildrensHW @statnews @BostonGlobe @MattPStout @mbebinger @justicehealing @DrLouHart

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

New quasi-exp study from our @The_BMC team in @AmerAcadPeds: ending mandatory CPS reporting for infants with prenatal opioid exposure cut reporting rates in half, had largest impacts on infants with only MOUD exposure, and did not cause racial inequities.
https://t.co/1V8KyxJpfc

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

& the changes that followed from #MAleg in Dec 2024 -- which are still in the rulemaking/implementation stage:
https://t.co/fgjlLoNR7S

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

Thrilled to share that @MassGovernor signed a bill today ending state-mandated reporting for prenatal substance exposure across Massachusetts!!

This is a huge win for children & families across the Commonwealth ❤️❤️
https://t.co/6rhkRr6xot

[Dr. Toni Eyssallenne @NYCHealthCMO]

I was a co-author on a @JAMAInternalMed article that examined the change in national kidney transplant rates after a national mandate required wait time modifications for Black candidates disadvantaged by race-based eGFR equations: https://t.co/KedXMcevwg 🩺 #HealthEquity

[Nephrology News & Issues @Nephronline]

In 2023, the OPTN mandated all U.S. #transplant centers to submit wait-time modifications for Black transplant candidates disadvantaged by race-based eGFR equations.

Data from @The_BMC explore the policy’s impact on kidney transplant rates. 👇
https://t.co/jTYzgIeTo9

[JAMA Internal Medicine @JAMAInternalMed]

Eve Rittenberg, MD, spoke with Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH, and Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, about the impact of recalculating waitlist times for Black candidates using race-neutral estimated glomerular filtration rate (#eGFR) equations.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/iaYfJ4KCr6

[American Kidney Fund @KidneyFund]

From @StatNews / New study finds that implementing a wait time modification policy helped more Black patients access #kidneytransplants—resulting in 5.3 more transplants per 1,000 Black candidates.

Read more: https://t.co/Grgqffce0l

[Eric Weinhandl @eric_weinhandl]

Fascinating study! The policy did its thing.

Wait Time Modifications for Black Kidney Transplant Candidates https://t.co/MUa4Eo2oJI

[American Kidney Fund @KidneyFund]

LaVarne A. Burton, President & CEO of AKF, highlights new research from @BIDMChealth, @BrighamWomens & @The_BMC showing race-neutral kidney transplant policies are working: Black candidates gain 1.7 yrs on waitlists & transplant rates are up. Learn more: https://t.co/vG7n4STQjk

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

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[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

💡🏥 "Wait Time Modifications for Black Transplant Candidates Affected by Race-Based Kidney Function Estimation" | @JAMAInternalMed

Our new study quantifies impacts of an unprecedented @UNOSNews policy to remedy harms of a race-based clinical algorithm.
https://t.co/1SGbQ1EVgv

[Mass General Brigham Research @MGBResearchNews]

A study of the recent national policy to remedy harms of race-based kidney function estimation shows an increase in transplants for Black patients.

Read more from researchers at @‌massgenbrigham, @bidmchealth and @The_BMC in @JAMAInternalMed: https://t.co/NaCyOWMHTz @rohankhaz https://t.co/z9KeHZMY8S

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

@AnilOza16 Thanks Anil for your thoughtful reporting!

[anil oza @AnilOza16]

New paper by @rohankhaz and co. shows using race neutral equations — and modifying wait times for Black transplant candidates — had its intended effect Read more about the paper, and what more could be done here:

https://t.co/SH02PQe9Vb

[Boston Medical Center @The_BMC]

A study in @JAMAInternalMed finds that a major change to U.S. kidney transplant policy was linked to increased transplant rates among Black patients. Learn more: https://t.co/6FaVapxTgj https://t.co/6FaVapxTgj

[JAMA Internal Medicine @JAMAInternalMed]

National implementation of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network wait time modifications for Black kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based eGFR was associated with increased transplant rates, mainly via higher DDKT rates.

https://t.co/ZhFVU4Fm6M

[Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents @BrighamMedRes]

Delighted to feature two Brigham residents! @LiuMichaelMD @rohankhaz #GIM

[BCRP Health Equity Rounds @bcrpHER]

#ICYMI — our HER team recently led a fantastic @The_BMC Pediatrics Grand Rounds presentation on exploratory ingestions, reimagining what a child safety-focused approach could be with expert commentary from one of our incredible Child Protection Team social workers, Taneequa! ❤️