Credentials
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Board Certifications
- American Board of Preventive Medicine - Public Health & General Prev Med, 2015
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2013
Education and Training
- Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Preventive Medicine, 2014
- Residency, NYU School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2012
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO/EPO
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Amidacare
- Amidacare
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Centerlight
- Centerlight
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Cigna
- Cigna EPO/POS
- Cigna PPO
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ElderPlan
- ElderPlan
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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus Essential
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Indemnity
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield MediBlue
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
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Fidelis
- Fidelis Child Health
- Fidelis Essential
- Fidelis Exchange
- Fidelis Medicaid
- Fidelis Medicare
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GHI
- GHI CBP
- GHI HMO
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HIP
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Child Health
- HIP EPO/PPO
- HIP Essential
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid
- HIP Medicare
- HIP POS
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Healthfirst
- Healthfirst
- Healthfirst Essential
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Humana
- Humana Medicare
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 PPO
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MagnaCare
- MagnaCare PPO
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Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
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Medicare
- Medicare
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MetroPlus
- MetroPlus Child Health
- MetroPlus Essential
- MetroPlus Exchange Plans
- MetroPlus Medicaid
- MetroPlus Medicare
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MultiPlan/PHCS
- MultiPlan/PHCS PPO
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NYS Health Insurance Plan
- The Empire Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Medicare
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Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare
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Senior Whole Health
- Senior Whole Health
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Tricare
- Tricare
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UHC
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare Top Tier
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UPN
- UPN Elite
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US
- US Department of Labor
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VNS
- Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) Medicare
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Village Caremax
- Village Caremax
Locations and Appointments
NYU General Internal Medicine (Hospitalists)
550 1st Avenue, Suite 1803
New York, NY 10016
Research My Research
Interests
transitions of care, health services research, skilled nursing facilities, post-acute care, care coordination
Research Summary
I am an assistant professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health. I conduct research targeting systems drivers of adverse outcomes such as hospital readmission and mortality, with the goal of improving health care quality. As a practicing, board-certified internist, I have a strong clinical background in caring for medically and psychosocially complex patients.
My areas of expertise include transitions across the continuum of care, care coordination, readmissions, and discharge practices. I am experienced with analyzing data from large, multisource data sets, including data from electronic health records, hospital claims, the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, and the National Death Index. I have applied advanced statistical techniques such as propensity score matching, generalized estimating equation modeling, and generalized linear mixed models in my research.
I am the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute K23 Career Development Award examining discharge process quality from skilled nursing facility to home after a heart failure hospitalization. I am also examining how frailty and cognitive impairment drive outcomes in these patients in order to design best practices for this vulnerable group.
Academic Contact
Academic office
TRB, 227 E 30th St
6th floor
New York, NY 10016
Research Interests Timeline
Publications
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Weerahandi, Himali; Hochman, Katherine A; Simon, Emma; Blaum, Caroline; Chodosh, Joshua; Duan, Emily; Garry, Kira; Kahan, Tamara; Karmen-Tuohy, Savannah; Karpel, Hannah; Mendoza, Felicia; Prete, Alexander M; Quintana, Lindsey; Rutishauser, Jennifer; Santos Martinez, Leticia; Shah, Kanan; Sharma, Sneha; Simon, Elias; Stirniman, Ana; Horwitz, Leora
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2020 Aug 14;
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Blecker, Saul; Jones, Simon A; Petrilli, Christopher M; Admon, Andrew J; Weerahandi, Himali; Francois, Fritz; Horwitz, Leora I
JAMA internal medicine. 2020 Oct 26;
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Weerahandi, Himali; Bao, Haikun; Herrin, Jeph; Dharmarajan, Kumar; Ross, Joseph S; Jones, Simon; Horwitz, Leora I
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 Jan ; 68(1):96-102