Anish K Agarwal, MD, MPH

He/Him
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Call 215-662-8000
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About me

  • Chief Wellness Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Deputy Director, Center for Insights to Outcomes
  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests lay at the intersection of health care delivery, innovation, and digital health. Dr. Agarwal seeks to utilize advancements in mobile health to help create and build learning health systems. His work specifically has been applied to the opioid epidemic, provider well-being and patient engagement.

My education and training

  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Agarwal is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Sehgal NKR, Rai S, Tonneau M, Agarwal AK, Cappella J, Kornides ML, Ungar L, Buttenheim A, Guntuku SC. Large Language Model Chatbot Conversations vs Public Health Materials and Parental HPV Vaccination Intentions: A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Netw Open, 9: 2026,e2616822

Agarwal AK, Solnick R. Collective Emotion to Guide Clinicians and Public Health-When Evidence Is Not Enough , JAMA Netw Open, 9: 2026,e2615417

Thorbecke L, Guntuku SC, Agarwal AK. Navigating online recruitment for health research: A case study , Digit Health, 12: 2026,20552076261450834

Reyes J, Ager E, Ahmed ZN, Follman S, Gonzalez A, Quinley K, Agarwal A. Emergency Department Management of Perinatal Substance Use Disorder: Discussing Gaps and Opportunities for Resident Education , Ann Emerg Med: 2026

Leonberg-Yoo A, Leonberg KE, Abu Gazala S, Hryzak S, Redfield RR 3rd, Parsons RF, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee D, Trofe J. Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation , Transplant Direct, 12: 2026,e1954

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Schroeder D, Southwick L, Merchant RM. Emergency physicians' perspectives on structural factors associated with mental health and burnout , BMC Emerg Med: 2026

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Yang L, Kishton R, Beck S, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Merchant RM. Differential Impact of a Digital Mental Health Engagement Platform on Black and Female Health Care Workers: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial , J Gen Intern Med: 2026

Agarwal AK, Millstein J. Reimagining How We Measure and Address Patient Experience: Toward Nimble, Dynamic, and Meaningful Feedback , J Gen Intern Med: 2026

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Sharma M, Schroeder D, Asch DA, Mitra N, Southwick L, Bellini LM, Merchant RM. Perspectives of female and under-represented physicians on well-being in medicine: a qualitative study from an academic medical centre in the USA , BMJ Open, 16: 2026,e095757

Kilaru AS, Haider A, Harrison J, Dixon EL, Southwick L, Berkowitz M, Rareshide C, Carroll C, Kaledin C, McDermott G, Mehta M, Stephens Shields AJ, De La Rosa W, Agarwal AK, Merchant RM. Linkage of Emergency Department Patients With Public Benefits Navigators via Text Messages: A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Health Forum, 7: 2026,e256637

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