Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP
he/him/his
Internal Medicine
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Advanced Internal Medicine
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

My goal is to delivery high-quality primary care throughout the course of your life. I work closely with my team members to provide you access to evidence-based care and will work hard to provide you timely care.

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Michigan
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

109 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

October 2025
he listens and answers all my questions
September 2025
courteous and knowledgeable.
August 2025
i've been seeing him for years and am very comfortable with him as my doctor.
July 2025
my physician is awesome and he makes sure he takes his time to listen to my concerns.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Chaiyachati is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Lee KC, Morgan AU, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Xiong R, Do D, Kilaru AS, Lee KC, Lam D, Parambath A, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Chisolm DL, Kelly S, Hemmons JE, Abdel-Rahman D, Ebert J, Ghosh M, Reilly J, O'Malley C, Hahn L, Mannion N, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Mitra N, Delgado MK Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with Covid-19 at Home - A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial , The New England Journal of Medicine, 386(19): 2022,1857-1859


Chaiyachati KH, Beidas RS, Lane-Fall MB, Rendle KA, Shelton RC, Kaufman EJ Weaving equity into the fabric of medical research , Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(8): 2022,2067-2069


Mahraj K, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Fala G, Do D, Lam D, Miller A, Mannion N, Stoloff V, Halbritter A, Huffenberger AM, Shuttleworth J, O’Donnell JA, Green-McKenzie J, Patel K, Rosin R, Kruse G, Brennan PJ, Volpp KG How a university and health system jointly and rapidly developed a large-scale COVID-19 surveillance system with limited time and capacity constraints , NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, 2(6): 2021


Chaiyachati KH, Mahraj K, Garzon Mrad C, O’Malley CJ, Balasta M, Snider C, Huffenberger AM, Hanson CW, Mehta SJ, Asch DA Using design and innovation principles to reduce avoidable emergency department visits among employees of a large academic medical center , Healthcare (Amst), 9(1): 2021


Drake C, Zhang Y, Chaiyachati KH, Polsky D The limitations of poor broadband internet access for telemedicine use in rural America: an observational study , Annals of Internal Medicine, 171(5): 2019,382-384


Chaiyachati KH, Hubbard RA, Yeager A, Mugo B, Lopez S, Asch E, Shi C, Shea JA, Rosin R, Grande D Association of rideshare-based transportation services and missed primary care appointments: a clinical trial , JAMA Internal Medicine, 178(3): 2018,383-89


Chaiyachati KH, Shea JA, Asch DA, Liu M, Bellini LM, Dine CJ, Sternberg AL, Gitelman Y, Yeager A, Asch J, Desai SV Assessment of inpatient time allocation among first-year internal medicine residents using time-motion observations , JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(6): 2019,760-767


Chaiyachati KH, Qi M, Werner RM Nonprofit hospital community benefit spending and readmission rates , Population Health Management, 23(1): 2020,85-91


Chaiyachati KH, Qi M, Werner RM Changes to racial disparities in readmission rates after Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program within safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals , JAMA Network Open, 1(7): 2018,e184154


Chaiyachati KH, Hom JK, Wong C, Nasseh K, Chen X, Beggin A, Zygmunt E, Vujicic M, Grande DT Access to primary and dental care among adults newly enrolled in Medicaid , The American Journal of Managed Care, 25(3): 2019,135-139


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