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
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Chief Wellness Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Deputy Director, Center for Insights to Outcomes
  • Assistant 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.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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

My research

Agarwal AK, Merchant RM. The Emergency Department as a Public Health Lever-Infrastructure to Drive Intent to Action , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2537664

Muir KJ, Moon SKA, Agarwal AK. Emergency department workplace violence: Clinician-endorsed strategies informing prevention mandates , Nurs Outlook, 73: 2025,102539

Sehgal NKR, Guntuku SC, Southwick L, Merchant RM, Agarwal AK. Online Reviews of Health Care Facilities , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2524505

Agarwal AK, Ebert JP, Xiong R, Ali ZS, Lee D, Shofer F, Gitelman Y, Do D, Spencer EA, Grenader EM, Li F, Harhay MO, Delgado MK. Peer and Patient Feedback to Increase Adherence to Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Surg, 160: 2025,866-874

Muir KJ, Agarwal AK, Golinelli D, Lasater KB, Ballinghoff J, Mattioni C, McHugh MD, Aiken LH; United States Clinician Wellbeing Study Consortium. Association of emergency department nurse and physician work environment agreement on clinician job and patient outcomes , BMC Health Serv Res, 25: 2025,709

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM. Understanding health care workers' mental health needs: insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions , BMC Health Serv Res, 25: 2025,654

Agarwal A, Schroeder D, Gonzales R, Southwick L, Bellini L, Asch D, Merchant R. Evaluating Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation Among Healthcare Workers: A Secondary Analysis , J Gen Intern Med: 2025

Ebert JP, Grenader EM, Gonzales RE, Spencer EA, Schroeder DM, Southwick L, Shofer FS, Delgado MK, Agarwal AK. Clinician Views of an Opioid Prescribing Report with Peer Comparisons and Patient-Reported Outcomes , Am J Med Qual: 2025

Shen D, Agarwal A, Misra V, Schelter B, Shah D, Shiells H, Wischik C. Obtaining personalized predictions from a randomized controlled trial on Alzheimer's disease , Sci Rep, 15: 2025,1671

Shan E, Xiong R, Katzman M, Ali Z, Lee D, Delgado MK, Agarwal A. Effect of providing at-home opioid disposal kits at discharge after an orthopaedic surgery , BMJ Open Qual, 14: 2025,e003040

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