Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Anish K Agarwal, MD, MPH
He/Him
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Chief Wellness Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Deputy Director, Center for Digital Health
  • 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

My research

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

Tudor T, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee DJ, Nguyen JT, Xiong R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Ali ZS. Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multisite analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform , J Neurosurg Spine, 42: 2024,366-373

Sehgal NKR, Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo AP, Ungar L, Merchant RM, Guntuku SC. Disparities by Race and Urbanicity in Online Health Care Facility Reviews , JAMA Netw Open, 7: 2024,e2446890

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini L, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM. Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023 , BMJ Open Qual, 13: 2024,e002896

Sangal RB, Khidir H, Agarwal AK. Interrogating and Uprooting Systemic Racism in the Emergency Department , JAMA Health Forum, 5: 2024,e242347

Gonzales RE, Seeburger EF, Friedman AB, Agarwal AK. Patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency department: A qualitative analysis , Acad Emerg Med: 2024

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