Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Austin Srinivas Kilaru, MD
he/him/his

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Alameda County Medical Center

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.
Dr. Kilaru is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Zikry HE, Schriger DL, Kilaru AS. Hospital Participation in the Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver Program , JAMA, 333: 2025,718-720


Kilaru AS, Zikry HE. The Role of Emergency Medicine in Hospital-at-Home , Ann Emerg Med: 2025


Kilaru AS, Liao JM, Wang E, Zhao Y, Zhu J, Ng G, Shirk T, Cousins DS, Kanter GP, Ibrahim S, Navathe AS. Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes , Health Serv Res: 2024


Harrison J, McDermott G, Dixon EL, Mehta M, Haider A, Rareshide C, Southwick L, Agarwal AK, Merchant RM, Kilaru AS. Eligibility of emergency department patients for public benefit programs , Acad Emerg Med: 2024


Kilaru AS, Scheulen JJ, Harbertson CA, Gonzales R, Mondal A, Agarwal AK. Boarding in US Academic Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Ann Emerg Med: 2023


Kilaru AS, Friedman AB, Delgado MK. Considering the Whole Person in Hospital Admission Decisions for Older Adults in the Emergency Department , JAMA Intern Med, 183: 2023,793-794


Kilaru AS, Illenberger N, Meisel ZF, Groeneveld PW, Liu M, Mondal A, Mitra N, Merchant RM. Incidence of Timely Outpatient Follow-Up Care After Emergency Department Encounters for Acute Heart Failure , Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes: 2022


Kilaru AS, Resnick D, Flynn D, Rangnekar A, Snyder M, Oyekanmi K, Fitzpatrick D, Meisel ZF, Asch DA, Chaiyachati KH. Practical alternative to hospitalization for emergency department patients (PATH): A feasibility study , Healthc (Amst): 2021


Kilaru AS, Crider CR, Chiang J, Fassas E, Sapra KJ. Health Care Leaders' Perspectives on the Maryland All-Payer Model , JAMA Health Forum, 3: 2022,e214920


Kilaru AS, Mahoney KB. The Death Throes of Mercy - Our Shared Responsibility When Hospitals Close , N Engl J Med, 383: 2020,706-708


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