Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Raina Merchant, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Director, Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health
  • Associate Vice President, Digital Health, Penn Medicine
  • Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Chicago
  • Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Merchant is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Laurie Morrison L, Hunt E, Grunau B, Aufderheide T, Callaway C, Tonna J, Sasson C, Blewer A, McNally B, , Yannopoulos D, Belohlavek J, Bartos J, Combes A, Idris A, Merchant RM, States L, Tinsley E, Wong R, Youngquist S, Sopko G, Kern K International Consensus on Evidence Gaps and Research Opportunities in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop , Journal of the American Heart Association: 2025

Bakillah E, Rosenthal JW, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz R. Colorectal Cancer and Quality of Life: A Medicare Advantage Study by Race, Ethnicity, and Language , Journal of Surgical Oncology: 2025

Bakillah E, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz R The Burden of Colorectal Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life: A Paired Longitudinal Analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollees , Journal of Surgical Oncology: 2025

Agarwal AK, Schroeder D, Gonzale R, Southwick L, Bellini L, Asch DA, Merchant RM. Evaluating Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation Among Healthcare Workers: A secondary analysis , Journal of General Internal Medicine: 2025

Sehgal NKR, Guntuku SC, Southwick L, Agarwal AK, Merchant RM Online reviews of health care facilities 2017-2023 , Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open: 2025

Bakillah E, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz R The Burden of Colorectal Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life: A Paired Longitudinal Analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollees , Journal of Surgical Oncology: 2025

Gathers CA, Morgan RW, Alley JS, Reeder R, Goldberger Z, Fowler J, Naim M, O’Halloran A, Merchant RM, Kienzle M, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Sutton RM Race is not Associated with Medical Emergency Team Evaluation Prior to In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest , Resuscitation: 2025

Agarwal AK, Gonzalez, RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM. Understanding Health Care Workers' Mental Health Needs: Insights from a Qualitative Study on Digital Interventions. BMC Health Services Research. In press. , BMC Health Services Research: 2025

Southwick L, Sharma M, Rai S, Beidas R, Mandell D, Curtis B, Asch DAA, Chandra Guntuku SC, Merchant RMM Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Data into Mental Health Therapy: A mixed methods analysis of user experience , JMIR Mental Health, 11: 2024,e59785

Sehgal NK, Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, Ungar L, Merchant RM, Chandra-Guntuku S Disparities by race and urbanity in online health care facility reviews , Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, 7(11): 2024,e2446890