Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Penn Medicine-Department of Emergency Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP is an emergency physician and health services researcher. He is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and core faculty in the Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research. His work focuses on transitions from emergency department care to outpatient services, innovation in delivery and financing of emergency care, tools to address social determinants of health at the bedside, and policy interventions to support treatment for opioid use disorder. His work has been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Health Affairs, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kilaru received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and trained in emergency medicine at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, where he served as chief resident. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn, he completed the National Clinical Scholars Program and received a Master’s degree in Health Policy Research.
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