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Health Care Professionals Sponsored for H-1B Visas in the US Open

Michael Liu, Vishal R. Patel, Tarun Ramesh, Darshali A. Vyas, Rishi K. Wadhera · 2025

This national study evaluates the percentage of US health care professionals sponsored for H-1B visas in fiscal year 2024 across occupation groups and county characteristics.

Multiphysics modeling and preliminary characterization of particle-bed reactors for nuclear thermal propulsion Open

Zachary Hughes, N.S. MacDonald, Cristian Garza, Vishal R. Patel, Rok Krpan , et al. · 2025

Examining the relationship between incidence and mortality for commonly diagnosed cancers in the USA: an observational study using population-based SEER database Open

Adewole S. Adamson, Vishal R. Patel, Heather Welch · 2025

Objective Incidence and mortality are fundamental epidemiologic measures of cancer burden, yet few studies have examined individual cancers to determine how these measures correlate across place. We assessed the relationship between incide…

Use and Spending on Medical Equipment Among US Cancer Survivors Open

Faraz Jafri, Vishal R. Patel, S. M. Qasim Hussaini, Naveen Premnath, Helen M. Parsons , et al. · 2025

This survey study assesses patterns of use and costs of medical equipment among US cancer survivors.

Multiphysics Modeling and Preliminary Characterization of Particle-Bed Reactors for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Open

Carlo Fiorina, Zachary Hughes, N.S. MacDonald, Cristian Garza, Vishal R. Patel , et al. · 2025

Cold-Related Deaths in the US Open

Michael Liu, Vishal R. Patel, Rishi K. Wadhera · 2024

This study examines trends in cold-related mortality overall and by demographic characteristics between 1999 and 2022 in the US.

Alzheimer’s disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers: population based cross sectional study Open

Vishal R. Patel, Michael Liu, Christopher M. Worsham, Anupam B. Jena · 2024

Objective To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, compared with other occupations. Design Population based cross…

Health Care Discrimination and Care Avoidance Due to Patient-Clinician Identity Discordance Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Open

Michael Liu, Vishal R. Patel, Sahil Sandhu, Sari L. Reisner, Alex S. Keuroghlian · 2024

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults experience poor health outcomes, in part due to frequent avoidance of necessary health care. Little is known, however, about factors contributing to patterns of health care utilization in this popula…

Health Status and Mental Health of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults Open

Michael Liu, Vishal R. Patel, Sari L. Reisner, Alex S. Keuroghlian · 2024

This cross-sectional study examines self-reported poor or fair health status, frequent mental distress, and depression among transgender and gender-diverse respondents compared with cisgender respondents to the 2014 to 2022 Behavioral Risk…

Surgeon Supply by County-Level Rurality and Social Vulnerability From 2010 to 2020 Open

Vishal R. Patel, Michael Liu, James P. Byrne, Alex B. Haynes, Andrew M. Ibrahim · 2023

This cross-sectional study examines the surgical workforce in all counties across the US from 2010 to 2020.

Trajectory of Healthcare Contact Days for Veterans With Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancy Open

Whitney Victoria Johnson, Quan Phung, Vishal R. Patel, Alexander K. Tsai, Nivedita Arora , et al. · 2023

How and where patients with advanced cancer facing limited survival spend their time is critical. Healthcare contact days (days with healthcare contact outside the home) offer a patient-centered and practical measure of how much of a perso…

Neighborhood Environmental Burden and Cardiovascular Health in the US Open

Michael Liu, Vishal R. Patel, Renee N. Salas, Mary B. Rice, Dhruv S. Kazi , et al. · 2023

Importance Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US. However, little is known about the association between cumulative environmental burden and cardiovascular health across US neighborhoods. Objective To evaluate the …

Health Care Contact Days Experienced by Decedents With Advanced GI Cancer Open

Vishal R. Patel, Vidhyalakshmi Ramesh, Alexander K. Tsai, Ramy Sedhom, Anders Westanmo , et al. · 2023

Patients with stage IV GI cancer spent 1 in 4 days alive with health care contact!

Association of Neighborhood-Level Environmental Injustice With Health Status in the US Open

Vishal R. Patel, Tarun K. Jella, Arjun Gupta, Ariann Nassel, Andrew M. Ibrahim , et al. · 2023

This cross-sectional study uses the Environmental Justice Index to assess the association between environmental injustice and health status at the neighborhood level.

Association of Medicare Program Type with Health Care Access, Utilization, and Affordability among Cancer Survivors Open

Faraz Jafri, Vishal R. Patel, Jianhui Xu, Daniel Polsky, Arjun Gupta , et al. · 2023

Background: The Medicare Advantage program provides care to nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries, including a rapidly growing population of cancer survivors. Despite its increased adoption, it is still unknown whether or not the program i…

Risk of Mortality After a Diagnosis of Melanoma In Situ Open

Vishal R. Patel, Mya L. Roberson, Michael Pignone, Adewole S. Adamson · 2023

Importance The incidence of melanoma in situ (MIS) is increasing more rapidly than any invasive or in situ cancer in the US. Although more than half of melanomas diagnosed are MIS, information about long-term prognosis following a diagnosi…

Association Between Price and Appropriateness of Cancer-Related Medical Information Generated by Chat-Based Artificial Intelligence Models Open

Vishal R. Patel, Alexander K. Tsai, Anne Blaes, Ravi B. Parikh, Adewole S. Adamson , et al. · 2023

Trends in the Prevalence of Functional Limitations Among US Cancer Survivors, 1999-2018 Open

Vishal R. Patel, S. M. Qasim Hussaini, Anne Blaes, Alicia K. Morgans, Alex B. Haynes , et al. · 2023

This cross-sectional study examines trends in the prevalence of functional limitation in cancer survivors using data from the National Health Interview Survey.

Prevalence of Delayed or Forgone Care Due to Patient-Clinician Identity Discordance Among US Cancer Survivors Open

Vishal R. Patel, Arjun Gupta, Anne Blaes, Karen M. Winkfield, Alex B. Haynes , et al. · 2023

This case-control study assesses the prevalence of patient-reported delayed or forgone care due to patient-clinician identity discordance among cancer survivors and factors associated with this barrier to care.

What Factors Are Associated With Early Career Attrition Among Orthopaedic Surgeons in the United States? Open

Tarun K. Jella, Vishal R. Patel, Thomas B. Cwalina, Jenna E. Schmidt, Ericka A. Lawler , et al. · 2023

Background The attrition of medical personnel in the United States healthcare system has been an ongoing concern among physicians and policymakers alike. Prior studies have shown that reasons for leaving clinical practice vary widely and m…

Oncologist Participation and Performance in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Open

Vishal R. Patel, Thomas B. Cwalina, Arjun Gupta, Nico Nortjé, Samyukta Mullangi , et al. · 2023

The merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) is a value-based payment model created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote high-value care through performance-based adjustments of Medicare reimbursements. In th…

Association of Medicare Program Type with Health Care Access, Utilization, and Affordability Among Cancer Survivors Open

Faraz Jafri, Vishal R. Patel, Jianhui Xu, Arjun Gupta, S. M. Qasim Hussaini · 2023

Advanced Graphite Creep Uncertainty Analysis Open

Jason Brookman, William E Windes, Jorge Giner Navarro, Vishal R. Patel, Thomas Holschuh · 2022

Radiation damage estimation is an important component of the post irradiation analysis of the Advanced Graphite Creep (AGC) experiment. It depends primarily on the fast fluence, which is determined using well established methods of spectra…

Partial spontaneous regression of choroidal melanoma: A case image with histopathology and gene expression profiling Open

Vishal R. Patel, Dan S. Gombos, Joan H. Admirand, Shelley Day · 2022

Perceptions of Life Support and Advance Care Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Vishal R. Patel, Sofia Gereta, Christopher J. Blanton, Alexander L. Chu, Akash P. Patel , et al. · 2022

Single-molecule imaging with cell-derived nanovesicles reveals early binding dynamics at a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel Open

Vishal R. Patel, Arturo M. Salinas, Darong Qi, Shipra Gupta, David J. Sidote , et al. · 2021

Shifting social media influences: Discussions about mechanical ventilation on Twitter during COVID-19 Open

Vishal R. Patel, Sofia Gereta, Christopher J. Blanton, Michael Mackert, Nico Nortjé , et al. · 2021

P34 The value of combined ophthalmology and rheumatology review- an unmet need Open

Akshay Moorthy, Priti Kulkarni, Vishal R. Patel, Periyasamy Kumar · 2021

Case report - Introduction Rheumatic diseases manifest in different specialties including ophthalmology. Presentation with eye symptoms may be a sight-threatening emergency such as GCA. Other inflammatory symptoms such as uveitis present t…

Authors’ Response: Single-molecule imaging with cell-derived nanovesicles reveals early binding dynamics at a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel Open

Vishal R. Patel, Arturo M. Salinas, Darong Qi, Shipra Gupta, David J. Sidote , et al. · 2021

Single-molecule imaging with cell-derived nanovesicles reveals early binding dynamics at a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel Open

Vishal R. Patel, Arturo M. Salinas, Darong Qi, Shipra Gupta, David J. Sidote , et al. · 2021

Ligand binding to membrane proteins is critical for many biological signaling processes. However, individual binding events are rarely directly observed, and their asynchronous dynamics are occluded in ensemble-averaged measures. For membr…

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