Anjana Sharma, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Specifically, I have skills in building and maintaining representative and ethical patient advisory councils, mixed-methods research, implementation science, quality improvement, community-engaged research, and reproductive health. Most of my work has focused on the public healthcare network, serving patients that our society has structurally and historically disinvested and marginalized.

My research portfolio seeks to develop research that will transform healthcare delivery structures into participatory, vibrant locations of well-being, healing, and justice. I currently am studying how patients can inform ambulatory patient safety improvement work, and the prevalence and impact of patient and community engagement in primary care.

I can provide expert consultation on developing patient/community advisory boards for clinical care or research activities that are patient- and community co-created. I am involved in residency education regarding community engagement competencies and engaging patients and community partners in residency education.

• Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2022 Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G
• The Abrupt Expansion of Ambulatory Telemedicine: Implications for Patient Safety.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Gupta K, Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U
• Warfarin Monitoring in Safety-Net Health Systems: Analysis by Race/Ethnicity and Language Preference.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Rivadeneira N, Sierra M, Fang MC, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Fontil V, Lee SY, Sarkar U
• A Root Cause Analysis of Barriers to Timely Colonoscopy in California Safety-Net Health Systems.
  Journal of patient safety 2022 Sharma AE, Lyson HC, Cherian R, Somsouk M, Schillinger D, Sarkar U
• Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis.
  BMJ open quality 2021 Sharma AE, Huang B, Stakeholder Research Advisory Council, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Boscardin WJ, Sarkar U
• Using incident reporting to understand and characterize sexual harassment of physicians by patients.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Sharma AE, Mangurian C, Fernandez A, Sarkar U
• A Qualitative Analysis of Outpatient Medication Use in Community Settings: Observed Safety Vulnerabilities and Recommendations for Improved Patient Safety.
  Journal of patient safety 2021 Lyson HC, Sharma AE, Cherian R, Patterson ES, McDonald KM, Lee SY, Sarkar U
• Clinician experience with telemedicine at a safety-net hospital network during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2021 Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D
• Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2020 Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U
• What Safety Events Are Reported For Ambulatory Care? Analysis of Incident Reports from a Patient Safety Organization.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2020 Sharma AE, Yang J, Del Rosario JB, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA, Sarkar U
• Birth Control Connect: A randomized trial of an online group to disseminate contraceptive information.
  Contraception 2020 Dehlendorf C, Fox E, Sharma AE, Zhang J, Yang S, Centola D
• Sharing Stories, Searching for Solutions: Sexual Harassment of Physicians by Patients.
  The American journal of medicine 2019 Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Sarkar U
• Patient Engagement in Community Health Center Leadership: How Does it Happen?
  Journal of community health 2018 Sharma AE, Huang B, Knox M, Willard-Grace R, Potter MB
• Community Education and Engagement in Family Planning: Updated Systematic Review.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2018 Sharma AE, Frederiksen BN, Malcolm NM, Rollison JM, Carter MW
• Patient Engagement In Health Care Safety: An Overview Of Mixed-Quality Evidence.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018 Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, Stern RJ, Johnson AK, Sarkar U
• How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice-Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2018 Sharma AE, Knox M, Peterson LE, Willard-Grace R, Grumbach K, Potter MB
• The impact of patient advisors on healthcare outcomes: a systematic review.
  BMC health services research 2017 Sharma AE, Knox M, Mleczko VL, Olayiwola JN
• Engaging patients in primary care practice transformation: theory, evidence and practice.
  Family practice 2017 Sharma AE, Grumbach K
• The Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Health Disparities in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
  Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2017 Olayiwola, J. Nwando 2062970; Sheth, Sonali; Mleczko, Victor; Choi, Anna L.; and Sharma, Anjana E.
• "How Can We Talk about Patient-centered Care without Patients at the Table?" Lessons Learned from Patient Advisory Councils.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2016 Sharma AE, Willard-Grace R, Willis A, Zieve O, Dubé K, Parker C, Potter MB
• Engaging Patients as Partners in Practice Improvement: A Survey of Community Health Centers
  Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 2016 Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH, Anjana E. Sharma, MD, Charla Parker, MPA, and Michael B. Potter, MD
• What Happens After Health Coaching? Observational Study 1 Year Following a Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Annals of family medicine 2016 Sharma AE, Willard-Grace R, Hessler D, Bodenheimer T, Thom DH
• Patient Advisory Councils: Giving Patients a Seat at the Table.
  Family practice management 2015 Sharma A, Angel L, Bui Q