Kavon Javaherian, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a career hospitalist with a background in business and innovation, and an interest in process improvement. My current focus at the VA is to improve care transitions between the inpatient and outpatient setting, and work to safely reduce the length of stay of long-term patients awaiting placement.

Awards

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• Excellence in Public Health Award, U.S. Public Health Service, 2019
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Washington University in St. Louis, 2019
• Gold Humanism Honor Society, Washington University in St. Louis, 2018

Education & Training

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• MBA Business Washington University in St. Louis 05/2019
• MD Medicine Washington University in St. Louis 05/2019
• BSPH, BA Nutrition, Chemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 05/2014

Interests

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• health policy
• biotechnology
• quality improvement
• health systems
• innovation
• telemedicine
• hospital medicine
• general internal medicine

Websites

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• LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Publications (20)

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• Enabling patient communication for hospitalised patients during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
  BMJ innovations 2021 Ganeshan S, Hsiang E, Peng T, Thomas N, Garcia-Grossman I, Javaherian K, Lyon Z, Vidyarthi A
• Rapid Implementation of a Volunteer-Run Service to Combat Social Isolation in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2021 Lyon ZM, Yang R, Savoie MB, Schear S, Dong J, Javaherian K, Hauser K, Sarkar U, Garcia-Grossman I
• Advancing healthcare technology education and innovation in academia.
  Nature biotechnology 2020 Linderman SW, Appukutty AJ, Russo MV, Shah AP, Javaherian K
• Improving HbA1c with Glucose Self-Monitoring in Diabetic Patients with EpxDiabetes, a Phone Call and Text Message-Based Telemedicine Platform: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2019 Xu R, Xing M, Javaherian K, Peters R, Ross W, Bernal-Mizrachi C
• Examining the Complicated Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Impairment in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease.
  Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2019 Javaherian K, Newman BM, Weng H, Hassenstab J, Xiong C, Coble D, Fagan AM, Benzinger T, Morris JC

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• Abstract 13: Consistent Remote Monitoring of Patients With Heart Failure Using Epxheartfailure: A Telemedicine Tool.
  Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2018 Soumya Banna, Megan L Landon, Nishkala Shivakumar, Catherine Xu, Kunjan Patel, Eric Sink, Robert Peters, Kavon Javaherian, Melvin Blanchard, Will Ross, Gregory Ewald, Wint Y Aung
• A Novel Patient Engagement Platform Using Accessible Text Messages and Calls (Epharmix): Feasibility Study.
  JMIR formative research 2017 Som A, Patel K, Sink E, Peters RM, Javaherian K, Groenendyk J, An T, Xu Z, Polites GM, Blanchard M, Ross W
• Assessing the Utility of a Novel SMS- and Phone-Based System for Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients: Feasibility Study
  JMIR Cardio 2017 Peters RM, Shivakumar N, Xu R, Javaherian K, Sink E, Patel K, Brown A, Huynh J, Blanchard M, Ross W, Byrd J
• Assessing the Utility of a Novel SMS- and Phone-Based System for Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients: Feasibility Study.
  JMIR cardio 2017 Peters RM, Shivakumar N, Xu R, Javaherian K, Sink E, Patel K, Brown A, Huynh J, Blanchard M, Ross W, Byrd J
• Improving Glycemic Control With a Standardized Text-Message and Phone-Based Intervention: A Community Implementation.
  JMIR diabetes 2017 Peters RM, Lui M, Patel K, Tian L, Javaherian K, Sink E, Xu R, Xu Z, Aung W, Zhou L, Huynh J, Polites G, Blanchard M, Som A, Ross W, Bernal-Mizrachi C
• Phone-Based Interventions in Adolescent Psychiatry: A Perspective and Proof of Concept Pilot Study With a Focus on Depression and Autism.
  JMIR research protocols 2017 Chen RY, Feltes JR, Tzeng WS, Lu ZY, Pan M, Zhao N, Talkin R, Javaherian K, Glowinski A, Ross W
• EpxMedTracking: Feasibility Evaluation of an SMS-Based Medication Adherence Tracking System in Community Practice.
  JMIR research protocols 2017 Tricarico C, Peters R, Som A, Javaherian K, Ross W
• Catching and counting seizures for patients with epilepsy using an automated telemedicine platform - EpxEpilepsy (P1.247).
  Neurology 2017 Stephanie Zhang, Robert Chen, Kavon Javaherian, Jacob Groenendyk, Michael Pan, Luigi Maccotta
• Disparities between research attention and burden in liver diseases: implications on uneven advances in pharmacological therapies in Europe and the USA.
  BMJ open 2017 Ndugga N, Lightbourne TG, Javaherian K, Cabezas J, Verma N, Barritt AS, Bataller R
• World Food Day: Taking a Bite Out of Hunger at Home and Abroad.
  Missouri medicine 2015 Craft JA, Hayden A, Jain R, Javaherian K
• Endostatin therapy reveals a U-shaped curve for antitumor activity.
  Cancer gene therapy 2006 Tjin Tham Sjin RM, Naspinski J, Birsner AE, Li C, Chan R, Lo KM, Gillies S, Zurakowski D, Folkman J, Samulski J, Javaherian K
• Oligomerization-dependent regulation of motility and morphogenesis by the collagen XVIII NC1/endostatin domain.
  The Journal of cell biology 2001 Kuo CJ, LaMontagne KR, Garcia-Cardeña G, Ackley BD, Kalman D, Park S, Christofferson R, Kamihara J, Ding YH, Lo KM, Gillies S, Folkman J, Mulligan RC, Javaherian K
• Effect of antiangiogenic therapy on slowly growing, poorly vascularized tumors in mice.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 Beecken WD, Fernandez A, Joussen AM, Achilles EG, Flynn E, Lo KM, Gillies SD, Javaherian K, Folkman J, Shing Y
• Effects of angiogenesis inhibitors on multistage carcinogenesis in mice.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 1999 Bergers G, Javaherian K, Lo KM, Folkman J, Hanahan D
• Zinc-dependent dimers observed in crystals of human endostatin.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998 Ding YH, Javaherian K, Lo KM, Chopra R, Boehm T, Lanciotti J, Harris BA, Li Y, Shapiro R, Hohenester E, Timpl R, Folkman J, Wiley DC