Kavon Javaherian, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Kavon is an academic hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF whose work is increasingly focused on medical education, with complementary interests in health systems improvement and innovation in care delivery.
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He is particularly interested in helping trainees and clinicians develop sound judgment in complex clinical environments, and in shaping how emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, are used responsibly in clinical care and education. His broader work spans hospital operations, care transitions, digital health, and quality improvement, reflecting a practical commitment to improving both how medicine is taught and how care is delivered.
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 (15)
Top publication keywords:
Cognitive DysfunctionSocial WorkText MessagingDepressionPatient AdmissionAgingIndependent LivingHungerAlzheimer DiseaseSocial IsolationPublic HealthFood SupplyHospital VolunteersFood AssistancePatient Care Team
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Reducing hospital admission delay times using a structured, systematic, multi-disciplinary approach.
Journal of hospital medicine 2025 Baskin N, Javaherian K, Zapata J, Litwin R, Wray CM -
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
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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 -
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 -
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