Anil Makam, MD

Education
MAS, 2013 - Clinical Research, UCSF
Fellowship, 2013 - Primary Care Research Fellowship, UCSF
Residency, 2010 - Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
MD, 2007 - Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
BS, 2003 - Biochemistry, Lehigh University
Honors and Awards
  • Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine Focused on Older Adults, American Geriatrics Society, 2022
  • Outstanding Educator Award, Division of Hospital Medicine at SFGH, UCSF, 2020
  • Older Adults with Serious Illness Best Paper Award (mentee awarded), American Geriatrics Society, 2019
  • New Investigator Award, American Geriatrics Society, 2018
  • (mentor) Research, Innovation, Vignettes (RIV) Competition Honorable Mention in Innovation, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, 2018
  • (mentor) Housestaff Research Award Honorable Mention, Hopkins GIM Housestaff Research National Competition, 2017
  • Behavioral Health & Health Services Research Abstract Scholarship, American Thoracic Society, 2016
  • NIH Loan Repayment Program Award, NHLBI, 2014-2022
  • KL2 Clinical and Translational Research Scholar, UT Southwestern Medical Center; NIH/NCATS, 2014-2016
  • Hamolsky Junior Faculty Research Award Finalist (not awarded), SGIM Annual Meeting, 2014
  • Best Research Poster, California-Hawaii Regional SGIM Annual Meeting, 2013
  • Lipkin Award Finalist (not awarded), SGIM Annual Meeting, 2013
  • Best Oral Presentation by Jr. Investigator, Bay Area Clinical Research Symposium, 2012
Publications

  1. Bepo L, Nguyen OK, Makam AN. Disparities in Use of Novel Diabetes Medications by Insurance: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39085578


  2. Makam AN. Unlinking time zero from test-negative controls exaggerates risk from COVID-19. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 38059535


  3. Fahim SM, Makam AN, Suh K, Carlson JJ, Richardson M, Herce-Hagiwara B, Dickerson R, Pearson SD, Agboola F. Iptacopan and danicopan for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2024. PMID: 38824627


  4. Jain S, Gan S, Nguyen OK, Sudore RL, Steinman MA, Covinsky K, Makam AN. Survival, Function, and Cognition After Hospitalization in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38805226


  5. Makam AN, Burnfield J, Prettyman E, Nguyen OK, Wu N, Espejo E, Blat C, Boscardin WJ, Ely EW, Jackson JC, Covinsky KE, Votto J, Recovery After Transfer to an LTACH for COVID-19 (RAFT COVID) Study. One-Year Recovery Among Survivors of Prolonged Severe COVID-19: A National Multicenter Cohort. Critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38597793


  7. Haber LA, Erickson HP, Makam AN. Staying against medical advice. Journal of hospital medicine 2023. PMID: 36975180


  8. Rosenthal MA, Ranji SR, Kanzaria HK, Ortiz GM, Chase J, Chodos AH, Nguyen OK, Rodriguez EG, Makam AN. Characterizing patients hospitalized without an acute care indication: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of hospital medicine 2023. PMID: 36757173


  9. Nikitin D, Makam AN, Suh K, McKenna A, Carlson JJ, Richardson M, Rind DM, Pearson SD. The effectiveness and value of AMX0035 and oral edaravone for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A summary from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council. Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2023. PMID: 36705279


  10. Martin M, Clement J, Defries T, Makam AN, Nguyen OK. Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalizations with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in a Safety-Net Hospital from 2016 to 2018. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35060005


  11. Kohn R, Makam AN. Are disruptions to geographic cohorting safe? 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35504584


  13. Keohane LM, Mart MF, Ely EW, Lai P, Cheng A, Makam AN, Stevenson DG. Establishing Medicaid incentives for liberating nursing home patients from ventilators. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34668195


  14. Suen LW, Makam AN, Snyder HR, Repplinger D, Kushel MB, Martin M, Nguyen OK. National Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders Among Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: NHAMCS 2014-2018. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34518978


  15. Sumarsono N, Sudore RL, Smith AK, Pantilat SZ, Anderson WG, Makam AN. Availability of Palliative Care in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2021. PMID: 33965406


  16. Makam AN, Grabowski DC. Policy in Clinical Practice: Choosing Post-Acute Care in the New Decade. Journal of hospital medicine 2021. PMID: 33617438


  17. Schumacher RC, Chiu M, de Leon J, Krause K, Makam AN. Appropriateness of Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Transfer: A Multicenter Study of Medicare ACO Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2021. PMID: 33617790


  18. Nguyen OK, Washington C, Clark CR, Miller ME, Patel VA, Halm EA, Makam AN. Man vs. Machine: Comparing Physician vs. Electronic Health Record-Based Model Predictions for 30-Day Hospital Readmissions. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33443694


  19. Brooks KC, Makam AN, Haber LA. Caring for Hospitalized Incarcerated Patients: Physician and Nurse Experience. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33409890


  20. Nguyen DQ, Ifejika NL, Reistetter TA, Makam AN. Factors Associated with Duration of Rehabilitation Among Older Adults with Prolonged Hospitalization. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 33393088


  21. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Miller ME, Shah SJ, Kapinos KA, Halm EA. Comparative effectiveness of long-term acute care hospital versus skilled nursing facility transfer. BMC health services research 2020. PMID: 33176767


  22. Goyal P, Unlu O, Kennel PJ, Schumacher RC, Gilstrap LG, Krishnaswami A, Allen LA, Maurer MS, Rich MW, Makam A. Inclusion of Performance Parameters and Patient Context in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Heart Failure. Journal of cardiac failure 2020. PMID: 33065263


  23. Saleh SN, Makam AN, Halm EA, Nguyen OK. Can we predict early 7-day readmissions using a standard 30-day hospital readmission risk prediction model? BMC medical informatics and decision making 2020. PMID: 32933505


  24. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Halm EA. Reply to Comment on: The Clinical Course After Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Admission Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 31903543


  25. Makam AN, Tran T, Miller ME, Xuan L, Nguyen OK, Halm EA. The Clinical Course after Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Admission among Older Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31449686


  26. Schumacher RC, Nguyen OK, Makam AN. Evidence-Based Medicine and the American Thoracic Society Guidelines-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31260021


  27. Keshvani N, Berger K, Gupta A, DePaola S, Nguyen OK, Makam AN. Improving Respiratory Rate Accuracy in the Hospital: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 31251168


  29. Zhang D, Yang D, Makam AN. Utility of Blood Cultures in Pneumonia. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 30986394


  30. Schumacher RC, Nguyen OK, Desphande K, Makam AN. Evidence-Based Medicine and the American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guidelines. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30776054


  31. Nguyen OK, Vazquez MA, Charles L, Berger JR, Quiñones H, Fuquay R, Sanders JM, Kapinos KA, Halm EA, Makam AN. Association of Scheduled vs Emergency-Only Dialysis With Health Outcomes and Costs in Undocumented Immigrants With End-stage Renal Disease. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30575859


  32. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Kirby B, Miller ME, Xuan L, Halm EA. Effect of Site-Neutral Payment Policy on Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Use. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018. PMID: 30281783


  33. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Xuan L, Miller ME, Halm EA. Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Use of Non-Mechanically Ventilated Hospitalized Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018. PMID: 30295927


  34. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Halm EA. Shortcomings of Research Regarding Long-term Acute Care Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities-Reply. Volume 178 of Issue 6. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29868749


  36. Nguyen OK, Higashi RT, Makam AN, Mijares JC, Lee SC. The Influence of Financial Strain on Health Decision-Making. Volume 33 of Issue 4. Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29340939


  37. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Xuan L, Miller ME, Goodwin JS, Halm EA. Factors Associated With Variation in Long-term Acute Care Hospital vs Skilled Nursing Facility Use Among Hospitalized Older Adults. Volume 178 of Issue 3. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29404575


  38. Smith LN, Makam AN, Darden D, Mayo H, Das SR, Halm EA, Nguyen OK. Acute Myocardial Infarction Readmission Risk Prediction Models: A Systematic Review of Model Performance. Volume 11 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 29321135


  39. Chaulk AL, Wang JI, Makam AN. A Depressing Diagnostic Error. Volume 131 of Issue 5. The American journal of medicine 2017. PMID: 29284114


  40. Nguyen OK, Makam AN. What Are the Opportunity Costs of Self-Financing Medical Education? Volume 92 of Issue 12. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 29210740


  41. Keshvani N, Berger K, Nguyen OK, Makam AN. Roadmap for improving the accuracy of respiratory rate measurements. Volume 27 of Issue 8. BMJ quality & safety 2017. PMID: 29122976


  42. Badawy J, Nguyen OK, Clark C, Halm EA, Makam AN. Is everyone really breathing 20 times a minute? Assessing epidemiology and variation in recorded respiratory rate in hospitalised adults. Volume 26 of Issue 10. BMJ quality & safety 2017. PMID: 28652259


  43. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Clark C, Halm EA. Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Hospital-Acquired Anemia. Volume 12 of Issue 5. Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 28459899


  44. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Clark C, Zhang S, Xie B, Weinreich M, Mortensen EM, Halm EA. Predicting 30-Day Pneumonia Readmissions Using Electronic Health Record Data. Volume 12 of Issue 4. Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 28411288


  45. Makam AN, Nguyen OK. An Evidence-Based Medicine Approach to Antihyperglycemic Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus to Overcome Overtreatment. Volume 135 of Issue 2. Circulation 2017. PMID: 28069712


  46. Weinreich M, Nguyen OK, Wang D, Mayo H, Mortensen EM, Halm EA, Makam AN. Predicting the Risk of Readmission in Pneumonia. A Systematic Review of Model Performance. Volume 13 of Issue 9. 2016. PMID: 27299853


  47. Nguyen OK, Makam AN, Clark C, Zhang S, Xie B, Velasco F, Amarasingham R, Halm EA. Vital Signs Are Still Vital: Instability on Discharge and the Risk of Post-Discharge Adverse Outcomes. Volume 32 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27503438


  48. Nguyen OK, Halm EA, Makam AN. Further Limitations of the HOSPITAL Score in US Hospitals. Volume 176 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27479675


  49. Makam AN, Nguyen OK. Clinical Criteria to Identify Patients With Sepsis. Volume 316 of Issue 4. JAMA 2016. PMID: 27458952


  50. Nguyen OK, Makam AN, Halm EA. National Use of Safety-Net Clinics for Primary Care among Adults with Non-Medicaid Insurance in the United States. Volume 11 of Issue 3. PloS one 2016. PMID: 27027617


  51. Nguyen OK, Makam AN, Clark C, Zhang S, Xie B, Velasco F, Amarasingham R, Halm EA. Predicting all-cause readmissions using electronic health record data from the entire hospitalization: Model development and comparison. Volume 11 of Issue 7. Journal of hospital medicine 2016. PMID: 26929062


  52. Nguyen OK, Halm EA, Makam AN. Relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes. Volume 11 of Issue 7. Journal of hospital medicine 2016. PMID: 26929094


  53. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Zhou J, Ottenbacher KJ, Halm EA. Trends in Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Use in Texas from 2002-2011. Volume 2 of Issue 3. 2015. PMID: 26702452


  54. Nguyen LT, Sullivan CT, Makam AN. The Diagnostic Cascade of Incidental Findings: A Teachable Moment. Volume 175 of Issue 7. JAMA internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25938592


  55. Makam AN, Steinman MA. Response to Einhorn and colleagues. Volume 63 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015. PMID: 25989580


  56. Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Auerbach AD. Diagnostic accuracy and effectiveness of automated electronic sepsis alert systems: A systematic review. Volume 10 of Issue 6. Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 25758641


  57. Makam AN, Nguyen OK. Use of cardiac biomarker testing in the emergency department. Volume 175 of Issue 1. JAMA internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25401720


  58. Nguyen OK, Chan CV, Makam A, Stieglitz H, Amarasingham R. Envisioning a social-health information exchange as a platform to support a patient-centered medical neighborhood: a feasibility study. Volume 30 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25092009


  59. Makam AN, Boscardin WJ, Miao Y, Steinman MA. Risk of thiazide-induced metabolic adverse events in older adults. Volume 62 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014. PMID: 24823661


  60. Makam AN, Auerbach AD, Steinman MA. Blood culture use in the emergency department in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. Volume 174 of Issue 5. JAMA internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24614986


  61. Makam AN, Auerbach AD, Steinman MA. Blood culture use in the emergency department in patients hospitalized with respiratory symptoms due to a nonpneumonia illness. Volume 9 of Issue 8. Journal of hospital medicine 2014. PMID: 24753399


  62. Oresanya L, Makam AN, Belkin M, Moneta GL, Conte MS. Factors associated with primary vein graft occlusion in a multicenter trial with mandated ultrasound surveillance. Volume 59 of Issue 4. 2013. PMID: 24361199


  63. Makam AN, Lanham HJ, Batchelor K, Moran B, Howell-Stampley T, Kirk L, Cherukuri M, Samal L, Santini N, Leykum LK, Halm EA. The good, the bad and the early adopters: providers' attitudes about a common, commercial EHR. Volume 20 of Issue 1. 2013. PMID: 23962319


  64. Makam AN, Lanham HJ, Batchelor K, Samal L, Moran B, Howell-Stampley T, Kirk L, Cherukuri M, Santini N, Leykum LK, Halm EA. Use and satisfaction with key functions of a common commercial electronic health record: a survey of primary care providers. Volume 13. 2013. PMID: 24070335