Aksharananda Rambachan • UCSF Profiles

Aksharananda Rambachan, MD, MPH

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	Location Required, #001 San Francisco CA 00001
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ORCID	0000-0002-8506-5086
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Biography

Education and Training

UCSF		07/2020	Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard		06/2019	Internal Medicine Residency
Northwestern University	MD/MPH	05/2016
St. Olaf College	BA	05/2012	Chemistry, Political Science, Statistics

Overview

Aksharananda (Akshar) Rambachan joined the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine in 2020. Akshar is a clinician-educator with research interests in disparities in pain management.

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Publications

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Assessing for differences in opioid administration during inpatient end-of-life care for patients with limited English proficiency. J Hosp Med. 2024 Mar 27. Curatola N, Prasad P, Bell BK, Fang MC, Rambachan A. PMID: 38544317.

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Hos Hospitals
Racial, Ethnic, and Language-Based Inequities in Inpatient Opioid Prescribing by Diagnosis from Internal Medicine Services, a Retrospective Cohort Study. Pain Res Manag. 2023; 2023:1658413. Joshi M, Prasad PA, Hubbard CC, Iverson N, Manuel SP, Fang MC, Rambachan A. PMID: 37780096; PMCID: PMC10539084.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
Pain Assessment Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Language in Adult Hospitalized Patients. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 08; 24(4):393-399. Rambachan A, Noorulhuda H, Fang MC, Bazinski M, Manuel S, Hubbard C, Prasad P. PMID: 37147211; PMCID: PMC10954313.

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Neu Neurology Nur Nursing Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
A Focused Screening and Clinical Intervention with Streamlined Outpatient Linkage for Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Experiencing Homelessness. Subst Abuse. 2023; 17:11782218231166382. Oreper S, Bond A, Bazinski M, Tierney M, Fang M, Sankaran S, Rambachan A. PMID: 37051016; PMCID: PMC10084569.

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Racial Differences in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Practices in Spine Surgical Patients. Neurosurgery. 2023 03 01; 92(3):490-496. Letchuman V, He L, Mummaneni PV, Agarwal N, Campbell LJ, Shabani S, Chan AK, Abrecht CR, Miller C, Sankaran S, Rambachan A, Croci R, Berven SH, Chou D, Holly LT, Guan Z. PMID: 36700672.

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Neu Neurosurgery
Translation:Humans
Language barriers and postoperative opioid prescription use after total knee arthroplasty. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. 2022 Sep; 7:100171. Nguyen KH, Rambachan A, Ward DT, Manuel SP. PMID: 36082144; PMCID: PMC9445381.

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Discharge Opioid Prescribing From a Hospital Medicine Service. J Hosp Med. 2021 10; 16(10):589-595. Rambachan A, Fang MC, Prasad P, Iverson N. PMID: 34613895; PMCID: PMC8494281.

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Hos Hospitals
Translation:Humans
Racial Disparities in 7-Day Readmissions from an Adult Hospital Medicine Service. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 08; 9(4):1500-1505. Rambachan A, Abe-Jones Y, Fernandez A, Shahram Y. PMID: 34181237; PMCID: PMC9249686.

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Epi Epidemiology Pub Public Health Soc Social Sciences
Translation:Humans
Overcoming the Racial Hierarchy: the History and Medical Consequences of "Caucasian". J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 10; 5(5):907-912. Rambachan A. PMID: 29396816.

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Epi Epidemiology Pub Public Health Soc Social Sciences
Translation:Humans
Market-Based Health Care in Specialty Surgery: Finding Patient-Centered Shared Value. Neurosurgery. 2015 Oct; 77(4):509-16; discussion 516. Smith TR, Rambachan A, Cote D, Cybulski G, Laws ER. PMID: 26308640.

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Neu Neurosurgery
Translation:Humans
Contemporary national surgical outcomes in the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Urology. 2015 Feb; 85(2):363-7. Oberlin DT, McGuire BB, Pilecki M, Rambachan A, Kim JY, Perry KT, Nadler RB. PMID: 25623688.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Surgical duration and risk of venous thromboembolism. JAMA Surg. 2015 Feb; 150(2):110-7. Kim JY, Khavanin N, Rambachan A, McCarthy RJ, Mlodinow AS, De Oliveria GS, Stock MC, Gust MJ, Mahvi DM. PMID: 25472485.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
Open vs Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy: Assessing the Impact of BMI on Postoperative Outcomes in 3685 Cases from National Data. J Endourol. 2015 May; 29(5):561-7. Sharma V, Aggarwal A, McGuire BB, Rambachan A, Matulewicz RS, Kim JY, Nadler RB. PMID: 25357211.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
Increased anaesthesia duration increases venous thromboembolism risk in plastic surgery: A 6-year analysis of over 19,000 cases using the NSQIP dataset. J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2015; 49(4):191-7. Mlodinow AS, Khavanin N, Ver Halen JP, Rambachan A, Gutowski KA, Kim JY. PMID: 25423609.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
A systematic review of single-stage augmentation-mastopexy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Nov; 134(5):922-931. Khavanin N, Jordan SW, Rambachan A, Kim JYS. PMID: 25347628.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
PD26-01 SURGICAL DURATION OF ENDOSCOPIC UROLOGIC PROCEDURES: SIXTY MINUTES AND BEYOND. The Journal of Urology. 2014 Apr 1; 191(4):e758. Matulewicz MR, Rambachan RA, Oberlin OD, Kim KJ, Nadler NR. .

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MP6-11 PREDICTORS OF READMISSION FOLLOWING OUTPATIENT UROLOGICAL SURGERY. The Journal of Urology. 2014 Apr 1; 191(4):e60-e61. Rambachan RA, Matulewicz MR, Pilecki PM, Kim KJ, Kundu KS. .

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Impact of resident involvement on urological surgery outcomes: an analysis of 40,000 patients from the ACS NSQIP database. J Urol. 2014 Sep; 192(3):885-90. Matulewicz RS, Pilecki M, Rambachan A, Kim JY, Kundu SD. PMID: 24704012.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Risk factors for 30-day perioperative complications after Le Fort colpocleisis. J Urol. 2014 Sep; 192(3):788-92. Catanzarite T, Rambachan A, Mueller MG, Pilecki MA, Kim JY, Kenton K. PMID: 24641911.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Predictors of readmission after inpatient plastic surgery. Arch Plast Surg. 2014 Mar; 41(2):116-21. Jain U, Salgado C, Mioton L, Rambachan A, Kim JY. PMID: 24665418; PMCID: PMC3961607.

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Abstract 41: increased anesthesia duration increases venous thromboembolism risk in plastic surgery: a six-year analysis of over 19,000 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Mar; 133(3 Suppl):52. Mlodinow AS, Khavanin N, Ver Halen JP, Rambachan A, Gutowski KA, Kim JY. PMID: 25942152.

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Gen General Surgery
Risk Factors for Perioperative Complications after Le Fort Colpocleisis. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2014 Mar 1; 21(2):s34. Catanzarite CT, Rambachan RA, Mueller MM, Pilecki PM, Kim KJ, Kenton KK. .

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Impact of Operative Time on Perioperative Morbidity in Abdominal Myomectomy. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2014 Mar 1; 21(2):s34-s35. Catanzarite CT, Saha SS, Rambachan RA, Kim KJ, Milad MM. .

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Predictors of readmission following outpatient urological surgery. J Urol. 2014 Jul; 192(1):183-8. Rambachan A, Matulewicz RS, Pilecki M, Kim JY, Kundu SD. PMID: 24518788.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Predictors of readmission after outpatient plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Jan; 133(1):173-180. Mioton LM, Buck DW, Rambachan A, Ver Halen J, Dumanian GA, Kim JYS. PMID: 24105090.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
The impact of surgical duration on plastic surgery outcomes. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2013 Nov 1; 36(11):707-714. Rambachan RA, Mioton ML, Saha SS, Fine FN, Kim KJ. .

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Increased Operative Time Is Associated with Higher Complication Rates in Plastic Surgery Patients. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2013 Oct 1; 132(4S-1):103. Rambachan RA, Mioton ML, Saha SS, Fine FN, Dumanian DG, Kim KJ. .

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Predictors of Readmission after Outpatient Plastic Surgery. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2013 Oct 1; 132(4S-1):103. Mioton ML, Buck BD, Rambachan RA, Halen HJ, Dumanian DG, Kim KJ. .

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Supply of neuraminidase inhibitors related to reduced influenza A (H1N1) mortality during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic: summary of an ecological study. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 Sep; 7 Suppl 2:82-86. Miller PE, Rambachan A, Hubbard RJ, Li J, Meyer AE, Stephens P, Mounts AW, Rolfes MA, Penn CR. PMID: 24034490; PMCID: PMC5909398.

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Vir Virology
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Reasons for readmission after carotid endarterectomy. World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec; 82(6):e771-6. Rambachan A, Smith TR, Saha S, Eskandari MK, Bendok BR, Kim JY. PMID: 23973514.

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Neu Neurosurgery
Translation:Humans
Anemia is not a predictor of free flap failure: a review of NSQIP data. Microsurgery. 2013 Sep; 33(6):432-8. Mlodinow AS, Ver Halen JP, Rambachan A, Gaido J, Kim JY. PMID: 23836610.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
Supply of neuraminidase inhibitors related to reduced influenza A (H1N1) mortality during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic: an ecological study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e43491. Miller PE, Rambachan A, Hubbard RJ, Li J, Meyer AE, Stephens P, Mounts AW, Rolfes MA, Penn CR. PMID: 22984431; PMCID: PMC3439456.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Robot-assisted laparoscopic ipsilateral ureteroureterostomy for ectopic ureters in children: description of technique. J Endourol. 2012 Oct; 26(10):1279-83. Leavitt DA, Rambachan A, Haberman K, DeMarco R, Shukla AR. PMID: 22563798.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
Intractable hemorrhagic cystitis after hematopoietic stem cell tranplantation--is there a role for early urinary diversion in children? J Urol. 2012 Jul; 188(1):242-6. Lukasewycz SJ, Smith AR, Rambachan A, MacMillan ML, Lewis JM, Shukla AR. PMID: 22595064.

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Uro Urology
Translation:Humans
V542 ROBOT-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC URETEROURETEROSTOMY FOR ECTOPIC, DUPLICATED URETER: CASE SERIES AND DESCRIPTION OF TECHNIQUE. The Journal of Urology. 2012 Apr 1; 187(4):e222. Haberman HK, Leavitt LD, Rambachan RA, DeMarco DR, Shukla SA. .

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