Sundeep Grandhe, MD, MBBS

Title(s)Assistant Clinical Prof. Vol, General Medicine - Fresno
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Harvard Medical International Affiliated Institution-Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, IndiaMBBS04/2013Bachelor of Medicine | Bachelor of Surgery
    UCLA-Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CAMD06/2020Internal Medicine | Residency
    BIDMC-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAMD06/2021Hospice Palliative Medicine | Fellowship
    Harvard University Center for Bioethics, VirtualMD06/2025Bioethics | Fellowship
    University of Maryland, Baltimore, VirtualPhD08/2028Palliative Care | Thanatology
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    American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine2024FAAHPM | Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    American Board of Lifestyle Medicine2024  - 2034Diplomate ABLM | Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician
    American Society Bioethics Humanities2022  - 2027HEC-C | Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified
    Hospice Medical Director Certification Board2024HMDC | Hospice Medical Director Certified
    American Association for Physician Leadership2024CPE | Certified Physician Executive
    University of Maryland Baltimore2024Global Health Scholar | Center for Global Engagement
    Saint Agnes Medical Center2022  - 2024Associate Medical Director | Champion in Care
    American Medical Association2020  - 2024Steering Committee Ambassador

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    Dr. Grandhe is a triple board-certified physician with dual fellowships from Harvard-affiliated institutions. He trained in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and in Bioethics at the Harvard Center for Bioethics. Among his many distinctions, Dr. Grandhe is one of the youngest physicians to earn the prestigious designation of Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM), the highest honor awarded by AAHPM.

    Dr. Grandhe is board-certified in Hospice by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board (HMDCB), highlighting his advanced expertise in hospice leadership and patient care. He is also a Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C), reflecting his dedication to ethical principles in medicine, and a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), showcasing his leadership in healthcare management. As a Board-Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM), he integrates preventive and lifestyle-focused strategies to improve patient outcomes.

    Deeply connected to California’s Central Valley, where he grew up, Dr. Grandhe has dedicated his career to serving medically underserved and disadvantaged populations. After completing his training at Harvard, he returned to the region with a mission to provide culturally sensitive, compassionate care.

    Dr. Grandhe’s academic interests lie at the intersection of palliative care, hematology, and oncology. He has presented his research at national conferences, published abstracts, and authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters. His photographic fillers have been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), showcasing his multifaceted contributions to the field.

    Dr. Grandhe’s care philosophy is encapsulated in his mottos:

    “You Can’t Spell Hospice Without Hope™”
    “Sometimes Cure, Often Treat, ALWAYS Care™”

    These mottos reflect his holistic approach to improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Through compassionate care and innovative solutions, Dr. Grandhe strives to enhance patient satisfaction, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, and provide meaningful support to patients and their families navigating the complexities of serious illness and end-of-life care.
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    Usability and Acceptability of Complementary Immersive Virtual Reality for Intense Symptom Management in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Advanced Illness
    Center for Healthcare Delivery Science Nov 17, 2020
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Description: The plan to evaluate the impact of this innovation is to measure the change in the intense symptoms from “pre intervention” to “post intervention” both after one intervention and after multiple interventions to determine the long term impact. We would also compare the change in intense symptoms of the cohort with the IVR therapy to a control group that had the standard of care over that same time frame. The impact of this innovation will be to help relieve the suffering of hospitalized adult patients with advanced illness and intense symptoms perhaps decreasing the amount of pain medication and improving quality of life while decreasing length of stay. Importantly the Immersive Virtual Reality therapy could bring critical comfort to the patients, their families and their caregivers at this critical period of time during the COVID 19 - pandemic. Accumulating evidence supports ending isolation and precautions for persons with COVID-19 using a symptom-based strategy. (13)
    Using a Virtual Reality Headset as a Substitute for Opioids for Acute Postoperative Pain Control in Hospitalized Orthopedic Patients
    UCLA KM18097Jul 7, 2019 - May 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Therapeutic Virtual Reality as Complementary Pain Therapy in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
    UCLA KM20033Jun 6, 2019 - Jul 30, 2020
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Antisialagogues. StatPearls. 2022. Grandhe S, Babos M. View Publication.
    2. Pain Assessment. StatPearls. 2022. Dydyk AM, Grandhe S. View Publication.
    3. Making the Rounds. 2020; 11-12. Erica Easton. View Publication.
    4. Multivalvular Endocarditis Involving 3 Valves in a Nonsurgical Candidate. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec; 8:2324709620936855. Boyer R, Grandhe S, Win T, Ragland A, Heidari A. PMID: 32583702; PMCID: PMC7318816.
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    5. A rare case of acute pancreatitis due to very severe hypertriglyceridemia treated with subcutaneous insulin and lipid lowering drugs. AME Case Rep. 2019; 3:26. Bajaj T, Grandhe S, Duong H, Ratnayake SN. PMID: 31463431; PMCID: PMC6691183.
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    6. A Rare Case of Stage IV Basaloid Squamous Cell Cancer with Intrapulmonary and Brain Metastases. Am J Case Rep. 2019 May 09; 20:664-667. Grandhe S, Bajaj T, Duong H, Ratnayake SN. PMID: 31068568; PMCID: PMC6523992.
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    7. Western Section American Federation for Medical Research. General Internal Medicine and Aging. 2019; 38. R Sidhu, A Heidari, G Petersen, S Grandhe, A Sandhu and E Cobos. View Publication.
    8. Follow-up of Prostatectomy versus Observation for Early Prostate Cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2017; 2(377):142. Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Karen M. Jones, M.S., Michael J. Barry, M.D., Gerald L. Andriole, M.D., Daniel Culkin, M.D., Thomas Wheeler, M.D., William J. Aronson, M.D., and Michael K. Brawer, M.D., Sundeep Grandhe, M.D. (photo filler). View Publication.
    9. From Dancing to Debilitated. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016; 5(374):477. Brian A. Houston, M.D., P. Elliott Miller, M.D., Lisa M. Rooper, M.D., Paul J. Scheel, Jr., M.D., and Allan C. Gelber, M.D., Sundeep Grandhe, M.D. (photo filler). View Publication.
    10. Clinical Microbiology made ridiculously simple™. 2016. Mark Gladwin, MD William Trattler, MD C. Scott Mahan, MD. View Publication.
    11. Applying Public Health Principles to the HIV Epidemic — How Are We Doing?. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015; 23(373):2287. Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Kathryn E. Foti, M.P.H., and Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., Sundeep Grandhe, M.D. (photo filler). View Publication.
    12. Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015; 372(9):813. George Du Toit, M.B., B.Ch., Graham Roberts, D.M., Peter H. Sayre, M.D., Ph.D., Henry T. Bahnson, M.P.H., Suzana Radulovic, M.D., Alexandra F. Santos, M.D., Helen A. Brough, M.B., B.S., Deborah Phippard, Ph.D., Monica Basting, M.A., Mary Feeney, M.Sc., R.D., Victor Turcanu, M.D., Ph.D., Michelle L. Sever, M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Margarita Gomez Lorenzo, M.D., Marshall Plaut, M.D., and Gideon Lack, M.B., B.Ch., Sundeep Grandhe M.D. (photo filler). . View Publication.
    13. Age Related Macular Degeneration. Complications of Intravitreal Injections. 2014; 255-262. Vazquez ML, Gonzalez JM, Sheth V, Bhatt H, Grandhe S, Amara M, Jager R. View Publication.
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