Manisha Verma, MD, MPH

Biography

Dr. Verma is the Associate Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Research in the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Einstein Hospital. She is an internationally recognized health services researcher whose work focuses on patient centered outcomes research and health system interventions. She co-leads the current PAL LIVER trial, a cluster randomized controlled trial supported by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Her expertise is in developing models of palliative care, integrating patient reported outcomes within routine care and integrating behavioral health services within primary and specialty care. The long-term goal of her research is to improve patient centered outcomes through optimized care approaches. She also aims to improve implementation strategies of evidence-based practices, aiming to reduce the time gap between effectiveness research and bedside care.