Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH

Rohan Khazanchi, M.D., M.P.H., is an adult & pediatric hospitalist at Boston Medical Center and a health policy research fellow in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.

Rohan broadly strives to advance health equity for and with marginalized populations, with a particular focus on stigmatized conditions (substance use disorders, serious mental illness, and infectious diseases), the (mis)use of race in clinical algorithms, and the care of children, young adults, and families involved in the child welfare, juvenile justice, adult criminal-legal, and immigrant detention systems. His research has been published in journals including NEJM, Health Affairs, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and JGIM; has been covered in outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and STAT; and has had tangible policy impacts, including being referenced in federal regulations on the use of race in clinical algorithms, changing hospital guidelines on the care of incarcerated patients, and influencing state legislation to end mandatory child welfare reporting for prenatal substance exposure. Locally, he serves on the scientific advisory council for the Transformational Prison Project, a restorative justice-focused organization founded and led by formerly incarcerated individuals.

Rohan completed his Internal Medicine & Pediatrics residency training with the Harvard Combined Med-Peds Residency Program at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Boston Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (MD, '22), the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (MPH, '21), and Washington University in St. Louis (BA, '17).