Sagar Dugani, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Hospitalist
  2. Internist
  1. Dugani SB, Moorthy MV, Demler OV, Li C, Ridker PM, Glynn RJ, Mora S. Plasma Biomarker Profiles for Premature and Nonpremature Coronary Heart Disease in Women. Clin Chem. 2024 Mar 13 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Dugani SB, Lahr BD, Xie H, Mielke MM, Bailey KR, Vella A. County Rurality and Incidence and Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes in the United States. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Mar 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Maniaci MJ, Torres-Guzman RA, Avila FR, Maita K, Garcia JP, Forte AJ, Rutledge R, Dugani SB, Campbell SM, Pritchard IJ, Paulson MR. Development and evaluation of best practice advisory alert for patient eligibility in a hospital-at-home program: A multicenter retrospective study. J Hosp Med. 2024 Mar; 19 (3):165-174 Epub 2024 Jan 19
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  4. Hydoub YM, Walker AP, Kirchoff RW, Alzu'bi HM, Chipi PY, Gerberi DJ, Burton MC, Murad MH, Dugani SB. Risk Prediction Models for Hospital Mortality in General Medical Patients: A Systematic Review. Am J Med Open. 2023 Dec; 10 Epub 2023 June 05
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  5. Dugani SB, Fischer KM, Schroeder DR, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Paulson M, Croghan IT, Burton MC. Global well-being, anxiety, social isolation, and emotional support among hospitalists during COVID-19 and Mpox outbreaks. Hosp Pract (1995). 2023 Oct; 51 (4):211-218 Epub 2023 Aug 01
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  6. Dugani SB, Kiliaki SA, Nielsen ML, Fischer KM, Lunde M, Kesselring GM, Lawson DK, Coons TJ, Schenzel HA, Parikh RS, Pagali SR, Liwonjo A, Croghan IT, Schroeder DR, Burton MC. Postdischarge Video Visits for Adherence to Hospital Discharge Recommendations: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Mayo Clin Proc Digit Health. 2023 Sep; 1 (3):368-378 Epub 2023 Aug 04
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  7. Philpot LM, Dugani SB, Singla A, DeZutter M, Ebbert JO. Digital Care Horizon: A Framework for Extending Health Care Through Digital Transformation. Mayo Clin Proc Digit Health. 2023 Sep; 1 (3):210-216 Epub 2023 June 10
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  8. Dugani SB, Zubaid M, Rashed W, Girardo ME, Balayah Z, Mora S, Alsheikh-Ali AA. Social Determinants of Health and Mortality After Premature and Non-premature Acute Coronary Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Jun; 7 (3):153-164 Epub 2023 Apr 22
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  9. Felix HM, Paulson MR, Garcia JP, Dugani SB, Torres-Guzman RA, Avila FR, Maita K, Forte AJ, Maniaci MJ. Avoiding Escalation to the Emergency Department by Activating an In-Home Rapid Response Team in the 30 Days After Hospital-at-Home Discharge. J Emerg Med. 2023 Apr; 64 (4):455-463 Epub 2023 Mar 07
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  10. Kwok SWH, Wang G, Sohel F, Kashani KB, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Antpack E, Khandelwal K, Pagali SR, Nanda S, Abdalrhim AD, Sharma UM, Bhagra S, Dugani S, Takahashi PY, Murad MH, Yousufuddin M. An artificial intelligence approach for predicting death or organ failure after hospitalization for COVID-19: development of a novel risk prediction tool and comparisons with ISARIC-4C, CURB-65, qSOFA, and MEWS scoring systems. Respir Res. 2023 Mar 13; 24 (1):79
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  11. Hydoub YM, Fischer KM, Hanson KT, Coons TJ, Wilshusen LL, Vista TL, Colbenson GA, Burton MC, Habermann EB, Dugani SB. Multisite analysis of patient experience scores and risk of hospital admission: a retrospective cohort study. Hosp Pract (1995). 2023 Feb; 51 (1):35-43 Epub 2022 Nov 24
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  12. Felix HM, Cowdell JC, Paulson MR, Maita KC, Dugani SB, Avila FR, Torres-Guzman RA, Forte AJ, Matcha GV, Maniaci MJ. Impact of an Acquisition Advanced Practice Provider on Home Hospital Patient Volumes and Length of Stay. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jan 17; 11 (3)
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  13. Yousufuddin M, Murad MH, Peters JL, Ambriz TJ, Blocker KR, Khandelwal K, Pagali SR, Nanda S, Abdalrhim A, Patel U, Dugani S, Arumaithurai K, Takahashi PY, Kashani KB. Within-Person Blood Pressure Variability During Hospitalization and Clinical Outcomes Following First-Ever Acute Ischemic Stroke. Am J Hypertens. 2023 Jan 1; 36 (1):23-32
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  14. Maniaci MJ, Cowdell JC, Maita K, Avila FR, Dugani SB, Torres-Guzman RA, Garcia JP, Forte AJ, Paulson MR. Diagnosis Related Groups of Patients Admitted from an Urban Academic Medical Center to a Virtual Hybrid Hospital-at-Home Program. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2023; 16:759-768 Epub 2023 Apr 21
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  15. Yousufuddin M, Yamani MH, Kashani KB, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Seshadri A, Blocker KR, Peters JL, Doss JM, Karam D, Khandelwal K, Sharma UM, Dudenkov DV, Mehmood T, Pagali SR, Nanda S, Abdalrhim AD, Cummings N, Dugani SB, Smerina M, Prokop LJ, Keenan LR, Bhagra S, Jahangir A, Bauer PR, Fonarow GC, Murad MH. Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes After Heart Failure Hospitalizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to October 2020. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Jan; 98 (1):31-47 Epub 2022 Sept 21
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  16. Tabatabaei Yeganeh HS, Prokop LJ, Kiliaki SA, Gnanapandithan K, Yousufuddin M, Vella A, Montori VM, Dugani SB. Guidelines, position statements, and advisories for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in rural populations: A systematic review protocol. PLoS One. 2023; 18 (6):e0288116 Epub 2023 June 29
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  17. Dugani SB, Kiliaki SA, Nielsen ML, Coons TJ, Fischer KM, Parikh RS, Pagali SR, Liwonjo A, Schroeder DR, Croghan IT, Burton MC. Post-discharge early assessment with remote video link (PEARL) initiative for patients discharged from hospital medicine services. Hosp Pract (1995). 2022 Dec; 50 (5):379-386 Epub 2022 Sept 23
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  18. Dugani SB, Wood-Wentz CM, Mielke MM, Bailey KR, Vella A. Assessment of Disparities in Diabetes Mortality in Adults in US Rural vs Nonrural Counties, 1999-2018. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1; 5 (9):e2232318 Epub 2022 Sept 01
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  19. Dugani SB, Fischer KM, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Croghan IT, Burton MC. Psychologic wellness of PA, NP, and physician hospitalists during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAAPA. 2022 May 1; 35 (5):45-53
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  20. Badwal K, Kiliaki SA, Dugani Sagar, Pagali SR. Psychosis Management in Lewy Body Dementia: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2022 May; 35 (3):255-261 Epub 2021 Jan 19
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  21. Dugani SB, Fischer KM, Schroeder DR, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Croghan IT, Kashani D, Burton MC. Wellness of hospitalists and hospital medicine advanced practice providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2021. J Hosp Med. 2022 Apr; 17 (4):259-267 Epub 2022 Mar 24
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  22. Dugani SB, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Fischer KM, Croghan IT, Coons TJ, Canan EL, Burton MC. Hospitalist perspectives on barriers to recommend and potential benefit of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hosp Pract (1995). 2021 Oct; 49 (4):245-251 Epub 2021 Apr 21
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  23. Dugani SB, Christenson LR, Aakre JA, Bui HH, Vella A, Mielke MM. Association of plasma ceramides with prevalent and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle and older aged adults. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Sep; 179:108991 Epub 2021 July 29
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  24. Dugani SB, Hydoub YM, Ayala AP, Reka R, Nayfeh T, Ding JF, McCafferty SN, Alzuabi M, Farwati M, Murad MH, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Mora S. Risk Factors for Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 77 Studies. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Aug; 5 (4):783-794 Epub 2021 June 23
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  25. Dugani SB, Mielke MM, Vella A. Burden and management of type 2 diabetes in rural United States. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2021 Jul; 37 (5):e3410 Epub 2020 Oct 05
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  26. Dugani SB, Moorthy MV, Li C, Demler OV, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Ridker PM, Glynn RJ, Mora S. Association of Lipid, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Biomarkers With Age at Onset for Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Women. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Apr 1; 6 (4):437-447
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  27. Dugani SB, Fabbri M, Chamberlain AM, Bielinski SJ, Weston SA, Manemann SM, Jiang R, Roger VL. Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Community Study. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Apr; 5 (2):413-422 Epub 2021 Apr 16
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  28. Dugani SB, Girardo ME, De Filippis E, Mielke MM, Vella A. Risk Factors and Wellness Measures Associated with Prediabetes and Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hispanic Adults. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2021 Apr; 19 (3):180-189 Epub 2021 Jan 15
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  29. Balayah Z, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Rashed W, Almahmeed W, Mulla AA, Alrawahi N, Mora S, Dugani SB, Zubaid M. Association of obesity indices with in-hospital and 1-year mortality following acute coronary syndrome. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Feb; 45 (2):358-368 Epub 2020 Sept 17
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  30. Dugani SB, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Fischer KM, Croghan IT, Burton C. Psychological wellness of internal medicine hospitalists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosp Pract (1995). 2021 Feb; 49(1):47-55. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
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  31. Dugani SB, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Burton MC. Perception of barriers to research among internal medicine physician hospitalists by career stage. Hosp Pract (1995). 2020 Oct; 48 (4):206-212 Epub 2020 June 30
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  32. Dugani SB, Geyer HL, Maniaci MJ, Schenzel HA, Burton MC. Perspectives on and barriers to research among advanced practice provider and physician hospitalists. Nurse Pract. 2020 Sep; 45 (9):41-47
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  33. Seyedsaadat SM, Rizvi A, Alzuabi M, Dugani SB, Murad MH, Huston J 3rd, Saba L, Brinjikji W. Correlation of MRI-detected vulnerable carotid plaques with clinical presentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Sci. 2020 Jun; 64 (3):263-271 Epub 2019 Nov 13
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  34. Samec MJ, Khawaja A, Patel AM, Dugani SB. 80-year-old man with dyspnoea and bilateral groundglass infiltrates: an elusive case of COVID-19. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 May 27; 13 (5)
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  35. Dugani SB, Murad W, Damilig K, Atos J, Mohamed E, Callachan E, Farukhi Z, Shaikh A, Elfatih A, Yusef S, Hydoub YM, Moorthy MV, Mora B, Alawadhi A, Issac R, Saleh A, Al-Mulla A, Mora S, Alsheikh-Ali AA. Premature Myocardial Infarction in the Middle East and North Africa: Rationale for the Gulf PREVENT Study. Angiology. 2020 Jan; 71 (1):17-26 Epub 2019 May 26
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  36. Dugani SB, Ayala Melendez AP, Reka R, Hydoub YM, McCafferty SN, Murad MH, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Mora S. Risk factors associated with premature myocardial infarction: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2019 Feb 11; 9 (2):e023647
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  37. Dugani S, Ames JM, Manson JE, Mora S. Weighing the Anti-Ischemic Benefits and Bleeding Risks from Aspirin Therapy: a Rational Approach. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2018 Feb 21; 20 (3):15
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  38. Dugani S, Afari H, Hirschhorn LR, Ratcliffe H, Veillard J, Martin G, Lagomarsino G, Basu L, Bitton A. Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among frontline primary health care providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Gates Open Res. 2018; 2:4 Epub 2018 June 11
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  39. Dugani S, Kissoon N. Global advocacy needed for sepsis in children. J Infect. 2017 Jun; 74 Suppl 1:S61-S65
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  40. Harada PHN, Demler OV, Dugani SB, Akinkuolie AO, Moorthy MV, Ridker PM, Cook NR, Pradhan AD, Mora S. Lipoprotein Insulin Resistance Score and Risk of Incident Diabetes During Extended Follow-Up of 20 Years: The Women's Health Study. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2017; 11(5):1257-1267.
  41. Dugani SB, Akinkuolie AO, Paynter N, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM, Mora S. Lipoproteins, Insulin Resistance, Rosuvastatin, and Incident Diabetes: Results from the JUPITER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiology. 2016; 1(2):136-145. Epub 2016 Apr 13.
  42. Dugani S, Gaziano TA. 25 by 25: Achieving Global Reduction in Cardiovascular Mortality. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2016 Jan; 18 (1):10
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  43. Bowry A, Lewey J, Dugani SB, Choudhry NK. The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Epidemiology and Managament. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2015; 31(9):1151-1159.
  44. Choudhry NK, Dugani S, Shrank WH, Polinski JM, Stark CE, Gupta R, Prabhakaran D, Brill G, Jha P. Despite increased use and sales of statins in India, per capita prescription rates remain far below high-income countries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Feb; 33 (2):273-82
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  45. Cancino GI, Yiu AP, Fatt MP, Dugani CB, Flores ER, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA, Miller FD, Kaplan DR. p63 Regulates adult neural precursor and newly born neuron survival to control hippocampal-dependent Behavior. J Neurosci. 2013 Jul 31; 33 (31):12569-85
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  46. Dugani S, McGuire R, IMAGINE Working Group. Development of IMAGINE: a three-pillar student initiative to promote social accountability and interprofessional education. J Interprof Care. 2011 Nov; 25 (6):454-6 Epub 2011 Sept 07
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  47. Boozary A, Dugani SB. Institute of social justice and medicine: developing a think tank to promote policy formation. Clin Invest Med. 2011 Oct 1; 34 (5):E259 Epub 2011 Oct 01
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  48. Fujitani M, Cancino GI, Dugani CB, Weaver IC, Gauthier-Fisher A, Paquin A, Mak TW, Wojtowicz MJ, Miller FD, Kaplan DR. TAp73 acts via the bHLH Hey2 to promote long-term maintenance of neural precursors. Curr Biol. 2010 Nov 23; 20 (22):2058-65 Epub 2010 Nov 11
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  49. Dugani CB, Paquin A, Kaplan DR, Miller FD. Coffin-Lowry syndrome: a role for RSK2 in mammalian neurogenesis. Dev Biol. 2010 Nov 15; 347 (2):348-59 Epub 2010 Sept 08
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  50. Dugani CB, Paquin A, Fujitani M, Kaplan DR, Miller FD. p63 antagonizes p53 to promote the survival of embryonic neural precursor cells. J Neurosci. 2009 May 20; 29 (20):6710-21
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  51. Dugani C, Randhawa VK, Cheng AWP, Patel N, Klip A. The Akt-substrate AS160 participates in insulin-dependent perinuclear redistribution of GLUT4 in L6 myoblasts. European Journal of Cell Biology. 2008; 87(6):337-351.
  52. Dugani CB, Klip A. Glucose transporter 4: cycling, compartments and controversies. EMBO Rep. 2005 Dec; 6 (12):1137-42
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  53. Thong FS, Dugani CB, Klip A. Turning signals on and off: GLUT4 traffic in the insulin-signaling highway. Physiology (Bethesda). 2005 Aug; 20:271-84
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  54. Vessal M, Dugani CB, Solomon DA, McIntyre Burnham W, Ivy GO. Might astrocytes play a role in maintaining the seizure-prone state? Brain Res. 2005 May 24; 1044 (2):190-6 Epub 2005 Apr 19
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  55. Vessal M, Dugani CB, Solomon DA, Burnham WM, Ivy GO. Astrocytic proliferation in the piriform cortex of amygdala-kindled subjects: a quantitative study in partial versus fully kindled brains. Brain Res. 2004 Oct 1; 1022 (1-2):47-53
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  56. Wania F, Dugani CB. Assessing the long-range transport potential of polybrominated diphenyl ethers: a comparison of four multimedia models. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2003 Jun; 22 (6):1252-61
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