Neena S. Abraham MD, MSc (EPI), FACG, FASGE, AGAF
Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona; Senior Associate Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Associate Medical Director, Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery (CSHCD)Neena S. Abraham, MD, MSc (EPI), FACG, FASGE, AGAF is a Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona and Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She is also the Associate Medical Director in Arizona for the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery (CSHCD). In this role she partners with scientific, academic and clinical partners at the Mayo Clinic to create, evaluate, and implement the scientific study and application of innovative processes to transform and improve the value of health care delivery.
Dr. Abraham has an extensive track record in health services, policy and outcomes research. She has held federal grants as a principal investigator and has successfully secured competitive funding from national societies and industry. Her research interests include patient-centered outcomes, value analysis and policy outcomes related to use of pharmacologic agents and gastrointestinal disorders. Specifically, Dr. Abraham investigates how antithrombotic drugs contribute to gastrointestinal bleeding, with particular attention to their effects in cardiac patients, the elderly and highly co-morbid. Dr. Abraham also studies the impact of patient engagement in medical decision-making and collaborative care models, involving gastroenterologists and cardiologists, to enhance patient safety, best-practice prescription strategies and health-modifying behaviors.