Bharti Khurana | Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Bharti Khurana, M.D.

Title

Associate Professor of Radiology

Institution

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Department

Radiology

Address

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Radiology
75 Francis St
Boston MA 02115

Phone

617/732-6262

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Biography

education and training

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA

MBA

06/2023

Business

awards and honors

2002

Radiology Resident Research Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2003

Resident Research Award, Radiological Society of North America

2006

Partners in Excellence, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2014

Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North Amercia

2018

Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North America

2019

Top 12 Disruptive AI Health Care Technologies, Mass General Brigham

2019

Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North America

2019

Innovation Discovery Award, Mass General Brigham Innovation

2019

Brigham Care Redesign Incubator Startup (BCRISP), Brigham and Women's Hospital

2019

Injury Prevention Innovator Award, Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma innovation

2019

Goyal Physician Achievement Award, Indian Medical Association of New England

2020

Most Distinguished Physician Award, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

2022

Fellow, American College of Radiology

2022

American College of Radiology Innovation Fund Award

2023

National Academy of Medicine Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence

Overview

overview

Bharti Khurana, MD is the founding director of the Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center (TIRIC) and an emergency radiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her clinical and research efforts involve accurate and meaningful imaging interpretation with rapid application of clinical knowledge for patients in the emergency department with a focus on orthopedic and spine trauma, intimate partner violence, geriatric trauma, frailty, whole-body CT for trauma, MRI optimization, machine learning tools, education, and career-building in emergency radiology. She is widely respected as a beloved mentor and has been the three-time recipient of the Distinguished Honored Educator Award by the Radiological Society of North America. As a former emergency radiology fellowship program director, Dr. Khurana has trained many residents and fellows who are now leaders in radiology. Dr. Khurana graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, and did her residency and fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and holds a research faculty appointment in the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is also the director of the Intensive Review of Emergency Radiology CME course at Harvard Medical School.

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media links

	How radiologists can help identify domestic violence (11/27/2017)
	Brigham And Women's Doctors Say Radiologists Can Help Identify Domestic Abuse Ea (12/01/2017)
	BWH Radiologists detect IPV patterns (12/2017)
	Health Imaging: Radiologists can help uncover evidence of IPV (12/7/2017)
	How radiologists can help domestic violence victims in Boston (12/13/2017)
	Brookline resident, radiologist seeks inside evidence of intimate partner violence (10/31/2018)
	Dr Bharti Khurana: Bringing Intimate Partner Violence Into Focus (11/6/2018)
	Making the Invisible Visible: Bringing Intimate Partner Violence into Focus (10/8/2018)
	Radiology Offers Clues in Cases of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault (1/8/2018)
	Radiologists Can Help Identify Victims of Domestic Violence (2/5/2019)
	X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence (11/6/2019)
	Radiologists can help identify victims of domestic violence (2/5/2019)
	How can radiologists help victims of intimate partner violence? (2/5/2019)
	Hospital radiologists can help detect domestic violence, researchers say (2/9/2019)
	Domestic Violence Doesn’t Always Look Like We Think (2/28/2019)
	World Medical Innovation Forum: First Look Bharti Khurana, MD (04/08/2019)
	Making the Invisible Visible: Bringing Intimate Partner Violence into Focus (4/19/2019)
	Top 12 Artificial Intelligence Innovations Disrupting Healthcare by 2020 (4/19/2019)
	Radiographics Podcast: Injuries to the Rigid Spine (April 2019)
	Radiology Podcast: Radiological Findings in Intimate Partner Violence (April 2019)
	Radiology Plays Vital Role in Detecting Intimate Partner Violence (10/4/2019)
	Reading the Signs (01/13/2020)
	New Study Shows Increase in Domestic Violence Injuries during COVID-19 (08/13/2020)
	Radiologists must help spot abuse as domestic violence injuries rise during the pandemic (08/13/2020)
	COVID-19 lockdowns linked to more domestic violence, Brigham and Women's study finds (08/13/2020)
	Study Shows Increase in Domestic Violence Injuries During COVID-19 (08/13/2020)
	Radiology reveals alarming rise in intimate partner violence during COVID-19 pandemic (08/13/2020)
	High-Risk Domestic Abuse Cases Doubled During COVID-19 Pandemic, Says Study (08/13/2020)
	Coronavirus update: Domestic violence cases are rising during the pandemic, consumers are still shop (08/13/2020)
	Domestic violence rose during lockdown — and injuries are dramatically more severe, study finds (8/18/2020)
	MAKING THE INVISIBLE, VISIBLE: IDENTIFYING VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (11/16/2020)
	This injury may signal domestic violence, study warns \| Fox News (12/1/2020)
	This Injury a Possible Sign of Domestic Violence (11/30/2020)
	One Type of Injury Should Raise Red Flag for Domestic Violence (11/30/2020)
	Why this arm injury is a red flag for ‘intimate’ domestic violence (11/30/2020)
	Forearm fractures may signal intimate partner violence (11/30/2020)
	With Forearm Fracture in Women, Suspect Domestic Violence (11/30/2020)
	Study: Forearm fracture should raise red flag for domestic violence (11/30/2020)
	Pandemic X-rays reveal dramatic spike in domestic violence, study finds (10/8/2020)
	RSNA Daily Bulletin: Managing Whole-Body CT Trauma Transfer Patients (12/6/2019)
	Up to one-third of women with forearm fractures may be victims of domestic violence (11/30/2020)
	Forearm Fractures May Signal Intimate Partner Violence (11/30/2020)
	Nondisplaced Ulna Fracture Could Mean Intimate-Partner Violence (12/2/2020)
	Grim Findings on Partner Violence During the Pandemic (10/16/2020)
	Ulnar Fractures May Indicate Intimate Partner Violence (12/7/2020)
	Forearm fractures may be telltale sign of domestic violence (12/1/2020)
	Forearm fracture may be red flag for domestic violence, study finds (12/3/2020)
	Help for When Home is Dangerous (1/7/2021)
	Radiology Podcast: Bharti Khurana, MD on Exacerbation of IPV during COVID pandemic (1/13/2021)
	Radiologists can help stop domestic violence, save lives by spotting lower limb injury patterns (2/26/21)
	Khurana Wins AAPI Most Distinguished Physician Award (3/26/21)
	Forearm fractures present unique opportunity for radiologists to help break cycle of domestic violen (4/5/2021)
	Expert Roundtable: Intimate Partner Violence and COVID-19 - Psychiatry Advisor (4/23/21)
	Radiologists able to flag domestic violence before victims self-report (11/19/21)
	Comparison of intimate partner violence injuries among sexes uncovers higher level of severity for male victims (12/16/21)
	Comparison of intimate partner violence injuries among sexes uncovers higher level of severity for male victims (12/16/21)
	Intimate Partner Violence Injury Patterns Differ Between Men, Women (12/29/21)
	Intimate Partner Violence Injury Patterns Differ Between Men, Women - (12/28/21)
	Intimate Partner Violence Injury Patterns Differ Between Men, Women (12/28/21)
	More severe injuries noted among male victims of intimate partner violence (12/30/21)
	New Study Finds Holidays as Peak Times for Domestic Violence Injuries (1/26/2023)
	High incidence of strangulation found among patients who experienced intimate partner violence (12/12/2023)
	High Incidence of Strangulation Found Among Patients Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence (12/11/2023)
	New Study Finds Significant Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Injury Patterns Across Age Grou (03/19/2024)
	Beyond the injury: Identifying abuse in older adults in emergency departments (3/28/24)

Mentoring

current student opportunities

Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center [login at prompt]

Available: 06/01/22, Expires: 03/01/26

At the Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center (TIRIC), we build solutions for (1) automated injury detection from medical images, (2) clinical decision support to detect Intimate Partner Violence, (3) geriatric frailty detection from medical images, (4) automated processing of medical content on social media, and (5) evidence-based clinical guidelines for appropriate use of imaging in the Emergency Department.

Violence and Abuse Detection through Imaging and Analytics [login at prompt]

Available: 03/25/24, Expires: 03/31/27

At the Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center (TIRIC), we are dedicated to enhancing patient outcomes by leveraging advanced data analytics to revolutionize early diagnosis and intervention strategies. Our multifaceted approach encompasses automated injury detection on radiological studies, clinical decision support systems for identifying interpersonal violence, and pioneering image-based biological age prediction methods. Through these endeavors, we aim not only to save lives but also to proactively prevent injuries. We offer compelling opportunities for students to actively engage with our projects, whether as co-authors contributing to our groundbreaking research or as first authors leading initiatives. Over the past five years, several students from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) have utilized their involvement with TIRIC for their honors theses and spearhead projects as first authors.

Research

research activities and funding

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1-R01-EB032384-01A1 (Bharti Khurana) Sep 22, 2022 - Jun 30, 2026

NIH

Making the invisible visible: An automated clinical decision support tool for Intimate Partner Violence Risk and Severity Prediction (AIRS)

Role: Principal Investigator
Injury Prevention Award (Bharti Khurana) Feb 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021

Gillian Reny Stepping Strong for Trauma Innovation

Injury Patterns related to Intimate Partner Violence

Role: Principal Investigator
BCRISP (Bharti Khurana) Sep 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020

Brigham Care Redesign Incubator and Startup Program

Intimate Partner Violence

Role: Principal Investigator
Innovation Discovery Grant (Bharti Khurana) May 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2020

Mass General Brigham Innovation

Automated Detection of Intimate Partner Violence

Role: Principal Investigator
R01AR059775 (Meryl Leboff, MD) Sep 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2023

NIH

Vitamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL): Interrelationship of Vitamin D and Vitamin K on Bone

Role: Co-Investigator

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