Divya Anjana Shankar, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Divya Anjana Shankar is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a pulmonary and critical care physician at Boston Medical Center. She earned her Medical Doctorate (MD) through Boston University’s Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Education Program. Dr. Shankar completed her Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at Boston Medical Center, where she also served as a T32/F32 Research Fellow and is currently an Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences Fellow.
Dr. Shankar’s clinical expertise focuses on pulmonary diseases, critical care, and interstitial lung diseases, with a research emphasis on health disparities, implementation science, and treatment outcomes for conditions like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Her work, supported by NIH and American Lung Association grants, has been published in high-impact journals such as Annals of the American Thoracic Society and BMC Public Health. She has presented extensively at national conferences, including the American Thoracic Society, earning Abstract Scholarships in 2022 and 2023. Her research on antifibrotic uptake disparities and smoking cessation interventions underscores her commitment to health equity.
A dedicated educator, Dr. Shankar co-directs the Pulmonary Core Curriculum, teaches medical students and residents, and mentors trainees, with mentees presenting at major conferences. She serves on the Medical School Admissions Committee and is an active member of the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians, contributing to web and program committees.
Other Positions
- Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Education
- Boston University School of Medicine, MD
- Boston University, BA
Publications
- Published on 11/9/2024
Sangani R, Bosch NA, Govender P, Scarpato B, Walkey AJ, Newman J, Law AC, Gillmeyer KR, Shankar DA. Sarcoidosis Treatment Patterns in the United States: 2016-2022. Chest. 2024 Nov 09. PMID: 39522595.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2024
Homer-Bouthiette C, Shen BH, Dobie AC, Shankar DA, Pang B, Law AC, Bosch NA. Practice Patterns for Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Adult Patients Admitted to U.S. Intensive Care Units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Oct; 21(10):1441-1448. PMID: 38935672.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/22/2024
Shen BH, Dobie AC, Shusterman SL, Duzgol M, Homer-Bouthiette C, Kearney LE, Newman J, Pang B, Shankar DA, Zhang J, Gillmeyer KR, Bosch NA, Law AC. Variation in Triage to Pediatric vs Adult ICUs Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Asthma Exacerbations. CHEST Crit Care. 2024 Sep; 2(3). PMID: 39364391.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2024
Kearney CM, Sangani R, Shankar D, O'Connor GT, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Comparative Effectiveness of Mepolizumab, Benralizumab, and Dupilumab among Patients with Difficult-to-Control Asthma: A Multicenter Retrospective Propensity-matched Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jun; 21(6):866-874. PMID: 38241013.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Shankar DA, Hawkins F, Alysandratos KD, Wilson KC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA, Law AC. Uptake of Antifibrotics for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2016-2022. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jan; 21(1):170-173. PMID: 37879035.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2023
Pang B, Kearney L, Maccarone J, Zhang J, Kearney C, Sangani R, Shankar DA, Gillmeyer KR, Law AC, Bosch NA. Association between Early Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis, Bleeding Risk, and Venous Thromboembolism among Critically Ill Patients with Thrombocytopenia. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Jun; 20(6):917-920. PMID: 36867519.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/15/2023
Mesfin N, Sangani R, Shankar DA, Reardon C. New Frontiers in Therapeutics for Interstitial Lung Diseases. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Apr 15; 207(8):1089-1091. PMID: 36735934.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/3/2023
Shankar DA, Bosch NA, Walkey AJ, Law AC. Practice Changes Among Patients Without COVID-19 Receiving Mechanical Ventilation During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic. Crit Care Explor. 2023 Apr; 5(4):e0889. PMID: 37025306.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2023
Shankar DA, Walkey AJ, Hawkins FJ, Bosch NA, Peterson D, Law AC. Hospital-level variation in practices and outcomes for patients with severe acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2023 Apr; 10(1). PMID: 37076251.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2022
Kathuria H, Shankar D, Cobb V, Newman J, Bulekova K, Werntz S, Borrelli B. Integrating Social Determinants of Health With Tobacco Treatment for Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Delivery Through Text Messaging. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Sep 01; 6(9):e36919. PMID: 36048509.
Read at: PubMed
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