Divya Anjana Shankar, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of 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) at Boston University and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at Boston Medical Center, where she also served as a T32/F32 Research Fellow. She 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. Her research has been supported by NIH and American Lung Association grants and focuses on improving the quality of care and outcomes for patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) using health services and implementation science research methods.

Publications

  • Published 3/24/2025

    Dobie A, Shen B, Homer-Bouthiette C, Shankar D, Pang B, Law A, Bosch NA. Practice Pattern Variation in Management of Severe Acute Asthma Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Pediatric Versus Adult ICUs. Crit Care Explor. 2025 Apr 01; 7(4):e1233. PMID: 40126920.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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Other Positions

  • Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Boston Medical Center

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Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University, BA

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