Vagish Hemmige, MD MS

Overview

Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and transplant infectious diseases physician at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx, NY. Interests include HIV-to-HIV thoracic transplantation, HIV prevention and treatment, and building open R tools for transplant data research.

• Current roles: Professor, Medicine (ID), Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Infectious Disease physician, Montefiore Medical Center
• Location: Bronx, New York
  
• Clinical interests: Transplant ID, HIV care & prevention, opportunistic infections
  
• Methods/tech: R, Quarto, Arrow/DuckDB, reproducible pipelines

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Highlights

• Part of Montefiore-Einstein’s immunocompromised transplant (ICT) ID team
  
• Medical degree from NYU Grossman School of Medicine; >10 years practice experience.
  
• Faculty/clinician listings and contact available via Einstein/Montefiore directories.

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Open-source projects (R)

• sRtr — Tools for working with UNOS/SRTR transplant data in R
  Repo/docs: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/sRtr/

• strobe — STROBE-style inclusion/exclusion tracking for observational studies
  Repo/docs: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/strobe/

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Selected publications & media

• Montefiore Einstein feature: ICT team advancing care for transplant recipients

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Links

• Faculty profile — Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  https://einsteinmed.edu/faculty/15768/vagish-hemmige

• Physician profile — Montefiore Einstein
  https://doctors.montefioreeinstein.org/providers/1205162245/vagish-s-hemmige

• US News doctor profile
  https://health.usnews.com/doctors/vagish-hemmige-719259

• ORCID
  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6346-1826

• Research/works
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=vagish+Hemmige&sort=date

• R packages
  sRtr: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/sRtr/
  strobe: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/strobe/
  usRds: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/usRds/