Utsha G. Khatri, MD, MSHP
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine - Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine - Deputy Director, Center for Health Justice
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine - Deputy Director, Center for Health Justice
Education
MD, George Washington School of Medicine and Health SciencesMSHP, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests
Substance use disorder, health equity, criminal legal involvement, health policy, treatment BIO
Utsha G. Khatri is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Health Justice within the Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation at Penn Medicine. As a health services researcher, Dr. Khatri focuses on redesigning health systems and dismantling barriers to equitable care for structurally marginalized communities. Her ongoing work specifically emphasizes improving acute care, addiction treatment, and care delivery across broader health systems and carceral facilities. Dr. Khatri is board-certified in both emergency medicine and addiction medicine. Projects
Principal Investigator, Telehealth to Improve Post-Incarceration Treatment for OUD Patients (TIPTOP): An Acceptability and Feasibility Trial. Active
Publications
Recent
Eswaran V, Chao S, Weber W, Khatri U, Suh MI (2026).
Not just an adverse outcome: Emergency departments as an opportunity for collaboration for carceral health
Journal of Correctional Health Care, 32 (4), 250-254. doi: 10.1177/10783458261447495.
Not just an adverse outcome: Emergency departments as an opportunity for collaboration for carceral health
Journal of Correctional Health Care, 32 (4), 250-254. doi: 10.1177/10783458261447495.
Eswaran V, Chen JH, Khatri UG, Marotta PL, Vaughn MG (2026).
Prevalence of criminal legal involvement among emergency department patients: Insights from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2021-2023
PLoS One, 21 (7), e0351233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351233. PMCID: PMC13345442.
Prevalence of criminal legal involvement among emergency department patients: Insights from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2021-2023
PLoS One, 21 (7), e0351233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351233. PMCID: PMC13345442.
Hauschildt KE, Thornton JD, Brown C, Hope AA..., Khatri UG, ...Ashana DC (2025).
A research agenda to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. critical care medicine: An official American Thoracic Society research statement
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211 (12), 2268-2288. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202509-2229ST. PMCID: PMC12700277.
A research agenda to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. critical care medicine: An official American Thoracic Society research statement
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211 (12), 2268-2288. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202509-2229ST. PMCID: PMC12700277.
Khatri UG, Hakes JK, Buckler D, Zebrowski A, Winkelman T (2025).
Individual- and area-level incarceration and mortality
JAMA Network Open, 8 (6), e2513537. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13537. PMCID: PMC12134954.
Individual- and area-level incarceration and mortality
JAMA Network Open, 8 (6), e2513537. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13537. PMCID: PMC12134954.
Khatri UG, Lopez C, Yen YT, Ling EJ, Richardson LD, Ngai KM (2025).
Receipt of buprenorphine and naltrexone for opioid use disorder by race and ethnicity and insurance type
JAMA Network Open, 8 (6), e2518493. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.18493. PMCID: PMC12203278.
Receipt of buprenorphine and naltrexone for opioid use disorder by race and ethnicity and insurance type
JAMA Network Open, 8 (6), e2518493. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.18493. PMCID: PMC12203278.
Notable
Racial/ethnic disparities in unintentional fatal and nonfatal emergency medical services-attended opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia
JAMA Network Open, 4 (1), e2034878. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34878. PMCID: PMC7821023.
Khatri UG, Aronowitz SV (2021).
Considering the harms of our habits: The reflexive urine drug screen in opioid use disorder treatment
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 123, 108258. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108258.
Khatri UG, Viner K, Perrone J (2018).
Lethal fentanyl and cocaine intoxication
New England Journal of Medicine, 379 (18), 1782. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1809521.
Dr. Khatri's Google Scholar Profile
Selected Press