Bhavika Kaul

Bhavika Kaul, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor

Email

bhavika.kaul@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Medicine
Health Services Research
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Houston, Texas, United States

Health Services Researcher and Core Investigator: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt)
Houston, Texas, United States

Staff Physician: Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MD from ��Ƶ of Medicine: Houston, Texas, United States

MS from University of California, San Francisco: San Francisco, California, United States; Clinical Research

Residency at ��Ƶ of Medicine: Houston, Texas, United States

Fellowship at University of California, San Francisco: San Francisco, California, United States; Pulmonary and Critical Care

Fellowship at University of California, San Francisco: San Francisco, California, United States; Interstitial Lung Disease

Honors & Awards

Congressional Bronze Award for Outstanding Community Service: U.S. Congress

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship: U.S. Albert Schweitzer Program

Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award: American Medical Association

Gold Humanism Award: Gold Humanism Honor Society

Academy of Medical Educators: ��Ƶ of Medicine

First Place, Clinical Research: National Jewish Young Investigators' Forum

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Scholar: Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

National Academy of Medicine Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence: National Academy of Medicine

Oscar Auerbach Visiting Scholar: War Related Illness and Injury Study Center

Young Physician-Scientist Award: American Society for Clinical Investigation

Professional Statement

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Kaul is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She specializes in the care of patients with advanced lung disease. She is a staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Dr. Kaul's scholarship focuses on using health services and implementation science research methods to inform innovative clinical care delivery redesign. She has a particular interest in improving access to pulmonary fibrosis care for Veterans with a focus on timely ILD diagnosis and subspecialty care engagement. Her current research involves using "big data" generated from clinical encounters to better understand the epidemiology of pulmonary fibrosis among U.S. Veterans, define current barriers and facilitators to care, and develop novel informatics approaches to improve timely access to subspecialty care with the long term goal of improving clinical outcomes for patients with advanced lung disease.

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

Kaul B, Lee JS, Glidden DV, Blanc PD, Zhang N, Collard HR, Whooley MA.. " " Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Sep 15; 206 (6) : 750-757.
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Podolanczuk AJ, Hunninghake GM, Wilson KC, Khor YH, Kheir F, Pang B, Adegunsoye A, Cararie G, Corte TJ, Flanagan J, Gudmundsson G, Hariri LP, Hatabu H, Humphries SM, Kaul B, Kim JS, Konigshoff M, Kropski JA, Lee JS, Luo F, Lynch DA, Martinez FJ, et al.. " " Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Jul ; 211 (7) : 1132-1155.
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Kaul B, Lee JS, Petersen LA, McCulloch C, Rosas IO, Bandi VD, Zhang N, DeDent AM, Collard HR, Whooley MA. " " Chest. 2023 Aug ; 164 (2) : 441-449.
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Kaul B, Hynes DM, Hickok A, Smith C, Niederhausen M, Totten AM, Whooley MA, Sarmiento K. " " Med Care. 2021 Feb 1; 59 (2) : 111-117.
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Kaul B, Lee JS, Zhang N, Vittinghoff E, Sarmiento K, Collard HR, Whooley MA. " " Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Feb ; 19 (2) : 196-203.
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Adegunsoye A, Freiheit E, White EN, Kaul B, Newton CA, Oldham JM, Lee CT, Chung J, Garcia N, Ghodrati S, Vij R, Jablonski R, Flaherty KR, Wolters PJ, Garcia CK, Strek ME. " " JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1; 6 (3) : e232427.
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Spagnolo P, Guler SA, Chaudhuri N, Udwadia Z, Sesé L, Kaul B, Enghelmayer JI, Valenzuela C, Malhotra A, Ryerson CJ, Khor YH, Corte TJ, Cottin V. " " Lancet Respir Med. 2025 Aug ; 13 (8) : 739-755.
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Shah C, Sanber K, Jacobson R, Kaul B, Tuthill S, Hemmige V, Guy E, Greenberg S. " " J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Oct ; 12 (5) : 578-582.
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Pilling D, Fan T, Huang D, Kaul B, Gomer RH. " " PLoS One. 2009 Oct 16; 4 (10) : e7475.
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Lu AD, Kaul B, Reichert J, Kilbourne AM, Sarmiento KF, Whooley MA. " " J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Feb ; 36 (2) : 506-510.
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Kaul B, Petersen LA, Rosas IO, Lee JS, Martinez FJ, Bandi VD, Helmer DA, Wolters PJ, Collard HR, Whooley MA. " " Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Apr ; 20 (4) : 504-507.
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Nicosia FM, Kaul B, Totten AM, Silvestrini MC, Williams K, Whooley MA, Sarmiento KF. " " BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jan 21; 21 (1) : 77.
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Kaul B, Petersen LA, Collard HR, Richardson P, Zhang N, Whooley MA, Bhattacharya M. " " Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Sep 8; 23 (1) : 56-62.
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Bowman WS, Newton CA, Linderholm AL, Neely ML, Pugashetti JV, Kaul B, Vo V, Echt GA, Leon W, Shah RJ, Huang Y, Garcia CK, Wolters PJ, Oldham JM. " " Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Jun ; 10 (6) : 593-602.
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Kaul B, Lee JS, Collard HR, Whooley MA. " " Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Jun ; 19 (6) : 1078-1079.
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Guidot DM, Seaman D, Pleasants RA, Boggan JC, Bedoya A, Swaminathan AC, Maciejewski ML, Kaul B, Tighe RM. " " Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Oct ; 22 (10) : 1493-1503.
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Rezaei S, Childress A, Kaul B, Rosales KM, Newell A, Rose S. " " MedEdPORTAL. 2023 ; 19 : 11346.
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Guidot DM, Seaman D, Pleasants RA, Bedoya A, Tighe RM, Kaul B. " " Respir Med. 2024 Nov ; 234 : 107824.
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Kaul B, Cottin V, Collard HR, Valenzuela C. " " Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 ; 8 : 751181.
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Rathi NK, Haque SA, Morales F, Kaul B, Ramirez R, Ovu S, Feng L, Dong W, Price KJ, Ugarte S, Raimondi N, Quintero A, Cardenas YR, Nates JL, LACCTIN and ONCCC-R-NET groups. " " J Crit Care. 2019 Oct ; 53 : 18-24.
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Burns KEA, Moss M, Lorens E, Jose EKA, Martin CM, Viglianti EM, et al.. " " Crit Care Med. 2022 Dec 1; 50 (12) : 1689-1700.
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Funding

Metformin to Attenuate Progressive Respiratory Decline in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (MAVRIC-IPF) Clinical Trial Award: (07/01/2025 - 06/30/2030); Department of Defense; Role: VA National Lead, Co-Investigator

Improving Timely Access to Care for Veterans with Pulmonary Fibrosis Detected on Lung Cancer Screening: (07/01/2025 - 06/30/2030); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Role: Principal Investigator

Novel Radiomics Methods for Phenotypic Assessment of Post-Deployment Lung Disease: (10/01/2024 - 09/30/2026); Oscar Auerbach Scholar War Related Illness and Injury Study Center; Role: Principal Investigator

Novel Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Optimize Care for Veterans with Pulmonary Fibrosis: (10/01/2023 - 06/30/2025); Chao Physician Scientist Development Award – ��Ƶ of Medicine; Role: Principal Investigator

Disparities in Antifibrotic Utilization Among U.S Veterans with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: (10/01/2021 - 12/31/2024); Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Emerging Investigator Award; Role: Principal Investigator

Targeting ATP Receptor P2RX4 for Pulmonary Fibrosis: (07/01/2021 - 12/31/2024); Department of Defense; Role: Sub-Investigator

Lung Texture Analysis – A Novel Machine Learning Tool to Reduce Diagnostic Delays: (07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024); National Academy of Medicine Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence; Role: Principal Investigator

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Among U.S. Veterans: Leveraging Virtual Care to Bridge the Access Gap: (07/01/2021 - 10/20/2022); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) IMPACT K12; Role: Principal Investigator

Epidemiology and Risk Factors Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease Among U.S. Veterans: (07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022); Nina Ireland Foundation Award for Lung Health; Role: Principal Investigator

Skills

Health Services Research

Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

Informatics

Radiomics

Leadership in Medicine

Public Policy

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