Justin E. Bekelman

About

Justin E. Bekelman, M.D., is the Marietta and Howard Stoeckel Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medicine, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Abramson Cancer Center and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. Dr. Bekelman is the founding Director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation at the Abramson Cancer Center. His research focuses on improving the length and quality of life for patients with cancer by studying healthcare delivery, payment reform, and cancer care transformation. His work integrates methods from innovation, epidemiology, clinical trials, health economics, and public policy, and has been published in high-impact scientific journals and featured internationally. Dr. Bekelman has received funding from prominent organizations such as the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and has served as an advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on cancer care payment reform and innovation.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Family medicine
• Emergency medicine
• Gynecology
• Oncology
• Nursing
• Intensive care medicine

Selected publications

• NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2021

  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network · 2021 · 529 citations

  The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer address staging and risk assessment after a prostate cancer diagnosis and include management options for localized, regional, and metastatic disease. Recommendations for disease monitoring and treatment of recurrent disease are also included. The NCCN Prostate Cancer Panel meets annually to reevaluate and update their recommendations based on new clinical data and input from within NCCN Member Institutions and from external entities. This article summarize…

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• Effect of Integrating Machine Learning Mortality Estimates With Behavioral Nudges to Clinicians on Serious Illness Conversations Among Patients With Cancer

  JAMA Oncology · 2020-10-15 · 177 citations

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  IMPORTANCE: Serious illness conversations (SICs) are structured conversations between clinicians and patients about prognosis, treatment goals, and end-of-life preferences. Interventions that increase the rate of SICs between oncology clinicians and patients may improve goal-concordant care and patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a clinician-directed intervention integrating machine learning mortality predictions with behavioral nudges on motivating clinician-patient SICs. DE…

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• Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act With Insurance Status, Cancer Stage, and Timely Treatment Among Patients With Breast, Colon, and Lung Cancer

  JAMA Network Open · 2020 · 135 citations

  Importance: The effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on cancer care delivery and outcomes is unknown. Patients with cancer are a high-risk group for whom treatment delays are particularly detrimental. Objective: To examine the association between Medicaid expansion and changes in insurance status, stage at diagnosis, and timely treatment among patients with incident breast, colon, and non-small cell lung cancer. Design, Setting, and Participants: This qua…

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• Prostate Advanced Radiation Technologies Investigating Quality of Life (PARTIQoL): Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial of Proton Therapy vs. IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2024-09-27 · 26 citations

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• Views From Patients With Cancer in the Setting of Unplanned Acute Care: Informing Approaches to Reduce Health Care Utilization

  JCO Oncology Practice · 2020 · 23 citations

  PURPOSE: New oncology care delivery models that avoid preventable acute care are needed, yet it is unclear which interventions best meet the needs of patients and caregivers. Perspectives from patients who experienced unplanned acute care events may inform the successful development and implementation of care delivery models. METHODS: We performed a qualitative interview study of patients with solid tumors on active treatment who experienced the following 3 types of unplanned acute care events:…

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Recent grants

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  NIH · $9.0M · 2022–2027

• NIH Grant K07CA163616

  NIH · $875k · 2018

• NIH Grant F32CA123964

  NIH · $61k · 2007

Frequent coauthors

• Ravi B. Parikh

  Penn Center for AIDS Research

  113 shared

• Lawrence N. Shulman

  eHealth Initiative

  104 shared

• Peter Gabriel

  96 shared

• Jason A. Efstathiou

  Harvard University

  80 shared

• Katharine A. Rendle

  Abramson Cancer Center

  74 shared

• Anthony L. Zietman

  Mass General Brigham

  73 shared

• Neha Vapiwala

  University of Pennsylvania

  64 shared

• John P. Christodouleas

  University of Pennsylvania

  61 shared

Awards & honors

• Elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investig…
• Member of the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National A…

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