Ravi Sharaf Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences , Weill Cornell Medical College 2020 -
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2018 -
Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, Healthcare Policy and Research , Weill Cornell Medical College 2018 - 2020

Publications

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Digital tool for genetic cancer risk assessment in a historically underserved population: A randomized controlled trial. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Uptake of Cascade Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical obstetrics and gynecology. 2024 Review GET IT
Pregnancy: An underutilized window of opportunity for genetic cancer risk assessment. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2024 Letter GET IT
Timely targeted testing for hereditary cancer syndromes - Importance of clinician-facilitated cascade testing in the first year post-diagnosis. Gynecologic oncology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Protocol for Health Risk Information Technology-Assisted Genetic Evaluation (HeRITAGE): a randomised controlled trial of digital genetic cancer risk assessment in a diverse underserved gynaecology clinic. BMJ open. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Are employees ready to engage in genetic cancer risk assessment in the workplace setting?. European journal of human genetics : EJHG. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Considering screening for hereditary cancer syndromes at the time of obstetrical prenatal carrier screening. Cancer. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Identifying factors and causal chains associated with optimal implementation of Lynch syndrome tumor screening: An application of coincidence analysis. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Population-Level Identification of Patients With Lynch Syndrome for Clinical Care, Quality Improvement, and Research. JCO clinical cancer informatics. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Cost-effectiveness of BRCA1 testing at time of obstetrical prenatal carrier screening for cancer prevention. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Benchmarking multi-ancestry prostate cancer polygenic risk scores in a real-world cohort. PLoS computational biology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Personalized survivorship care: Routine breast cancer risk assessment in the gynecologic oncology clinic. Gynecologic oncology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Integration and usability of a digital cancer risk stratification tool to optimize identification of patients at risk for hereditary cancers: A pilot study. Gynecologic oncology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Implementation of a smartphone survey and mainstreaming for genetic cancer risk assessment in a diverse, urban Medicaid-predominant gynecology clinic: A step towards health equity. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2024 Letter GET IT
"Go ahead and screen" - advice to healthcare systems for routine lynch syndrome screening from interviews with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients. Hereditary cancer in clinical practice. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Systematic Evidence Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes associated with Cancer Genetic Counseling. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 2023 Review GET IT
Chatbot Artificial Intelligence for Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JCO clinical cancer informatics. 2023 Review GET IT
Partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) pathogenic variants and ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecologic oncology. 2023 Review GET IT
Underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in cascade testing for hereditary cancer syndromes. European journal of human genetics : EJHG. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
A picture is worth a thousand words: advancing the use of visualization tools in implementation science through process mapping and matrix heat mapping. Implementation science communications. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Web-based tool for cancer family history collection: A prospective randomized controlled trial. Gynecologic oncology. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Do people with hereditary cancer syndromes inform their at-risk relatives? A systematic review and meta-analysis. PEC innovation. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 17
What happens in the long term: Uptake of cancer surveillance and prevention strategies among at-risk relatives with pathogenic variants detected via cascade testing. Cancer. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Barriers to completion of cascade genetic testing: how can we improve the uptake of testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome?. Familial cancer. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Cascade Testing for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Should We Move Toward Direct Relative Contact? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2022 Review GET IT
Room for improvement in capturing cancer family history in a gynecologic oncology outpatient setting. Gynecologic oncology reports. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Economic Evaluation of Universal Lynch Syndrome Screening Protocols among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Journal of personalized medicine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Achieving universal genetic assessment for women with ovarian cancer: Are we there yet? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecologic oncology. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 55
Association of Search Query Interest in Gastrointestinal Symptoms With COVID-19 Diagnosis in the United States: Infodemiology Study. JMIR public health and surveillance. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Cascading After Peridiagnostic Cancer Genetic Testing: An Alternative to Population-Based Screening. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 73
Prospective Feasibility Trial of a Novel Strategy of Facilitated Cascade Genetic Testing Using Telephone Counseling. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 57
Cyclic vomiting syndrome: Pathophysiology, comorbidities, and future research directions. Neurogastroenterology and motility. 2019 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 50
Management of cyclic vomiting syndrome in adults: Evidence review. Neurogastroenterology and motility. 2019 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 23
A Letter to Our Daughter. JAMA. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Implementing universal Lynch syndrome screening (IMPULSS): protocol for a multi-site study to identify strategies to implement, adapt, and sustain genomic medicine programs in different organizational contexts. BMC health services research. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 29
Increased risk of colon cancer and osteogenic sarcoma in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2018 Article GET IT
Times cited: 73
GRADE equity guidelines 2: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: equity extension of the guideline development checklist. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 58
GRADE equity guidelines 1: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: introduction and rationale. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 83
GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 62
Non-English-language proficiency of applicants to US residency programs. JAMA. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Uptake of genetic testing by relatives of lynch syndrome probands: a systematic review. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2013 Review GET IT
Times cited: 105
Role of endoscopy in the staging and management of colorectal cancer. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening colonoscopy vs. sigmoidoscopy and alternative strategies. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 82
Appropriate use of GI endoscopy. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 2012 Guideline GET IT
Times cited: 173
Computational prediction and experimental validation associating FABP-1 and pancreatic adenocarcinoma with diabetes. BMC gastroenterology. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 18
Small bowel imaging for Crohn's disease: camera, contrast, or scope?. Gastroenterology. 2009 Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
The international face of coeliac disease. Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver. 2004 Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Preparation by recombinant human thyrotropin or thyroid hormone withdrawal are comparable for the detection of residual differentiated thyroid carcinoma. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 165
Type 2 diabetes: evidence for linkage on chromosome 20 in 716 Finnish affected sib pairs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 209

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Funding awarded

missing activity Principal Investigator 2024 - 2025

Behavioral and Psychosocial Effects on Study Outcomes in End-Stage Cancer Treatment (BEST End-Stage Cancer Study) awarded by National Cancer Institute Co-Investigator 2022 - 2029

GARDE: Scalable Clinical Decision Support for Individualized Cancer Risk Management awarded by National Cancer Institute Principal Investigator Subaward 2023 - 2028
Long Title: System-Level Capture of Family History Data to Assess Risk of Cancer and provide Longitudinal Care Coordination awarded by National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute Principal Investigator Subaward 2019 - 2025
missing activity Principal Investigator Subaward 2022 - 2023

Background

education and training

M.S., Stanford University 2010
M.D., New York University School of Medicine 2003
B.S., Georgetown University 1997

Contact

full name

Ravi Sharaf

primary email

ras9030@med.cornell.edu

webpage

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