Indira Bhavsar-Burke, M.D.

Internal Medicine - Digestive and Liver Diseases
General Hepatology
Transplant Hepatology

Biography

Indira Bhavsar-Burke, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in general and transplant hepatology.

Dr. Bhavsar-Burke earned her medical degree at Marshall University in West Virginia. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia, a fellowship in gastroenterology at Indiana University and a fellowship in transplant hepatology at the Cleveland Clinic. She also earned a Master of Health Professions Education degree at the University of Michigan.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Bhavsar-Burke currently serves as the Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship at UT Southwestern. She is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Society of Transplantation.

Her areas of interest include executive coaching and medical education. She has delivered national and regional invited lectures, contributed to the book Coaching in Medical Education, and published numerous academic articles related to her areas of expertise.

Personal Note

When she’s not at work, Dr. Bhavsar-Burke enjoys golfing and spending time with her family.

Education & Training

Medical School - Marshall University/Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (2012-2016)
Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2022-2023), Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship - Indiana University School of Medicine (2019-2022), Gastroenterology/hepatology
Other Post Graduate Training - University of Michigan (2020-2021)
Residency - University of Virginia Health System (2016-2019), Internal Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Gastroenterological Association
American Society of Transplantation

Honors & Awards

Award for Educational Excellence in Teaching 2023, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Award for Educational Excellence in Teaching 2022, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Coaching Program Development Award 2022, American Medical Association
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2021, Indiana University
Chief Fellow 2021-2022, Indiana University
Internal Medicine Residency Research Award 2019, University of Virginia

Books & Publications

Books
- Coaching for performance improvement in Coaching in Medical Education
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Reddy RM, Hammoud MM, et al. (2022), Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
- How to Become a Leader as a Fellow.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Dilly CK, Gastroenterology 2023 Aug 165 2 329-332
- Cutting deep: Understanding the risks associated with postoperative infections in patients with cirrhosis.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Lindenmeyer CC, Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2023 May
- Reimagining Gastroenterology Fellowship Training: The Third Year of the Future.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Shah BJ, Carethers JM, Whitson MJ, Kaul V, David Y, Dilly CK, Gastroenterology 2023 May 164 6 872-875.e2
- Use of a Cirrhosis Admission Order Set Improves Adherence to Quality Metrics and May Decrease Hospital Length of Stay.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Guardiola JJ, Hamade N, Gerke S, Burke SM, Merrill K, Mulvey KD, Orman ES, Fayad N, The American journal of gastroenterology 2023 Jan 118 1 114-120
- How to Promote Professional Identity Development and Support Fellows-In-Training Through Teaching, Coaching, Mentorship, and Sponsorship.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Dilly CK, Oxentenko AS, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022 Oct 20 10 2166-2169
- Virtual Gastroenterology Fellowship Recruitment During COVID-19 and Its Implications for the Future.
  Hamade N, Bhavsar-Burke I, Jansson-Knodell C, Wani S, Patel SG, Ehrlich AC, Paine E, Hosseini-Carroll P, Menard-Katcher P, Fayad N, Digestive diseases and sciences 2022 Jun 67 6 2019-2028
- Is Blood Transfusion a Means of False Positive Phosphatidylethanol Testing?
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Guardiola JJ, Holden JH, Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Jan 28 1 138-139
- Optical diagnosis of colorectal polyps using novel blue light imaging classification among trainee endoscopists.
  Koehn C, Rex DK, Allen J, Bhatti U, Bhavsar-Burke I, Thoguluva Chandrasekar V, Challa A, Duvvuri A, Dakhoul L, Ha J, Hamade N, Hicks SB, Jansson-Knodell C, Krajicek E, Das Kundumadam S, Nutalapati V, Phatharacharukul PP, Razmdjou S, Saito A, Sarkis F, Sutton R, Wehbeh A, Sharma P, Desai M, Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society 2022 Jan 34 1 191-197
- Visibility of Women at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meetings Increasing Over Time.
  Jansson-Knodell CL, Bhavsar-Burke I, Gayam S, Kothari S, Oxentenko AS, The American journal of gastroenterology 2021 Oct 116 10 2149-2151
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Learning Environment: Addressing Identified Gaps and Seizing Opportunities.
  Triemstra JD, Haas MRC, Bhavsar-Burke I, Gottlieb-Smith R, Wolff M, Shelgikar AV, Samala RV, Ruff AL, Kuo K, Tam M, Gupta A, Stojan J, Gruppen L, Ellinas H, Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Sep 96 9 1276-1281
- Review article: the role of nutrition in alcohol-associated liver disease.
  Bhavsar-Burke I, Jansson-Knodell CL, Gilmore AC, Crabb DW, Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2021 Jun 53 12 1268-1276
- COVID-19 Epidemiology and Google Searches.
  Jansson-Knodell CL, Bhavsar-Burke I, Shin A, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2021 Feb 19 2 406-407
- Electronic Consultations to Hepatologists Reduce Wait Time for Visits, Improve Communication, and Result in Cost Savings.
  Bhavsar I, Wang J, Burke SM, Dowdell K, Hays RA, Intagliata NM, Hepatology communications 2019 Sep 3 9 1177-1182
- Ectopic varices: a potential cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension.
  Bhavsar I, Rooney AW, Corning B, Shah NL, BMJ case reports 2018 Jun 2018

Clinical Focus

General Hepatology
Transplant Hepatology

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