Bhavika Kaul, MD

Education
MD, - , Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Resident, - Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Resident, - Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
MAS, - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
Advanced Fellowship, - Interstitial Lung Disease, University of California, San Francisco
Chief Fellow, - Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco
Fellow, - Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
  • Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2025
  • Oscar Auerbach Visiting Scholar, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, 2024
  • National Academy of Medicine Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence, National Academy of Medicine, 2023
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Scholar, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 2021
  • First Place, Clinical Research, National Jewish Young Investigators' Forum, 2020
  • Academy of Medical Educators, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016
  • Gold Humanism Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2013
  • Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award, American Medical Association (AMA), 2011
  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, U.S. Albert Schweitzer Program, 2009
  • Congressional Bronze Award for Outstanding Community Service, U.S. Congress, 2005
Websites
Publications

  1. Bhatt SK, Gyimah C, Kaul B, Johannson KA, Limper A, Dempsey T. Drug Repurposing for Lung Disease: Mechanistic Rationale, Clinical Evidence, and the Path Forward. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2026. PMID: 42089679


  2. Kaul B, Petersen LA, Collard HR, Richardson P, Zhang N, Whooley MA, Bhattacharya M. Prognostic Significance of Peripheral Blood Monocyte Count Among a National Cohort of Veterans with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2025. PMID: 40920863


  3. Olson APJ, Sloane J, Zimolzak A, Kaul B, Vaghani V, Matin R, Cholankeril RT, Singh H. A framework for defining diagnostically challenging conditions identifiable through electronic algorithms. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) 2025. PMID: 41137364


  4. Guidot DM, Seaman D, Pleasants RA, Boggan JC, Bedoya A, Swaminathan AC, Maciejewski ML, Kaul B, Tighe RM. The Epidemiology of Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema (CPFE) Among Mid-Atlantic Veterans. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2025. PMID: 40388887


  5. 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. Global epidemiology and burden of interstitial lung disease. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2025. PMID: 40684782


  6. 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, Montesi SB, Moodley Y, Oldham JM, Piciucchi S, Putman RK, Richeldi L, Rosas IO, Salisbury ML, Salvatore MM, Selman M, Seo JB, Song JW, Thomson CC, Vivero M, Wain LV, Wijsenbeek M, Schwartz DA, Ryerson CJ. Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2025. PMID: 40387336


  7. Guidot DM, Seaman D, Pleasants RA, Bedoya A, Tighe RM, Kaul B. Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care. Respiratory medicine 2024. PMID: 39357679


  8. Rezaei S, Childress A, Kaul B, Rosales KM, Newell A, Rose S. Using Visual Arts Education and Reflective Practice to Increase Empathy and Perspective Taking in Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2023. PMID: 37745278


  9. Kaul B, Petersen LA, Rosas IO, Lee JS, Martinez FJ, Bandi VD, Helmer DA, Wolters PJ, Collard HR, Whooley MA. Interstitial Lung Disease in Veterans: Leveraging Big Data to Bridge the Evidence and Practice Gaps. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 36623290


  10. 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. Evaluation of Pulmonary Fibrosis Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity in US Adults. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 36897590


  11. Kaul B, Lee JS, Petersen LA, McCulloch C, Rosas IO, Bandi VD, Zhang N, DeDent AM, Collard HR, Whooley MA. Disparities in Antifibrotic Medication Utilization Among Veterans with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest 2023. PMID: 36801465


  12. Burns KEA, Moss M, Lorens E, Jose EKA, Martin CM, Viglianti EM, Fox-Robichaud A, Mathews KS, Akgun K, Jain S, Gershengorn H, Mehta S, Han JE, Martin GS, Liebler JM, Stapleton RD, Trachuk P, Vranas KC, Chua A, Herridge MS, Tsang JLY, Biehl M, Burnham EL, Chen JT, Attia EF, Mohamed A, Harkins MS, Soriano SM, Maddux A, West JC, Badke AR, Bagshaw SM, Binnie A, Carlos WG, Çoruh B, Crothers K, D'Aragon F, Denson JL, Drover JW, Eschun G, Geagea A, Griesdale D, Hadler R, Hancock J, Hasmatali J, Kaul B, Kerlin MP, Kohn R, Kutsogiannis DJ, Matson SM, Morris PE, Paunovic B, Peltan ID, Piquette D, Pirzadeh M, Pulchan K, Schnapp LM, Sessler CN, Smith H, Sy E, Thirugnanam S, McDonald RK, McPherson KA, Kraft M, Spiegel M, Dodek PM, Diversity-Related Research Committee of the Women in Critical Care (WICC) Interest Group of the Amer. Wellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey. Critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 36300945


  13. Kaul B, Lee JS, Glidden D, Blanc PD, Zhang N, Collard HR, Whooley MA. Agent Orange Exposure and Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Among U.S. Veterans. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35559726


  14. Kaul B, Lee JS, Collard HR, Whooley MA. Reply: Possible Alternate Explanation for Cases of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35289737


  15. Kaul B, Lee JS, Zhang N, Vittinghoff E, Sarmiento K, Collard HR, Whooley MA. Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Among U.S. Veterans, 2010 - 2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021. PMID: 34314645


  16. 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. Proteomic biomarkers of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease: a multicentre cohort analysis. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35063079


  17. Kaul B, Cottin V, Collard HR, Valenzuela C. Variability in Global Prevalence of Interstitial Lung Disease. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34805219


  18. Kaul B, Hynes DM, Hickok A, Smith C, Niederhausen M, Totten AM, Whooley MA, Sarmiento K. Does Community Outsourcing Improve Timeliness of Care for Veterans With Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Medical care 2020. PMID: 33290324


  19. Nicosia FM, Kaul B, Totten AM, Silvestrini MC, Williams K, Whooley MA, Sarmiento KF. Leveraging Telehealth to improve access to care: a qualitative evaluation of Veterans' experience with the VA TeleSleep program. BMC health services research 2021. PMID: 33478497


  20. Shah C, Sanber K, Jacobson R, Kaul B, Tuthill S, Hemmige V, Guy E, Greenberg S. I-PASS Illness Severity Identifies Patients at Risk for Overnight Clinical Deterioration. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2020. PMID: 33149827


  21. Lu AD, Kaul B, Reichert J, Kilbourne AM, Sarmiento KF, Whooley MA. Implementation Strategies for Frontline Healthcare Professionals: People, Process Mapping, and Problem Solving. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32918200


  22. Sarmiento KF, Boudreau EA, Smith CJ, Kaul B, Johnson N, Folmer RL. Effects of Computer-Based Documentation Procedures on Health Care Workload Assessment and Resource Allocation: An Example From VA Sleep Medicine Programs. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2020. PMID: 32908344


  23. Folmer RL, Smith CJ, Boudreau EA, Hickok AW, Totten AM, Kaul B, Stepnowsky CJ, Whooley MA, Sarmiento KF. Prevalence and management of sleep disorders in the Veterans Health Administration. Sleep medicine reviews 2020. PMID: 32791487


  24. 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. Variability in triage practices for critically ill cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial. Volume 53. Journal of critical care 2019. PMID: 31174172


  27. Kaul B, Sheikh F, Zamora IJ, Mehollin-Ray AR, Cassady CI, Ayres NA, Cass DL, Olutoye OO. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: embryologic variants of pentalogy of Cantrell. Volume 199 of Issue 1. The Journal of surgical research 2015. PMID: 25959837


  28. Pillow MT, Kaul B. A rare cause of widened mediastinum. Volume 43 of Issue 2. 2010. PMID: 20801600


  29. Pilling D, Fan T, Huang D, Kaul B, Gomer RH. Identification of markers that distinguish monocyte-derived fibrocytes from monocytes, macrophages, and fibroblasts. Volume 4 of Issue 10. PloS one 2009. PMID: 19834619