Professor
VCU and SAI
Dr. Karmarkar is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the Director of Research at Sheltering Arms Institute (SAI), a 114-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Dr. Karmarkar also has a secondary appointment at Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System (Richmond VA Medical Center). Dr. Karmarkar is a health services researcher, clinically trained as an Occupational Therapist, with advanced training in public health and Epidemiology. His research expertise are related to health services research with a focus on utilization of health services in acute, postacute, and community-based settings and outcomes related to receipt of these services. Dr. Karmarkar utilize Medicare, Medicaid, commercial claims, all-payer claims, Electronic Health Records from both civilians and Veterans for his research work.