Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

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Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

Surgical Oncology

Languages

English, Gujarati

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

(414) 805-0505

New & Established Patients Call

(414) 805-6803

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine
MS -Master of Science

Biography

Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS, is an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery and a member of the Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He grew up in Manitowoc, WI and received his BS and MD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Kothari completed his General Surgery training at Loyola University Medical Center where he also earned a Masters degree in Epidemiology. This was followed by a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Kothari's clinical expertise is the surgical treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer and advanced cancers of the GI tract. He is a member of several national societies including the Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, and Society of Asian Academic Surgeons. He is an active researcher with a focus on using advanced analytics to improve cancer care.

Research Interests

Dr. Kothari is a gastrointestinal surgical oncologist with a research focus that emphasizes improving cancer care leveraging advanced analytic methodologies and big data. This includes optimizing care delivery through machine learning and predictive analytics, developing tools to utilize real world data and improve electronic health data, and augmenting cancer care with personalized digital tools.

Reply to: Artificial Intelligence Content Detector in Paper Writing: Beyond the Detection, by Matsubara S et al.

(Flitcroft MA, Kothari AN.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct;31(10):6421 PMID: 39103687 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200461873 08/06/2024
Performance of Artificial Intelligence Content Detectors Using Human and Artificial Intelligence-Generated Scientific Writing.

(Flitcroft MA, Sheriff SA, Wolfrath N, Maddula R, McConnell L, Xing Y, Haines KL, Wong SL, Kothari AN.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct;31(10):6387-6393 PMID: 38909113 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196673987 06/23/2024
Risk of Early Postoperative Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Complication in Patients with Preoperative COVID-19 Undergoing Cancer Surgery.

(SenthilKumar G, Verhagen NB, Nimmer K, Yang X, Figueroa Castro CE, Szabo A, Taylor BW, Wainaina N, Gould JC, Kothari AN, N3C Consortium.) J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Jun 01;238(6):1085-1097 PMID: 38348959 PMCID: PMC11330174 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193311002 02/13/2024
Increasing Trainee Engagement in Surgery Societies: The Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Experience.

(Chow BE, Narayan RR, Shao CC, Lee TC, Fong ZV, Kothari AN.) J Surg Res. 2024 Apr;296:425-430 PMID: 38320361 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184472544 02/07/2024
Characterizing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection on surgical outcomes.

(Li CXR, Shaik T, Canales B, Yang X, Szabo A, Lauer K, Gould J, Kothari AN, Verhagen NB, National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium.) Br J Surg. 2024 Jan 03;111(1) PMID: 38215236 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182302430 01/12/2024
From Alpha to Omicron and Beyond: Associations Between SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Surgical Outcomes

(Verhagen NB, Geissler T, SenthilKumar G, Gehl C, Shaik T, Flitcroft MA, Yang X, Taylor BW, Ghaferi AA, Gould JC, Kothari AN, Wilcox AB, Lee AM, Graves A, Anzalone A, Manna A, Saha A, Olex A, Zhou A, Williams AE, Southerland A, Girvin AT, Walden A, Sharathkumar AA, Amor B, Bates B, Hendricks B, Patel B, Alexander C, Bramante C, Ward-Caviness C, Madlock-Brown C, Suver C, Chute C, Dillon C, Wu C, Schmitt C, Takemoto C, Housman D, Gabriel D, Eichmann DA, Mazzotti D, Brown D, Boudreau E, Hill E, Zampino E, Marti EC, Pfaff ER, French E, Koraishy FM, Mariona F, Prior F, Sokos G, Martin G, Lehmann H, Spratt H, Mehta H, Liu H, Sidky H, Hayanga JWA, Pincavitch J, Clark J, Harper JR, Islam J, Ge J, Gagnier J, Saltz JH, Saltz JH, Loomba J, Buse J, Mathew J, Rutter JL, McMurry JA, Guinney J, Starren J, Crowley K, Bradwell KR, Walters KM, Wilkins K, Gersing KR, Cato KD, Murray K, Kostka K, Northington L, Pyles LA, Misquitta L, Cottrell L, Portilla L, Deacy M, Bissell MM, Clark M, Emmett M, Saltz MM, Palchuk MB, Haendel MA, Adams M, Temple-O'Connor M, Kurilla MG, Morris M, Qureshi N.) Journal of Surgical Research. September 2024;301:71-79 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196552579 09/01/2024
Towards Precision Diagnosis: Integrating Lexical Analysis and Deep Learning for Uncertainty Detection and Quantification in Clinical Reports

(Khandokar I, Farghaly O, Kothari AN, Deshpande P.) Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. 2024:267-272 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200446606 01/01/2024
Nonelective coronary artery bypass graft outcomes are adversely impacted by Coronavirus disease 2019 infection, but not altered processes of care: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative and National Surgery Quality Improvement Program analysis.

(Grimsley EA, Torikashvili JV, Janjua HM, Read MD, Kothari AN, Verhagen NB, Pietrobon R, Kuo PC, Rogers MP, N3C Consortium.) JTCVS Open. 2023 Dec;16:342-352 PMID: 38204718 PMCID: PMC10775046 01/11/2024
Benign mature teratoma of the cecum: a case report.

(Gellings J, Nimmer K, Doucette S, Merrill JR, Sheriff SA, Johnson SC, Kothari AN.) J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Dec;2023(12):rjad674 PMID: 38149000 PMCID: PMC10751101 12/27/2023
Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams.

(Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators.) Am Heart J Plus. 2023 Aug;32:100306 PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 03/21/2024
Automated machine learning (AutoML) can predict 90-day mortality after gastrectomy for cancer

(SenthilKumar G, Madhusudhana S, Flitcroft M, Sheriff S, Thalji S, Merrill J, Clarke CN, Maduekwe UN, Tsai S, Christians KK, Gamblin TC, Kothari AN.) Scientific Reports. December 2023;13(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164146540 12/01/2023
Nonelective coronary artery bypass graft outcomes are adversely impacted by Coronavirus disease 2019 infection, but not altered processes of care: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative and National Surgery Quality Improvement Program analysis

(Grimsley EA, Torikashvili JV, Janjua HM, Read MD, Kothari AN, Verhagen NB, Pietrobon R, Kuo PC, Rogers MP, Wilcox AB, Lee AM, Graves A, Anzalone A(, Manna A, Saha A, Olex A, Zhou A, Williams AE, Southerland A, Girvin AT, Walden A, Sharathkumar AA, Amor B, Bates B, Hendricks B, Patel B, Alexander C, Bramante C, Ward-Caviness C, Madlock-Brown C, Suver C, Chute C, Dillon C, Wu C, Schmitt C, Takemoto C, Housman D, Gabriel D, Eichmann DA, Mazzotti D, Brown D, Boudreau E, Hill E, Zampino E, Marti EC, Pfaff ER, French E, Koraishy FM, Mariona F, Prior F, Sokos G, Martin G, Lehmann H, Spratt H, Mehta H, Liu H, Sidky H, Hayanga JWA, Pincavitch J, Clark J, Harper JR, Islam J, Ge J, Gagnier J, Saltz JH, Saltz JH, Loomba J, Buse J, Mathew J, Rutter JL, McMurry JA, Guinney J, Starren J, Crowley K, Bradwell KR, Walters KM, Wilkins K, Gersing KR, Cato KD, Murray K, Kostka K, Northington L, Pyles LA, Misquitta L, Cottrell L, Portilla L, Deacy M, Bissell MM, Clark M, Emmett M, Saltz MM, Palchuk MB, Haendel MA, Adams M, Temple-O'Connor M, Kurilla MG, Morris M, Qureshi N, Safdar N, Garbarini N.) JTCVS Open. December 2023;16:342-352 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174816743 12/01/2023