67257-Wilk, Adam

Adam S. Wilk, PhD

Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery

Investigator - William Tierney Center for Health Services Research. Regenstrief Institute

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Bio

Dr. Wilk currently serves as Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation at the Indiana University School of Medicine and as an investigator in the William Tierney Center for Health Services Research at the Regenstrief Institute. Dr. Wilk received his doctoral degree in Health Services Organization and Policy, with a Health Economics cognate, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Prior to joining Indiana University, Dr. Wilk served as Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Wilk’s research focus is on health policy and access to care for marginalized and low-income populations with chronic illnesses, particularly end-stage kidney disease. He has served as principal investigator for more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and a leading contributor for another 15 publications.

Dr. Wilk is a member of the American Society of Health Economists, AcademyHealth, the American Society of Transplantation, and the American Society of Nephrology.

Key Publications

Wilk, A. S., Drewry, K. M., Zhang, R., Thorsness, R., Trivedi, A. N., & Patzer, R. E.  2022.  “Treatment Patterns and Characteristics of Dialysis Providers Randomly Assigned to the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model.”  JAMA Network Open 5(8):e2225516. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25516
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2794962

Wilk, A. S., Cummings, J. R., Plantinga, L. C., Franch, H. A., Lea, J. P., & Patzer, R. E.  2022. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Replacement Therapies Among Adults With Kidney Failure: An Observational Study of Variation by Patient Age.”  American Journal of Kidney Diseases 80(1):9-19.
https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(22)00503-0/fulltext

McDonnell, J., Urbanski, M. A., Drewry, K. M., Pastan, S. O., Lea, J. P., Jacob-Arriola, K., Escoffery, C., Patzer, R. E., & Wilk, A. S.  2024. "Optimizing the Timing of Transplant Education: The Critical Role of Dialysis Providers."  Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  19(3):391-393.
https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/fulltext/2024/03000/optimizing_the_timing_of_transplant_education__the.20.aspx

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