Deepak Palakshappa, MD, MSHP
- Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine

Deepak Palakshappa, MD, MSHP
Research Interests
- Food Insecurity
- Social Determinants of Health
- Chronic Disease Management
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Education
- MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2007
- Residency
- Pediatrics/Int Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 2011
- Fellowship
- General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
- Positions
- Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
- Departments and Affiliations
- General Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Epidemiology and Prevention
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Center for Biomedical Informatics
- Center for Healthcare Innovation
Research
- Food Insecurity Is Associated with an Increased Prevalence of Comorbid Medical Conditions in Obese Adults: NHANES 2007-2014. Palakshappa D, Speiser JL, Rosenthal GE, Vitolins MZ. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 08; 34(8):1486-1493.
- Relationship between food insecurity and high blood pressure in a national sample of children and adolescents. South AM, Palakshappa D, Brown CL. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 09; 34(9):1583-1590.
- J Health Care Poor Underserved. Palakshappa D, Strane D, Griffis H, Fiks AG. Determining Food Insecure Families' Resource Access with Health System and Public Data. 2019 Jan; 1; 1(30):265-279.
- Determining Food-Insecure Families' Resource Access with Health System and Public Data. Palakshappa D, Strane D, Griffis H, Fiks AG. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 30(1):265-279.
- What a Summer Nutrition Benefit Program Could Mean for Clinicians and Their Patients. Palakshappa D, Skelton JA. Pediatrics. 2018 04; 141(4)