Pooja Aggarwal Lagisetty, MD, MSc

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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School and Co-Director
Research and Data Domain for Opioid Research Institute
Michigan Medical School of Research
University of Michigan
General Internal Medicine
4250 Plymouth Road, Building 16
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Pooja Aggarwal Lagisetty, MD, MSc
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Associate Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Lagisetty is a physician investigator who practices both as a primary care physician and within inpatient hospital settings. She completed medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and went on to do her training in primary care and internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Following residency she completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship in health services research and policy. Her clinical and research interests focuses on way to improve health care delivery to better manage pain and substance use disorders in primary care settings. She also leads a SAMHSA funded initiative to improve the medical school curriculum around substance use disorders and is involved with resident teaching in this area.

    Qualifications

    • Fellowship
      Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
      2014 - 2016
      Residency
    • Residency
      Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Boston, MA, United States
      2011 - 2014
      Residency
    • Certificate
      Partners HealthCare, Health Policy Course, Graduate Medical School Education, Boston, MA, United States
      2012
      Residency
    • MS in Health and Healthcare Research
      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
      2014 - 2015
    • MD, Medical Doctorate
      Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 North Broadway, Suite 147, Baltimore, MD, 21205-2196, United States
      2006 - 2011
    • BA in Studio Art
      University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States
      2001 - 2005

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Opioid Research Institute
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

    Research Overview

    Understanding how stigma and racism affect care for individuals with chronic pain and substance use disorders.
    Evaluating the effects of health policy on morbidity and mortality associated with drug use.
    Developing tailored behavioral and systems interventions for patients with chronic pain and substance use disorders.

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollment and Buprenorphine Dispensing.
      Chua K-P, Bohnert AS, Conti RM, Lagisetty P, Nuliyalu U, Nguyen TD. JAMA Netw Open, 2026 May 1; 9 (5): e2615550 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.15550
      PMID: 42207512
    • Journal Article
      US Trends in Long-Term Opioid Therapy.
      Nguyen TD, Chua K-P, Jiao A, Bicket MC, Bohnert A, Lagisetty P. JAMA, 2026 Apr 8; DOI:10.1001/jama.2026.3241
      PMID: PMC13063142
    • Additional Scholarship
      Helping Families Navigate Substance Use Disorder with Greater Clarity and Support
      Lagisetty P, Madden E. 2026 Apr 30;
    • Additional Scholarship
      Interviews with four authors of award winning abstracts at AMERSA 2025
      Lagisetty P. 2026 Apr 30;
    • Journal Article
      Treatment gaps for opioid use disorder among commercially insured US surgical patients, 2016-2022.
      Ervin-Sikhondze BA, Nguyen T, Lagisetty P, Hu H-M, Waljee JF, Brummett CM, Li Y, Bicket MC. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 2026 Mar 19; DOI:10.1136/rapm-2026-107625
      PMID: 41856778
    • Journal Article
      Opioid Consumption and Fills after Surgery in Adults on High-Dose Prescription Opioids.
      Bicket MC, McGee MF, Gunaseelan V, Englesbe MJ, Lagisetty P, Brummett CM, Bohnert A, Li Y, Waljee JF. J Am Coll Surg, 2026 Mar 13; DOI:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001919
      PMID: PMC13015847
    • Journal Article
      267 Association of Nociplastic Pain Features with Function in Aging Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain
      Powell V, Ha J, Galecki A, Clauw D, Lagisetty P, Silveira M, Logue C, Krein S. Journal of Pain, 2026 Mar 26; 41: 105914 DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105914
    • Presentation
      Bridging Pain and Addiction Research
      Lagisetty P. 2026 Feb 4;