
Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Locations
- Froedtert Hospital
- Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
Specialties
- Surgical Oncology
Languages
- English, Gujarati
Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
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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
Publications
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(Muthukumar AV, Fong ZV, Buss R, Rolon S, Kothari A, Datta J, Calata J, SenthilKumar G.) Med Educ Online. 2025 Dec;30(1):2471433 PMID: 40052508 PMCID: PMC11892059 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000689486 03/07/2025
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(Robinson JR, Stey A, Schneider DF, Kothari AN, Lindeman B, Kaafarani HM, Haines KL.) J Surg Res. 2025 Apr 17 PMID: 40251046 04/19/2025
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(Robinson JR, Stey A, Schneider DF, Kothari AN, Lindeman B, Kaafarani HM, Haines KL.) J Surg Res. 2025 Mar;307:212-220 PMID: 39934059 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217689040 02/12/2025
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Development and validation of an artificial intelligence system for surgical case length prediction.
(Ramamurthi A, Neupane B, Deshpande P, Hanson R, Brown KR, Christians KK, Evans DB, Kothari AN.) Surgery. 2025 Mar;179:108942 PMID: 39613655 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85210539458 11/30/2024
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Practical Guide to the Use of AI-Enabled Analytics in Research.
(Kothari AN, Kaji AH, Melton GB.) JAMA Surg. 2025 Jan 08 PMID: 39777455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85215377327 01/09/2025
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When Benchmarks Fail Us: A Case Study in Cytoreductive Surgery.
(Bansal VV, Witmer HDD, Childers CP, Su DG, Turaga KK, RVU Writing Group, PSM Consortium Group.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jan;32(1):19-23 PMID: 39460818 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207593066 10/26/2024
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Augmenting Large Language Models via Vector Embeddings to Improve Domain-specific Responsiveness.
(Wolfrath NM, Verhagen NB, Crotty BH, Somai M, Kothari AN.) J Vis Exp. 2024 Dec 06(214) PMID: 39714043 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85214188685 12/23/2024
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Preoperative Daily Step Count for Postoperative Risk Assessment: In Reply to Vaishya and Vaish.
(Gehl C, Kothari AN.) J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Dec 01;239(6):623 PMID: 39105494 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216036326 08/06/2024
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(Gupta S, Basu A, Nievas M, Thomas J, Wolfrath N, Ramamurthi A, Taylor B, Kothari AN, Schwind R, Miller TM, Nadaf-Rahrov S, Wang Y, Singh H.) NPJ Digit Med. 2024 Oct 28;7(1):305 PMID: 39468259 PMCID: PMC11519882 10/29/2024
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(Flitcroft MA, Kothari AN.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct;31(10):6421 PMID: 39103687 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200461873 08/06/2024
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Characteristics Associated with Successful Residency Match in General Surgery.
(Collins RA, Nimmer K, Sheriff SA, Arora TK, Kothari AN, Cunningham C, Clarke CN.) Ann Surg Open. 2024 Sep;5(3):e469 PMID: 39310342 PMCID: PMC11415117 09/23/2024
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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 J, 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