Jay Pandit, MD

Sr. Director of Digital Medicine

Department of Translational Medicine

Research Focus

Dr. Pandit's clinical and research interests have always led him back to the intersection of medicine and technology and how it can improve the patient's clinical outcome. He has begun with in-kind loans to HIV positive farmers in Western Kenya, moved to including the patient's perspective in informed consent to weight outcomes, then with the sensor and wearable evolution his focus turned to disrupting the field of blood pressure monitoring and he pioneered a novel approach to cuffless blood pressure monitoring and eventually, moved on to all physiologic data that can be collected with smart devices and sensors with the focused desire to make them clinically relevant. As Director of Digital Medicine at SRTI, he works to advance the mission of how to personalize medicine by embracing the power of health technology.

Education

Awards & Professional Activities

Select Publications

Pandit, Jay A.; Radin, Jennifer M.; Quer, Giorgio; Topol, Eric J. Smartphone apps in the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022, 40, 1013-1022.
Pandit, Jay A.; Miller, Kyle; Wu, Jung-en; Connell, Sean D.; Shah, Sanjiv Differential Pulse Arrival Time: A Novel Approach to Continuous Cuff-less Blood Pressure Monitoring. CIRCULATION 2016, 134.
Pandit, Jay A.; Batlle, Daniel Snapshot Hemodynamics and Clinical Outcomes in Hypertension Precision in the Measurements Is Key. HYPERTENSION 2016, 67, 270-271.
Pandit, Jay; Gupta, Vipul; Boyer, Nathan; Yeghiazarians, Yerem; Ports, Thomas A.; Boyle, Andrew J. Patient and physician perspectives on outcomes weighting in revascularization. The POWR study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 2014, 177, 513-514.
Pandit, Jay A.; Lores, Enrique; Batlle, Daniel Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring: Promises and Challenges. 2020, 15, 1531-1538.
Pandit, Jay A.; Pawelek, Jeff B.; Leff, Bruce; Topol, Eric J. The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects. 2024, 7, 48.

In the Media

La Jolla institute lends a hand to anti-obesity AI tool

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AI model detects hidden diabetes risk by reading glucose spikes

Scripps Research scientists reveal how wearable sensors and artificial intelligence could transform the way we detect and manage pre-diabetes.

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Timing matters: Scripps Research study shows ways to improve health alerts

Wearable health sensors are a powerful tool in disease detection and in stemming the spread of infections.

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Podcast

Jay Pandit: How biosensors are enabling a new era in medicine

Dr. Jay Pandit is a senior director of digital medicine at the Scripps Research Translational Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Translational Medicine at Scripps Research, where he combines medicine and technology to improve patients’ clinical outcomes. Listen in as we explore how biosensors and wearable technologies are enabling users to take control of their own health data and usher in a new era of personalized medicine.

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Medicine tailored to you: A century of science changing life

Every patient is unique, and scientists at the Scripps Research Translational Institute (SRTI) believe medicine should reflect this. Physician-scientist Professor Eric Topol founded SRTI in 2007 with a mission to individualize healthcare across the country, leveraging advancements in human genomics, wireless digital technologies, and artificial intelligence. SRTI is made up of leading scientists and clinical investigators who collaborate to understand the specific genetic, behavioral and lifestyle factors that contribute to human health and ultimately help transform them.

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The digital medicine revolution

From smartwatches and fitness bands to glucose monitors and in-home ultrasounds, the proliferation of digital devices is igniting a revolution in healthcare and medical research. Patients can now collect thousands of data points about themselves and share that information with their healthcare providers. At the Scripps Research Translational Institute, researchers are taking advantage of new technology to study disease in novel ways. Their projects include a platform for early detection of disease outbreaks, a sleep quality study, and even a way to predict and individual’s risk of certain disease based on their genetics. In this video, hear directly from the team about this exciting new frontier.

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“COVID rebound” is common, even in untreated patients

Preliminary results from a Scripps Research and eMed digital medicine study show an unexpectedly high proportion of COVID-19 rebound cases in untreated people, as well as those treated with Paxlovid.

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One family. Global impact.

Drawing on his personal perspective as a cardiologist and a cancer patient, Jay Pandit is harnessing digital health devices to empower both doctors and patients to achieve better health outcomes.

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