Doctor's Bio
Dr. Abhi Kole, MD, is an internal medicine physician who cares for hospitalized patients at Grady. As a hospitalist, he works closely with patients and their care teams to diagnose and treat a wide range of medical conditions and coordinate care throughout their hospital stay.
Dr. Kole earned his medical degree from Emory University and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Oxford. He completed his internal medicine residency at Emory and went on to work in rural India through the Health Equity, Action, and Leadership (HEAL) Initiative before returning to Grady in 2020.
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Kole is passionate about improving access to high-quality healthcare and addressing barriers that can affect a patient’s health. He also helps educate future physicians about community health, social medicine, and the importance of understanding the factors outside the hospital that can influence health and recovery.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
- Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowships
UCSF School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Epidemiology of heart failure in rural Chhattisgarh, India.
Kole A, Agarwal A, Seth B, Sandhu S, Ghali B, Arya P, Patil S, Jain Y, Kwan G
The National medical journal of India. 2023;36(3):163-166.
PMID: 38692613 - A History of Structural Violence.
Kole A
Journal of general internal medicine. 2020;35(5):1589-1590.
PMID: 32072367 - Hepatic Kaposi sarcoma: A case report and review of the literature.
Van Leer-Greenberg B, Kole A, Chawla S
World journal of hepatology. 2017;9(4):171-179.
PMID: 28217255 - Control of intestinal inflammation by interleukin-10.
Kole A, Maloy KJ
Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 2014;
PMID: 25004812 - Type I IFNs regulate effector and regulatory T cell accumulation and anti-inflammatory cytokine production during T cell-mediated colitis.
Kole A, He J, Rivollier A, Silveira DD, Kitamura K, Maloy KJ, Kelsall BL
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2013;191(5):2771-9.
PMID: 23913971 - Inflammation switches the differentiation program of Ly6Chi monocytes from antiinflammatory macrophages to inflammatory dendritic cells in the colon.
Rivollier A, He J, Kole A, Valatas V, Kelsall BL
The Journal of experimental medicine. 2012;209(1):139-55.
PMID: 22231304
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