ONKAR SHRIKANT KSHIRSAGAR

Address:- **** Fidler Lane Silver Spring, MD C:571-***-**** actjsc@r.postjobfree.com Summary

Highly focused statistical leader with over 5 years of experience in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Background in SAS programming includes statistical analysis, and database management. Organizational skills credited for managing projects and teams in multi-disciplinary and challenged environments. Education

M.S., Software Engineering, GPA: 3.7 / 4.0 Aug 2008 - Dec 2010 Stratford University, VA

B.E., Electronics and Telecommunications, Aug 2003 - May 2007 University of Mumbai, India (69% - Top 10% in class of 70) Work Experience

Position: Statistical Programmer/ Database and Systems Administrator Feb 2011 - present Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute - Bethesda, MD Job Responsibility as Statistical Programmer

• 5+ years programming experience in UNIX environment and using SAS/GRAPH, SAS DATA Step, PROC SQL and various macros to generate CDISC compliant analysis datasets, customized analysis tables, listings and various outputs (in tables and figures) based on observational health care data.

• Experience in handling and combining various healthcare and patient claims databases provided by organizations like, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER), United States Renal Data System (USRDS), Thomson Reuters, American Community Survey (ACS), Kaiser Permanente (KP)etc.

• Provided programming support to researchers at MTPPI and other collaborating institutions to generate complex SAS programs and macros. Also served as a lead analyst on several research projects and federal grants and followed good programming practices.

• Acquainted with various statistical methods, like Survival Analysis, Multinomial regression, Cox Proportional Hazards model, Multivariate data analysis, Causal Modeling, Inverse Probability Weighting, Parametric G-formula and Time Series Analysis.

• Proficient in various statistical analyses using SAS/STAT, SAS/IML, SAS/ETS, procedures such as PROC TTEST, PROC FREQ (CHISQ and FISHER OPTIONS), PROC UNIVARIATE, PROC REG; and experience in PROC MIXED, PROC LOGISTIC, PROC LIFETEST, PROC PHREG, PROC GLM, PROC ANOVA, PROC GLIMMIX, PROC GENMOD.

• Experience in handling SAS Data and Formats files across various operating systems. Converted and transported FORMATS files across various operating systems using PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT

• Using observational claims data, emulated the design, intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis and per protocol analysis of a randomized trial. Also developed a web-based toolkit which would introduce researchers to two cutting- edge statistical methods: (IP) weighting of marginal structural models and the parametric g-formula approach.

• Provided statistical programming support for in-house studies, publications and regulatory submissions. Currently have published 6 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

• Present analysis results in tabular and graphic formats appropriate for client presentation and publication. Assist in creating project reports, documents and presentations for publications. Write up methods sections and generate tables and figures for both peer review publications and grant applications. Job Responsibility as Database and Systems Administrator

• Responsible for in designing, developing, integrating and maintaining database and network systems including content management and database architecture at MTPPI. Ensure that the database and reporting systems work in conjunction with the company’s integrated IT framework, publishing platform and advertising systems.

• Development of applications to find missing data mappings using queries, parallel processing of large data files.

• Design models and software components to extract, store, analyze, aggregate and transform data.

• Responsible for maintenance and functioning of hardware and software systems. Technical Skills

Programming Language: SAS(v8.2, v9.1, v9.3 and v9.4), PHP, Perl, Python, C, Bash, HTML, CSS, jQuery, R Language, SQL, JAVA

Databases: MySQL.

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, SLES, Centos, Ubuntu Tools: Adobe CS4, MATLAB, Microsoft Office 2003,2007, Endnote, Corel Office X7, R Studio, BaseSAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, SAS/Graph, SAS/IML, Drupal, Wordpress, Redmine Publications

1. Author: Thamer M, Zhang Y, Kaufman J, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter D, Hernán MA. Name: Major declines in epoetin dosing after prospective payment system based on dialysis facility organizational status. Journal: American Journal of Nephrology. 2014;40(6):554-60. doi: 10.1159/000370334. Epub 2015 Jan 10.

2. Author: Thamer M, Zhang Y, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter DJ, Kaufman JS. Name: Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent use among non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients before and after the trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events With Aranesp Therapy (TREAT) using a large US health plan database. Journal: American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2014 Nov;64(5):706-13. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.05.013. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

3. Author: Zhang Y, Thamer M, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter DJ, Schlesinger MJ. Name: Dialysis chains and placement on the waiting list for a cadaveric kidney transplant. Journal: Transplantation. 2014 Sep 15;98(5):543-51. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000106. 4. Author: Thamer M, Zhang Y, Lai D, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter D. Name: Influence of safety warnings on ESA prescribing among dialysis patients using an interrupted time series. Journal: BioMed Central Nephrology. 2013 Aug 9;14:172. doi: 10.1186/147*-****-**-***. Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 5. Author: Zhang Y, Thamer M, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter DJ. Name: Organizational status of dialysis facilities and patient outcome: does higher injectable medication use mediate increased mortality?

Journal: Health Services Research. 2013 Jun;48(3):949-71. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12019. Epub 2012 Dec 6. Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 6. Author: Thamer M, Zhang Y, Kshirsagar Onkar, Cotter D. Name: Do safety warnings change ESA prescribing among the US dialysis population ? Journal: American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2012; Volume 59, Issue 4, B86. Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Awards and Honors

• Contributing Member on organizations like AJKD(American Journal of Kidney Diseases), Transplantation Journal, MTPPI TAC (Technical Advisory Committee)

• Active Member of Organizations ISTE, IEEE, CSS

• Participated in various seminars and conferences organized by FDA, NIH and AHRQ.

• Member of MTPPI Technical Advisory Committee and have conducted annual meetings with experts and government officials from FDA, NIH and others

• Attended various conferences/courses by SAS to learn about various analytic techniques provided by SAS.

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