Akhya Sharma
Columbia
Summary
- Board certified in Internal Medicine
- Current 2nd year Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow Physician with field of interest in Pulmonary Hypertension, ILD
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Fellow
University of Missouri
01.2024 - Current
- 3-year fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University of Missouri, Columbia
- Exposure to high-census and acuity medical ICU with high volume of procedures
- Procedural skills training including intubation, chest tube, bronchoscopy, robotic bronchoscopy, Swan-Ganz catheterization, right heart catheterization, central line and arterial line placements, indwelling pleural catheter placements, among various others.
- Pulmonary inpatient consult service and outpatient clinic(general pulmonary and subspecialties such as Cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, ILD, Interventional Pulmonary, Sleep and Asthma)
Resident physician, Internal Medicine
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2024
- An outstanding 4+2 curriculum with more focus towards inpatient medicine
- Extensive opportunities to rotate in several subspecialties of medicine, including pulmonary medicine providing an integrated and all-rounded learning experience.
- Robust ICU experience allowing us to master clinical reasoning, procedures and core critical care curriculum.
- Resident leader of Program evaluation committee, Resident- nursing professional governance committee, Schwartz committee, wellness committee and resident recruitment committee - providing me with an opportunity to be a team leader
- Resident representative for Graduate Medical Education Committee and Hospital Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Committee
Cohort chief, Internal Medicine residency program
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
05.2023 - 01.2024
- Elected and voted chief resident and acting as a bridge between residents and program leadership.
- Roles and responsibilities included academic, educational, social and administrative
- Designated to create a curriculum for grand rounds and didactic conferences
- Assigned the task of facilitating the intern to confident senior resident transition workshops
- Expected to aid with resident recruitment and academic coaching of existing/struggling residents
Resident representative, Physician Advocate
ACP
05.2023
- Resident/physician representative for Illinois state at the annual advocacy event organized by ACP at Capitol Hill, Washington DC to bring issues of concern to US lawmakers
- Received a comprehensive orientation on top physician legislative priorities and learning advocacy skills
- Orientation to the policy issues that impact our profession and ability to provide quality care
- In-depth briefings and discussions with White house officials, Capitol Hill staffers and members of Congress, all of whom are top healthcare decision makers.
Resident educator, Intern boot camp
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
03.2022 - 01.2024
- Resident member of intern bootcamp to provide orientation and quality training to incoming interns.
- Workshop topics include: effective transition of care, clinical reasoning series, learning effective time management
Resident educator, Procedure teaching, Clinical simulation lab
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
04.2023
- Involved in resident training for performing essential procedural skills independently such as arterial line, central line insertions and intubation during the Firm MedTalks didactic conference at the Clinical Simulation lab.
Guest speaker, Podcast- “Sepsis, Side A”
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
03.2022
- Guest lecturer on MacNeal Hospital podcast called “Table Rounds” - discussion on basics of diagnosis and management of sepsis and septic shock in critical care setting.
Medical officer
Tata Main Hospital
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Department of Neurosciences
- Primary responsibilities included clinical evaluation, providing inpatient consults with attending support and facilitate discharge process of patients admitted under neurology and neurosurgery service, including ICU
Medical clerkship
Pritzker School of Medicine (UChicago Medicine)
04.2019
- Department of Medicine/Pediatrics
- Part of ambulatory Med/Peds clinic; with exposure to HIV and adolescent reproductive health, hematology/oncology adolescent and young adult clinics
Medical clerkship
Oschner Medical Center, University of Queensland
03.2019
- Department of hospital medicine
- Part of hospital medicine team and involved in daily rounding and admission of patients admitted to inpatient general medicine service
- Involved in didactics lectures during noon conferences
Medical clerkship
Hialeah Hospital, Florida International University
02.2019
- Department of hospital medicine
- Involved in hospital medicine clerkship with acquisition of skills for precharting using EMR Allscripts, performed in depth physical exam and discussed plan of care with attending on service
Medical clerkship
Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida
01.2019
- Department of Cardiology
- Part of cardiology consult service at Tampa General Hospital
- Observed and trained in reading cardiology imaging and interpretation
Intern
Kasturba Hospital
08.2018
- Department of Internal medicine
- Involved in taking detail history, physical examination, diagnosis and management of patients admitted to floors and ICU
- Participated in medical student didactics with multiple presentations on common medical conditions and interesting cases
Intern
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal
05.2018
- Department of pulmonary medicine
- Elective rotation for 4 weeks under internal medicine subspecialty
- Work included admission, discharge and daily rounding of patients admitted under pulmonary medicine service
- Trained and performed procedures including thoracentesis, pleural biopsy, chest tube placements and arterial line placements independently.
Reviewer
BMJ Case Reports
01.2019 - Current
- Reviewed and provided expert and well-researched comments on articles related to Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and critical care
Education
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal, Karnataka01.2019
Fellowship - Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO06-2027
M.D. - Internal Medicine
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn, IL06-2024
Skills
- Ability to sustain leadership roles
- Physician advocate
- Proficient in all needed procedures for MICU and pulmonary
- Good time management
- Efficiency with task completion
- Strong medical knowledge
- Clinical reasoning
- Skilled in resident and student education
Certification
- ACLS
- BLS
- CITI
- IHI Open School Basic certification
- Illinois, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations, 2021-2024
- Missouri, Division of Professional Registration, 2024- present
- Karnataka, Karnataka Medical Council, 2018-present
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Bengali
Limited Working
Kannada
Limited Working
Interests
- Indian classical dance(Bharatnatyam)
- Indian classical vocals
- Fine art, including watercolors, oil painting, sculpturing, clay work, sketching
- Youth mentor, providing guidance and support to empower the next generation of leaders
- Volunteer Work
- Enjoy experimenting with different ingredients and flavors in the kitchen
Timeline
Clinical Fellow
University of Missouri
01.2024 - Current
Cohort chief, Internal Medicine residency program
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
05.2023 - 01.2024
Resident representative, Physician Advocate
ACP
05.2023
Resident educator, Procedure teaching, Clinical simulation lab
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
04.2023
Resident educator, Intern boot camp
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
03.2022 - 01.2024
Guest speaker, Podcast- “Sepsis, Side A”
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
03.2022
Resident physician, Internal Medicine
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2024
Medical officer
Tata Main Hospital
06.2019 - 01.2021
Medical clerkship
Pritzker School of Medicine (UChicago Medicine)
04.2019
Medical clerkship
Oschner Medical Center, University of Queensland
03.2019
Medical clerkship
Hialeah Hospital, Florida International University
02.2019
Medical clerkship
Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida
01.2019
Reviewer
BMJ Case Reports
01.2019 - Current
Intern
Kasturba Hospital
08.2018
Intern
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal
05.2018
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Fellowship - Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine
University of Missouri
M.D. - Internal Medicine
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
Research
- Susheela A, Sharma A et al. Diagnosis and management of Vitamin B12 deficiency in MacNeal and LUMC. March 2023- present
- Sharma A, Mahajan M, Markos M. Retrospective study on effect of standardization of sign-out process using I-PASS in the ICU at MacNeal Hospital. January 2023- present
- Sharma A, Pai A et al. Association of malignancy in HIV patients- A retrospective study. Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 2024- present (Awaiting IRB approval)
- Mehta V, Sharma A et al. Fibrinogen as a predictor of early neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke-Evidence from the Indian population. July 2020- December 2022
- Madan S, Sharma A, Bhat R. Study of cardiovascular risk profile in Rheumatoid arthritis - a prospective study. 2018-2022
Quality Improvement Projects
- Sharma A, Hong D, Markos M et al. Sepsis bundle compliance and the impact of Septicyte rapid at MacNeal Hospital. June 2023- 2024
- Sharma A, Popuri S, Tiwari N, Puri A. Standardization of written signout process in inpatient medical service at MacNeal Hospital. May 2023 - 2024
- Sharma A, Mahajan Z, Shingada K. Standardizing the ICU sign out process using I-PASS at MacNeal Hospital ICU. March 2022- February 2023
- Dudani P, Kaul K, Sharma A. Efficacy of Post-match curriculum introduction for incoming interns for better orientation at Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Internal medicine residency program. March 2022- present
- Chacko A, Sharma A, Mahajan Z et al. Improving the quality of sleep in admitted patients at MacNeal Hospital. December 2021- 2024
- Sharma A, Rodrigues S, Mahajan Z et al. An effort to increase documentation of advance care planning in patients admitted to the Internal Medicine service at MacNeal hospital. June 2021- 2024
Publications
- Mehta V, Sharma A et al. Fibrinogen as a predictor of early neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke-Evidence from the Indian population. Journal of Central Nervous System Disease- February 2023
- Sharma A, Mahajan Z, Madhyastha S, Mehta V. Critical approach to atypical spectrum of melioidosis: a case series-based literature review. BMJ Case Reports - June 2022
- Mehta V, Sharma A, Sharma C B, Gurkha R. Cerebral salt wasting induced Hyponatremia presenting as Catatonia. The Journal of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh- December 2021
- Virmani S, Seshadri S, Madhyastha S, Sharma A. Acute pancreatitis as the initial presentation in systemic lupus erythematous. Gulhane Medical Journal - June 2021
- Ahmad R, Sharma A, Singh R. Purple urine bag syndrome: A case report. Journal of medical imaging and case reports- June 2020
- Madi S, Pandey V, Sharma A, Monappa V. Case of solitary plasmacytoma of tibia. BMJ Case Reports- October 2018
- Sharma A, Mahajan Z, Mehta S, Puri A. Lemierre’s disease: A diagnostic dilemma of critical care in the post-COVID era. BMJ Case reports. Jan 2024
Presentations
- Tiwari N, Sharma A, et al. Spontaneous Tumor lysis syndrome and Type B lactic acidosis: fatal presentation of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Oral and poster presentation, Loyola medicine MacNeal hospital Annual research day. May 2023
- Tiwari N, Sharma A, et al. Hiding in plain sight: Platelet millionaires are rarely reactive. Oral and poster presentation, Loyola medicine MacNeal hospital Annual research day. May 2023
- Mahajan Z, Sharma A, Puri A. “Forgotten Disease”: A diagnosis of Lemierre’s disease delayed during COVID pandemic. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital resident report, April 2023
- Sharma A, Kaul K. Signout: Preparation and delivery. Oral presentation, Intern boot camp/orientation, March 2023
- Sharma A, Kaul K. Framework for managing time effectively on floors. Oral presentation, Intern boot camp/orientation, March 2023
- Sharma A, Jain S. Falls. Oral presentation, Teaching lecture, Geriatrics rotation, Loyola medicine MacNeal hospital. February 2023
- Sharma A, Asymptomatic bacteriuria. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal hospital Medtalks conference, January 2023
- Sharma A, Madan S, Bhat R. Nocardiosis: A great masquerader in SLE pneumonitis. Poster presentation, ACP Illinois Internal medicine meeting, December 2022
- Sharma A, Mahajan Z, Puri A. “The Forgotten Disease” or “Post-COVID era”? ACP Illinois clinical vignette oral presentation, Finalist. November 2022
- Sharma A, Pulmonary- Critical Care ABIM objectives. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital noon conference, September 2022
- Sharma A, Kaul K. Morbidity and Mortality presentation: Adequate escalation of care?. Oral presentation, Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Committee meeting, August 2022
- Sharma A, Ahmed R. Purple Urine bag syndrome. Poster presentation, Loyola medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, May 2022
- Sharma A, Madan S, Bhat R. Nocardiosis: A great masquerader in SLE pneumonitis. Poster presentation, Loyola medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, May 2022
- Sharma A, Herrada B. MKSAP board review. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital noon conference, May 2022
- Mehta V, Sharma A, Prabhakar R, Jyoti D. Fibrinogen as a predictor of Early Neurological deterioration and poor outcome in Acute Ischemic stroke. Poster presentation, APICON 2022, India. February 2022
- Sharma A, Rodrigues S, Mahajan Z et al. An effort to increase documentation of advance care planning in patients admitted to the Internal Medicine service at MacNeal hospital. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal hospital Research Day 2021, 2022
- Chacko A, Sharma A, Mahajan Z et al. Improving the quality of sleep in admitted patients at MacNeal Hospital. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal hospital Research Day 2021, 2022
- Sharma A, Stroke. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital intern didactics lecture, December 2021
- Sharma A, Low back pain. Oral presentation, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Bite-sized teaching during Medtalks Conference, November 2021
- Sharma A, Sharma G N. Melioidosis: Vietnamese time bomb ticking at unusual places. Oral presentation, Jamshedpur Physicians forum conference. March 2021
- Pai A, Sharma A, Udupa K. Pure squamous cell carcinoma of the breast - A rare entity. Poster presentation, The association of Breast Surgeons of India Conference (ABSICON), August 2019
- Sharma A, Madi S, Pandey V. A case of solitary plasmacytoma of tibia. Poster presentation, Indo-German Convention of Lindau Alumni, September 2018
- Sharma A, Madhyastha S, Seshadri S. First case of Burkholderia pseudomallei in ascitic fluid. Oral presentation, Innervate, St. John’s medical college, September 2018
- Sharma A, Mahajan Z, Kaul K. Association of Ruxolitinib with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: A case report. CHEST 2023
Awards/Accomplishments
- Awarded “Resident of the year”, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Residency program, 2021-2022
- “Best QI project and oral presentation”, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Annual Research Day, 2022
- Awarded “Most kudos/shoutouts/praises of the year”, Loyola Medicine MacNeal residency program, December 2022
- First place in Mediquiz, Clinical Society Annual Conference, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, India. February 2020
- Awarded the PRAISE (Publication and Research Award Incentive for students to excel) award, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Annual Day, 2019
- Awarded distinction honors in Biochemistry in first year of medical school.
- Awarded distinction honors in Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Forensic medicine in second year of medical school.
- Awarded distinction honors in Pediatrics in final year of medical school.
- Diploma in Classical indian vocals, Prayag Sangeet Samiti, India
- Diploma in Classical indian dance- Bharatanatyam, Prayag Sangeet Samiti, India
- Diploma in Fine arts, Tagore Arts Society, India
Committee Memberships
- Resident leader of the Graduate medical education committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 2022- 2024
- Resident leader of the Program evaluation committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal hospital, 2022- 2024
- Resident representative of the Hospital internal medicine quality improvement committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 2021- 2024
- Resident leader and co-founder of the Resident-nursing professional governance committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 2022- 2024
- Resident representative of the Schwartz committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 2023- 2024
- Resident member of ICU curriculum committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Internal Medicine Program. 2021- 2024
- Resident member of the resident recruitment committee. Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital. 2021- 2024
- Resident member of the wellness committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 2021-2024
- Resident member of research committee, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Internal medicine residency program. 2021- 2024
- Member of American Medical Association. 2018- present
- Member of American College of Physicians. 2021 – present
- Member of Institute of Healthcare improvement. 2021 - present
- Treasurer, Core council. Kasturba medical college student council. 2015-2016
- Member of the Literary committee, Kasturba medical college student council. 2012-2017
Licenses
- Illinois state medical license under Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations : 2021 – 2024
- Missouri Division of Professional Registration: July 2024- present
- Karnataka Medical Council : 2018 – present
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