Damini Saxena
Summary
BE/BC Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with a comprehensive background in managing critically ill patients and performing urgent bedside procedures in high-acuity environments, as well as treating a diverse range of respiratory conditions in an ambulatory care setting. Skilled in advanced procedures including airway management, mechanical ventilation, bronchoscopy, and ECMO.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Moonlighting Fellow
Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital
10.2023 - Current
- Lead team rounds, manage critically ill patients, triage new consults, and perform urgent bedside procedures as an Internal Medicine board certified physician in a 16-bed closed medical ICU and additional multi-bed overflow ICU of a Level I trauma and comprehensive stroke center for a predominantly immigrant patient population.
Tele 3 Officer
CHI St. Luke's Hospital
06.2023 - Current
- Co-manage critically ill cardiac patients with the Texas Heart Institute Cardiologists, admit new patients, and perform urgent bedside procedures as an Internal Medicine board certified physician in a 19-bed CCU of a nationally ranked and internationally recognized hospital.
Continuity Clinic Fellow
Baylor College Of Medicine
07.2022 - Current
- Evaluated and managed a variety of respiratory illnesses in weekly continuity clinics at a large VA hospital and a resource-limited county hospital.
- Collaborated with other specialties, including Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rheumatology, Radiology, etc. to provide comprehensive patient care inpatient and outpatient.
- Performed diagnostic procedures including point-of-care ultrasound and coordinated care for advanced procedures such as bronchoscopy and pleural catheter placement in ambulatory settings.
Resident Clinician Expert
Product Development to Improve Patient Care
07.2021 - 06.2022
- Helped develop an algorithm that may predict clinical deterioration of patients admitted to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center who require rapid response teams or transfer to ICU level of care.
- Collaborated with industry experts at Roche Diagnostics and NEST Coordinating Center as well as an interdisciplinary team of physicians, registered nurses, and advanced practice providers.
Resident Committee Member
CAUTI Task Force
02.2021 - 06.2022
- Analyzed and discussed individual CAUTI diagnoses in the ICUs and wards at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in multidisciplinary meetings and brainstormed ways to improve CAUTI rates.
- Helped recruit Hospitalists to the CAUTI Task Force.
Officer
Housestaff Quality Council
10.2020 - 06.2022
- Participated in interdisciplinary conferences on optimizing quality control in patient care settings at Beth Israel Lahey Health.
- Presented findings of the CAUTI QI study, prompting recruitment of new members to the CAUTI Task Force.
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
07.2019 - 06.2022
- Mentored and taught 3rd and 4th year medical students from Tufts University.
Director of Public Relations
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
05.2013 - 05.2014
- Supervised and mentored 9 committees, 35 SWE Chairs, and 1,700 general body members at the Cornell University's chapter of SWE.
- Recruited new members, organized Welcome Picnics and Student-Faculty dinners, and sent weekly email newsletters.
- Won national SWE award for recruiting the highest number of new members in a SWE chapter in New England.
Chair of Alumni Relations
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
05.2012 - 05.2013
- Conceptualized and successfully executed the first and largest student-faculty dinner at Cornell Engineering, where 16 professors and 100+ students were in attendance.
- Awarded “Event of the Year” (2012) by Cornell University's Diversity Programs in Engineering.
Education
Fellowship - Pulmonology And Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX06.2025
Internship And Residency - Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Burlington, MA06.2022
M.D. -
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Bioengineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY05.2014
Skills
- Airway management
- Mechanical ventilation
- Arterial line catheterization
- Central line catheterization
- Bronchoscopy
- POCUS
- ECMO, LVAD, IABP
- Pleural procedures
- Other invasive procedures
Medical Licensure
- Texas Medical Board Full License (Active)
- Medical Board of California Physicians and Surgeons License (Pending)
- Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine License (2019-2022)
Affiliations
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Association
- American Thoracic Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Languages
English
Hindi
Urdu
French
Timeline
Moonlighting Fellow
Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital
10.2023 - Current
Tele 3 Officer
CHI St. Luke's Hospital
06.2023 - Current
Continuity Clinic Fellow
Baylor College Of Medicine
07.2022 - Current
Resident Clinician Expert
Product Development to Improve Patient Care
07.2021 - 06.2022
Resident Committee Member
CAUTI Task Force
02.2021 - 06.2022
Officer
Housestaff Quality Council
10.2020 - 06.2022
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
07.2019 - 06.2022
Director of Public Relations
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
05.2013 - 05.2014
Chair of Alumni Relations
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
05.2012 - 05.2013
Fellowship - Pulmonology And Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Internship And Residency - Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Lahey Health
M.D. -
Tufts University School of Medicine
Bachelor of Science - Bioengineering
Cornell University