Danish Waqar

I am a committed and compassionate physician currently completing my third year of Internal Medicine residency training, where I have strengthened my clinical knowledge, patient care skills, and dedication to evidence-based medicine. My experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings has allowed me to care for patients with complex medical conditions while emphasizing thoughtful, patient-centered care.

I hope to build a long-term career as a primary care physician in the United States, providing compassionate, evidence-based care to diverse patient populations while continuing to learn from my patients, mentors, and colleagues.

• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Society of Nephrology ( ASN)
• Arab board of health specializations in Internal Medicine

• Arab Board of Health Specializations In Internal Medicine - 2021
• Passed all Arab Board of Health Specializations examinations in 2022
• ECFMG Certificate : Issued on 2021-12-03
• USMLE Scores
• USMLE Step 1 - 229
• USMLE Step 2 CK- 238
• USMLE Step 2 CS - Pass, First Attempt
• USMLE step 3- 233
• Advance Cardiac Life support (ACLS) Provider Course – 2024 Chicago, IL, American Heart Association Accredited
• Basic Life support ( BLS) Provider Course – 2024 Chicago, IL, American Heart Association Accredited
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Course– 2023 Human Subjects research
• Institution of Health Care Improvement Course (IHI)– 2024
• Fundamental Critical Care Support Course Certificate (FCCS)– 2018 Doha, Qatar

• Oral Presentation at 5th Qatar Internal Medicine and American College of Physicians (ACP) Conference – 2018 Abdur Rehman & Saud, A & Chapra, Ammar & Waqar, Danish & Ata, Fateen & Muammar, A & Salem, Ahmad & Al Bishawi, Ahmad & Aslam, I & Zahid, M. (2018). In-patient management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at Hamad General Hospital (HGH), Qatar.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Bangolo A, Fwelo P, Sagireddy S, Shah H, Trivedi C, Bukasa-Kabangana J, Patel R, Bharane L, Randhawa MK, Nagesh VK, Dey S, Terefe H, Kaur G, Dinko N, Emiroglu FL, Mohamed A, Fallorina MA, Kosoy D, Waqar D, Shenoy A, Ahmed K, Nanavati A, Singh A, Willie A, Gonzalez DMC, Mukherjee D, Sajja J, Proverbs-Singh T, Elias S, Weissman S. Interaction between Age and Primary Site on Survival Outcomes in Primary GI Melanoma over the Past Decade. Med Sci (Basel). 2023 Apr 28;11(2):32. doi: 10.3390/medsci11020032. PMID: 3721894; PMCID: PMC10204572.
• Monge Chacón AG, Wang C, Waqar D, Syeda SA, Kumar R, Meghana DR. Long-Term Usage of Oral Glucocorticoids Leading to Adrenal Insufficiency: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2023 May 12;15(5):e38948. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38948. PMID: 37039331; PMCID: PMC1025796.
• Alam, Benish & Mukhtar, Iqra & Ahmed, Maryam & Idrees, Muhammad & Ahmed, Mohammed & Waqar, Danish & Rai, Shilpa & Yusuf, Shafiq & Olaniyo, Olubukola & Fouda, Sally & Osunde, Uyi & Ayoade, Ademimudu & Dada, Stephen & Apata, Stephen & Ferguson, Frederick. (2022). SINGLE VS. DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN POST-TAVR PATIENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. European journal of pharmaceutical sciences: official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences. 9. 48-53.
• Weissman S, Aziz M, Bangolo AL, Ehrlich D, Forlemu A, Willie A, Gangwani MK, Waqar D, Terefe H, Singh A, Gonzalez DM, Sajja J, Emiroglu FL, Dinko N, Mohamed A, Fallorina MA, Kosoy D, Shenoy A, Nanavati A, Feuerstein JD, Tabibian JH. Relationships of hospitalization outcomes and timing to endoscopy in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A nationwide analysis. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2023 Apr 16;15(4):285-296. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v15.i4.285. PMID: 3718393; PMCID: PMC11015287.
• Omole AE, Ali A, Ogunniyi KE, Waqar D, Tobalesi O, Rahim O, Awosika A. A Case of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Unusual Correlation. Cureus. 2023 Mar 12;15(3):e36039. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36039. PMID: 37056547; PMCID: PMC10088566.
• Danish Waqar and Mohamed A Yassin. Paraspinal abscess following commencement of Anti Tuberculosis drugs for latent Tuberculosis. Case report and review of literature. International Journal of Case Reports, 2018 3:44. doi:10.28933/ijcr-2018-10-2408
• Rai, Shilpa & Nijjar, Shahbaz & Ojinna, Blessing & Mukhtar, Iqra & Ahmed, Maryam & Tobalesi, Opeyemi & Singh, Prerna & Adefashola, Olamide & Aboaba, Abiodun & Waqar, Danish & Novee, Jeffrey & Ferguson, Frederick & Adedoyin, Adewale & Batti, Patrick & Zafar, Hammad. (2022). The Potential Role of Colchicine in Reducing Mortality and Mechanical Ventilation Rates in COVID-19 Infection: A Meta-analysis. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research. 10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2031503.
• Nwankwo CI, Samuels KA, Abung A, Oshikoya AF, Waqar D, Omole AE. Diabetic Ketoacidosis Complicated by Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Rare Association. Cureus. 2023 Apr 22;15(4):e37983. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37983. PMID: 37223178; PMCID: PMC10202223.

Abstracts/Conference Posters

• 1) Danish Waqar, David Leehey, Kavitha Vellanki. A patient with unexplained erythrocytosis. Is there an SGLT2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) on the potential list? Loyola University Medical Center,Maywood,IL Publication status : Accepted for Poster in national kidney foundation Conference 2024
• 2) D.Waqar,S.Metwally,D.Jain,R.Sodhi,S.Akkina.Early Discontinuation of Valgancyclovir for CMV prophylaxis in CMV Seropositive recipients does not reduce leukopenia post transplant. Loyola University Medical Center,Maywood,IL Publication status : Accepted for Poster in American transplant Conference 2024
• 3) Waqar,D.,Vellanki,K.,Pickens,M. When you hear Hoof-Beats, It can be a Horse or a Zebra or both galloping simultaneously! Loyola University Medical Center,Maywood,IL Pub Status: Published as abstract supplement in JASN

During my Internal Medicine residency, while working on the medical floors, I was awarded the Resident of the Month award in recognition of my hard work, excellent patient care, strong patient outcomes, and my teamwork and leadership skills as a senior resident