Dhruv Kansal
Brighton
Summary
Dynamic Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow at Boston Medical Center Brighton, excelling in critical care management and passionate about teaching. Proven track record in patient care and clinical research, with a strong focus on Point of Care Ultrasound teaching. Committed to enhancing medical education and fostering a collaborative learning environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pulmonary and critical care fellow
Boston Medical Center
Brighton
07.2024 - Current
- Currently in my second year as Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow at Boston Medical Center Brighton, focused on delivering exceptional patient care and advancing clinical practice in critical care and pulmonary medicine inspired by experiences during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Lead interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care strategies.
- Develop educational conferences for house staff training and patient education.
- Conducting research to support clinical projects and improve healthcare delivery.
Interventional Pulmonary Rotation
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
11.2025 - 11.2025
During this one-month advanced pulmonary rotation, I refined my skills in EBUS with biopsy, flexible bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy with cryobiopsy, and dynamic airway maneuvers for tracheobronchomalacia.
I also performed chest tube placement and thoracentesis, while observing several central airway management techniques, including percutaneous tracheostomy, airway stenting, and central airway tumor debridement.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts Medical Center
07.2025 - 08.2025
During this four‑week course, I developed a strong foundation in the principles of clinical and translational research. I gained a clear understanding of how to formulate meaningful clinical questions and translate them into well‑structured research hypotheses. The course emphasized the development of effective research protocols and appropriate study designs, including considerations of feasibility, ethics, data collection, and outcome measurement.
I learned how to critically evaluate existing literature, identify knowledge gaps, and design studies that address clinically relevant problems.
Fellow
Spaulding rehabilitation Hospital
01.2025 - 01.2025
During this two-week inpatient rotation, I managed chronically ventilated patients and gained hands-on experience with tracheostomy care, including decannulation, downsizing, and tube changes. I also developed skills in managing chronic respiratory failure, ventilator strategies, and airway clearance techniques.
Chief Resident
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Program
Waterbury
07.2023 - 07.2024
- Led resident education initiatives as Chief Medical Resident, which included teaching Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), delivering morning reports, facilitating case discussions, mentoring journal clubs, and leading medical conferences and grand rounds after completing 3 years of residency.
- While on service as a medical-attending, led daily patient rounds, ensuring comprehensive care coordination.
- Managed residency training schedules, optimizing learning opportunities for residents.
- Facilitated interdisciplinary meetings to improve communication among healthcare teams.
Resident
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
Waterbury
07.2020 - 07.2023
- Conducted patient assessments and developed treatment plans in collaboration with attending physicians.
- Managed medical records and ensured accurate documentation of patient histories and treatment progress.
- Participated in educational seminars, presenting case studies to enhance peer learning and engagement.
- Engaged in quality improvement projects to enhance departmental processes and patient care standards.
- Directed medical students and interns by involving in patient care planning.
Research Team Member
Chase Outpatient Medical Center
Waterbury
07.2019 - 06.2023
- Engaged in clinical quality improvement projects that addressed key primary care issues such as blood pressure control, colorectal cancer screening, and adult immunization.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to gather relevant patient data.
- Participated in team meetings to discuss project progress and strategies.
Junior Resident
GBPANT Hospital
Delhi
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Obtained detailed histories, performed physical examinations, and assessed patients in critical care unit, fostering strong interest in critical care medicine.
- Participated in emergency procedures and provided immediate care as needed.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans and health management.
- Conducted regular rounds on assigned patients and documented findings in patient charts.
Intern
Lok Nayak Hospital
New Delhi
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Engaged in a compulsory rotatory internship across all clinical departments, such as Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Community Medicine, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia, Pulmonology & T.B., Radio-diagnosis, and Psychiatry, which provided hands-on experience in diverse clinical specialties.
- Participated in training sessions to enhance clinical knowledge and skills.
Supervising Doctor
Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme of India
Delhi
04.2017 - 09.2017
- As a physician I handled the delivery of the polio vaccine via cold chain and ensured adequate uptake in the community.
- Pulse polio program is hosted by the Government of India to eliminate the wild poliovirus strains from the general population by replacing it with weaker strains incapable of causing poliomyelitis through mass polio vaccination (oral/iv) which improves the herd immunity and reduces the disease occurrence and spread.
Team Member
Asian Medical Students Association (AMSA)
Delhi
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Engaged in multiple events organized by AMSA and traveled to Seoul, South Korea for a week to attend medical conferences, presenting a poster on diabetic foot care at the AMSA conference.
Team Member
Maulana Azad Art, Dance and Music Society
Delhi
01.2013 - 01.2016
Education
Pulmonary Critical care fellow -
BMC Brighton
Brighton, MA06-2027
Chief Medical Resident -
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Program
Waterbury, CT07-2024
Internal Medicine Residency -
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
Waterbury, CT07-2023
Medicine Sub-intern -
GBPANT Hospital
Delhi, India04-2019
Medicine Clerkship -
Lok Nayak Hospital
New Delhi, India01-2018
Bachelor in Medicine And Bachelor in Surgery -
Maulana Azad Medical College
Delhi, India12-2016
Skills
- Advanced pulmonary care
- Critical care management
- Patient assessments
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- Emergency response
- Clinical trials management
- Patient education
Awards
Dr. Eric Hyson Resident Teaching Award, For excellence in teaching at Yale-Waterbury Hospital during Internal Medicine Residency.
Certification
1. State of Connecticut: Internal Medicine 07/2020- 06/24
2. State of Massachusetts: Limited Pulmonary and Critical care 07/2024-present
2. State of Massachusetts: Limited Pulmonary and Critical care 07/2024-present
Exams And Certifications
- Step 1, 246
- Step 2 CK, 243
- Step 2 CS, Passed
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine, 2024
- Certified in Basic Life Support and ACLS
Teaching And Mentorship
• PICO (PATIENT, INTERVENTION, COMPARISON, OUTCOME) presentations during residency.
• QI projects
• Mortality and Morbidity conference for residents
• Journal clubs
• Case conferences for interesting topics, cases and encounters
• Mentoring Residents to write up cases for national conferences like ACP, CHEST, and ATS.
• Point of care ultrasound curriculum: providing live feedback to the residents while performing POCUS. Teaching POCUS to ICU residents while on critical care rotation.
• Procedure training
Publications
- Variability In Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Among Sites and Operators, Dhruv Kansal, MD1
- Yasser Jamil, MD2
- Mamadou Jallow3, Gaëlle Romain, PhD3, Kim G. Smolderen, PhD3,4, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Manuscript Submitted to Journal of Vascular Surgery: Under review
- SAT-467 A Case of Pituitary Hyperplasia Secondary to Uncontrolled Primary Hypothyroidism., Journal of the Endocrine Society, 4, Supplement_1, 2020, Alhumaidi, Hebah, Sarika Rao, and Dhruv Kansal.
- Real-World VASCADE Closure Device Versus Manual Compression Use and Outcomes in Patients with Severe Common Femoral Artery Disease, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.30405, Sameer Nagpal MD, Lindsey E. Scierka MD, MPH, Dhruv Kansal MD, Kim G. Smolderen PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado MD
- Case report: Differentiating Culture-Negative Endocarditis from Aortic and Mitral Valve Calcification (MAC): A Diagnostic Challenge, Accepted in CT ID Society.
- Isolated Cortical Vein Thrombosis in a Young Woman on Transdermal Ethinyl Estradiol: Case Report and Literature Review, AACE Endocrinology and Diabetes, 13, 1, Sara Ramadan, Mohamed Okda, Dhruv Kansal, Bradford Thompson
- Risk of New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus as a Post-COVID-19 Condition and Possible Mechanisms: A Scoping Review, J. Clin. Med., 2023, 12, 1159, https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031159, Chourasia, P.; Goyal, L.; Kansal, D.; Roy, S.; Singh, R.; Mahata, I.; Sheikh, A.B.; Shekhar, R.
- Abstract 15716: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Ablation Targets Beyond Pulmonary Vein Isolation versus Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, AHA 2023, Arpanjeet Kaur, Arshdeep Dhaliwal, Dhruv Kansal et al
- Abstract: variability in guideline-directed medical therapy among sites and operators and patient factors associated with its usage following carotid artery stenting., JACC, 04/2025, 85, 12_Supplement, 2399, Mamadou Jallow, Dhruv Kansal, Yasser Jamil, Carmen Pajarillo, Gabriel Mena, Eman Mubarak, Aseem Vashist, Jose Eduardo Costa Filho, Kim G.E. Smolderen, and Carlos Mena Hurtado
- Intraparenchymal hemorrhage secondary to cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome: a dire complication of an uncommon entity., CHEST, 168, 4, A2590 - A2591, Avinaashraja Sager
- Dhruv Kansal
- Nilufer Yalcin
- Guideline-Discordant ICS Prescribing and Pneumonia Risk in COPD: Insights from a National Cohort., P.Patel, D.Kansal, L.Bajpayee, ATS 2026, Accepted for presentation
Poster Presentations
- Real-World VASCADE Closure Device Versus Manual Compression Use and Outcomes in Patients with Severe Common Femoral Artery Disease, LINC 2022, Virtual oral presentation, First author
- Radial artery aneurysm after radial artery catheterisation, Waterbury and St Mary's Hospital Research Day, Case Report, First author
- Resident operated Point of care ultrasound: can it make a difference., ACP CT chapter, Case report, First author
- Deficits in POCUS utilisation at Waterbury hospital, Waterbury and St Mary's Hospital Research Day, Single centre research, First author
- Wernicke Aphasia after Percutaneous coronary intervention, ACP national conference in San Diego, First author
- Point of care curriculum at Waterbury Hospital Internal Medicine Residency program and impact on residents' performance., Medical grand rounds, First author
- Lupus Lurking in the lungs, ATS 2026, Accepted for presentation, First author
- Hormones and headache, Clinical poster at ACP 2025, MENTOR/co-author
- A Case of Acute Hemolytic Anemia with Methemoglobinemia and Pernicious Anemia After Chronic Amyl Nitrite Use, ATS 2026, Accepted for presentation, MENTOR/co-author
- Unrelenting chylothorax: could midodrine be the answer?, ATS 2026, Accepted for presentation, MENTOR/co-author
Membership
- EDITORIAL member of Journal of Medical Case Reports.
- AAIM Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
- ATS American Thoracic Society
- CHEST
Electronic health records Training
- EPIC
- INTERGY
- ATHENA
- MEDITECH
- CERNER
Language Fluency
- English
- Hindi
Timeline
Interventional Pulmonary Rotation
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
11.2025 - 11.2025
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts Medical Center
07.2025 - 08.2025
Fellow
Spaulding rehabilitation Hospital
01.2025 - 01.2025
Pulmonary and critical care fellow
Boston Medical Center
07.2024 - Current
Chief Resident
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Program
07.2023 - 07.2024
Resident
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
07.2020 - 07.2023
Research Team Member
Chase Outpatient Medical Center
07.2019 - 06.2023
Junior Resident
GBPANT Hospital
11.2018 - 04.2019
Supervising Doctor
Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme of India
04.2017 - 09.2017
Intern
Lok Nayak Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2018
Team Member
Asian Medical Students Association (AMSA)
01.2014 - 01.2016
Team Member
Maulana Azad Art, Dance and Music Society
01.2013 - 01.2016
Pulmonary Critical care fellow -
BMC Brighton
Chief Medical Resident -
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Program
Internal Medicine Residency -
Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
Medicine Sub-intern -
GBPANT Hospital
Medicine Clerkship -
Lok Nayak Hospital
Bachelor in Medicine And Bachelor in Surgery -
Maulana Azad Medical College