Nirmal Dinesh

To pursue a fellowship in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine and ultimately become the well-rounded intensivist I aspire to be.

• Advanced Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine – Apollo Hospitals – Jubilee Hills, India (Jan 2021-Jan 2022)
• Residency – Pediatrics – SUNY Downstate (July 2022-June 2023)
• Successfully completed Part 1 and 2 of Membership of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP-UK) - Equivalent to the Internal Medicine Boards

• Intern of the Year - 2024 - Downstate Medical Center
• Resident of the Year - 2024 - Kings County Hospital Center (Of 186 residents)
• Dr. Chennamsetty Trainee Excellence Award - Apollo Hospitals, India

• Point-of-care Ultrasound: An extension of a comprehensive physical exam
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Mechanical Ventilation

• Nirmal, D., Abdul, S., Jaiswal, P., Singh, S. N., Mathada, A. A., & Nagaraj, P. (2024). Effect of duration of sodium valproate therapy on bone mineral density and vitamin D levels. Epilepsy & Behavior, 153, 109733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109733
• Nirmal, D., Stojanovic, N., Kishore, A., Sivakumar, S., Gorantla, A., Chandrakumar, H., Graham-Hill, S., & Budzikowski, A. S. (2024). A Case Report of Brugada Syndrome Associated With Physical Trauma. Cureus, 16(3), e55557. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.55557

Current Work

• Working with Dr. Patrick Geraghty on PP2A and CIP2A to describe their role in Interstitial Lung Disease
• Working on a study to investigate the utility of HACOR score in patients with COPD exacerbation

• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Royal College of Physicians (London)
• American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
• American Thoracic Society

• Volunteer at PS54 Food Drive in association with New York Food Bank (Monthly event)
• A regular speaker at IMG mentorship events
• Volunteer BLS instructor at events organized by Rotary Club – New York Chapter

• Treated patients for free in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic in India including conditions typically managed in ICU/Stepdown units
• Resident Representative – GME Clinical Learning Environment Committee (2022-)
• BLS Instructor (Working towards becoming an ACLS instructor)