Karanrajsinh Raol

Having completed training at a 473-bed community teaching and referral hospital featuring a Level II trauma center, encountered a wide range of both common and rare medical conditions necessitating comprehensive medical treatment. This experience facilitated the development of an empathetic approach to patient care and fostered an interest in establishing a practice centered on strong team collaboration to optimize the allocation of medical resources. Furthermore, the significance of compassionate care for underserved communities reinforced this approach.

Quinnipiac University-Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine/ St. Vincent's Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program

Elected as the 'Privacy Officer' for the year 2024-2025.

1. District Co-Operative Union, Bhavnagar, Gujarat India. 01/2015- 01/2021 

• Community Service Volunteer, Organized awareness camps for farmers and underserved people to establish self-help groups.
• Attended annual meets to formulate goals for the upcoming year regarding rural visits and distribution of cultivable grains.
• Visited rural community events to create awareness about hygienic sanitation practices and collaborated with schools to enroll females as part of the women empowerment initiative.

2. Rotary Club, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. 01/2014- 04/2021

• Social Work facilitating medical education, awareness and community outreach.
• Teamed up with the rotary club of Bhavnagar to organize quarterly urban and rural blood donation camps.
• Facilitated mass education through campaigning on importance of blood donation and the concept of eye donation
• Participated in festivity celebrations at old age homes.
• Worked with local medical providers and social activists, to carry out free screening programs for chronic preventable diseases, (i.e Hypertension, diabetes, and cataracts).
• Participated in food and mask and sanitizer distribution to the underserved during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2021
• Best fashion show choreography at the annual fest of Dr. M. K. Shah Medical College, Ahmedabad

• Past and Present of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS): A Narrative Review. Chelikam N, Vyas A, Desai R, Khan N, Raol K, Kavarthapu A, Kamani P, Ibrahim G, Madireddy S, Pothuru S, Shah P, Patel UK. Cureus. 2023 Dec 8;15(12):e50155. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50155. PMID: 38192958; PMCID: PMC10771967.
• Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: Depiction of the Diagnostic Dilemma, Bhesania S, Raol K, Medina C, Ilyas S, Bhesania J, Barmanwalla, Cureus. 2021 Aug 26;13(8):e17462. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17462. PMID: 34646589; PMCID: PMC8478687.
• Umbrella meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of ViV-TAVI vs redo SAVR, SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, Published, Feb 2022, Aedma, S.K., Khan, N., Altamimi, A., Ali, N., Jain, S., Raol, K., Madireddy, S., Rakholiya, J., Raheem, A., Desai, R., Patel, U.K., Rabbani, R.
• Detrimental Pneumoperitoneum and Bowel Necrosis Secondary to Dilatation and Curettage: Necessitating the Importance of Healthcare Awareness, Raol K, Kuppusamy N, Sanghavi NA, Kaur N, Rajendran K.. Cureus. 2021 Oct 8;13(10):e18594. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18594. PMID: 34786217; PMCID: PMC8577819.
• Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases amongst E-cigarette users- a cross-sectional NHANES study, Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases, Aug 2021, Pothuru, S., Madireddy, S., Raol, K., Khan, N., Altamimi, A., Ali, N., Jain, S., Rakholiya, J., Raheem, A., Rabbani, R.
• Antipsychotics- A Probable Cause of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A Systematic Review, Raol, K., Bhanderi, H. J., Devani, R., Lunagariya, S., Singh, A., Singh, J., & Thakrar, M. R. (2022). Indian Journal of Mental Health, 9(2).

• When Tumors Masquerade as Heart Attacks:A Case of Mitral Valve Myxoma, American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA, April 2024
• Constrictive Pericarditis: An important star in the SLE constellation, American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter, 2023
• Cogan's Syndrome: An Aneurysmal and Stenotic Aortic Ride, American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, LA, March 2023
• Limbic Encephalitis: A walk down the Diagnostic Lane, American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter, 2022
• Management of Symptoimatic Carotid Stenosis: A Meta-Meta analysis Addressing the discrepancies between Stenting and Endarterectomy, American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, April 2022
• Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Nidus to Overt Heart Failure, American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, April 2022
• Meta-Meta-Analysis of Outcomes of Valve-in-Valve TAVI Compared to Redo-SAVR, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, USA, November, 2021
• Thousand reasons why: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis in Elderly, 38th AAPI Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, July, 2021
• The Association between COPD and E-cigarette smoking- A retrospective study of NHANES, 2021 CHEST Annual Meeting, Glenview, IL, USA, October, 2021
• E-Cigarette Smoking is linked with Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 CHEST Annual Meeting, Glenview, IL, USA, October, 2021
• RET, set, go- A novel treatment for RET fusion positive metastatic Non-small-cell-lung cancer, AMA Research Challenge, Chicago, IL, USA, October, 2021

• Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke as Complications in Valve in Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves, 38th AAPI Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, July 04, 2021
• Carotid artery stenting v/s Carotid Endarterectomy for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An evidence-based umbrella meta-analysis of 26 meta-analyses, 38th AAPI Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, July 04, 2021

• English, Advanced, I speak very accurately, and I understand other speakers very accurately. Native speakers have no problem understanding me, but they probably perceive that I am not a native speaker.
• Gujarati, Native/functionally native, I converse easily and accurately in all types of situations. Native speakers, including the highly educated, may think that I am a native speaker, too.
• Hindi, Native/functionally native, I converse easily and accurately in all types of situations. Native speakers, including the highly educated, may think that I am a native speaker, too.

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