Khushboo Nusrat

Dedicated and hardworking healthcare professional with extensive experience in a multitude of acute and chronic medical conditions. Eagerly looking forward to being part of a team driven by achieving optimal patient outcomes, through comprehensive patient assessment and development of management strategies.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)- Certified

Basic Life Support (BLS)- Certified

Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS)- Certified

Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS)- Certified

-Trained in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to aid in clinical decision-making

-Named Intern of the Month (Aug 2024)

• USMLE Step 1: 246 (12/2021)
• USMLE Step 2: 249 (11/2022)
• USMLE Step 3: 245 (12/2023)

-Dr. Stephen Chrzanowski

Program Director 

Internal Medicine Residency Program, CHS

schrzan@chsbuffalo.org 

-Dr. Akash Parashar

Associate Program Director 

Internal Medicine Residency Program, CHS 

aparashar@chsbuffalo.org

Internal Medicine Inpatient Service-Resident Physician, University at Buffalo-CHS 

-Participating in effective patient care through daily rounding, using appropriate diagnostic strategies and formulating a treatment plan at a near-independent level thus achieving efficiency in hospital-based medicine

-Managing high-volume inpatient teams by employing acute decision-making and demonstrating strong clinical judgement, including for admissions and cross-coverage with minimal supervision as a senior 

-Communicating effectively with nursing staff, case managers and subspecialty services to ensure appropriate patient care, along with safe discharge planning 

-Gaining valuable expertise in working closely with team members, both as an intern and senior resident 

-Worked at three different hospital sites (including the Veterans Affairs Medical Center), thus gaining experience working in different hospital settings, and two separate EMRs

Intensive Care Unit Service- Resident Physician, University at Buffalo-CHS 

-Actively managed critically ill patients, in a high-acuity ICU setting, including patients in shock, acute respiratory failure, multi-organ failure in high pressure conditions 

-Gained expertise in handling acute emergencies as the primary responders to rapid responses and code situations 

-Gained proficiency in employing Point of Care ultrasound to guide patient management 

-Learned how to manage patients on ventilators and vasopressors 

-Strengthened essential critical care thinking, clinical decision-making and leadership skills necessary to work in an acute hospital setting

Outpatient Rotation-Resident Physician, University at Buffalo-CHS

-Managed a multitude of acute and chronic conditions comprehensively in a busy clinic setting, catering to a diverse patient population 

-Ensuring appropriate post-hospitalization follow-up, and implemented appropriate next steps to prevent re-admission 

-Providing thorough counseling on medication compliance, lifestyle modifications and abstinence from substance use

-Honing communication skills by regularly interacting with a culturally diverse patient population 

Subspecialty rotations-Resident Physician, University at Buffalo- CHS 

-Completed a Cardiology elective, and gained valuable exposure in the management of several common cardiac conditions including ACS, Atrial fibrillation and heart failure 

-Completed a Nephrology elective, and enhanced expertise in the diagnoses and management of acid-base disturbances, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disturbances 

-Completed an Infectious Disease elective, and regularly aided in the management of sepsis, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, skin and soft tissue infections 

• Malik S, Mufaddal ZQ, Koskina L, Siddiqui OM, Mansour M, Nusrat K, Khan R, Sohail MU, Farhan SH, Singh D, Ali E, Hameed I. Efficacy and safety of invasive versus noninvasive treatments in elderly patients with non-ST-segment myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Coron Artery Dis. 2025 Oct 30. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001586. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41176625.
• Hameed I, Nusrat K, Jamil A, Fatima K, Minhas AMK, Greene SJ, Sauer AJ, Butler J, Khan MS. Demographic and Regional Trends of Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity-Related Mortality in the United States From 1999 to 2021. Am J Cardiol. 2024 Dec 15;233:51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.09.028. Epub 2024 Oct 5. PMID: 39374685.
• Nusrat K, Khan R, Farhan SH, Malik S, Paryani NS, Siddiq MA, Memon RS, Jawaid H, Hameed I. Disparities in the renal cancer mortality between Black and White adults in the United States, 1999-2020. J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 Jul;15(6):101797. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2024.101797. Epub 2024 May 23. PMID: 38789328.
• Hameed I, Nusrat K, Farhan SH, Ahmad O, Hameed I, Malik S, Shaikh AT, Raja A, Aijaz A, Arham Siddiq M, Saleem Patel M, Khan R, Sharma V, Hussain M. Understanding disparities in cardiovascular death rates among older adults with sick sinus syndrome in the US. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2024 Sep 4;86(10):5973-5979. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002522. PMID: 39359795; PMCID: PMC11444566.
• Hameed, I., Khan, M. O., Nusrat, K., Mahmood, S., Nashit, M., Malik, S., Siddiqui, O. M., Samad, S. A., Marsia, S., Usman, M. S., & Siddiqi, T. J.. (2023, May). Is it safe and effective to administer COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of infection control, 51(5), 582-593
• Hameed, I., Malik, S., Nusrat, K., Siddiqui, O. M., Khan, M. O., Mahmood, S., Memon, A., Usman, M. S., & Siddiqi, T. J.. (2023, Sep). Effect of vitamin D on postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiology, 82(3), 220-224
• Haseeb, A., Muhammad B., Farooqui., WA, Soomro., H., Khan., M. A.S, Nusrat., K, Saad., M, Shabbir., A, Arshad., M.H., Raza., H, Ahmad., Z, Syeda., M, Bhatti., O.A, Shaikh., F.I., Shujauddin., S.M., Islam., K, Niazi., M.N, Malik., U.A. (2016, Sep). Predictors of Awareness and Management Practices of Diabetes among Rural Dwellers of Sindh. Global Journal of Health Science, 9(5), 55
• Nusrat, K., Khan, M. R., Waseem, Z., Siddiqui, O. M., Mahmood, S., Hassan, S. Z., & Imtiaz, F. (2020, Jan). Neonatal danger signs and healthcare seeking behaviours: A cross-sectional study in Karachi amongst pregnant females.. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(1), 74-79
• Nusrat, K., Molai, S. A., Tahir, M., Khan, M. O., Khan, M. I., & Khan, M. F.. (2020, Jun). A Cohort of Gender-based Outcomes in Hepatitis B and C after Cardiac Surgery. Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, 2(1), 16-21
• Anwar, M. S., Tahir, M., Nusrat, K., & Khan, M. R.. (2018, September 13). Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceptions Regarding Autism Among Parents in Karachi, Pakistan
• Khan, M.O., Shah, S.A., Mahmood, S., Aijaz, A., Jatoi, N.N., Shakil, F., Nusrat, K., Siddiqui, O.M.,& Hameed, I.. (2023, June 30). Is endovascular treatment alone as effective and safe as that with preceding intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Mahmood, S., Raza, M., Nusrat, K., Marsia, S., & Abbas, A.. (2019, March 25). Infiltrating the Heart and Kidney: A Rare Pediatric Case of Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis from Pakistan
• Mahmood, S., Sharif, A., Nusrat, K., Ali Samjo, S., & Abbas, Z.. (2019, December 18). Mesenteric Panniculitis with Raised Alanine Transaminase Levels: A Rare Case Report from Pakistan
• Marsia, S., Mahmood, S., Raza, M., Nusrat, K., & Saleem, A.. (2019, April 16). Sulfasalazine-induced Pancytopenia Indicating Bone Marrow Suppression: A Rare Pediatric Case Report from Pakistan
• Nusrat, K., Mahmood, S., Khan, M., & Khan, A.. (2020, March 18). An Unusual Presentation of Bony Outgrowths on the Chest: A Case from Pakistan
• Nusrat, K., Mahmood, S., Marsia, S., & Mahmood, K.. (2019, May 05). Elaborate Tongue Fasciculations Going Down to the Neck: A Rare Case of Sporadic, Young-onset Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Bulbar Symptoms, from Pakistan
• Nusrat, K., Mahmood, S., Raza, M., Marsia, S., & Abbas, A.. (2019, April 09). Affected Children of Healthy Parents: Multiple Pediatric Cases of Autosomal Recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease in a Pakistani Family