Payal Shukla, MD, MS

Conscientious and passionate anesthesiology resident physician at the University of Iowa, with a background in internal medicine. Possesses skills in patient assessment, critical thinking, problem-solving, attention to detail, and teamwork, and interpersonal communication.

• Peer Mentoring Committee, Parkview Health, 2022-2025
• Medical Anatomy Teaching Assistant, RFUMS, 2019
• Cellular Biology Tutor, RFUMS, 2019
• Science Tutor in the Student Success Center, Benedictine University, 2013
• Teaching Assistant in Biology and Chemistry Laboratory, Benedictine University, 2013-2014
• Teaching Assistant, Dr. Rubin’s Mini Medical School for High School Students, 2011-2012

• Outstanding Research Award, Parkview Health, 2025
• Best Resident Presentation, Parkview Health, 2024
• Outstanding Research Award, Parkview Health, 2023
• Endowment Scholarship, Rosalind Franklin University, 2021 - 2022
• CMS General Scholarship, Rosalind Franklin University, 2020 - 2021
• Student Leadership Award for Stewardship, Rosalind Franklin University, 2020
• Benedictine University Scholar Award, Benedictine University, 2016
• Recipient of the Presidential Scholarship Award, Benedictine University, 2012
• Excellence in Education Award, District 203, Naperville Central High School, 2012
• Illinois State Scholar Award, 2012
• Award for 4.0 GPA for seven semesters, Naperville Central High School, 2012
• AP Scholar Award, Collegeboard, 2012

• Orientation Advisor, RFUMS, 2018
• Phi Delta Epsilon, RFUMS, 2018 - 2022
• Student Ambassador, RFUMS, 2018 - 2022
• Portes House Representative, RFUMS, 2018 - 2022
• Secretary of BMS Class Council, RFUMS, 2017, 2018
• Director of Communications for Students for Organ Donations, RFUMS, 2017 - 2018

• Volunteer, Interprofessional Community Clinic, RFUMS, 2018 - 2020
• Co-President of Internal Medicine Interest Group, RFUMS, 2019 - 2020
• Vice President of Students Interested in Psychiatry Interest Group, RFUMS, 2019 - 2020
• Vice President of South Asian Medical Association, RFUMS, 2019 - 2020
• Public Relations Officer of American Medical Students Association, Benedictine University 2014 - 2015
• Member, Tri Beta Biological Honors Society, Benedictine University, 2013 - 2015

• Parkview Health Resident Research Symposium, 05/2024
• All School Research Consortium, RFUMS, 03/2021
• APAMSA National Conference, 02/2021
• Summer Research Poster Session, RFUMS, 12/2019
• Summer Research Poster Session, Northwestern University, 08/2019

• ACP Regional Meeting 2022, Poster: “Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Patient with Germline TTN Mutation”
• American Thoracic Society 2023, Poster: “Peculiar Chest Findings: Lobar Atelectasis causing Hydropneumothorax Ex Vacuo”
• CHEST 2023, Poster: “Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Patient with Germline TTN Mutation”, Poster: “Severe ARDS and Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Rare Case of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Review”
• ACP Regional Meeting 2023, Poster: “Cytomegalovirus-Related Multisystem Disorder with Cardiac Tamponade and Monoclonal Gammopathy: A Rare Case Report”, Oral Vignette: “Severe ARDS and Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Rare Case of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Review”, First Place win in oral vignette category
• SCCM Critical Care Congress 2024, Research Snapshot: “Cytomegalovirus-Related Multisystem Disorder with Cardiac Tamponade and Monoclonal Gammopathy: A Rare Case Report”
• American Thoracic Society 2024, Exploring the Intersection: Severe COVID-19 and High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma Development
• CHEST 2024, Double Trouble: A Rare Case of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Pancreatitis in the ICU, A Diagnostic Dilemma: Acute Disseminated Histoplasmosis
• ACP Regional Meeting 2024, Double Trouble: A Rare Case of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Pancreatitis in the ICU
• American Thoracic Society 2025, The Fungus That Never Gave Up: A Case of Cavitary Aspergilloma Necessitating Lobectomy
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference 2025, Down the Wrong Pipe?: A Unique Case of The Use of a Miller 3 Laryngoscope to Remove a Foreign Object from the Esophagus

• Regmi A, Shukla P, Karki P, Obaidat D., Toe Necrosis: A Surprising Herald of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis., Cureus, 11/11/2025, 17, 11, 10.7759/cureus.96560, 41393718, PMC12697005
• Shukla, P, Regmi A, Subramanian R., Cytomegalovirus-Related Multisystem Disorder with Cardiac Tamponade and Monoclonal Gammopathy: A Rare Case Report., International Journal of Clinical Studies & Medical Case Reports, 57, 4, 03/03/2026, 10.46998/IJCMCR.2026.57.001418
• Chakabva, M. S., Flanagan, M., Drouin, M., Dodds, D., Gao, Y., Gordon, B., Gyawali, M., Khalil, H., Shukla, P., Wyatt, K., & Schroeder, E., Effect of timing of morning blood draws on sleep quantity and quality in hospitalized patients., J Hosp Med., 02/04/2026, 10.1002/jhm.70269

• Bernie’s Book Bank, 2018, Present
• Feed My Starving Children, 2017, Present
• Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL, 2009, 2015
• Children’s Department Assistant, Naperville Public Library, 2006, 2013

• Research Intern, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 2019 - 2020
• Research Intern, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, 2019
• Student Researcher, Benedictine University, 2013 - 2014