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Sajana Poudel

Chicago,IL

Summary

I am a passionate and dedicated doctor with a strong work ethic and unwavering commitment to giving good patient care. I have a keen interest in teaching and learning activities. I am committed to delivering high-quality healthcare and making a positive impact in the medical field through ongoing professional development and compassionate patient care.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Resident Physician, Internal Medicine

John H Stroger Jr Hospital, Cook County Health
07.2022 - Current
  • Provided care to patients in medicine wards, clinics, consult services efficiently while maintaining the highest level of care for all patients on service.
  • Actively participated in teaching medical students and interns
  • Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based practices in diagnosis and treatment plans.

Chief Medical Officer

SPARSHA
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Worked as a medical officer providing care to patients with HIV, Tuberculosis and drug dependence.

Medical Officer

Lalitpur District Government
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Worked in outpatient infectious disease clinic during the COVID Pandemic.

Medical Officer

SAMYAM CLINIC
09.2020 - 03.2021

Assisted senior physicians during assessments, examinations and minor surgical procedures.

Medical Officer

Government Of Nepal
07.2019 - 08.2020
  • Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current with advances in medicine and enhance clinical skills.
  • Completed patient referrals to other medical specialists.
  • Improved patient outcomes and delivery of care through improved clinical quality processes.

Medical Officer

Government Of Nepal
06.2018 - 08.2019

Worked in the ER, inpatient wards and outpatient clinic as a junior medical officer.


Medical and Surgical Intern

BPKIHS
04.2017 - 04.2018
  • Residential rotatory internship program with hands- on rotation in different department of Medicine, Surgical, Pediatrics and Gynecological services.

Education

M.D. - Internal Medicine

John H Stroger Hospital, Cook County Health
Chicago, IL
06.2025

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery - Medicine

BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Dharan, Nepal
04.2018

Skills

  • Medical Knowledge
  • Interprofessional Collaboration
  • Compassionate Care
  • Interprofessional Communication

Certification

USMLE Certified 2021

ACLS/BLS Certified 2024

Research works

Poster presentations


Poudel, S et al., 2023, October. ACUTE LIVER FAILURE IN CORONAVIRUS DISEASE-19: A NATIONWIDE STUDY. In HEPATOLOGY (Vol. 78, pp. S1960-S1961)


 Poudel, S et al.  IMPACT OF HYPERGLYCEMIA ON HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DUE TO PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS: A NATIONWIDE STUDY. In HEPATOLOGY (Vol. 78, pp. S388-S389). 


Poudel S et al. In-hospital outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in patients with gastrointestinal cancer: A nationwide study.. JCO 42, 624-624(2024). DOI:10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.624 


Poudel, S et al. In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 118(10S):p S790-S791, October 2023. | DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000953804.23814.7a


Poudel, A., Poudel, S., Ghimire, M., Khanal, S. and Adhikari, A., 2023, October. DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC PREVALENCE OF HEPATITS A IN UNITED STATES. In HEPATOLOGY (Vol. 78, pp. S374-S375). 


 Poudel, A., Ghimire, M., Adhikari, A. and Poudel, S., 2023, October. ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA. In HEPATOLOGY (Vol. 78, pp. S1574-S1575)


 Poudel, A., Teaima, T., Poudel, S., Elhamamsy, E. and Adhikari, A., 2023, October. PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS, COMORBIDITIES, AND HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEPATORENAL SYNDROME. In HEPATOLOGY 


 Ghimire, M., Poudel, S., Ghimire, K., Rajak, K., Khanal, R., Hodo, F., Chaudhary, S., Guru, P., & Kadariya, D. (2024). Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) outcomes in pregnant patients with cardiogenic shock - A national inpatient study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(13_Supplement), 2536.  


 Ghimire, Calvin ; Abdu, Manasik; Kandel, Pujan ; Rabadi, Alexander ; Jankowski, Matthew ; Alexander, Dheeraj ; Poudel, Sajana ; Karki, Bibek ; Chaudhary, Pradip ; Kunadi, Arvind; Alnounou, Mustafa , FACG4. Incidence, Incidence-Based Mortality, and Survival Rates of Pancreatic Cancer Based on the Extent of Disease: A SEER-Based Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 118(10S):p S32-S33, October 2023. | DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000949804.71128.13


 Ghimire, Calvin MD1; Acharya, Sajan ; Abdu, Manasik ; Chaudhary, Pradip ; Karki, Bibek; Jankowski, Matthew ; Alexander, Dheeraj ; Rabadi, Alexander ; Poudel, Sajana ; Adhikari, Sushila ; Ghimire, Manoj ; Kandel, Pujan ; Kunadi, Arvind ; Adil, Abdalla . S341 The Incidence Rate of Colorectal Cancer in the Adult US Population - Should We Further Decrease the Age of Colorectal Cancer Screening?. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 118(10S):p S249, October 2023. | DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000951004.13081.33 


 Ghimire, Calvin ; Kandel, Pujan ; Abdu, Manasik ; Rabadi, Alexander ; Jankowski, Matthew ; Karki, Bibek ; Chaudhary, Pradip ; Acharya, Sajan ; Alexander, Dheeraj ; Poudel, Sajana ; Ghimire, Manoj ; Kunadi, Arvind ; Alnounou, Mustafa , FACG4. S42 Gender-Based Differences in Incidence, Incidence-Based Mortality and Survival Rates of Pancreatic Cancer: A SEER-Based Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 118(10S):p S33, October 2023. | DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000949808.24152.d7 


 Ghimire, M., Poudel, S., Ghimire, K., Rajak, K., Shrestha, K., Subedi, P., Oli, S., & Kadariya, D. (2024). Atrial fibrillation in pericarditis: Exploring underlying factors and clinical implications. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(13_Supplement), 217 


 Ghimire, M., Poudel, S., Rajak, K., Ghimire, K., Chamay, S., Barrera, N. I., Chaudhary, S., Guru, P., & Kadariya, D. (2024). Utilization and outcomes of mechanical circulatory support in patients with cardiogenic shock: A nationwide study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(13_Supplement), 2534. 


 Shrestha, K., Ghimire, M., Gallegos Koyner, F., Poudel S., Chaudhary, S., & Guru, P. K. (2023). Outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 and influenza infection: Results from the National Inpatient Database. Critical Care, 164(4), Supplement, A1733-A1734.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.1193


Shrestha, K., Subedi, P., Ghimire, M., Poudel, S., Ghimire, K., Parvatheneni, S.K., Dandamudi, M., Pedraza, L., Brito, L. and Gandrabur, L., 2023, October. Acute Cardiovascular Events During Pregnancy and Delivery in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (ARDs): An Analysis of National Inpatient Sample. In ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY (Vol. 75, pp. 921-923)


 Publications


Sagar Panthi, Sajana Poudel, Nimesh Khanal, Siddhartha Bhandari, Seema Adhikari, Pradeep Khatiwada, Bharosha Bhattarai, Susmit Sharma, Sandeep Khanal, Suresh P Shah, Spindle cell sarcoma: a case report of diagnostic and therapeutic quandary in a low resource setting, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, Volume 2022, Issue 1, January 2022, rjab612,

https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab612


Sagar Panthi, Nimesh Khanal, Sajana Poudel, Siddhartha Bhandari, Pradeep Khatiwada, Rochana Acharya, Raksha Bhattarai, Bharosha Bhattarai, Sandeep Khanal, Diffuse proliferative cerebral angiopathy: a case report and literature review on a very rare and misdiagnosed entity, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, Volume 2022, Issue 1, January 2022, rjab620,

https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab620


Poudel S, et al. Intestinal Obstruction among Patients Admitted in the Department of Surgery of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Apr 15;60(248):344-347. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7273. PMID: 35633220; PMCID: PMC9252252


Ghimire, M., Adhikari, S., Ghimire, K., Tiwari, B., Koju, S., Poudel, S., & Khanal, S. (2021). Uropathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern: A retrospective study in a district level hospital in western Nepal. F1000Research, 10, 375. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52210.1


Manuscript Submitted

Poudel, A., Adhikari, A., Poudel, P., & Kotwal, V. (n.d.). Investigating the Impact of Gastrointestinal Bleeding on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Outcomes: A Detailed Study Using the National Inpatient Survey (S. Poudel, Ed.) [Review of Investigating the Impact of Gastrointestinal Bleeding on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Outcomes: A Detailed Study Using the National Inpatient Survey].


Languages

English
Full Professional
Nepali
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Professional Working

Timeline

Resident Physician, Internal Medicine

John H Stroger Jr Hospital, Cook County Health
07.2022 - Current

Chief Medical Officer

SPARSHA
09.2021 - 04.2022

Medical Officer

Lalitpur District Government
05.2021 - 08.2021

Medical Officer

SAMYAM CLINIC
09.2020 - 03.2021

Medical Officer

Government Of Nepal
07.2019 - 08.2020

Medical Officer

Government Of Nepal
06.2018 - 08.2019

Medical and Surgical Intern

BPKIHS
04.2017 - 04.2018

M.D. - Internal Medicine

John H Stroger Hospital, Cook County Health

Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor of Surgery - Medicine

BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

USMLE Certified 2021

ACLS/BLS Certified 2024

Sajana Poudel