Nidhi Chaudhry, MD, FACP

Board Certified, Active DEA Licence, CA Medical license application in process. Phone: 267-***-**** E mail: ac0cpb@r.postjobfree.com Education

Doctor of Medicine

Mercy Catholic Medical Center, PA (Affiliate of Drexel University College of Medicine) 07/10-06/13 Honors: B est resident award (Q2 2012). Best research project (Hyponatremia and falls in elderly). Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Mumbai - India (Maharashtra University of Health Sciences) 06/02-05/08 Honors: D istinction award in Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, and ENT. Four time recipient of annual JRD Tata scholarship award for academic excellence.

Northwestern University and Feinberg school of Medicine, IL 03/08-04/08 Visiting student in the department of dermatology. Experience

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Hospitalist Temple University Hospital, Greater Philadelphia Area – PA 07/13-Present (3 years 10 months)

● Work as a hospitalist in a University hospital setting involving teaching medical residents and students and independently run the private non-teaching service involving admission, rounding, discharging patients and arranging their outpatient follow-ups.

● Actively participate in the utilization review committee, which deals with the length of stay planning for hospitalized patients and also effectively plan the utilization of hospital resources for the patients.

● Work closely with case managers, nursing staff, physical therapists, speech therapists and social workers to plan timely and safe discharges.

Internal Medicine Resident

Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Greater Philadelphia Area - PA 07/10-6/13 (3 years)

● As an Internal Medicine resident in a hospital setup of 300 beds, I performed the duties of an admitting physician in emergency department, patient triaging, critical patient care in ICU, addressing code status, and frequent communication with patient families about patient care and other sensitive issues.

● Part of 20-22 weeks of on-floor rotations annually; tending 18-20 patients per day. Duties involved rounds, writing supervising notes, patient discharge and regular consultation with attending physician.

● Proficient in treating common ICU emergencies and certified in line-placement.

● Acted as “Interim Chief Resident” for 2 weeks and lead a team of 20 residents and Interns. Also responsible for mentoring junior residents and 2 teams of interns.

● Hands on experience of working in ambulatory care setting involving 4 months of ambulatory rotations overall and 0.5 days per week of outpatient continuity clinic experience through each year of residency. Elective

Division of Rheumatology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York - NY 02/13-3/13 (1 month) Worked in the rheumatology outpatient clinic and inpatient setting under the mentorship of Dr. Leslie D. Kerr. Observer

Division of Pediatric Cardiology, UT Houston, Houston - TX 02/10-3/10 (1 month) Performed observership under the mentorship of Dr. Mohinder Thapar in the inpatient pediatric floors of Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Department of Internal Medicine, UT Houston, Houston – TX 07/09-09/09 (2 months)

Performed observership under the mentorship of Dr. Mark A. Farnie, Program Director Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, and Dr. Yessim M. Ersoy, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine. I followed them in their ambulatory clinic, allowing me to get exposure to outpatient internal medicine & pediatrics.

Research and Publications

● Chaudhry N, Rath S, Visvanath V, Torsekar RG. “O ur Experience of the user of Thalidomide in the steroid-dependent severe erythema nodosum leprosum” . Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology 2009 (Vol 75 Issue 2 Pg 189-190). PMID 19293514.

● Chaudhry N, Forman S. “A rare presentation of Toxoplasmosis with hallucinations” . Poster presentation at SE PA ACP regional meeting at Lankenau. (10/2011)

● Thatte R, Chaudhry N. “T elemedicine: A Focus on Patient Satisfaction” . Research presentation at Mercy Catholic Medical Center

(09/2011)

● Suhner J, Chaudhry N. “A Rare Find: Adult Onset Still’s Disease”.Poster Presentation at the SE PA ACP regional meeting at Drexel University College of Medicine(10/2016).

Professional and Honorary Memberships

● Fellow of American College of Physicians

● Member of American Medical Association

● Member of Society of Hospital Medicine

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