Sumera Bukhari,
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Competence: 5-year Clinical experience/Clinical Research/Teaching Job Specialty: Hospitalist (preferred) - Internal Medicine/Palliative Medicine/Academic Medicine Visa Status: H1B (sponsorship needed)
Certifications:
Internal Medicine – Board Certified (2017)
Hospice & Palliative Medicine – Board Certified (2018) Education:
01/2002 – 12/2007
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Pakistan Medical Education - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S) Work/Research experience:
7/30/2018 to Current
Primary Care Division- Brown Medicine, Rhode Island Internist/Palliative Care (Clinical Faculty)
7/1/2017 to 6/30/2018
Carillion Clinic (Virginia Tech), Virginia
Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
7/1/2014 – 6/30/2017
Seton Hall University/St Francis Medical Center, New Jersey Residency Training in Internal Medicine
10/2012 – 01/2014
Mount Sinai / St: Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York Observer and Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology 01/2012 - 08/2012
Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Samundari, Pakistan
Medical officer – Honorary
10/2011 – 11/2011
Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York
Research Volunteer, Department of Cardiology
07/2011 – 09/2011
Borgess – Pipp Medical Commons, Plainwell, MI
Observor, Internal Medicine
01/2010-06/2011
SINDH CLINIC, Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan
Primary Care Physician
11/2008 - 10/2009
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (Pakistan)
Medical Internship (Equivalent to PGY1)
3/2008 – 10/2008
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro Medical House Job – Medical Officer
Research Experience:
05/2016 to 06/2017
Drexel (Hahnemann) University Hospital,
Department of Hematology & Oncology
10/2012 – 01/2014
St. Luke's – Roosevelt Hospital, New York
Clinical Research Volunteer, Gastroenterology
10/2011 – 11/2011
Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York
Clinical Research Volunteer Department of Cardiology Publications:
Case Reports (Published)
1- Sumera Bukhari, Muhammad Khan, Naresh Kumar, Vinuta Mohan: Increased Risk for Thionamide-Induced Agranulocytosis in Elderly Patients: A Case Presentation and Literature Review. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 17;2017. pii: bcr-201*-******. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017- 220924.
2- Sumera Bukhari, Rabia Soomro, Fawwad Shaikh, Chikezie Alvarez, Sara Wallach; Adenocarcinoma of Lung presenting as Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2017 Jul 14;5(3):2324709617721251. doi: 10.1177/2324709617721251.
3- Sumera Bukhari, Afolarin Amodu, Michael Akinyemi, Sara Wallach: Persistent hematuria caused by renal cell carcinoma after aortic valve replacement and warfarin therapy. Proc
(Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2017;30(3):1–3
4- Sumera Bukhari, Ahmed Dirweesh, Herbert Conaway: Angioedema in a patient with neuroendocrine tumour. BMJ Case Reports 01/2017; 2017:bcr2016218961., DOI:10.1136/bcr-201*-******
5- Sumera Bukhari, Javier Taboada: A Case of Miller Fisher Syndrome and Literature Review. 02/2017; 9(2)., DOI:10.7759/cureus.1048
6- Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Sumera Bukhari, Ahmed Dirweesh, Donald Christmas: Post-Colonoscopy Colonic Perforation Presenting with Subcutaneous Emphysema: A Case Report. Gastroenterology Research 01/2017; 10(2):135-137., DOI:10.14740/gr797w 7- Ahmed Dirweesh, Muhammad Khan, Sumera Bukhari, Cheryl Rimmer, Robert Shmuts: Nodular Esophageal Xanthoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. 01/2017; 2017(4):1-5., DOI:10.1155/2017/1503967
8- Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch, Muhammad Ali Raza, Shabber A Abbas, Sumera Bukhari: Ciprofloxacin-induced Hepatotoxicity in a Healthy Young Adult. 02/2017; 9(2)., DOI:10.7759/cureus.1016
9- Ahmed Dirweesh, Sumera Bukhari, Chikezie Alvarez, Mohammad Khan, C. Rimmer, Robert Shmuts. Concurrent Primary Gastric and Pulmonary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. Gastroenterology Res. 2017 Oct;10(5):311-314. doi: 10.14740/gr860w.
10- Ramon A. Docobo, Sumera Bukhari, Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch; Ertapenem-induced Thrombocytosis. Cureus. 2017 May 19;9(5):e1263. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1263. Research Article (Published)
1- Dr. Muhammed Khalid Shaikh, Dr. Akber Yousfani, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Imran Karim, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Qutrio Baloch, Dr. Sumera Bukhari: DEMOGRAPHICAL, ETIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN ELDERLY POPULATION QR code. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.546601
2- Dr. Mukhtiar Hussain Jaffery, Dr. Ghulam Hussain Baloch, Dr. Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Qutrio Baloch, Dr. Muhammed Ayyaz, Dr. Sumera Bukhari: HYPERINSULINEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.375934 3- Dr. Syed Fasih Ahmed Hashmi, Dr. Mashooq Ali Dasti, Dr. Ghulam Hussain Baloch, Syed Imran Zaidi, Sumera Bukhari, Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch: FREQUENCY OF CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.345650
4- Dr. Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Dr. Ghulam Hussain Baloch, Dr. Zubair Ahmed Yousfani, Dr. Shabber Agha Abbas, Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch, Sumera Bukhari, Imran Karim: CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AT TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.376185
5- Dr. Zubair Ahmed Yousfani, Dr. Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Dr. Jabeen Atta, Dr. Shabber Agha Abbas, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Qutrio Baloch, Dr. Imran Karim, Sumera Bukhari: FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF ACUTE PERITONITIS AT TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.376183
6- Dr. Syed Fasih Ahmed Hashmi, Dr. Mashooq Ali Dasti, Dr. Akber Yousfani, Dr. Sumera Bukhari, Dr. Javeria Samejo, Dr. Zaheer Ahmed, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Qutrio Baloch: Early diagnosis of left ventricular relaxation and filling abnormalities in acute myocardial infarction: A doppler echocardiography study.
Poster Presentation:
1- Bukhari, S.; Dirweesh, A.; Amodu, A.; Areig, A.; Mir, A.; Arsalan, M.; Ibrahim, MY.; Soomro, R.; Yelisetti, R.; Kaji, A.; Wallach,S.; Lung cancer screening: Need for Better Compliance and Broader Guidelines. American College of Physicians National Conference, 2018 2- Bukhari, S.; Soomro, R.; Shaikh, F.; Alvarez, C.; Wallach, S.; Adenocarcinoma of Lung presenting as Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 28, 2017) 3- Bukhari, S.; Khan, M.; Kumar, N.; Mohan, V.; Agranulocytosis - A Fatal Outcome of Low Dose Methimazole Therapy in Elderly. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 28, 2017)
4- Bukhari, S.; Zia, S.; Dirweesh, A.; Wallach,S.; A Case of Idiopathic CD4 T-Cell Lymphopenia with Asymptomatic Sjogren's Syndrome Presenting As Cryptococcal Pneumonia. ATS (American Thoracic Society Conference, 2017)
5- Bukhari, S.; Dirweesh, A.; Conaway, H.; A Rare Case of Angioedema in a Patient with Neuroendocrine Tumor. ATS (American Thoracic Society Conference, 2017) 6- Dirweesh, A.; Bukhari, S.; Amodu, A.; Wallach, S.; A False Positive HIV Antibody Test in a Patient with Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma. American College of Physicians New Jersey Conference, 2017 (Presenter-First Prize)
7- Baloch ZQ, Abbas SA, Ali A, Bukhari S.; The enigma of exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension: recognition, treatment, and understanding. American College of Physicians Florida Chapter; March, 2017; Orlando, FL. (First Prize) 8- Baloch ZQ, Abbas S, Ali A, Zaidi SI, Bukhari S.; Exercise induced pulmonary hypertension in patient presenting with acute cardiac symptoms. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Peripheral Vascular Disease Conference; May, 2017; Minneapolis, MN. 9- Baloch ZQ, Abbas S, Ali A, Zaidi SI, Bukhari S.; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE. Scientific Sessions of the International Academy of Cardiology, 22nd World Congress on Heart Disease; July 14-16, 2017. Vancouver, BC, Canada 10- Dirweesh, A.; Bukhari, S.; Amodu, A.; Wallach, S.; A False Positive HIV Antibody Test in a Patient with Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma. ACP National Conference, 2017 11- Bukhari, S.; Shah A.; Stuthi, P.; Marconcini,L.; Ward,K.; Styler, M.; Jain, M.; Higher Mortality Rates in Breast and Lung Cancer Patients Admitted for Febrile Neutropenia: An Analysis of Outcomes Based on Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2006-2013. Discovery Day – Drexel University 2016
12- Ordonez, F.; Bukhari, S.; Mughal, A.; POST-TRANSFUSION PURPURA. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22, 2016) 13- Ibrahim, M.Y.; Bukhari, S.; Wallach, S.; A Near Miss Event in A Homeless Person. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22, 2016) 14- Amodu, A.; Bukhari, S.; Miryala, V.; Zijoo, R.; Smith, J.M.; A CASE OPARAPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22,2015)
15- Miryala, V.; Bukhari, S.; Zijoo, R.; Amodu, A.; Mohan, V.; A CASE OF GRAVES DISEASE REQUIRING TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22,2015)
16- Tahir, M.H.; Bukhari, S.; Bulos, S.; Datla, A.; Seelagy, M.; GOODPASTURE’S SYNDROME. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22,2015) 17- Tatari, A.; Bukhari, S.; Awan, M.; Siddiqui,W.; Muddassir, S., Wallach, S.; BRACHIAL ARTERY SEPTIC EMBOLI CAUSING COMPLETE OCCLUSION. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22,2015)
18- Zijoo, R.; Amba, S.; Bukhari, S.; Amodu, A.; Moser, R.; Smith, J.M.; PLASMAPHARESIS FOR TREATMENT OF TRANSVERSE MYELITIS SECONDARY TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Clinical Vignette presented at Perez Colloquium, Seton Hall University (April 22,2015) Medical School Honors/Awards:
Gold Medals in Anatomy, Biochemistry, Surgery, and Medicine Distinctions in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Medicine, & OBGYN Certification & Licensure:
ABIM (IM & HPM - Both Board Certified)
Rhode Island-Medical License (valid)
Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, Pakistan (Valid through 2022) Certificate in Basic Life Support valid-July 2020
Certificate in Advanced Cardiovascular life support (ACLS) - valid-July 2020 Organizations – Membership
ACP, AAHPM, ASH, ASCO
ACP Activities:
- Active ACP RI member
- Active Member of RI Early Career Physician Committee
- Poster Judge, ACP RI Chapter March, 2019
- Poster Judge, ACP National April, 2019
- Advocacy Leadership Day (RI Chapter Representative)
- Enrolled in ACP Fellowship
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Gym (Kick Boxing, Zumba, Power Lift, cycling), movies, music, volunteering, mentoring, travel. LANGUAGE FLUENCY (OTHER THAN ENGLISH)
English, Sindhi, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows 97/98/2000/XP, MS office, Literature search, Date entry. REFERENCES Available on request