CURRICULUM VITAE

Aparna Ranjan, M.D.

*. PERSONAL INFORMATION

1.1 Name:

Aparna Ranjan

1.2 Place of Birth:

Lucknow, India

1.3 Citizenship:

Naturalized American

1.4 Business Address:

1.5 Home Address

8580 Magellan Parkway

Richmond, VA 23227

Tel: 804-***-****

Fax: 804-***-****

E-mail: adhk0l@r.postjobfree.com

2525 Seabird Drive

Midlothian, Virginia 23112

Tel: 804-***-****

Cell: 804-***-****

E-mail: adhk0l@r.postjobfree.com

2. LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

Permanent License in Commonwealth of Virginia: 010*******

Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine

Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine

Board Certified in Palliative Medicine & Hospice Certified Hospice Medical Director

3. CURRENT EMPLOYEMENT:

August 2016-Present Palliative care & Hospice Physician Bon Secours Home Hospice Community Hospice House Bon Secours Mercy Health System Richmond, VA

4.1 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Mar 2013 — July 2016

May 2006 — present

Jan 2006 — Mar 2013

Dec 2000 — Dec 2005

Associate Medical Director

Consultant Geriatrics, Home Health, Transitional Care

Program, Palliative Care & Hospice

Jencare Neighborhood Medical Centers

Richmond VA

Adjunct Faculty

St. Francis Family Medicine Residency Program

Medical College of VA/Virginia Commonwealth University

Bon Secours Richmond, VA

Geriatric & Palliative Medicine Physician Bon Secours Richmond, VA

Assistant Professor / Clinician Educator

Geriatrics & Extended Care Service Line

McGuire VAMC/Medical College of Virginia/VCU

Richmond, VA

5. WORK EXPERIENCE

-Actively employed as Hospice Medical Director covering daily average census of 130 patients in home hospice as well as coverage of inpatient hospice service at Community hospice House

-Established Transitional care program for Jencare primary care clinics: assistance with high risk medically complex patient’s appropriate and safe disposition: working with Interdisciplinary team including case managers and Social worker in designing safe care plan for such patients.

-Established preferred community outreach for patients: home health and skilled nursing/long term care facilities and home palliative care/bridge program for patients.

-Established palliative care consultation service within primary care clinic.

-Education for primary care physicians regarding integration of palliative care concepts within primary care for patients: addressing the management of chronic conditions, key geriatric syndromes, complex

symptoms management, advance care planning, discussion regarding goals of care/advance directives, and end of life care.

-Experienced working in different environments: Hospital, Outpatient Geriatric/primary care clinic, Inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit (GEM), palliative care clinic, Hospice, hospital based palliative care consultation service, Assisted living, Long term care & Rehabilitation facilities.

-Academic experience: Experience teaching & working with medical students, residents, fellows, fellow physicians, nurse practitioners and other staff.

6. EDUCATION

Aug-1999 — Dec-2000

Jun-1996 — Aug-1999

Apr-1993 — May-1996

Sept-1986 — Mar-1993

1983 —1985

1981 — 1983

Geriatrics Fellow

Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of VA/McGuire VAMC Richmond, VA

Resident Internal Medicine

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Affiliated with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

GAP - Relocation to Canada & U.S., Studying for the USMLE, Applying for Residency training

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery: 6 year program

King George Medical University, Lucknow, India

Senior College: 2 years, Majors: Biology and Physics

Mahila College, Lucknow, India

High School: Honors in Biology

St Agnes' Loreto School, Lucknow, India

7. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Jul 2000 — Jul 2002 Co-Investigator

Testosterone supplementation improves rehabilitation outcomes and depressive symptoms in ill older men. McGuire VAMC, Richmond, VA

1997 —1999 Principal Investigator

Effectiveness of Clinical Pathway in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure. Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore, MD.

1995 —1996 Guest Researcher

Cell Cycle and Apoptosis

National Cancer Institute, National

Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD

8. MEMBERSHIP - SCIENTIFIC, HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Geriatrics Society

Virginia Geriatrics Society

American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine

9. HONORS AND AWARDS

Oct 2011

Sr. Elizabeth Durney Award for Excellence in Care of the Dying

Bon Secours VA

Dec 2007 Special Presentation: Establishing "Goals of Care" Benchmarks for

Jul/Aug 2007

Dec 2003

May 2001

Mar 2001

May 2000

May 1999

May 1999

Dec 1991- Nov 1992

Jun 1986

June 1985

Palliative Care Services

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Quality Partners Washington D.C.

Featured on the cover page of M.D. News Magazine as promising

Geriatrician in Richmond community

Honored Best Clinician educator Geriatrics MCV/ McGuire VAMC, Richmond, VA

"Special Fellows" poster session $1,000 award from John A.

Hartford, Foundation at the AGS/AFAR annual meeting Chicago, IL

Recipient of AMDA Futures Program award, Annual Meeting of AMDA Atlanta, GA

"Special Fellows" poster session $1,000 award from John A.

Hartford, Foundation at the AGS/AFAR annual meeting Nashville, TN

Winner of fourth Annual Doctor's Dilemma (medical jeopardy), Baltimore, MD

Oral scientific paper presentation at regional meeting of American college of Physicians, Baltimore, MD

Gold Medal in Preventive Medicine and Public Health,

Certificate of Honor in Clinical Pharmacology, Pathology,

Microbiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology Lucknow, India

Winner of 6 year tuition scholarship from Indian Medical Association for medical school training.

First position in State merit list of senior college exam

10. SELECTED LECTURES

Given regularly to Jencare Primary care physicians, and previously at Bon Secours and

MCV/VCU/McGuire VAMC

1.Principles of Pain Management: review of Opioids

2.Assessment of the Confused: .Dementia: A Geriatrician's view

3.Nutrition, Malnutrition and Feeding Tubes

4.Falls In Older Adults

5."Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Hope never fades", National ALS Association, Richmond Chapter

6.Care Beyond Cure

7.A Very Good Death, Myth or Reality

8.Palliative Care in the Nursing Home

9.Normal Changes in Aging

10.Cultural Perspectives in End of Life Care

11.Quality management in the Nursing Home

12.Evaluation of Prognostic Criteria for Determining Hospice Eligibility

13.Best Care Practices for hospitalized Elderly

14.Withholding, withdrawing Therapy: Integrating Palliative and Critical Care.

15.Polypharmacy: Principles of Deprescribing

16.Management of Persistent Pain in the elderly

17.Review of Home Health

11. ABSTRACTS

1.Srivastava, AR; Tarigopula, L; Gentili, A; Obasanjo, O; Obah, E; Effectiveness of Clinical Pathway in the management of Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly, Poster at AGS/AFAR annual meeting Chicago, IL (May 2001)

2.Srivastava, AR; Bakshi, V; Godschalk, M; Gentili, A; Mulligan, T; Testosterone supplementation improves rehabilitation outcomes and depressive symptoms in ill older men. Poster at AGS/AFAR annual meeting Nashville, TN (May, 2000)

3.Srivastava, AR; Tarigopula, L; Obasanjo, 0; Obah, E; Quality improvement in the management of Congestive Heart Failure, Oral Scientific Paper at regional meeting of ACP, Baltimore, MD (May, 1999)

12. PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

1.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; and Cho-Chung, YS. 1996. Multidrug resistance in cancer. Inter. J. Oncol. 9:879-884

2.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Korsemeyer, SJ; Nesterova, M; Cho-Chung, YS; and Longo, DL.

1998. Involvement of micro tubule, in the Regulation of Bcl-2 phosphorylation and Apoptosis through CAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Mol-Cell-Biol 18:3509-3517

3.Srivastva, RK; Srivastava, AR; and Cho-Chung, YS. 1998. Synergistic actions of retinoic acid and 8-Cl-Camp on growth inhibition and apoptosis in Ewing's Sarcoma CHP - 100 cells. Clin. Cancer Re.4 : 755-761

4.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Park, YG; Agarwal, S; and Cho-Chung, YS. 1998. Antisense depletion of RI alpha subunit of protein Kinase A induces apoptosis and growth arrest in human Breast Cancer Res. & Trent 49:97-107.

5.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Seth, P; Agarwal, S; and Cho-Chung, YS. 1998. Growth arrest and Introduction of apoptosis in Breast Cancer cells by Antisense depletion of Protein Kinase A-RI a subunit, p. 53- independent mechanism of action. Mol Cell Biochem.

6.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Seth, P; Agarwal, S; and Cho-Chung, YS. 1998. Type 1 Protein Kinase A — directed antisense inhibition of Breast Cancer cell growth changes in morphology and induction of apoptosis. Cell Growth and Diff.

7.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Seth, P; Agarwal, S; and Cho-Chung, YS. 2000. An antisense obligonucleotide targeted against RI alpha subunit of CAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibits cancer cell growth: a potential therapeutic agent for cancer. Mol. Cell. Biochem (2000).

8.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; Cho-Chung, YS; and Longo, DL. 2000. Induction of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta and Apoptosis by Synergistic Effects of Retinoic Acid and Protein Kinase A in Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Res (2001).

9.Srivastava, RK; Srivastava, AR; and Cho-Chung, YS. 2000. Retinoic acid inhibits growth and induces differentiation in ovarian cancer (NIH: OVCAR-3 and OVCAR-8) cells. J. Natl. Can. Inst. (2001).

10.Srivastava, AR; Tarigopula, L; Srivastava, RK; Obasanjo, 0; and Obah, E. 2000. Effectiveness of Clinical Pathway in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure. South Med J. (2003)

11.Ranjan, A. 2001. Recognizing delirium in the hospitalized elderly. Family Practice Recertification & Internal Medicine World Report, May 2001: 11-18.

13.BOOKS / CHAPTERS

Ranjan A, Gentili A; eMedicine Journal, May 2001, Volume 2, Number 5

Ranjan A, Ayele H, Uma K, Mulligan T; Spirituality and Pain management "Pain Management in Older Patients"

(Humana Press )

Revised: 06/2020

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