AVINASH GOVINDA ADIGA, M.D.

Intensivist, Huntsville Hospital,

Assistant Professor, UAB Huntsville Regional Branch Contact:

Mailing address: 2604 Legacy Preserve Dr, Brownsboro, AL- 35741 Cell: 806-***-****

Email: adz7fa@r.postjobfree.com

Medical Education:

2019-2020: Critical Care fellowship at Rutgers University- New Jersey Medical School

(previously- UMDNJ) and Hackensack University Medical Center. 2017- 2019: Fellowship in Nephrology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. 2014- 2017: MD, Residency in Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, Texas

2009- 2012: MD, Residency in General Medicine, Rabindranath Tagore Medical College of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 2002- 2008: MBBS, Bachelor Degree of Medicine & Surgery, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary, Karnataka, India under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Board certification and licenses:

Alabama board of medical Examiners 2019-2021

Critical Care- November 2020

Nephrology- November 2019

Internal Medicine – Aug 2018

Membership and Honorary/Professional Societies:

American College of physicians, ACP ID: 02593043

American Society of Nephrology, ASN ID: 524498

Procedural expertise:

Vascular Access:

Triple Lumen Central Lines - Subclavian, IJ, Femoral Dialysis Access

Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

Single/Double Lumen Midline

Arterial Line

Airway Access

Endotracheal Intubation

Bronchoscopic Intubation

Difficult airway management

Cricothyroidotomy

Therapeutic/Diagnostic Bronchoscopy/Broncho Alveolar Lavage Other Emergency Procedures

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Point of care ultrasound and echocardiogram

Tube Thoracostomy- Pigtail/ Large Bore Chest tube

Ultrasound-guided Paracentesis

Ultrasound-guided Thoracentesis

Rapid Ultrasound in Shock

Lumbar Puncture

Work Experience:

09/2020- current: Intensivist and Assistant Professor in UAB Huntsville regional campus at Huntsville hospital. Huntsville hospital is the second best hospital in the state with over 1200 beds and 100 ICU beds, level 1 trauma center and referral center covering over 200 miles radius over 3 states including Alabama, Southern Tennessee and Eastern Georgia. It is the flagship hospital of Huntsville hospital system which comprises of over 14 hospitals in its network. 07/2019- 06/2020: Critical care fellow at Rutgers University NJMS (previously known as UMDNJ) and Hackensack University Medical Center which is No 2 hospital in state, worked during the first wave of COVID pandemic in great New York area gaining immense experience about ARDS management, advanced airways, ECMO management, disaster management, managing upto 200 patients on the ventilator on a given day.

07/2017 – 06/2019: Nephrology fellow at New York University School of Medicine which includes NYU Langone Health-Tisch Hospital, Bellevue hospital and VA Medical Center Manhattan. NYU is currently ranked No 3 best hospital in the country. 07/2014-06/2017: Residency in Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas which included University Medical Center, Covenant Health System and Lubbock VA outpatient clinic.

08/2012 – 02/2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at Geetanjali Medical College and hospital at Geetanjali University, India.

06/2009-06/2012: Residency in General Medicine at Rajasthan University of Health Sciences- Ravindranath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur, India Other activities:

Active member of quality review committee at Huntsville Hospital. Completed online Executive education course in healthcare management by Yale University. Publications:

Peer reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts

1. Adiga A, Goldfarb DS. The Association of Mesalamine With Kidney Disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2020 Jan;27(1):72-76. PMID: 32147005

2. Kumar R, Adiga A, Lowenstein J. The renal transport of hippurate and protein-bound solutes. Physiol Rep. 2020 Feb;8(4):e14349.

3. Rivas AM, Larumbe E, Thavaraputta S, Juarez E, Adiga A, Lado-Abeal J. Unfavorable Socioeconomic Factors Underlie High Rates of Hospitalization for Complicated Thyrotoxicosis in Some Regions of the United States. Thyroid. 2019 Jan;29(1):27-35. PMID: 30526425 4. Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth. LUPUS HEPATITIS AND AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS (LUPOID HEPATITIS): WHY DO WE NEED TO DIFFERNTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES? American Journal of Medical Sciences. Am J Med Sci. 2017 Apr;353(4):329-335. PMID: 28317620 5. Adiga Avinash, Edriss Hawa, Nugent Kenneth. INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM AND SILDENAFIL. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2016 April; 2:178-80, PMID: 2734561 6. Adiga Avinash, Pixley John. A CASE OF RELAPSING POLYARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Report. 2016 Nov 17;4(4): 2324709616677064. eCollection 2016 Oct-Dec. PMID: 27896279.

7. A Singh, R Gujarathi, L Manjani, U Patel, A Adiga . A perilous and complicated situation in hospitals: Vitamin D deficiency in multiple myeloma patients—A nationwide cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, no. 16_suppl (June 01, 2023) e20010-e20010. 8. L Manjani, R Gujarathi, D Manjani, A Adiga. Role of ketogenic diet in the management of cancer: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, no. 16_suppl (June 01, 2023) e24042-e24042.

9. Adiga Avinash, D.P Singh. A STUDY ON COMPARISION OF CLINICOSOCIAL PROFILE WITH STAGING OF LUNG CARCINOMA. Journal of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. 2012, Oct; 2(7): 36.

10. Adiga Avinash, Edriss Hawa. IS ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA A RISK FACTOR FOR THE PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME? The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles. 2015, Mar; 3(11): 40-42.

11. Panikkath Deepa, Adiga Avinash, Calmes Micheal. AUTOIMMUNE EAR DISEASE – A CASE REPORT AND BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Global vaccines and Immunology, 2016 doi:10.15761/GVI.1000113. Volume 1(3):46-47.

12. Adiga Avinash, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth. A REVIEW OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFECIENCY VIRUS INFECTION. Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research. 2016, Apr; 7(5): 575.

13. Jhirwal Kripa Shanker, Singh, D.P., Adiga Avinash, Singh Dilip. STAGING OF LUNG CARCINOMA AT PRESENTATION TO A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN. 2015; 3 (3)1244-1251. International Journal of Advanced Research. 2015, Mar; 3(3): 1244-1251. 14. Suarez, Maria Gabriela; Adiga, Avinash. HYPERGLYCEMIA AND DIAPHRAGMATIC WEAKNESS IN ICU PATIENTS. Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles. 2016, Apr; 4(13): 11-14. 15. Tambi S. S., Adiga, Avinash. POST PARTUM EOSINOPHILIC ASCITES- A RARE PRESENTATION OF EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS. Spandan Quarterly Medical Bulletin. 2013, Jan; 1(2): 01. 16. Juarez Edna, Adiga Avinash. CASE REPORT: PASTEURELLA MULTIOCIDA MENINGITIS WITH DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE IN AN ADULT WITH NO BITE HISTORY. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2017;5(19):22– 2422.

17. Juarez Edna, Avinash Adiga, Paloma Sanchez, Hilal Fanasch. METASTATIC CARCINOID TUMOR WITH SEVERE DOUBLE VALVE DISEASE AT DIAGNOSIS: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2017;5(21):26–31. Oral presentations:

1. Teerakonak Jirapat, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth. (February 2017). EFFECTIVENESS OF ROMIPLOSTIM IN REFRACTORY IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. Oral Presentation presented at American Federation of Medical Research- Southern Regional meet; New Orleans, LA, USA 3.Adiga Avinash, Denega Tatiana, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth (2016). JOINT DEFORMITITES: A CLUE TO PERSISTENT HYPERCALCEMIA IN AN ELDERLY DEBILITATED PATIENT. Oral presentation presented at American Federation of Medical Research- Southern Regional Meet, New Orleans, Lousiana.

4. Panikkath Deepa, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth (2016). A CASE OF HEADACHE AND VISUAL LOSS- GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS MIMICKING GAINT CELL ARTERITIS. Oral presentation at American Federation of Medical Research - Southern regional meet, New Orleans, Lousiana

5. Adiga Avinash (2016). HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS: A CASE SERIES AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Oral presentation at American College of Physicians vignette. 6. Adiga Avinash. (2012). A STUDY ON COMPARISION OF CLINICO-SOCIAL PROFILE WITH STAGING OF LUNG CARCINOMA. Oral presentation presented at International Conference on Pulmonary and Respiratory medicine, Chicago, Illinois 7. Adiga Avinash. (2012). MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME-LOCAL SCENARIO. Oral presentation presented at Continuing Medical Education Program and Workshop 2012; Udaipur: India

8. Adiga Avinash. (2012). LOW SAAG ASCITES. Oral presentation presented at: Seminar- Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital Udaipur, India 9. Adiga, Avinash. (2011). SERUM URIC ACID LEVEL AS PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME. Oral presentation presented at: Continuing Medical Education Program and Workshop 2011; Udaipur: India

10. Adiga Avinash. (2011). ANDROPAUSE IN INDIAN MALES. Oral presentation at XXII Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India, Jaipur, India 11. Adiga Avinash. (2010). ROLE OF AZITHROMYCIN IN TREATMENT OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. Oral presentation presented at: Continuing Medical Education Program and Workshop 2011; Udaipur: India

Poster presentation:

1. Adiga Avinash, Rohit Kumar (October 2018). SEVERE LACTIC ACIDOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH ADVANCED HEPATIC MALIGNANCY DUE TO WARBURG EFFECT. American Society of Nephrology kidney week 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.

2. Adiga Avinash, Ratanashreemetha Praveen (November 2017). DIRECT-ACTING ORAL ANTIVIRAL THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTERIM INCREASE IN SERUM CREATININE LEVELS. American society of Nephrology kidney week 2017, New Orleans, LA.

3. Adiga Avinash, Edna Juarez, Joaquin Lado (September 2017). POVERTY FACTORS ARE PRIMARY CAUSE OF ADMISSION FOR HYPERTHYROIDISM AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN WEST TEXAS. American thyroid association. Victoria, BC, Canada. 4. Bazylevska Vladaslava, Adiga Avinash, Huizar Isham (February 2017). SEVERE CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY AS A COMPLICATION OF POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS. Poster presented at: Southern Regional Meet; New Orleans, LA, USA. 5. Juarez Edna, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth (February 2017). FALSE POSITIVE ELEVATION IN SERUM β- HCG LEVELS IN TRAZADONE OVERDOSE. Poster presented at: Southern Regional Meet; New Orleans, LA, USA.

6. Juarez Edna, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth (February 2017). METASTATIC CARCINOID TUMOR DEBUTATING WITH SEVERE DOUBLE VALVULAR DISEASE. Poster presented at: Southern Regional Meet; New Orleans, LA, USA.

7. Juarez Edna, Adiga Avinash, Gavidia Quezada, Nugent Kenneth. (February 2017). PASTEREULLA MULTOCIDA MENINGITIS LEADS TO DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE. Poster presented at: Southern Regional Meet; New Orleans, LA, USA.

8. Adiga Avinash, Pixley John. RELAPSING EROSIVE POLYARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA. (April 2016) American Federation of Medical Research meet, Washington DC.

9. Adiga Avinash, Sultana Anita, Nugent Kenneth. MARIJUANA INDUCED RHABDOMOLYSIS: A CASE SERIES. 2016 Student research week, Lubbock Texas. 10. Adiga Avinash, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth. POLYARTHRITIS AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF GASTROINTESTINAL LYMPHOMA. 2016 Southern Regional Meet. New Orleans, Lousiana.

11. Adiga Avinash, Suarez Maria, Nugent Kenneth. SMALL THINGS THAT MATTERS THE MOST-A CASE REPORT ON IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING ADEQUATE CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN POST RESUCITATION. 2016 Southern Regional Meet. New Orleans, Lousiana. 12. Suarez Maria, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth. TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER MANIFESTATING AS MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA WITH GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY. 2016 Southern Regional Meet. New Orleans, Lousiana. 13. Adiga Avinash, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth. FALSE ELEVATION OF CARDIAC BIOMARKERS IN A CASE OF INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS. 2016 Southern Regional Meet. New Orleans, Lousiana.

14.Adiga Avinash, Edriss Hawa, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth. PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME: A CONCERNING CAUSE OF NEW ONSET METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND RENAL FAILURE IN ICU PATIENTS. 2015 Southern Regional Meet, New Orleans, Lousiana. 15. Panikkath Deepa, Adiga Avinash, Nugent Kenneth. WELLENS SIGN- WINDOW MARKER OF CORORNARY ARTERY DISEASE. 2015 Southern Regional Meet, New Orleans, Lousiana. 16. Adiga Avinash, Mohammed Ashref, Panikkath Deepa, Nugent Kenneth. AN UNUSUAL CASE PRESENTATION. 2015 Southern Regional Meet. New Orleans, Lousiana.

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