Arshad A. Wani - Faculty Biosketch

Arshad A. Wani, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Attending Physician, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine 21 University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center 21 University of Pennsylvania

Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

Section Chief, Critical Care Medicine, Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

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13 Education:
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50 Goverment Medical College, University of Kashmir, India, 1995.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 70 Intern, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000-2001.
24 72 Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002-2003.
24 6b Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, 2003-2006.
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17 Certifications
28 4f Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2003.
28 4c Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009.
28 50 Pulmonary Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017.
28 54 Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

4e Management of advanced COPD with chronic respiratory failure
27 Non-invasive ventilation (NIPPV)
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Description of Other Expertise

3d Administration and Delivery of Critical Care
33 Administration of Respiratory Care Services
2f Point of Care Ultrasound (critical care)
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Selected Publications

11a Lamore R, Wani AA, Jarrah A, Lacovara L, Bass G: The Use Of Methylene Blue For Refractory Distributive Shock Secondary To Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose. J Med Case Rep Case Series (JMCRCS) 5(4), April 2024.

21a Miller, W.T., Patterson, K.C., Sood, S., Schmitt, J.E., Wani, A.A., Borden, R., Galperin-Aisenberg, M., Porteus, M.K., Hershman, M.L., Hewitt, M., Levy, J., Babatunde, V.D., Glushko, T., Niesen, T.J., Leshchinskiy, S., Sahakyan, K., Desai, K., Gillman, J.A., Reddy, S., Shriver, M., Linna, N.B., Noor, A.M., Buz, A., Biron, M.E. and Simpson, S.: A Validated Model for the Imaging Diagnosis of Cystic Lung Disease. Open Journal of Radiology 13(1): 42-57, March 2023.

14c Chesley CF, Lane-Fall MB, Panchanadam V, Harhay MO, Wani AA, Mikkelsen ME, Fuchs BD.: Racial Disparities in Occult Hypoxemia and Clinically Based Mitigation Strategies to Apply in Advance of Technological Advancements. Respir Care 67(12): 1499-1507, Dec 2022.

2f4 Anesi GL, Jablonski J, Harhay MO, Atkins JH, Bajaj J, Baston C, Brennan PJ, Candeloro CL, Catalano LM, Cereda MF, Chandler JM, Christie JD, Collins T, Courtright KR, Fuchs BD, Gordon E, Greenwood JC, Gudowski S, Hanish A, Hanson CW 3rd, Heuer M, Kinniry P, Kornfield ZN, Kruse GB, Lane-Fall M, Martin ND, Mikkelsen ME, Negoianu D, Pascual JL, Patel MB, Pugliese SC, Qasim ZA, Reilly JP, Salmon J, Schweickert WD, Scott MJ, Shashaty MGS, Sicoutris CP, Wang JK, Wang W, Wani AA, Anderson BJ, Gutsche JT.: Characteristics, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With COVID-19-Related Critical Illness at a Learning Health System in the United States. Ann Intern Med 174(5): 613-631, May 2021.

27a Jennifer Claire Ginestra, MD, Joshua Atkins, MD, PhD, Mark Mikkelsen, MD, MSCE, Oscar J.L. Mitchell, MD, Jacob Gutsche, MD, Juliane Jablonski, DNP, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Venkat Panchanadam, PhD, Paul Junker, MS, William Schweickert, MD, George Anesi, MD, MSCE, MBE, Brian Anderson, MD, MSCE, Margarete Pierce, MS, RRT, CPFT, Barry David Fuchs, MD, MS & Arshad A. Wani, MD: The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: A Health System’s Response to Airway Complications in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Covid-19. NEJM Catalyst 2(1): published on-line, Jan 2021.

fe Fernandez G, Dunn S, Nieves C, Melhado K, Lehr G, Wani AA, Garrido G. : Predictors of Post-extubation Dysphagia in Non-Stroke Patients. CHEST Oct 2015 Notes: Poster presentation.

11f Sasankan S, Chandorkar A, Nathan R, Khanna S, Varadi G, Wani AA. : Imatinib Mesylate: A novel treatment option for bleomycin induced lung injury? American College of Physicians May 2015 Notes: Poster presentation.

134 Franco-Elizondo, R, Gupta, S, Mora, J, Murali, G, Wani, AA: Ultrasound measurement of anterior neck soft tissue thickness and its correlation with obstructive sleep apnea. European Respiratory Society Sep 2014 Notes: Oral presentation.

ce Cadavid, J, Wani, AA: A 68 year-old woman with fever, atelectasis and nodular endobronchial lesions. Chest 139(1): 208-211, Sep 2011.

111 Hamed, R, Gianella, GE, Sondhi, DS, Wani, AA, Lippmann, ML: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: A community hospital's experience and literature review. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 13(5): 301-306, Dec 2006.

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