Dr. Divya Joshi

MD, MRCP, FNB (Infectious Diseases)
Apollo Hospital, Chennai
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ACADEMIC PROFILE

Degree Specialization University Awarding Body Year
FNB – Fellowship in National Board Infectious Diseases Apollo Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai National Board of
Examinations
2021-23
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) Internal Medicine SVP Hospital, Ahmedabad Gujarat University 2017-20
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) NA Smt. N.H.L, Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad Gujarat University 2010-16

CLINICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  • Infections related to respiratory system, urinary tract infections, cardio-thoracic system, post- perative infections, gastrointestinal infections, skin and soft tissue infections, central nervous system infections, bone and joint infections, sepsis and shock syndromes, sexually transmitted diseases and fever of unknown origin.
  • Infections in special populations including- transplant recipients (Solid and HSCT), neutropenic patients and HIV infected patients
  • Chronic infections and their complications like tuberculosis and Infections in Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapies for ARDS.
  • Infections in Pediatric population
  • Infection Control practices
  • COVID-19 cases and management of complications of COVID-19 including super-added infections and MIS-A.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS

Apollo Main Hospital, Chennai

February 2021 – Feb-2023

Role: Superspecialist registrar in Infectious Diseases

  • Worked in one of the largest tertiary care private hospitals in India catering to people across the length and breadth of the country
  • Part of the Super specialty training program in infectious diseases that was linked across various subspecialties
  • Exposed to infections in heart and lung transplant, liver and kidney transplant and Extracorporeal therapies for ARDS, which provided me with the opportunities to learn in all these disciplines.

N.H.L Medical Hospital, Ahmedabad

May’ 2017 – September 2020

Role: Department of Internal Medicine, Resident

  • Exposed to different specialties: Cardiology, Nephrology, Emergency medicine, Critical care, Neurology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology.
  • Actively participated in intra-departmental and inter-departmental case presentations, seminars, mortality audits and journal clubs.
  • Doctored Thesis on the topic: “Pregnancy associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Clinical Profile and Outcome; A study based in tertiary care centre.

N.H.L Medical Hospital, Ahmedabad

March’ 2015 – March’ 2016

Role: Internship

  • Exposure to all major specialties namely general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, orthopaedics, anaesthesia, trauma, ENT, ophthalmology, ER, ICU, psychiatry, forensic medicine, pulmonology and community medicine
  • Part of various programmes conducted by the Community medicine department as a part of the National health mission

Research and Publications

Research:
 Principal investigator: “Epidemiology and outcomes of infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult patients with COVID-19 ARDS- A
single center study” (As part of FNB Infectious Disease, research project.) 2021-23
 Principal investigator: “Pregnancy associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Clinical Profile and Outcome; A study based in tertiary care centre.”
(As part of MD Internal Medicine dissertation) 2017-19
Publications:
 Authored an article titled “Pulmonary Mucormycosis in the Pre-COVID Era: A Retrospective Study from South India” published in Journal of Clinical
Infectious Disease Society 2023
 Second author in study titled “Post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: a study from a tertiary care hospital in south India” published in
Indian Journal of Medical Research 2022
 First author in case report titled “Pulmonary Blastomycosis Masquerading as Malignancy in India; Case from a Tertiary Hospital in South India.” published
in International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health 2022
 Authored a chapter titled “Anticoagulation in COVID-19” in COVID-19 SECOND WAVE IN INDIA HOW DIFFERENT FROM FIRST by Dr Kamlesh
Tewary, Evangel. Author(s)-Dr Kamlesh Tewary, Publisher-Evangel 2021
 First author in case report titled “A case of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a middle-aged female.” Published in International Journal of Scientific
Research