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Seema Tekwani

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • seema.tekwani@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Tekwani completed her medical school education at T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital in India. She completed an Internal Medicine residency at Harlem Hospital, Columbia University from 2009-2012 and fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at University of Pittsburgh from 2012-2014

Dr. Tekwani joined Emory University as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2014 with the division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical care. She spends her clinical time in the Medical and Coronary Intensive Care Units at Grady memorial Hospital. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

She holds a Masters in Health administration from University of Missouri-Columbia and is interested in health services research, quality improvement, patient safety and knowledge translation in Critical Care. She actively participates in teaching medical students, residents and fellows at Emory University.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • Fellowship from University of Pittsburgh
  • Internal Medicine Residency from Harlem Hospital, Colombia University

Research

Publications

  • Mild antecedent COVID-19 associated with symptom-specific post-acute sequelae.
    PLoS One Volume: 18 Page(s): e0288391
    01/01/2023 Authors: Walker TA; Truong AD; Summers A; Dixit AN; Goldstein FC; Hajjar I; Echols MR; Woodruff MC; Lee ED; Tekwani S
  • Variation in therapeutic strategies for the management of severe COVID-19 in India: A nationwide cross-sectional survey.
    Int J Clin Pract Volume: 75 Page(s): e14574
    10/01/2021 Authors: Jagiasi B; Nasa P; Chanchalani G; Ahmed A; Ak AK; Sodhi K; Mangal K; Singh MK; Gupta N; Bidkar PU
  • Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy is associated with higher mortality rates in patients with sepsis.
    Acute Crit Care Volume: 36 Page(s): 215 - 222
    08/01/2021 Authors: Hanumanthu BKJ; Nair AS; Katamreddy A; Gilbert JS; You JY; Offor OL; Kushwaha A; Krishnan A; Napolitano M; Palaidimos L
  • Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Emotional Well-being of Healthcare Workers: A Multinational Cross-sectional Survey.
    Indian J Crit Care Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 499 - 506
    05/01/2021 Authors: Jagiasi BG; Chanchalani G; Nasa P; Tekwani S
  • Remote Continuous Glucose Monitoring With a Computerized Insulin Infusion Protocol for Critically Ill Patients in a COVID-19 Medical ICU: Proof of Concept.
    Diabetes Care Volume: 44 Page(s): 1055 - 1058
    04/01/2021 Authors: Davis GM; Faulds E; Walker T; Vigliotti D; Rabinovich M; Hester J; Peng L; McLean B; Hannon P; Poindexter N
  • In COVID-19, adding lopinavir-ritonavir to usual care did not shorten time to clinical improvement.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 172 Page(s): JC63
    06/16/2020 Authors: Yang P; Tekwani S; Martin GS
  • Admission Diagnosis as a Risk Factor for Ventilator Associated Events
    Volume: 199
    01/01/2019 Authors: Fazio JC; Chai Z; Mitchell M; Tekwani S; Han JE
  • Risk Factors Associated with Unplanned Extubation in the Intensive Care Unit
    Volume: 199
    01/01/2019 Authors: Fazio JC; Chai Z; Mitchell M; Tekwani S; Han JE
  • ILEUS AND BRADYCARDIA WITH PHENYTOIN TOXICITY
    Volume: 47
    01/01/2019 Authors: Cundiff C; Robbins G; Smith G; Bittman R; Tekwani S
  • EVALUATION OF TARGETED TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT A LARGE ACADEMIC CENTER
    Volume: 47
    01/01/2019 Authors: Tidwell A; Barker N; Rabinovich M; McLean B; Tekwani S
  • Incidence and Etiology of Potentially Preventable ICU Readmissions.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 1704 - 1709
    09/01/2016 Authors: Al-Jaghbeer MJ; Tekwani SS; Gunn SR; Kahn JM
  • 777: INCIDENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE ICU READMISSIONS.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 195 - 196
    12/01/2015 Authors: Al-Jaghbeer M; Tekwani S; Kahn J; Gunn S
  • 'To prone or not to prone' in severe ARDS: questions answered, but others remain.
    Crit Care Volume: 18 Page(s): 305
    05/27/2014 Authors: Tekwani SS; Murugan R
  • Effectiveness of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection As An Alternative to Traditional Surgery for Large Lateral Spreading Polyps and Early Malignancies of the Colon and Rectum in the United States
    Volume: 69 Page(s): AB279 - AB279
    04/01/2009 Authors: Antillon MR; Pais WP; Diaz-Arias AA; Tekwani SS; Ibdah JA; Marshall JB
  • Attenuation of endocrine-exocrine pancreatic communication in type 2 diabetes: pancreatic extracellular matrix ultrastructural abnormalities.
    J Cardiometab Syndr Volume: 3 Page(s): 234 - 243
    01/01/2008 Authors: Hayden MR; Patel K; Habibi J; Gupta D; Tekwani SS; Whaley-Connell A; Sowers JR
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