Kinnari Ruikar graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas where she majored in biology. Kinnari attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and matched into an internal medicine residency. Kinnari was selected to participate in the Medical Education Track where she had the opportunity to learn about curriculum development and theories of education, while cultivating her own teaching style. Kinnari is interested in the complex care management of patients at the intersection of psychiatric and medical illness. Upon completing her internal medicine residency, Kinnari will begin psychiatry as a PGY-2.
Get to Know Kinnari
- Hometown: Dallas, TX
- Professional Interests: Addiction and eating disorders
- Future Plans: Academic medicine, would like to stay involved in medical education
- Memberships: Completed residency training in Internal Medicine at UTSW and Medical Education Track at UTSW Internal Residency Program
- Hobbies: Hanging out with her dog Sherlock, dancing, reading and taking workout classes
Education
- MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 2021
- BA, University of Texas, Dallas, 2017
Publications
- Elsharydah A, Karani SY, Pothini T, Truong KH, Shu DJ, Ruikar KV, Huynh T, Tran CK. Prescription opioids are commonly unused after ambulatory head and neck surgeries: Opioids prescription presence and size has no effect on patient satisfaction with pain control. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 May 28;42(6):103093. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.103093. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34090019.
- Matchett G, Yang J, Sripathi N, Simpkins L, Ruikar K, Minhajuddin A, & Whitten C. Characterizing the Structural Integrity of Endotracheal Tube Taping Techniques, Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 3, 2019 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004206
- Bhardwaj P, Hans A, Ruikar K, Guan Z, & Palmer KL. (2017). Reduced Chlorhexidine and Daptomycin Susceptibility in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium after Serial Chlorhexidine Exposure. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 62(1), e01235-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01235-17