CV: Namita Sood MD, FCCP

Namita Sood, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University

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Education:

1988. AlFateh University, Tripoli Libya M.B.B.Ch
1982. Delhi Public School , New Delhi, India AISSCE

Post Graduate Training:

July 1996 – June 1999. Fellow : Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina ,Chapel Hill , NC
July 1993 – June 1995. Residency : Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Hospitals, Columbia, MO
July 1992 – June 1993. University of Missouri Hospitals, Columbia, MO
April 1988 – March 1989. Internship : Rotatory Internship, AlFateh University, Tripoli, Libya

Licensure or Certification:

2001. Ohio
2000. Critical Care Medicine
1999. Pulmonary Diseases
1996. North Carolina
1995. American Board of Internal Medicine
1991. FMGEMS Part I & II
1991. Federation Licensing Examination
1990. MRCP-I (U.K)
1990. Professional & Linguistic Assessments Board (U.K)

Associations:

American Thoracic Society
Fellow : American College of Chest Physicians

Affiliations:

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sept 2001 – Present. Division of Pulmonary / Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Member Internal Review Board Committee
July 3003 - Present
Vice chair, ACCP Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network
2003 – Present
Member, Steering Committee of the ACCP Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network
2001 - Present
Member, Steering Committee of the ACCP Affiliate Network
2001 - Present
Clinical Instructor
July 1999 – June 2001. Division of Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Faculty
July 1995 – June 1996. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Senior House Officer
April 1989 – Oct 1989. Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya

Partial List of Publications:

Utility of the “bleed criteria” for predicting complications from gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Sood N, Carson SS . Submitted Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease: prevalence and associated factors
Ataga KL, Sood N, De Gent G, Henderson AG, Kelly E, Jones S, Strayhorn D, Orringer EP . Am J Med. 2004 Nov 1; 117(9):665-9.
Effect of varying doses of aerosolized sodium chloride + Amiloride on mucociliary clearance in normal subjects
Sood N, Bennett WD, Zeman KL, Foy C, Boucher RC, Knowles MR . Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003 167, 158-163
Outcomes of ICU Care in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Sood N., Paradowski L J, Yankaskas J R . Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 163, 335-338
Acute Respiratory failure secondary to lymphangiatic carcinomatosis
Sood N., Banderenko N., Paradowski L J. Journal of Clinical Oncology,18, 2000: 229

Research:

The prevalnce and the significance of anti-endothelial antibodies and markers of inflammation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Ongoing
Multicenter, Double blind, Placebo controlled, Randomized, Phase III study of tifacogin in severe sepsis. Co- investigator for the UNC Site
March 2000-June 2001
A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the Anemia of Critical Illness and Transfusion in the Critically Ill Patient. Primary investigator for the UNC Site
January 2001- May 2001
Use of clinical risk predictors for triage of patients with acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage
1999- 2001
Mycobacterial infections in post lung transplant patients
1999 – 2001
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease
1999-2001
Effect of varying doses of aerosolized sodium chloride + Amiloride on mucociliary clearance in normal subjects
1998-2000)
Outcomes of ICU Care in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
1998-1999

Partial List of Presentations:

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Update
Residents noon conference, March 2005
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Update
Fellows Conference - Pulmonary and Critical care. Oct 2004
Pulmonary hypertension in Connective Tissue Disorders
OSU Rheumatology noon conference. May 2004
Isolated Takayasu disease of the pulmonary artery mimicking recurrent pulmonary embolism
Morales JE, Iltchev D, Allen J, Sood N. Chest 124; Oct 2003 suppl 4;298S
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
2002 Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Update, OSU. Feb 2003
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Residents noon conference, Feb 2003
Primary Pulmonary hypertension
Fellows board review conference, Dec. 2002
Clinical evaluation of the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension
Presented at the Symposium “Treating Pulmonary hypertension in transplant candidates,” OSU. Aug. 2002
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Update, OSU. Feb 2002
An unusual case of alveolar hemorrhage
Dua S, Sood N . Chest 120; Nov 2001 suppl 4;363S Presented at CHEST 2001.
An unusual case of Massive Hemoptysis in a young healthy woman
Hathwar VK, Sood N , Carson SS . Chest 120 ; Nov 2001 suppl 4;331S. Presented at CHEST 2001.
Lymphoblastic lymphoma presenting as a mediastinal mass and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Charelmskulrat W, Sood N. . Chest 118; Oct 2000 suppl 4;278S. Presented at CHEST 2000.
“Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Disorders”
Rheumatology Grand Rounds, University of North Carolina, December 1999
Pseudomembranous Colitis in a young woman with Cystic Fibrosis
Sood N. Presented at the Adult Fellows Case presentation at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference Oct 1999
Acute Hepatic Failure in a young woman with Portal Hypertension
Sood N. Presented at the Adult Fellows Case presentation at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference Oct 1998
Septic Bursitis caused by Candida Parapsilosis
Sood N, Edes T, O’Sullivan F . Presented as a poster at American College of Physicians - Missouri Scientific Meeting held on Oct. 1993.
Tachycardia introduced Cardiomyopathy : A reversible phenomenon
Krishnan M, Thandapu V, Sood N, Tjahja I.E, Villarreal D, Weber K.T . Presented as a poster at American College of Physicians - Missouri Scientific Meeting held on Oct. 1993.

Awards:

2007 Best Doctors in America®

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