Dr. Joshi Divya Rakesh

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Qualifications & Education:

• Executive Programme in Health Service Management (EPHSM) – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2025)
• CIC – Certification in Infection Control – Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, USA (2024)
• FNB (Infectious Diseases) – Apollo Hospital, Chennai, National Board of Examinations (2021–2023)
• MD (Internal Medicine) – SVP Hospital, Gujarat University (2017–2020)
• MBBS – Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University (2010–2016)

Areas of Expertise:

• Tuberculosis (including drug-resistant and extrapulmonary TB)
• HIV care and opportunistic infections
• Infections in solid organ transplant recipients
• Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
• Oncology-related infections
• ECMO-associated infections
• Pediatric infectious diseases
• Bone and joint infections
• Skin and soft tissue infections
• Genitourinary infections
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)
• Tropical infections
• Nosocomial (healthcare-associated) infections
• Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship
• Adult vaccination and preventive infectious diseases
• Critical care infections

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Infectious Diseases & Infection Control, KIMS Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Infectious Disease Consultant – Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru (Bannerghatta Road, Cunningham Road, Rajajinagar, Nagarbhavi)
• Infection Control Officer – Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road
• Member – Antimicrobial Stewardship, Quality & Patient Safety, Validation and Mortality Review Committees
• Member Secretary – Institutional Ethics Committee, Fortis Hospitals
• Superspecialist Registrar – Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
• Resident – Internal Medicine, Smt. N.H.L. Medical Hospital, Ahmedabad

Research:

• Principal Investigator – “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Infections during ECMO in Adult COVID-19 ARDS Patients” (FNB Research Project)
• Principal Investigator – “Pregnancy Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Profile and Outcome” (MD Dissertation)

Publications:

• Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Harboring blaNDM-5 in India – Frontiers in Microbiology (2025)
• Treatment of Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacteria – CIDS Update Book (2025)
• Epidemiology and Outcome of Infections during ECMO in Adult COVID-19 ARDS – Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (2024)
• Infective Endocarditis due to Aspergillus following CAPA – FISF Journal (2024)
• Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Pre-COVID Era – Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society (2023)
• Post-COVID Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults – Indian Journal of Medical Research (2023)
• Pulmonary Blastomycosis Case Report – International Journal of Travel Medicine & Global Health (2022)
• Anticoagulation in COVID-19 – Book Chapter, Evangel Publications (2021)
• Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Case Report – International Journal of Scientific Research (2019)

Conferences & Academic Activities:

• Faculty – Manipal Infectious Diseases Annual Meet (MIDAM), Bengaluru (2025, 2026)
• Faculty – CIDSCON, Mumbai (2025)
• Faculty – Manipal Infectious Diseases Conference, Manipal (2024)
• Faculty – ECMO Horizons Symposium, Chennai (2023)
• Poster & Oral Presentations at CIDSCON and ISHAM Conferences
• Best Poster Award – AMCON, Ahmedabad
• Runner-Up – Fellows Case Presentation, CIDSCON

Professional Memberships:

• Clinical Infectious Disease Society of India (CIDS)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Kannada