Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Biosketch
Shishir Ojha, MD is a pulmonary and critical care physician. He is a graduate of Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India. Dr. Ojha came to the US in 2002 to pursue a master's in public health in epidemiology concentration from SUNY, Albany. After completing his MPH, Dr. Ojha did one year of basic science research at Center of excellence in Cancer Genomics. His preliminary internship experience was at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. Subsequently, he moved to Baltimore to complete Internal Medicine residency in 2009. He did one year of Geriatric Fellowship from University of Maryland, two years of Pulmonary fellowship from Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic and a year of Critical Care fellowship from Wake Forest University. Dr. Ojha's research interests are Cancer genomics, prevention of COPD related hospital admissions. His teaching methods include bedside teaching and whiteboard lectures. Dr. Ojha believes in interactive teaching to engage the residents and medical students. His procedure interests include navigations lung biopsies and pleural procedures.
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2013, Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University
- Fellowship 2013, Pulmonary Critical Care, Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Fellowship 2012, Pulmonary Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- Fellowship 2010, Geriatrics, University of Maryland
- Residency 2009, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Preliminary Residency 2007, Internal Medicine, Roger Williams Medical Center
- MPH 2005, Epidemiology, University at Albany, State University of New York
- MBBS 2000, Sardar Patel Medical College
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Research
- Transbronchial cryobiopsy
- Pleural Diseases
- Navigational bronchoscopy
- Interstitial lung disease
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Publications
Ojha S., Ie S., Boyd M., Rubio E. Vertebral body tumor biopsy: An expanded role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. 2014;21(1):85-87.
Boyd M., Ojha S., Goyos J., Cragun W.H., Rubio E. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and lung adenocarcinoma: Case report Thoracic Cancer. 2013;4(2):212-214.
Ranganathan A.C., Ojha S., Kourtidis A., Conklin D.S., Aguirre-Ghiso J.A. Dual function of pancreatic endoplasmic reticulum kinase in tumor cell growth arrest and survival Cancer Research. 2008;68(9):3260-3268.