Bharat Bajantri

Dedicated and highly skilled intensive care physician with 10 years of experience providing exceptional critical care services. Adept at managing complex medical cases, leading multidisciplinary teams and achieving superior patient outcomes. Proven track record of improving ICU protocols and enhancing patient care standards.

NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) May 2011 – July 2011

Research Associate

• Worked on a project ­ Autosomal Recessive Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies in the department of Neurology under the guidance of Dr A. Nalini.

• Project involved screening patients with proximal limb weakness & wasting for ARLGMD, collecting their blood samples and bicep muscle biopsy specimens for genetic analysis.

CHEST 2021 oral session (on demand):

• Outcomes of Rapid response teams

• Pharmacological management of acute COVID-19 infection

Grand Rounds

Controversies in Pulmonary Critical care at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center: - December 2017

Lung nodules at Indiana University School of Medicine – October 2023 and October 2024

PEER REVIEWER

• International Journal of STD & AIDS- SAGE publishing company

• OMICS international Journals

• CHEST abstract grading for 2021, 2022 and 2023

• Annals of American Thoracic Society

PUBLICATIONS:

• CHEST COVID in Focus: Immunomodulation Therapy in Severe COVID-19 Infection: Where Do We Stand?

• CHEST physician article: Guidelines on Bronchiectasis management - Feb 2018

• CHEST physician article: Management of malignant pleural effusion – Jan 2019

• CHEST physician article: Long-COVID: COVID-19 disease beyond the pandemic – July 2021

Full Articles: CITATIONS ( total 475)

• Makker J, Bajantri B, Remy P. Rare case of dysphagia, skin blistering, missing nails in a young boy. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2015;7(2):154-158. doi:10.4253/wjge.v7.i2.154.

• Diaz-Fuentes G, Bajantri B, Adrish M. Safety of Bronchoscopy in Patients with Echocardiographic Evidence of Pulmonary Hypertension. Respiration. 2016;92(3):182-7. doi: 10.1159/000448848. Epub 2016 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 27595480

• Makker J, Hanif A, Bajantri B, Chilimuri S. Dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia: all iron overload is not hemochromatosis. Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 15;9(1):7-14. doi: 10.1159/000373883. eCollection 2015 Jan-Apr. PubMed PMID: 25759633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4327557.

• Adrish M, Nannaka VB, Cano EJ, Bajantri B, Diaz-Fuentes G. Significance of NT-pro-BNP in acute exacerbation of COPD patients without underlying left ventricular dysfunction. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2017;12:1183-1189. doi:10.2147/COPD.S134953.

• Kashif M, Patel R, Bajantri B, Diaz-Fuentes G. Legionella pneumonia associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage - A rare association. Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Mar 14;21:7-11. Doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.008. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28348947; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5358969.

• Makker J, Bajantri B, Sakam S, Chilimuri S. Cytomegalovirus related fatal duodenal diverticular bleeding: Case report and literature review. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Aug 21;22(31):7166-74. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i31.7166. Review. PubMed PMID: 27610026; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4988300.

• Makker J, Bajantri B, Nayudu SK. Secondary Syphilis With Hepatitis and Nephrotic Syndrome: A Rare Concurrence. Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2016;8(7):550-554. doi:10.14740/jocmr2595w.

• Tariq H, Kamal MU, Reddy P, Bajantri B, Niazi M, Matela A, Zeana C, Ihimoyan A, Dev A, Chilimuri S. Anemia, intractable vomiting, chronic diarrhea, and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic secretion: a diagnostic dilemma:
Disseminated strongyloidosis in a patient with newly diagnosed HTLV infection-case report and review of literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Dec;96(52):e9229. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009229. PubMed PMID: 29384908

• Bajantri B, Venkatram S, Niazi M, Singh T, Diaz-Fuentes G. Case report: middle-aged woman from Ghana with unsteady gait and enlarging cerebellar mass. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Nov;96(45):e8516. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008516. PubMed PMID: 29137054; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5690747.

• Badipatla KR, Jadhav P, Vaddigiri S, Bajantri B, Singh A, Chandrala C, Are VS, Nayudu SK. Predictors of acute gastrointestinal bleeding in diabetic ketoacidosis: a retrospective observational study in minority population. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2017 Nov;5(4):293-297. doi: 10.1093/gastro/gox006. Epub 2017 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 29230299; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5691351.

• Kumar K, Biyyam M, Singh A, Bajantri B, Tariq H, Nayudu SK, Chilimuri S. Transient Left Bundle Branch Block due to Severe Hyperkalemia. Cardiol Res. 2017 Apr;8(2):77-80. doi: 10.14740/cr538w. Epub 2017 May 3. PubMed PMID: 28515827; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5421491

• Bajantri B, Danial S, Duncalf R, Khaja M. Rare complicated parapneumonic effusion, Mycoplasma pneumoniae with new-onset lupus flare: Case report and literature review. Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Oct 28;22:287-291. Doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.010. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29124008; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5671404

• Kumar K, Ahmed R, Bajantri B, Singh A, Abbas H, Dejesus E, Khan RR, Niazi M, Chilimuri S. Tumors Presenting as Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies. Case Rep Neurol. 2017 Apr 3;9(1):54-61. doi: 10.1159/000456538. eCollection 2017 Jan-Apr. PubMed PMID: 28553221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5425756

• Bajantri, B., Singh, T., Venkatram, S., & Diaz-Fuentes, G. (2016). Pneumomediastinum: A Complication of Synthetic Cannabinoid K2 Use. Journal Of Medical Cases, 7(10), 455-458

• Bajantri B, Sapkota B, Venkatram S. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage without Extrapulmonary Manifestations: A Rare Presentation of Lupus. Am J Case Rep. 2018 Feb 28;19:218-223. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.907148. PMID: 29487279; PMCID: PMC5839422.

• Bajantri B, Toolsie O, Venkatram S, Diaz-Fuentes G. Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

Pneumonia: Walking Pneumonia Can Cripple the Susceptible. J Clin Med Res. 2018

Dec;10(12):891-897. doi: 10.14740/jocmr3592w. Epub 2018 Oct 30. PubMed PMID:

30425761; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6225856

• Bajantri B, Lvovsky D. A Case of Concomitant Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Non- Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Treated With CPAP Therapy. Gastroenterology Res. 2018 Jun;11(3):252-259. doi: 10.14740/gr1033w. Epub 2018 May 31. PubMed PMID: 29915639; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5997478

• Bajantri B, Venkatram S, Diaz-Fuentes G. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A Potentially

Severe Infection. J Clin Med Res. 2018 Jul;10(7):535-544. doi:

10.14740/jocmr3421w. Epub 2018 Jun 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 29904437; PubMed

Central PMCID: PMC5997415

• Ashraf U, Bajantri B, Roa-Gomez G, Venkatram S, Cantin A, Diaz-Fuentes G. Nebulized heparin and N-acetylcysteine for smoke inhalational injury: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 May;97(19):e0638. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010638. PubMed PMID: 29742703; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5959399.

• Makker J, Tariq H, Bella JN, Kumar K, Chime C, Patel H, Kamal MU, Shaikh D, Vootla V, Bajantri B, Gomceli U, Alshelleh M, Peralta R, Zhang A, Chilimuri S. Preclinical cardiac disease in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with and without metabolic syndrome. Am J Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Oct 15;9(5):65-77. PMID: 31763058; PMCID: PMC6872463.

• Venkatram S, Pena D, Bajantri B, Diaz-Fuentes G. Outcomes of patients with non-diagnostic bronchoscopy: A clinico-radiological comparison of patients with diagnostic and non-diagnostic bronchoscopy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 May;98(19):e15585. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000015585. PMID: 31083241; PMCID: PMC6531116.

• Venkatram, S., Evertz, D. P., Bajantri, B., Lara, J. P., & Diaz-Fuentes, G. (2021). Risk of Bleeding in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Bronchoscopy. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 33(8), 94-102. https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i830892

• Kumar K, Biyyam M, Bajantri B, Nayudu S. Critical Management of Severe Hypotension Caused by Amlodipine Toxicity Managed With Hyperinsulinemia/Euglycemia Therapy Supplemented With Calcium Gluconate, Intravenous Glucagon and Other Vasopressor Support: Review of Literature. Cardiol Res. 2018 Feb;9(1):46-49. doi: 10.14740/cr646w. Epub 2018 Feb 11. PMID: 29479386; PMCID: PMC5819629.

• Martin S, Kaushik S, Bajantri B. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis following severe COVID - 19 infection: A case report. Respir Med Case Rep. 2024 Mar 30;49:102017. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102017. PMID: 38623377; PMCID: PMC11017048.

• Jain M, Crites MK, Rich P, Bajantri B. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Comprehensive Review. J Clin Med. 2024 Sep 30;13(19):5837. doi: 10.3390/jcm13195837. PMID: 39407894; PMCID: PMC11476893.

Book Chapter:
1. Fluids and sodium imbalance: clinical implications

ABSTRACT PUBLICATIONS

• Prognostic value of Delta sodium in predicting mortality and length of stay after acute pulmonary embolism

Journal Name- Chest

Publisher- Elsevier

• Initial Blood Glucose and Lactate Levels as Predictors of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Retrospective Observational Study in Minority Population

Journal Name- Gastroenterology

• Publisher- Elsevier

• Superselective embolization of inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery for pancreatic cancer eroding the duodenum.

Presented at Medical society of the State of New York 2016

• Testicular mass: An unusual presentation of genitourinary sarcoidosis in a 27-year-old male

Presented at Medical society of the State of New York 2016

• Multiple Strokes: A Rare Presentation of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology in October 2016

• Glycogen Hepatopathy: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Transaminitis
Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology in October 2016

• Fatal Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis in an Immunosuppressed Individual

Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology in October 2016

• A 53-Year-Old Woman From Ghana With a Growing Cerebellar Mass
Presented at New York State American Thoracic Society 2017

• A young female with difficult-to-control asthma

Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017

• Mycoplasma Pneumonia: Walking Pneumonia Can Cripple the Susceptible. A Study of an Inner-City Hospital in South Bronx

Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017

• Spiculated Lung Nodule: A Rare Presentation of Subacute Invasive Aspergillosis–

Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017

• Nebulized Heparin and N-Acetylcysteine for Smoke Inhalation Injury

Presented at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Research Day 2017

• Comparison with compliance among patients with Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed in lab vs home sleep study

Accepted for presentation at American Thoracic Society 2018

• Nebulized Heparin and N-Acetylcysteine for Smoke Inhalation Injury

Accepted for presentation at American Thoracic Society 2018.