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  • Office

    1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl
    New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Education & Training

  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital
    Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2021 - 2024
  • Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2021
  • Boston University
    Boston University MS, 2015 - 2017
  • UCLA
    UCLABS, Neuroscience, 2011 - 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Other Side  
    Akshay Nilesh Desai, Patient Education and Communication
  • Kaposi sarcoma in an individual recently diagnosed with HIV  
    Keri Morgan Cronin, Akshay Nilesh Desai, Kim Hookim, Gabriella Contino, IDCases
  • Case report: An unusual presentation of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor  
    Akshay Nilesh Desai, Christine Jane Kurian, William Rafferty, Danielle Lajoie Behrens, Polina Khrizman, Frontiers in Oncology, 2/18/2024
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Secondary Aorto-Esophageal Fistula Caused by Graft Erosion Temporized by Esophageal Stent Placement
    Akshay N. Desai, Ishita Dhawan, Michael Schwartz, Krysta Contino, Adib Chaaya, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Charlotte, North Carolina, 10/24/2022
  • Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastrostomy (PTEG) Use in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
    Savina Reid-Herrera BS, Akshay N. Desai MD, Cynthia Glickman MD, 9th Annual Camden Scholars Forum, Camden, NJ, 4/6/2022
  • Characterization of MRTI Signal Artifact during Magnetic Resonance Guided Laser - Induced Thermal Therapy
    Akshay N. Desai MD, Sean M Munier MD, Jose K James MD, Allison Liang BS, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Biennial Meeting, New York, NY, 6/24/2019
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Press Mentions

  • Zilebesiran Shows Early Promise for Treating Hypertension
    Zilebesiran Shows Early Promise for Treating HypertensionJuly 25th, 2023
  • Experimental Shot Given Every Six Months Controlled High Blood Pressure in Early Trial
    Experimental Shot Given Every Six Months Controlled High Blood Pressure in Early TrialJuly 26th, 2023
  • Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Review and an Updated Analysis from UNOS (JACC Heart Failure November 2023)
    Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Review and an Updated Analysis from UNOS (JACC Heart Failure November 2023)November 5th, 2023
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Research History

  • Student Researcher, Danish Laboratory, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyAssessed and quantified areas of MRI artifact during Visualase Thermal Therapy through use of MATLAB2018a. Explored relationships between laser power and procedure duration with incidence and quantity of artifact during Magnetic Resonance guided laser thermal therapy (MRgLITT).2018 - 2019

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