JanakKoiralaMDMPH FACP FIDSA
Infectious Disease • Springfield, ILProfessor Emeritus of Medicine/ Infectious Diseases, Ex-Division Chief of Infectious Diseases
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Office
751 N Rutledge St
Ste 1100
Springfield, IL 62702Phone+1 217-545-9537Fax+1 217-545-8025
Summary
- Dr. Janak Koirala is an infectious disease specialist in Springfield, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Medical Center, HSHS St. John's Hospital, and Decatur Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tribhuvan University Inst of Medicine and has been in practice 20+ years. Besides being an experienced infectious disease physician, he is also an a accomplished clinical researcher. He has worked on MDR/XDR gram negative bacilli (bench research), HCV and HIV (clinical studies), and MAC (previous lab focus). Most recently he is conducting multicenter clinical studies for COVID-19.
Education & Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1996 - 1999- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Tribhuvan University Inst of MedicineClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1995 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2004
- FIDSA Infectious Disease Society of America
Clinical Trials
- A Comparison of Two Ways to Manage Anti-HIV Treatment (The SMART Study)
- Trial of Maraviroc (UK-427,857) in Combination With Optimized Background Therapy Versus Optimized Background Therapy Alone for the Treatment of HIV-1 Infected Subjects Start of enrollment: 2004 Dec 01
- Long-term Observational Study in HIV Subjects Exposed to EGRIFTA® Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsExperience of Treating COVID-19 With Remdesivir and Convalescent Plasma in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Prospective, Observational Study.Janak Koirala, Pradip Gyanwali, Robert B Gerzoff, Saroj Bhattarai, Bipin Nepal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2021-08-01 - 5 citationsCOVID-19 Containment Efforts of a Low-Resource Nation: The First Four Months in Nepal.Sangita Basnet, Sameena Koirala, Basu Dev Pandey, Janak Koirala
Cureus. 2020-07-01 - 7 citationsOXA-23 and OXA-40 producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Central IllinoisJanak Koirala, Isha Tyagi, Lohitha Guntupalli, Sameena Koirala, Udita Chapagain
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2020-05-01
Press Mentions
Coronavirus Cases Are on the Rise AgainAugust 12th, 2024
Experts Warn Flu Is Greater Risk Than CoronavirusFebruary 13th, 2020- Risks of JN.1 Sub-Variant of Covid-19January 22nd, 2024
Professional Memberships
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