RajendraKKarnatakMD

Healthcare Associated Infections, Transplant/Immunocompromised States, International Health, Travel & Tropical

Intensivist/Critical Care Medicine

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Dr. Rajendra Karnatak is an infectious disease specialist in Omaha, NE and is affiliated with Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He received his medical degree from Other and has been in practice 9 years. He is experienced in travel and tropical medicine, infectious disease, critical care medicine, osteomyelitis, and internal medicine.

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2019 - 2020
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2017 - 2019
One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2014
One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
Himalayan Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 2008

PubMed

157 citations
Plasma concentrations of inflammatory cytokines rise rapidly during ECMO-related SIRS due to the release of preformed stores in the intestine
R Britt McILwain, Joseph G Timpa, Ashish Kurundkar, David W. Holt, David R. Kelly
Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology. 2010-01-01
35 citations
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation causes loss of intestinal epithelial barrier in the newborn piglet.
Ashish Kurundkar, Cheryl R. Killingsworth, R Britt McILwain, Joseph G Timpa, Yolanda E. Hartman
Pediatric Research. 2010-08-01
50 citations
Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections.
Mark E. Rupp, Rajendra Karnatak
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 2018-12-01

Journal Articles

Does left ventricular assist device increases risks for infections?
Rajendra Karnatak1*, Joseph V Vyskocil2, Interventional Cardiology (2023), 9/15/2023
Innovations in Quality Improvement of Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
Rajendra Karnatak, Mark E Rupp, Kelly Cawcutt, Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 2/1/2019

COVID-19 Is Third Coronavirus Outbreak in Two Decades, May Stay for Long: US-Based DoctorMarch 30th, 2020
Re-Emergence of Polio Has Global ImplicationsJune 26th, 2019
SeptiCyte: Is It Ready for Prime-Time?February 15th, 2019
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