SheetalGandotraMD

Pulmonology • Birmingham, AL

Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Summary

Dr. Sheetal Gandotra is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician in Birmingham, AL and is affiliated with UAB Hospital. She received her medical degree from Saba University School of Medicine and has been in practice since completing fellowship in 2018. She specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine, including procedures such as bronchoscopy and EBUS.

Education & Training

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2015 - 2018
Rochester General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
Saba University School of MedicineClass of 2012
University of TorontoB.Ed, Education - Science and Biology, secondary school, 2007 - 2008
Ontario Institute for Secondary Education, University of TorontoB.Ed., 2007 - 2008
University of TorontoHon BSc, Neurobiology specialist, Ethics minor, Psychology minor, with distinction, 2003 - 2007
University of TorontoHon. BSc., Human Behavioral Biology, 2003 - 2007

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 2018 - 2024
NC State Medical License 2015 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
AHAACLS/BLS

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Nominated Attendee-Fellows Track American Thoracic Society, 2017
Dr. U.C. Nigwekar Research Scholarship Award Rochester General Hospital, 2015
Lawrence E. Young Award Rochester General Hospital, 2013
Library Award Academy of Medicine, 2013
Graduate with Distinction University of Toronto
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Clinical Trials

I-SPY COVID-19 TRIAL: An Adaptive Platform Trial for Critically Ill Patients Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 31
Recruiting
Phase 2
Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines 4 ACUTE Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 04
Active, not recruiting
Phase 4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Inhibition of granuloma triglyceride synthesis imparts control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through curtailed inflammatory responses
Stanzin Dawa, Dilip Menon, Prabhakar Arumugam, Akash Kumar Bhaskar, Moumita Mondal
Frontiers in Immunology. 2021-01-01
487 citations
Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Noncritically Ill Patients with Covid-19.
, , , Patrick R Lawler, Ewan C Goligher
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021-08-26
11 citations
Individualized Treatment Effects of Bougie versus Stylet for Tracheal Intubation in Critical Illness.
Kevin P Seitz, Alexandra B Spicer, Jonathan D Casey, Kevin G Buell, Edward T Qian
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2023-06-15

Journal Articles

Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for the Diagnosis of Lymphoma
Gandotra S., Dotson T., Lamar Z., Bellinger C., Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, 1/1/2018

Abstracts/Posters

Predictors of Long-term Physical Function Recovery in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure.
S. Gandotra, J. Lovato, D. Case, R. Bakhru, K. Gibbs, M. Berry, D.C. Files, P.E. Morris, Young Investigators Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2017
Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as Progressive Dyspnea from ILD.
S. Gandotra, T. Sheppard, N. Chiniwala, B. Pavlovitz, F. Hatem, CHEST, 1/1/2015
Save the Beans! Acute Kidney Injury During Vancomycin Therapy with Piperacillin-Tazobactam versus Cefepime.
S. Gandotra, M. Hite, S. Silver, R. Sterns, Infectious Disease Society of America, 1/1/2015
Disseminated Thrombosis: A Presentation of Myeloproliferative Disorder.
S. Gandotra, S. Bansal, G Ogunbayo, A. Agarwal, R. Sham, 12th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2014
Acute Respiratory Failure Secondary to Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
K. Vadamalai, S. Gandotra, D. Lobo, S. Silver, D. Sondhi, 12th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2014
The Queen of Disguise: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Skin.
D. Pecharskaya, S. Gandotra, S. Kiwalkar, S. Ahmed, H. Levy, E. Walsh, 12th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2014
Spontaneous Splenic Hematoma: Altered Metabolism of Rivaroxaban in a Patient with Compensated Liver Disease?
S. Gandotra, M. Rizvi, L. Sood, 11th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2013
Streptococcus bovis Bacteremia: A Pain in the Neck!
S. Gandotra, M. Rizvi, L. Sood, 11th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2013
Kissing Disease': Not Just for Adolescents!
S. Gandotra, A. Ojo, P. Kouides, 11th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2013
Fecal Transplant for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection at RGH - Our Experience.
S. Bansal, S. Gandotra, N. Kemal, K. Dunnigan, K. Casey, J. McFarland, A. Yamshchikov, A. Kurchin, 11th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2013
PPI: Permanent Prescriptions without Indication: Should they be added to the water supply?
S. Bansal, R. Serban, S. Bhosale, S. Gandotra, M. Butler, K. Dunnigan, A. Yamshchikov, 11th Annual RGH-IMRP (Rochester General Hospital-Internal Medicine Residency Program) Citywide Poster Competition, 1/1/2013
Gasps and facial swellings: a lurking diagnosis.
M. Rizvi, S. Gandotra, L. Sood, National ACP (American College of Physicians) Internal Medicine, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

The Art of Standard of Care Evaluations
1/1/2018
C is for Cure: The Orange & Its Quest to Slay Sepsis
1/1/2018
Errors in Intubation.
1/1/2018
Delirium, Sedation and Ventilator Liberation
1/1/2018
Trajectories of Recovery after Acute Respiratory Failure.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK - 1/1/2017
Recovery of Critically Ill Patients in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Rehabilitation.
1/1/2017
Utility and Safety of EBUS-TBNA in Octogenarians.
1/1/2017
Physical Function Recovery Trajectories in Critically Ill Patients.
1/1/2017
Monitoring Activity Levels in ICU Survivors with Accelerometry.
1/1/2017
Recovering from Critical Illness.
Wayne State Medical Center, Detroit, MI - 1/1/2017
Ventilator Strategies Hands-On Station.
1/1/2016
MS1 Respiratory Block.
1/1/2016
Treating DAH from ANCA Vasculitis: The Evidence for Plasmapheresis (and Other Adjunct Therapies)
1/1/2016
The Battle of Bleeding and Clotting: Novel Use of Intranasal Bevacizumab in a Patient with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasias and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary ...
1/1/2015
Save the Beans! Acute Kidney Injury During Vancomycin Therapy with Piperacillin-Tazobactam versus Cefepime.
1/1/2015
Elusive Eosinophilic Lung Diseases: A Review.
1/1/2015
Management of Hyperammonemia: Should we Dialyze and If Not, What Else?
1/1/2014
Spelunking in the Lung: Nodules, Nodules Everywhere!
1/1/2014
Tick Borne Diseases.
1/1/2013
A Day in the Life of An Intern.
1/1/2013
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Press Mentions

Adding BetaLactams to Vancomycin Raises AKI RiskOctober 11th, 2015
Adding Beta-Lactams to Vancomycin Raises AKI RiskOctober 11th, 2015
UAB Study Compares Ketamine and Etomidate for Intubation Sedation in Critical PatientsJune 11th, 2024
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Professional Memberships

American Thoracic Society - ATS
Member
American College of Chest Physicians - ACCP
Member