Academic Overview.
POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING
Fellowship, Oncologic Emergency Medicine (2022-2023)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Emergency Medicine
Residency, Emergency Medicine​ (2019-2022)
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine



​EDUCATION
MD (Doctor of Medicine), CwiC: Design
Thomas Jefferson University, 2019
MS Global Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2014
BA Psychology, Minor: Natural Sciences
University of Southern California, 2014

​ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS
Clinical Fellow, Healthcare Innovation (2017-2018)
Digital Innovation & Consumer Experience Group, Thomas Jefferson University
Graduate Fellow, Medical Ethics (2013-2014)
Levan Institute for Humanities & Ethics, University of Southern California
Fellow, Polymathic Study (Class of 2014)
Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, University of Southern California

​CERTIFIED
ATLS, ACLS, PALS 

LANGUAGES
English (Native)
Tamil (Fluent)
Spanish (Basic)

MD & Beyond.

Electives & Skills Training
Design & Innovation
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Chair, AI & Digital Health GME Subcommittee,  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Co-Founder & Product Innovation Lead, DICE XR Lab at Jefferson
  • Research Lead, VR in Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Clinical Lead, DICE Cognitive Patient Room Initiative at Jefferson
  • Clinical Consultant, Patient Flow Dashboard (Created by DICE)
    • Deployed at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, & Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
  • Co-Founder & Director, Independence/Jefferson Health Hack 2015
PRESENTATIONS & PODCASTS:
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Summit (The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, 2024) - The Innovation Studio: Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
  • Inventures (TELUS Convention Center, Canada, 2023) - Home is Where the Health Is: How Digital Health Tools are Decentralizing Healthcare
  • South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, 2023) - Doctor's Orders: Go Home!
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting (Virtual, 2021) - Gadgets & Gizmos: Digital Health Tools That Can Transform the Emergency Department of the Future
  • Keynote Speaker, Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Lectureship (Christiana Hospital, 2019) - Human Centered Innovation: How to Approach Digital Innovation in an Evolving Healthcare Ecosystem
  • Virtual Healthcare Congress 2019 (Wynn Las Vegas, 2019) - The Virtual Health Toolbox: How Emerging Technologies Can Enhance Healthcare Quality & Access
  • Stanford Medicine X | ED (Stanford University, 2018) - Transforming Clinical and Patient Education with Virtual Reality
  • IDSA Medical Design Conference (Boston Marriott Copley Place, 2018) - The Virtual Reality of Healthcare
  • VR & Healthcare Symposium (Harvard Medical School, 2018) - The Flip Side: How Medicine Can Transform Virtual Reality
  • World Usability Day Philadelphia (Bresslergroup, 2017) - AI, Voice UI & Our Pursuit of Enhancing the Patient Experience
  • Podcast Interviewee, AMSA ad lib Episode 67: Get involved with design in medicine
  • Jefferson Design Symposium (Independence Blue Cross, 2016) - Designing Abroad: Crafting Targets and Objectives for a Global Health Endeavor
  • MIT H@cking Medicine 2015 Global Health Track - Belly Bumper: Protecting Prenatal Health during Falls
  • Yale Health Hack 2015 - MedSTAMP: Medication Reconciliation on the Go
PUBLICATIONS:
  • Gulick V, Graves D, Ames S, Krishnamani PP . (2021, April). Effect of a Virtual Reality-Enhanced Exercise and Education Intervention on Patient Engagement and Learning in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(4):e23882​
Refugee Health
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Clinic Director, Refugee Health Partners at Jefferson (2018-2019)
  •  aVice President, Refugee Health Partners at Jefferson (2015-2016)
  • Student Physician, SEWA International - Bhutanese American Organization of Philadelphia (BAOP) Clinic (2014-2015)
  • Student Physician, Refugee Health Partners (RHP) Clinics at BAOP (2014-2019)
PRESENTATIONS & PODCASTS:
  • Podcast Interviewee, AMSA ad lib Episode 35: Physicians and the refugee's journey
  • University of Delaware Course: Introduction to Epidemiology, Guest Lecture (2016) - Deconstructing the Syrian Refugee Crisis
  • AMSA National Convention (Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2016) - The Role of Culture in Caring for Refugees
  • University of Delaware Course: Introduction to Global Health, Guest Lecture (2016) - Refugee Health
  • University of Maryland (2016) - Designing for Refugee Health
  • Panel Moderator - Their Stories: A Community Refugee Health Panel (2015)
  • AMSA Fall Conference (Columbia University, 2015) - Understanding a Refugee's Narrative
PUBLICATIONS:
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, November). They are Human: Thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis. The New Physician, 65(6), 11-12.
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, October). Crossing the Divide: Navigating cultural and language barriers in immigrant populations. The New Physician, 65(5), 14-17.
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, June). Undernutrition in Refugee Children. Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2(3), 8-9.
  • Krishnamani, P. (2016, January). On Roots and Refugees. Black & Blue: SKMC Student Council Newsletter, 2(1), 7.
Global Health
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PRESENTATIONS & PODCASTS:
  • Panelist, Il Festival Della Salute Globale 2019 - The Future Landscape of Global Health
  • Podcast Interviewee, AMSA ad lib Episode 27: How to end your "Us vs. Them" attitude in Global Medicine
  • Panelist, Dinner & Ethics: An Interprofessional Global Health Conversation 2016
  • University of Delaware Course: Cultural Perspectives on Food & Nutrition, Guest Lecture (2016) - Food and Festivals in Hinduism
  • Foerderer Award Talks, Lecture - Waiting Rooms Have Chairs: The SNCU Follow-Up Project Experience
  • Institute for Child Health - SNCU Follow-Up Project: Objectives
PUBLICATIONS:
  • Krishnamani P, O'Neill J. (2016, September). Examples Abroad: Models of Healthcare Delivery in Great Britain and Switzerland. The New Physician, 65(4), 22-25.
  • Krishnamani P. (2015, November). Where the Waiting Rooms Have No Chairs. The New Physician, 64(4), 22-25.
  • Krishnamani P, Seetharaman A. (2016, November). Global Health Today: Epidemics, Displacement, and Failed Systems (Editor's Note). The New Physician, 65(6), 2.
  • Krishnamani, P. (2015, November). Global Goals for Our Generation: Staff Note. The New Physician, 64(4), 2.
ReSearch
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Research Collaborator, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Primary Co-Investigator, VR in Cardiac Rehabilitation Study (2017-2018)
    • Capstone Advisor for Jefferson MS Basic Medical Sciences Degree Candidate (2017-2018)
PRESENTATIONS:
  • Jefferson AOA Research Symposium 2015, Poster Presentation - Neuroimaging Biomarkers for ADHD and BD: A Systematic Review
  • Jefferson Sigma Xi Research Day 2015, Poster Presentation - Neuroimaging Biomarkers for ADHD and BD: A Systematic Review
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
  • ​Krishnamani PP, Sandoval M, Chaftari P, Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Elsayem A, Wattana MK. (2022). The Value Proposition of Observation Medicine in Managing Acute Oncologic Pain. Current Oncology Reports, Accepted for Publication.
  • Chaftari P, Lipe DN, Wattana MK, Qdaisat A, Krishnamani PP, Thomas J, Elsayem AF, Sandoval M. (2021, December). Outcomes of Patients Placed in an Emergency Department Observation Unit of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Journal of Clinical Oncology - Oncology Practice, Online.
  • Srinivasan A, Wilson B, Krishnamani P, Bear M, Jayaram T, Kesavan R, Sarva S, Patel P, Alim S. (2021, May). Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: Interplay Between Infection, Inflammation and Ventilation - a Case Series. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. doi.
  • Gulick V, Graves D, Ames S, Krishnamani PP . (2021, April). Effect of a Virtual Reality-Enhanced Exercise and Education Intervention on Patient Engagement and Learning in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(4):e23882​
  • Amen DG, Krishnamani P, Meysami S, Newberg A, Raji CA. (2017, February). Classification of Depression, Cognitive Disorders, and Co-Morbid Depression and Cognitive Disorders with Perfusion SPECT Neuroimaging. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 56.
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, June). Undernutrition in Refugee Children. Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2(3), 8-9.
Journalism
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
  • Krishnamani PP. (2021, December). Heart of a Doctor. Common Sense, 28(6), 11-13.
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, November). They are Human: Thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis. The New Physician, 65(6), 11-12.
  • Krishnamani P. (2016, October). Crossing the Divide: Navigating cultural and language barriers in immigrant populations. The New Physician, 65(5), 14-17.
  • Krishnamani P, O'Neill J. (2016, September). Examples Abroad: Models of Healthcare Delivery in Great Britain and Switzerland. The New Physician, 65(4), 22-25.
  • Krishnamani, P. (2015, November). Where the Waiting Rooms Have No Chairs. The New Physician, 64(4), 22-25.
Other Leadership & Presentations
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Representative for the Department of Emergency Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center Faculty Senate
  • Baylor College of Medicine Representative, National Representative Council, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (2019-2021)
  • Board of Trustees (Voting Member), American Medical Student Association (2015-2016)
  • Advisor (Founder Emeritus), ZYGO: A Series on Medical Ethics  - USC Levan Institute, USC Harman Academy (through 2014)
PRESENTATIONS:
  • Coalition for Physician Well-Being Annual Conference (Virtual, 2021) - Designing for Wellness: How Human-Centered Design Can Enhance Physician Resilience.
  • University of Delaware Course: Cultural Perspectives on Food & Nutrition, Guest Lecture (2016) - Hinduism: Food & Festivals​
HONORS & AWARDS
  • CSF "Twenty Under Thirty" Hall of Fame
  • Foerderer Award for International Experiences 2015, 2019

MS & BA Resume.

Clinical & Health Experiences
Medical Ethics & Education
MEDICAL ETHICS:
  • Founder & Program Director, ZYGO: A Series on Medical Ethics - USC Levan Institute, USC Harman Academy
  • Panel Moderator - ZYGO Half the Story: Alternative Medicine's Increasing Role in Patients' Lives Today 
  • Panel Moderator - ZYGO Looking Back to Move Forward: Holocaust Experiments' Effects on Modern Medicine
OTHER EDUCATION:
  • USC Department of Public Safety Cadet Program, Advisor for Academic Affairs
  • USC Department of Public Safety, Volunteer Tutor
Refugee Health Presentations
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Refugee Healthcare, Mini-Lecture - Medical Needs of a Refugee Population: Acute & Subacute Phases of a Crisis
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Cultural Competence in Health & Medicine, Poster Presentation - The Role of Culture in Refugee Healthcare
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Global Mental Health, Poster Presentation: Refugees Within the Mental Health Constructs of Eastern and Western Cultures
Global Health
INNOVATION - CASE COMPETITIONS:
  • USC Global Health Case Competition 2014, First Place - Presentation at the Global mWellness Workshop at USC: Dancercise: An mWellness Solution to Cardiovascular Disease
  • USC Global Health Case Competition 2013, Second Place: Increasing Influenza Vaccination in Developing Countries
  • Hult Prize San Francisco Regional Competition 2014 (In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative): BrixClinic
  • Emory International Case Competition 2014: WHO's Ready for Change?: A Truly Worldwide Health Organization for the 21st Century
PRESENTATIONS:
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Children in Emergency Situations, Lecture - Monsoon Season in India: The Story of a Recurring Disaster
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Global Epidemiology of Diseases and Risk Factors, Poster Presentation - The Epidemiology of Dementia
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Basic Concepts in Global Health, Lecture - Disabilities
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Tuberculosis, Mini-Lecture - Addressing Tuberculosis in China
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC Course: Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lecture - Soil Mediated Helminthes: A Community-based Education Approach
Research
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PRESENTATIONS:
Journalism
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES
Cultural Awareness
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
CONFERENCES:
PRESENTATIONS:
  • Interviewee - "Have a Little Faith" Segment on Hinduism
  • Opening Address - Hindu Students Conference 2013
  • Opening Address - USC HSO Diwali 
  • Opening Address - USC Ganesh Pooja 
  • Interfaith Panelist - USC Hindu Students Conference 2012
HONORS & AWARDS
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS:
PRESENTATION AWARDS:
  • USC Global Health Case Competition Gold Medalist
  • USC Global Health Case Competition Silver Medalist
  • USC Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work Bronze Medalist (Honorable Mention)
HONOR SOCIETIES:
SCHOLARSHIPS:
  • Carson Scholar 
  • Diamond State Scholar
  • Florence Lankersheim Scholar (USC)
  • Beryl J. McManus Endowed Scholar (USC)
  • Sylas & Rose Marx Meyer Scholar (USC)