Navin Kedia, D.O. - Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Kedia is a staff physician in the Section of Hospital Medicine. He has many research interests including preoperative evaluation, congestive heart failure and hospitalist medicine.

He has also contributed to the website ClinicalCases.org, an online case-based curriculum of clinical medicine.





CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT APPOINTMENT

Clinical Associate
Section of Hospital Medicine, S70
Department of General Internal Medicine,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195


EDUCATION

1998-2002
D.O. Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA

1997
B.A. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

2005
Resident in Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

2003
Intern in Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH


CERTIFICATIONS

Medical Licensure 2005, State of Ohio (Active)

Board Certifications 2005, American Board of Internal Medicine (Certified)


AWARDS

1999-2000
Western University of Health Sciences Asian-American Scholarship


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2005 American Heart Association (active)

2002 American College of Physicians (active)


CLINICAL RESEARCH

2005-Present
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Section of Hospital Medicine
Project: Statin Therapy in the Peri-Operative Period

2002-Present
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Cardiovascular Disease
Projects: Echocardiographic evaluation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy


BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH

1998
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Endocrinology Laboratory University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Project: Factors Influencing GnRH neuronal migration. Created vectors to be inserted into transgenic mice that will target over expression of SCIP, a transcription factor, to GnRH neurons.

1995
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Institute for Behavioral Genetics - University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Project: Molecular and biochemistry Lab techniques, maintenance of mouse colony


CLINICAL TEACHING

2004-present
Supervision of Cleveland Clinic Foundation internal medicine residents

2004-present
Supervision of Case Western Reserve medical students

2003-present
Research mentoring Case Western Reserve University medical student

2002-2004
Supervision of Penn State and Ohio State University medical students


PRESENTATIONS

Echo Doppler Guided AV Delay Optimization within 30 days of Implant in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Moderated Poster Presentation at American Society of Echocardiograpy, Boston, MA. June 17th, 2005.

Utility of AV Delay Optimization in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Oral Presentation at the American College of Cardiology 2004 Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. March 10th, 2004.

Depression and Cardiac Morbidity 5 Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Borowicz et al. Psychosomatics Nov-Dec 2002. Psychiatry Journal Club Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. April 24th, 2003.

47 y/o Male with Pan-Hypopituitaryism. Endocrinology Grand Rounds Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. October 10th, 2003.

Diabetic Keto-Acidosis Practical Management on the Med-Tele Unit. Kimball-Medicine Teaching Conference Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. June 18th, 2004.


PUBLICATIONS

Kedia N, Agler D, Popovic Z, Ching B, Wilkoff B, Grimm R. Echo Doppler Guided AV Delay Optimization within 30 days of Implant in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. J of the American Society of Echocardiography 2005:18, 5:531

Kedia N, Agler D, Popovich Z, Ching B, Wilkoff B, Grimm R. Utility of AV Delay Optimization in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004:43,879-3:152A

Ng K, Kedia N, Starling R, Wilkoff B, Tchou P, Martin D, Grimm R. Benefit of Biventricular Pacing in Subsets of Patients with Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004:43,872-4:237A

Burkhardt J, Khaykin Y, Joseph G, Ng K, Kedia N, Grimm R, Tchou P, Wilkoff B. Narrowing of the Widest QRS Predicts Improvement in Functional Class and Echocardiographic Parameters in Patients with CRT Devices. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004:43,1111-211:131A


MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Ng K, Lauer M, Kedia N, Troughton R, Starling R, Martin D, Tchou P, Wilkoff B, Grimm R. Beta-Blocker Use Appears Independently Associated With Improved Survival in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

Kedia N, Agler D, Popovic Z, Ching B, Wilkoff B, Grimm R. AV Delay Optimization using Doppler assessment of Mital Inflow in Patients Undergoing CRT: Is it useful and who benefits?

Ng K, Kedia N, Starling R, Wilkoff B, Tchou P, Martin D, Grimm R. Benefit of Biventricular Pacing in Subsets of Patients with Heart Failure.

Rassi A, Vora N, Kedia N. Intracranial Brain Imaging after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Grant PG, Kedia N, Phillips CO, Jaffer AK, Whinney CM, Michota FM.Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation and Treatment (IMPACT) Investigators, Section of Hospital Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH: Perioperative Statin Therapy in Major Non-Cardiac Surgery