Office Address

 3990 John R, 3 Hudson, Detroit, Michigan 48201

Research

Poster Presentations:

1. Pervaiz A, Hadid H, Jeffries K, Sankari A, Salloum A.
“The advantages of integrating palliative care in the comprehensive approach to advanced
COPD patients”
Presented at QuESST at Wayne State University in 4/2020

2.Pervaiz A, Dhillon K, Banavasi H, Jinjuvadia C (2019)
“Salmonella causing lung abscess and Empyema Necessitans in the immunocompetent host”
Presented at Michigan Thoracic Society (MTS) in 4/2019

3.Daud A, Pervaiz A, Samavati L
“Clinical risk factors for cardiac sarcoidosis” Presented at CHEST in 10/2019

4.Dhillon K, Pervaiz A, Jakibchuk K, Reddy V, Jinjuvadia C (2019)
“A case of Fibrosing Pleuritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” Presented at Michigan Thoracic
Society (MTS) in 4/2019

5.Banavasi H, Pervaiz A, Kanitkar, A Chetna Jinjuvadia C
“Kikuchi Fujimoto disease recurrence versus Sarcoidosis – when to consider?” Presented at
Michigan Thoracic Society (MTS) in 4/2019

6. Durairajan N, Pervaiz A, Dhillon K, Bowe D, Hill M, Mohammad Zaheerullah M,
AlSamman S,Ashraf H, Kundumadam S, Lee S
“Improving sedation documentation by nursing education”
Presented at QuESST at Wayne State University in 4/2018

7. Durairajan N, Pervaiz A, Dhillon K, Bowe D, Hill M, Mohammad Zaheerullah M, AlSamman
S, Ashraf H, Kundumadam S, Lee S
Improving delirium documentation by nursing education
Presented at QuESST at Wayne State University in 4/2018

8.Holman A, Goldberg J, Maroof S, Pervaiz A, Lee S, Rowley J.
“Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Utilization in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) A Quality Improvement
Project”
Presented at QuESST at Wayne State University in 4/2018

9.Pervaiz A, Kaur J, Bhanot R, Maroof S, Levine D. (2017)
“Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A complication of Acute Pancreatitis without hypertriglyceridemia in a
previously undiagnosed diabetic patient”
Presentation at ACP Michigan Chapter Residents Day 2017.

10..Krishna A, Navalkele B, Pervaiz A, Kotecha A, Maroof S, Stern D, Robinson K, Kado J,
Flanagan E, Hussain S, Chopra T. (2017)
“Monitoring Hand hygiene Compliance among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Center:
Use of secret observers is the way forward"  ID Week 2017.

11.Gupta G, Pervaiz A, Diab M, Levine D. ( 2015)
“Touch your nose then touch my finger: A case Cytarabine Induced Cerbellar Toxicity”
Presentation at ACP Michigan Chapter 2015

12.Pervaiz A, Lephart P, Theodoroff T, Awali RA, Kaye K, Chopra T.(2013). "Clostridium
Difficile at Long Term Care Facilities-Are We Testing Enough?" Poster presented at:
Infectious Diseases Society Of America,ID Week 2013; San Francisco, CA

13.Awali R A, Karpe V, Marwaha B, Asghar MB, Motiwala F, Pervaiz, A, Qazi U, Singh R,
Dasyam S, Sunkara, T, Chopra T, (2013).
"The Epidemiology of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) in Patients with Frequent
Interfacility Transfers"
Poster presented at: Infectious Diseases Society Of America/ID Week 2013; San Francisco, CA.

14..Awali RA, Sharma S, Neelakanta A, Narukonda S, Asghar MB, Pervaiz A, Qazi U,
Roseland M, Kumar D, Trehan N, Kandipalli D, Kamidi S, Waseem B, Patel R, Kaye KS, Chopra
T. (2014)
“Risk Factors of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in Older Adults"
Poster presented at: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 2014 Denver,
CO.

15.Awali RA, Narukonda S, Kandipalli D, Qazi U, Pervaiz A, Singh R, Marwaha B, Trehan
N, Chopra, T.
"Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Transferred from
Long-term Care Facilities to an Acute-care Hospital"
Poster presented at: Anaerobe Society of the Americas (ASA) and the Society for Microbial
Ecology and Diseases, 2014 Chicago, IL.

16.Neelakanta A, Sharma S, Kesani VP, Salim M, Pervaiz A, Aftab N, Mann T, Tashtoush N,
Karino S, Dhar S, Kaye KS.
“Impact of changes in the NHSN Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Definition on the Frequency and Epidemiology of CAUTIs in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs)”
Poster presented at: Infectious Diseases Society Of America/ID Week 2014 Philadelphia, PA.

17.Awali RA, Neelakanta A, Singh I, Sharma S, Narukonda S, Patel R, Roseland M, Pervaiz A,
Qazi U, Gaddipati Kumar D, Trehan N, Kandipalli D, Kamidi S, Waseem B, Patel R, Kaye KS,
Chopra T. " Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection Causes High
30- day Readmissions".
Poster presented at: Infectious Diseases Society Of America/ID Week 2014 Philadelphia, P

 

 

Research Interests

Research Experience

02/2013 - 03/2015
Detroit Medical Centre/Wayne State University, MI, United States Research Assistant in
Infectious Diseases at WSU/Detroit Medical Centre, Michigan, Keith Kaye MD and Dr. Teena
Chopra MD
My duties included patient enrollment, data abstraction and analysis (MS Excel, MS Access
andSAS). I worked as a team leader on several projects in Infectious Diseases. My lab work
included plating and culturing bacteria, MIC calculations, DNA extraction and PCR testing.

Education

7/2018 – 6/2021
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Detroit Medical Centre/Wayne State
University Detroit, MI, United States

07/2015 - 06/2018
Internal Medicine Residency.
Detroit Medical Centre/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

5/2010 - 11/2012
Worked as a Medical Officer in Internal Medicine Department Ammar Medical Complex,
Lahore Pakistan

10/2004-3/2010 M.B., B.S.
King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

Publications

1.Pervaiz A, El-Baba F, Dhillon K, Daoud A, Soubani A.
“Pulmonary complications of the sickle cell disease: a narrative clinical review”
Adv Respir Med 2021:89 (2):173-187. PMID: 33881157

2.Krishna A, Pervaiz A, Lephart P, Tarabishy N, Varakantam S, Kotecha A, Awali RA, Kaye
KS, Chopra T.
“Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and
outpatient clinics: Is Clostridium difficile infection underdiagnosed in long-term care facility
patients?”
American Journal of Infection Control. 2017 Jun 8. PMID:28602273

3. Karino S, Kaye KS, Navalkele B, Nishan B, Salim M, Solanki S, Pervaiz A, Tashtoush N,
Shaikh H, Koppula S, Martin ET, Mynatt RP, Murray KP, Rybak MJ, Pogue JM.
“Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients Receiving Concomitant Vancomycin and
Piperacillin/tazobactam: Opportunities for Antimicrobia l for Antimicrobial Stewardship. “
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Apr 11.

4.Navalkele B, Pogue JM, Karino S, Nishan B, Salim M, Solanki S, Pervaiz A, Tashtoush N,
Shaikh H, Koppula S, Koons J, Hussain T, Perry W, Evans R, Martin ET, Mynatt RP, Murray
KP, Rybak MJ, Kaye KS.
“ Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients on Concomitant Vancomycin and PiperacillinTazobactam Compared to Those on Vancomycin and Cefepime.”
Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 15;64(2):116-123.

5.Navalkele B, Karino S, Pogue J, Tashtoush N, Nishan B, Salim M, Solanki S, Pervaiz A, Shaikh H,
Koppula S, Kaye K.
“Acute Kidney Injury in Patients on Concomitant Vancomycin and Piperacillin/Tazobactam: Are
Extended Infusions to Blame?”
PMID:27437412

6.Awali RA, Kandipalli D, Pervaiz A, Narukonda S, Qazi U, Trehan N, Chopra T.
“Risk factors associated with interfacility transfers among patients with Clostridium difficile
infection.”
Am J Infect Control. 2016 Sep 1;44(9):1027-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.037.

7. Neelakanta A, Sharma S, Kesani VP, Salim M, Pervaiz A, Aftab N, Mann T Tashtoush N,
Karino S, Dhar S, Kaye KS
"Impact of changes in the NHSN Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Definition on the frequency and Epidemiology of CAUTI in Intensive Care Units(ICUs)"
Publication Status: Published in” Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology” (ICHE)

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