Titles:
Clinical Assistant Professor

Contact:
Email: munshia@upmc.edu

Degrees:

Professional Licensure:

• 2006-2016        American Board of Internal Medicine Certified
• August 2006      Pennsylvania Medical License: MD 429992
• 2003-7/1/06      Ohio Graduate Medical License: 35.087132
• 2003-present     ACLS/BLS certified

Honors:

• 2000-2002         Ohio Board of Regents Scholar
• 2000                 Cleveland Clinic Research Award
• 2000                 Mensa Scholarship
• 1999                 Summa Cum Laude Graduate

Research Experiences:

2004-2005        
Davis Heart Lung Research Institute at The Ohio State University Medical Center
Mentor: Brad Rovin, MD
Project: Evaluating the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms that influence the expression or function of the chemokine adiponectin and its association with the severity of lupus flares and pulmonary hypertension.

2002-2003        
Department of Infectious Disease at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Mentor: James Tan, MD
Project: Retrospective study comparing health care delivery for community acquired pneumonia between hospitalists and internists.

2000                
Summit County (Ohio) Department of Public Health and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Mentor: William Keck MD, MPH
Project: Co-authored an analysis of Summit County’s preparedness plan for a potential bioterrorist attack followed by recommendations.

1997-1999        
Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Christopher Cullis PhD
Identification of polymorphisms in FHIA1, FHIA3 and Grand Naine Williams in bananas to help identify healthy stem lines.

Presentations of Original Research:
2003                
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Research Day and Summit County (Ohio) Department of Public Health Convention
“Smallpox Immunization and Preparedness Plan – Analysis and Recommendations”

2003                
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Research Day
“Community Acquired Pneumonia – A Retrospective Study Comparing Health Care Delivery Between Internists and Hospitalists”

2002
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) National Convention
“Medical Care in the Midst of Terrorism– A Mobile Refugee Clinic for Kashmiri Migrants”

2002
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Day Symposium              
“Endometriosis: The Effect of Reactive Oxygen Species on Mouse Embryo Development”
                                               
Society Memberships:

1999-present     American Medical Association
2003-present     American College of Physicians
1999-present     American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

Activities:

• 2007-present  |  Member of Patient Safety Committee, South Side Hospital
  
  
• 2007-present  |  Member of Health Information Management Committee, South Side Hospital
  
  
• 2007-present  |  Medical Editor of Shehjar, an e-magazine for people of Kashmiri origin.  Main focus of articles is on preventive medicine
  
  
• 2003-2006  |  Member of a hospital wide committee to improve patient flow through the ER
  
  
• 2003-2006  |  Medical student instructor during their medicine clerkship.  Gave lectures, taught physical diagnosis and graded medical student history and physical write ups
  
  
• 2003-2006  |  Resident advisor to medical students
  
  
• 2002  |  Member of the curriculum improvement committee at NEOUCOM

Other Interests:                     
Preventive medicine, public health, painting, music and writing