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CURRICULUM VITAE

Anam Qureshi MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
VA Medical Center
5000 W National Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53295

EDUCATION:
09/1993 - 08/2005 Secondary School Examination (780/850 Marks), District Public Higher Secondary School, Okara, Pakistan
09/2005 - 08/2007 Fellow of Science Pre-Medical/High School Examination (997/1100 Marks), District Public higher Secondary School, Okara, Pakistan
12/2007 - 03/2013 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), King Edward Medical University (KEMU), Lahore, Pakistan
04/2013 - 12/2016 USMLE Step 1: 226 (04/2015)
04/2013 - 12/2016 USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK): 244 (04/2016)
04/2013 - 12/2016 USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS): PASS - First Attempt (08/2013)
04/2013 - 12/2016 USMLE Step 3: 204 (12/2016)
06/2013 - 08/2013 Observership in Cardiology, Unity Point Health, Finley Hospital, Dubuque, IA
08/2013 - 02/2014 Psychiatry Observership, DHA Medical Center-Avicenna Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
05/2016 Observership in Psychosomatic Medicine, Mayo clinic, Jacksonville, FL
08/2016 - 09/2016 Observership in Rheumatology, Emkey Arthritis and Osteoporosis Clinic, Reading, PA
09/2016 - 10/2016 Observership in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical Centre, Philadelphia, PA
10/2016 Observership in Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health, Reading, PA

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/2017 - 06/2020 Internal Medicine Residency, Reading Hospital - Tower Health, Reading, PA
07/2021 - 07/2023 Rheumatology Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University, Augusta, GA

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
01/2021 - 06/2021 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University, Augusta, GA
09/2023 - Present Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
09/01/2024 - Present Associate Fellowship Director, Medicine, Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
09/2023 - Present Rheumatologist, Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 W. National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53214
09/2023 - Present Rheumatologist, Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Internal Medicine
10/2020
None
American Board of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
11/2023
None
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD)
International Society of Clinical Densitometry
06/30/2023
06/30/2027
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1st Division in all professional examination in medical school
3rd position/bronze medal in Intermediate Examination amongst ~ 100,000 students
Distinction in Biochemistry in medical school
86 citations of peer reviewed publications
Merit scholarship holder in medical school
2nd position/silver medal in Secondary School Examination amongst ~ 180,000 students

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2007 - 2013 Student Patient Welfare Society (Member)
2018 - Present American College of Rheumatology (Member)
02/29/2024 - Present Wisconsin Rheumatology Association (Member)

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Regional
Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis, Grand Rounds, Augusta University, 03/26/2024
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Sleep Apnea-Yale Curriculum, Ambulatory Morning Report, 12/05/2017
PSA Screening-Yale Curriculum, Ambulatory Morning Report, 01/18/2018
Monitoring and Prevention of Cardiovascular Toxicities, Cardiology Morning Report, 02/19/2018
Bell's palsy, Ambulatory Morning Report, 04/24/2018
Malignancy and Rheumatic Disorders, Chief Rounds, 05/31/2018
Anemia work-up, Night-float Morning Report, 10/10/2018
Work up of Easy Bruising, Ambulatory Morning Report, 11/09/2018
Syphilis, Inpatient Morning Report, 12/04/2018
Indications of thrombolysis and thrombectomy in management of PE, Night-float Morning Report, 04/16/2019
Control of diabetes, Ambulatory Morning Report, 09/06/2019
Choledocholithiasis, Night-float morning report, 10/10/2019
Multiple myeloma, Inpatient Morning Report, 10/31/2019
Distler O, Highland KB, Gahlemann M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(26):2518-2528, Nintedanib for Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, Journal Club, 11/15/2019
Septic Arthritis in a 78-year-old male presenting with elbow pain and swelling, Morbidity and Mortality Conference, 02/19/2020
Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Ambulatory Morning Report, 02/21/2020
Lutsey P, Norby F, Ensrud K, Maclehose R, Diem S, chen S, Alonso A., Association of Anticoagulant Therapy with Risk of Fracture Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, 04/22/2020
Hypercalcemia-Yale Curriculum, Attending presentation, 01/27/2021
Lupus nephritis, Fellowship presentation, 09/15/2021
Tocilizumab for early SSc associated ILD - Arthritis Rheum atol. 2021 Jul; 73(7): 1301-1310.doi 10.1002/art 41668, Journal Club, 10/06/2021
ACR review, Fellowship presentation, 12/08/2021
Musculoskeletal sarcoidosis, Fellowship presentation, 03/28/2022
Ocular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis, Fellowship presentation, 04/16/2022
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
01/2024 - Present Teach M4 students on rounds and in rheumatology clinic and inpatient consult service
10/02/2024 Facilitate M3 Clerkship students with Bite Size Teaching (BST) presentation sessions
 
Resident and Fellow Education
12/2023 - Present Journal conference yearly presentation
01/2024 - Present Teach Fellows and Residents on rounds and in rheumatology clinic and inpatient consult service
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Faculty
08/01/2024 - Present Board Review Curriculum Rheumatology
 
 
 
 

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
08/2009 Attended Blast Management Workshop conducted by Student Patient Welfare Society
03/2010 Attended the Cardiac First Response (CFR) Practitioner Course held at KEMU organized by Disaster Relief by Irish and Pakistanis (DRIP), Ireland
08/2010 Attended Career Counseling Symposium "M.B;B.S. & Then What?" held at KEMU Lahore in collaboration with the Associations of Pakistan Physicians of North America
08/2010 Attended Asthma Management Workshop organized by Students' Patient Welfare Society in collaboration with Chest Medicine Department and North Medical Ward of Mayo hospital KEMU, Lahore, Pakistan
04/2011 Attended BLS (Basic Life Support Program and Training Workshop) in collaboration with Rescue 1122, held at KEMY, Lahore, Pakistan
08/2011 Attended Workshop on Community Management of Acute Malnutrition organized by Department of Social and Preventive Pediatrics and UNICEF
03/2012 Attended Trauma workshop (The Golden Hour Management of Trauma held at KEMU Lahore
10/2021 Attended American College of Rheumatology Convergence virtual conference
04/2022 - 05/2022 Attended American College of Rheumatology Education Exchange-FIT SOTA conference Orlando, FL

HOBBIES:
Music, Reading, Cooking, Writing

LANGUAGES:
Fluent in English, Urdu and Punjabi

LUPUS INITIATIVE PROJECT BY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHUMATOLOGY:
05/2022 - 12/2023 Fellow based educational project to raise awareness of lupus in non-rheumatology providers

VOLUNTEER WORK:
03/2010 Rescue and first aid of the victims of terrorist attacks in Lahore
03/2010 Walk for breast cancer awareness in Pakistan - Organized by KEMU, Lahore, Pakistan
05/2010 Bake Sale Campaign to purchase Infant Ventilator for Lady Wellington Hospital
05/2011 Bake Sale Campaign for upgradation of High Dependency Unity of surgical and medical wards of Mayo Hospital
08/2011 Community education to increase awareness of Dengue Fever epidemic in Lahore, Pakistan
2017 - 2020 Active participant in the Reading Hospital Street Medicine Program and Western Berks Free Clinic


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Jehangir A, Rettew A, Shaikh B, Bennett K, Qureshi A, et al. A case report of emphysematous gastritis in a diabetic patient: favorable outcome with conserative measures. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2015;5(4):28010. PMID 26333858
2. Jehangir A, Poudel D, Fareedy SB, Salman A, Qureshi A, et al. Group d salmonella urinary tract infection in an immunocompetent male. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015; 2015:608632. PMID: 25984372
3. Jehangir A, Aderhold K, Rajagopalan P, Shogbesan O, Swierczynski S, Qureshi A, et al. A rare initial presentation of gastric cancer with multiple osteolytic lesions. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2015; 2015:689431.PMID 25984375
4. Jehangir A, Bennett K, Fareedy SB, Rettew A, Shaikh B, Qureshi A, et al. Recurrent C. difficile in a Patient with IgG Deficiency. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2015; 2015:356293. PMID: 25945268
5. Jehangir A, Hwang E, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q, et al. Thyroid follicular carcinoma presenting as metastatic skin nodules. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2015;5(1):26322. PMID: 25656674
6. Jehangir A, Pathak R, Shaikh B, Salman A, Fareedy SB, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q, Alweis R. Jugulotympanic paraganglioma: a rare cause of vertigo. Am J Case Rep. 2015 Apr 18;16:228-31. PMCID: PMC4407680
7. Jehangir A, Rettew A, Shaikh B, Bennett K, Jehangir Q, Qureshi A, Arshad S, Spiegel A. IVC filter perforation through the duodenum found after years of abdominal pain. Am J Case Rep. 2015 May 16;16:292-5. PMCID: PMC4447199
8. Qureshi A, Jehangir A, York EP. Porencephalic cyst: a rare cause of new-onset seizure in an adult. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2018;8(2):92-93. PMCID: PMC5906768
9. Jehangir A, Qureshi A, Le B, Donato AA. Pancreatic Panniculitis Associated With Spontaneous Rupture of Massive Pancreatic Pseudocyst. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Aug;6(8):e00167. PMCID: PMC6791648
10. Jehangir A, Dhital R, Qureshi A, York E.P. Seasonal Variations in the Incidence, Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay of Acute Vascular Insufficiency of Intestine. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019;34(12):2059-2067
11. Qureshi A, Brown D, Brent L. Anti-Signal Recognition Particle Antibody-Associated Severe Interstitial Lung Disease Requiring Lung Transplantation. Cureus. 2020 May 05;12(5):e7962. PMCID: PMC7273426
12. Oladunjoye O, Jehangir A, Oladunjoye A, Qureshi A, Malik Z, Parkman HP. Abdominal pain in gastroparesis Features and Assessments of Pain, Anesthesia, and Analgesia. 1 January 2021:173-188.
13. Qureshi A, Jehangir A, Malik Z, Parkman HP. Rheumatologic disorders in patients undergoing esophageal manometry: prevalence, symptom characteristics, and manometric findings. Dis Esophagus. 2021 Aug 10;34(8).
14. Rheumatologic disorders in patients undergoing esophageal manometry: prevalence, symptom characteristics, and manometric findings. (Qureshi A, Jehangir A, Malik Z, Parkman HP) Dis Esophagus 2021 Aug 10;34(8) PMID: 33558877 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85114344528 02/10/2021
 
Abstracts
1. Jehangir A, Shaikh B, Supplee S, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q et al. Amiodarone Toxicity presenting as new ascites and weight loss; poster presentation at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD, 03/2015.
2. Shaikh B, Jehangir A, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q, Rettew AC et al. When IVC Filter Fails to Filter: A Case of Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism and Intraatrial Clot Status Post IVC Filter Placement; poster presentation at SGIM 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, 04/2015.
3. Sharma P, Qureshi A, Adhikari J, Shrestha P. Query Fever-Still questionably underestimated cause of zoonotic fever; poster presentation at SHM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 4/2018.
4. Qureshi A. Jehangir A, Donato, A. Pancreatic Panniculitis: A Harbinger of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome from Spontaneous Rupture of Massive Pancreatic Pseudocyst; poster presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2018.
5. Shrestha P, Garrahy I, Mir I, Rahimian S, Lin C, Ellsworth D, Lanham T, Qureshi A, Macaulay K, Flom J, Tarconish K, Zimmerman D, Romero B, Rutter D, Herb R. Improving implementation of lung cancer screening in High Risk Patients in a Primary care Setting; Poster presentation at PA-ACP Eastern Region Abstract and Doctor’s Dilemma Competition, Scranton, PA, 11/2018.
6. Garrahy I, Shrestha P, Rahimian S, Lin C, Sharma P, Qureshi A, Herb RK. EGPA on remission with a new neuropathy: A case of Mycophenolate induced CNS lymphoma; poster presentation at PA-ACP Eastern Region Abstract and Doctor’s Dilemma Competition, 11/2018.
7. Qureshi A, Jehangir A. An unusual case of polyarteritis nodosa presenting as left flank pain from renal infarcts; poster presentation at American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Scranton, PA, 11/2018.
8. Qureshi A, Jehangir A, Donato A, Walker NJ. Stiff Person Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Rare Association; poster presentation at American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Scranton, PA, 11/2018.
9. *Jehangir A, Dhital R, Qureshi A, York EP. Seasonal Variations in the Incidence and Mortality of Ischemic Colitis in the United States: Date from Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2000-2014; poster presentation at Diges- tive Disease Week, San Diego, CA, 5/2019 * Poster of Distinction
10. Garrahay I, Mir I, Rahimian S, Oladunjoye B, Lin C, Ellsworth D, Zagorski E, Lanham T, Qureshi A, Macau- lay K, Sullivan A, Zimmerman D, Romero B, Rutter, D; Herb R. Opioid Crisis: No easy Fix-Starting with the Basics; Poster presentation at PA-ACP Eastern Regional Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, 11/2019
11. Sharma P, Qureshi A, Adhikari J, Jehangir A, Basnet Sijan, et al. Think beyond ear: An Unusual Case of Bilat- eral Bell’s Palsy; poster presentation in SHM Annual Abstract competition, San Diego, CA, 4/2020.
12. Qureshi A, Aziz A, Jehangir Q, Jehangir A. Small Bowel Obstruction in a Crohn’s Disease Patient with Chronic PillCam Retention poster presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology 2020 Annual (Vir- tual) Meeting.
13. Qureshi A, Aziz A, Mackrides N, Jehangir A. Recurrent Jejunal Adenoma in a Patient with Rectal Bleeding and Iron Deficiency Anemia; poster presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology 2020 Annual (Virtual) Meeting.
14. Qureshi A, Jehangir A, Malik Z, Parkman HP. Rheumatological Disorders in Patients Undergoing Esophageal Manometry: Prevalence, Symptom Characteristics and Manometric Findings; poster presentation at the Ameri- can College of Gastroenterology 2020 Annual (Virtual) Meeting.