Urvashi Vaid MD MS (She/Her)

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

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834 Walnut Stsuite 650Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-6591

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Summary

Dr. Urvashi Vaid is a pulmonologist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She received her medical degree from Christian Medical College Vellore and has been in practice 17 years. She specializes in asthma & copd and critical care medicine and is experienced in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, medical education, general pulmonology, and palliative care. She has more than 40 publications and over 50 citings.

Education & Training

Thomas Jefferson UniversityMSc, Human Clinical Investigation, 2009 - 2012
Jefferson College of Graduate StudiesMS, Human Clinical Investigation, 2009 - 2011
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
Mount Sinai Medical Center of FloridaResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Christian Medical College VelloreClass of 2000

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Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2007 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Education Research: EEG Instruction: Findings from a Scoping Review.
Andres Fernandez, Maryam Asoodar, Gregory Laynor, Alexis Peedin, Jeffrey B Ratliff
Neurology. Education. 2025-12-01
5 citations
Exploring the presence and roles of humility when experiencing situations of uncertainty.
Barret Michalec, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Leela Raj, Henriette Lundgren, Karen E Watkins
AEM Education and Training. 2025-02-01
3 citations
Pulmonopoly: A Game-Based Approach to Teach and Reinforce Basic Concepts of Pulmonary Medicine to Medical Students.
Michael Dong, James Uricheck, Urvashi Vaid
Mededportal. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Readmissions after hospital Discharge with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: Are we missing something?
Gaurav K, Vaid U, Sexauer W, Kavuru MS, Hosp Pract, 4/1/2014
Poor Positive Predictive Value of McConnell's Sign on Transthoracic Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Vaid U, Singer E, Marhefka GD, Kraft WK and Baram, M, Hosp Pract, 8/1/2013
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score for predicting outcome in critically ill medical patients with liver cirrhosis
Cavallazzi R, Awe OO, Vasu TS, Hirani A, Vaid U, Leiby BE, Kraft WK, Kane GC, J Crit Care, 1/6/2012

Books/Book Chapters

The 5-minute ICU Consult.
Chapter: Hypercalcemia, Acute.
Urvashi Vaid and Paul E. MarikEditors: Dr. Jose R. Yunen.2012
The 5-minute ICU Consult.
Chapter: Hypocalcemia, Acute.
Urvashi Vaid and Paul E. MarikEditors: Dr. Jose R. Yunen.2012
Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections.
Chapter: Tuberculous Peritonitis.
Urvashi Vaid and Gregory C. KaneEditors: Dr. David Schlossberg.2011

Abstracts/Posters

A Case Of Rapidly Progressive Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever And The Use Of Albumin Dialysis With The Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System.
A. Ali, E.Sutton, U.Vaid, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2014
A Case Of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis In The Setting Of Profound HIV Immunosuppression And Cryptococcal Bacteremia.
E. Sutton, A. Ali, U. Vaid, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2014
The Quality Of Death And Dying: A Retrospective Analysis Of Patient Characteristics And Family Meetings In Patients Dying In A Tertiary Medical Intensive Care Unit.
G. L. Koff, P. Montemurro, M. Nagaraja, D. A. Oxman, U. Vaid, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2014

Lectures