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Education & Training
Saint Louis University School of MedicineCritical Care Medicine, 2004 - 2006
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
KS State Medical License 2024 - 2027
MO State Medical License 2006 - 2027
AR State Medical License 2007 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2015 - 2026
OK State Medical License 2006 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
KY State Medical License 2019 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine- Join now to see all
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Interpretability of an FDA-authorized AI/ML sepsis diagnostic tool improved by SHAP values.Gregory L Watson, Grace Staples, Robin Carver, Akhil Bhargava, Carlos López-Espina
JAMIA Open. 2026-02-01 - Multivariate protein landscape of host response in hospitalised patients with suspected infection in the emergency department.Pratik Sinha, Alexandra B Spicer, Sivasubramanium Bhavani, Carlos López-Espina, Gregory L Watson
Nature Communications. 2025-08-22 - 8 citationsAnalysis of Protein Biomarkers From Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Reveals Severity-Specific Signatures and Two Distinct Latent Profiles With Differential Responses to...Philip A Verhoef, Alexandra B Spicer, Carlos Lopez-Espina, Akhil Bhargava, Lee Schmalz
Critical Care Medicine. 2023-12-01
Journal Articles
- Using Survival Analysis to Predict Septic Shock Onset in ICU PatientsChristopher Veremakis, Ashok Palagiri, ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
Mercy Southeast Expands Intensive Care with Virtual ICU SupplementNovember 22nd, 2024
Two Mercy Washington ICU Physicians Head to Springfield to Help Battle COVID SurgeJuly 9th, 2021
Dr. Virtual Calling: AHN Turned to Remote Monitoring to Ease COVID-19 CrushJune 6th, 2021
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