JanakKoiralaMDMPH FACP FIDSA
Infectious Disease • Springfield, ILProfessor Emeritus of Medicine/ Infectious Diseases, Ex-Division Chief of Infectious Diseases
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Office
751 N Rutledge St
Ste 1100
Springfield, IL 62702Phone+1 217-545-9148Fax+1 217-545-8025- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Janak Koirala is an infectious disease specialist in Springfield, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Medical Center, HSHS St. John's Hospital, and Decatur Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tribhuvan University Inst of Medicine and has been in practice 20+ years. Besides being an experienced infectious disease physician, he is also an a accomplished clinical researcher. He has worked on MDR/XDR gram negative bacilli (bench research), HCV and HIV (clinical studies), and MAC (previous lab focus). Most recently he is conducting multicenter clinical studies for COVID-19.
Education & Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1996 - 1999- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Tribhuvan University Inst of MedicineClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1993 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2004
- FIDSA Infectious Disease Society of America
Clinical Trials
- A Comparison of Two Ways to Manage Anti-HIV Treatment (The SMART Study)
- Trial of Maraviroc (UK-427,857) in Combination With Optimized Background Therapy Versus Optimized Background Therapy Alone for the Treatment of HIV-1 Infected Subjects Start of enrollment: 2004 Dec 01
- Long-term Observational Study in HIV Subjects Exposed to EGRIFTA® Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsExperience of Treating COVID-19 With Remdesivir and Convalescent Plasma in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Prospective, Observational Study.Janak Koirala, Pradip Gyanwali, Robert B Gerzoff, Saroj Bhattarai, Bipin Nepal, Rekha Manandhar, Runa Jha, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Yuba Raj Sharma, Anup Bastola, Holly Mu...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2021 Aug 1
- 5 citationsCOVID-19 Containment Efforts of a Low-Resource Nation: The First Four Months in Nepal.Sangita Basnet, Sameena Koirala, Basu Dev Pandey, Janak Koirala> ;Cureus. 2020 Jul 1
- 5 citationsOXA-23 and OXA-40 producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Central IllinoisJanak Koirala, Isha Tyagi, Sameena Koirala, Udita Chapagain, Christopher Quarshie, Sami Akram, Vidya Sundareshan, Sajan Koirala, Jerry Lawhorn, Yohei Doi, Michael E. O...> ;Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2020 May 1
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Press Mentions
Experts Warn Flu Is Greater Risk Than CoronavirusFebruary 13th, 2020
Risks of JN.1 Sub-Variant of Covid-19January 22nd, 2024
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
Springfield Memorial HospitalSpringfield, Illinois
HSHS St. John's HospitalSpringfield, Illinois- Vibra Hospital of SpringfieldSpringfield, Illinois
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur, Illinois
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