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Nitasa Sahu MD

Nitasa Sahu, MD

  • Critical Care Medicine | Pulmonary Disease | Transplantation
  • Member of RWJBH Medical Group
Languages Spoken English
  • At A Glance
  • Education & Publications
  • Bio

    Dr. Sahu is a physician at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center specializing in both Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Sahu attended Medical School at the American University of Antigua. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey. Following her residency, she worked as an Academic Attending at Penn State Hershey. While she was working at Penn State, she completed an MBA at the University of Massachusetts. She went on to complete her Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Dr. Sahu has been published and has presented her research at conferences such as CHEST and ATS. She also enjoys medical education.

    Dr. Sahu likes to stay active (running, hiking, and playing tennis are amongst her favorite activities) and also likes to read and travel.

    Philosophy of Care:

    I strongly believe in educating, guiding, empowering, and supporting my patients so they may achieve their best quality of life.

    Conditions:

    Hypoxic/Hypercapneic Respiratory Failure; Sepsis; COPD; Asthma; Interstitial Lung Diseases; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary Embolism

    Procedures:

    Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial Ultrasound Biopsy; Thoracentesis

    Clinical Interests

    Interstitial Lung Diseases; Sarcoidosis; Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Connective Tissue Disease-Related ILD; Pneumoconiosis; Cystic Lung Disease; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Pulmonary Embolism; COPD; Quality Improvement; Patient Safety and Quality; Critical Care; Obstructive Sleep Apnea

  • Medical School

    American University of Antigua

    Residency

    St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ

    Fellowship

    St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA

    Publications
    • Title:The Airway of Refractory Ulcerative Colitis
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    • Title:Effects of Amiodarone on COVID-19 Pneumonia Outcomes
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      Date:2023
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    • Title:Unusual Presentation of Isolated Nonbacterial Thrombotic Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report
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      Date:2022
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    • Title:Clot-in-Transit Crossroads
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      Date:2022
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    • Title:Prevalence of risk of obstructive sleep apnea in hospitalized internal medicine patients in a rural academic medical center
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      Date:2022
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    • Title:Retrospective Review Of Melatonin In Patients With Covid-19
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      Date:2022
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    • Title:Recurrent Hemoptysis In Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Agenesis
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:S3450 Optimal Inpatient Dosing of Proton Pump Inhibitors
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:DRESS is a Mess: A Case of Cross Reactivity Between Lacosamide and Lamotrigine
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:The Efficacy of Bamlanivimab in Reducing Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in a Real-World Setting
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:The Continuous Chylothorax
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors and Patient Characteristics
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum/Pneumothorax in Acute COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Report
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:Experimental therapies under investigation for COVID-19
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:Rare enough ? Cardiac Device-related pocket Infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:585. A Cost-Effective Implementation Reducing The Number Of Urine Cultures In An Acute Care Community Hospital
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      Date:2021
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    • Title:A Comprehensive Review of COVID-19 Associated Neurological Manifestations
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Would you Know How to Identify a Victim of Human Trafficking on your Service?
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Discordant Outpatient And Inpatient Osa Diagnoses On A General Internal Medicine Service
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Catheter-directed Therapy Combats Convoluted Clot
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Recurrent Lipoid Pneumonia Associated With Mesothelioma
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Naproxen-induced thrombocytopenia
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:COVID-19 in the geriatric population
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improving Penile Calciphylaxis
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Rare Enough ? Cardiac Device Related Pocket Infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Approach to critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy in the older SARS-CoV-2 patients
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis in a Patient With COVID-19 and a LVAD
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:COVID-19: Catastrophic Cause of Acute Lung Injury
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:The Economic Implications of COVID-19 in the United States
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:SAT-LB110 Sulfonylurea-Induced Hypoglycemia: To Use Octreotide or Not
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:The Economic Implications of COVID-19 in the United States
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:A Wake-Up Call for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hospitalized Internal Medicine Patients
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Shock Index as a Marker for Mortality Rates in Those Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Department
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      Date:2020
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    • Title:Shock Index as a Marker for Mortality Rates in Those Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Department
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    • Title:Implementation of a Checklist to Reduce False-Positive Testing in Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection
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      Date:2019
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    • Title:A ‘Bit’ of Appendicitis: A Case of a Foreign Object in the Adult Appendix
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      Date:2019
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    • Title:Bilateral Compartment Syndrome in Intravenous Drug Abuse
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      Date:2019
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    • Title:Hypercalcemia- Leukocytosis Syndrome: A Rare Ominous Indicator in Lung Cancer
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      Date:2018
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    • Title:Do POLST (Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment) forms pose ambiguity?
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      Date:2018
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    • Title:Unusual Case of New Onset Diabetes Mellitus Presenting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Cerebral Edema with Literature Review
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      Date:2016
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    • Title:Early Insertion of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Patients with Isolated Elevated White Blood Cell Counts: 1916
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      Date:2016
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    • Title:The role of thrombospondin 1 in inflammatory bowel disease
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      Date:2012
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    • Title:The role of thrombospondin 1 in inflammatory bowel disease: P-0017
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      Date:2007
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