Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Dr. Meghna R. Desai, MD

Dr. Meghna R. Desai practices Internal Medicine. Meghna R. Desai is a published physician. She published 16 publications, including: 'Community perceptions of mass screening and treatment for malaria in Siaya County, western Kenya.' Doctor Meghna R. Desai, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low B...
Absence of putative artemisinin resistance mutations among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: a molecular epidemiologic study.
In-vivo efficacy of amodiaquine-artesunate in children With uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in western Kenya.
Factors associated With hemoglobin concentrations in pre-school children in Western Kenya: cross-sectional studies.
Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood Anemia in western Kenya.
Malaria surveillance--United States, 2002.
Relation between the response to iron supplementation and sickle cell hemoglobin phenotype in preschool children in western Kenya.
Randomized, controlled trial of daily iron supplementation and intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of mild childhood Anemia in western Kenya.
Community perceptions of mass screening and treatment for malaria in Siaya County, western Kenya.
Risks of miscarriage and inadvertent exposure to artemisinin derivatives in the first trimester of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in western Kenya.
Age-Specific Malaria Mortality Rates in the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Western Kenya, 2003-2010.
A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children in western Kenya.
An Analysis of Pregnancy-Related Mortality in the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Western Kenya.
Acquired haemophilia A initially diagnosed as angioedema.
Relationship of measles vaccination With anaemia and malaria in western Kenya.

Procedures Preformed

Thoracentesis

Conditions Treated

Acidosis
Acute Kidney Failure
Acute Leukemia
Adrenal Gland Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

Hematology
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Oncology
Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

Education

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

Drug Facts

NPI NUMBER		1609865294
NPPES Provider LastName		DESAI
NPPES Provider FirstName		MEGHNA
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		627024901
NPPES Provider State		IL
Specialty Description		Hematology/Oncology
Total Claim Count		522.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		53.0
Percent Opioid Claims		10.15

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Medicare Facts

National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1609865294
Last Name Of The Provider	DESAI
First Name Of The Provider	MEGHNA
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