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Eknath Naik

Eknath Naik, PHD MD

Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health

Assistant Director, Emergency Department

Director, Chart-India Center, Internal Medicine

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Education

  • PHD, University of Alabama, 1999
  • MSPH, University of Alabama, 1995
  • MD, University of Bombay, 1991

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

  • Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease

Research Interests

  • Infectious Diseases HIVAIDS Epidemiology

Awards/Honors

  • The Sunshine Award for Dedication to Safety, Kindness, Professionalism and Organizational Excellence (Bay Pines VA - 2016)
  • Recognition for Committment to Serving Those Who Serve (James A. Haley VA Education Office - 2016)
  • Community Service Award (Federation of Indian Associations of Tampa Bay - 2012)

Memberships

  • Member (American College of Physicians, 2011 - Present)
  • Lifetime Member (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), 2011 - Present)
  • Lifetime Member (Florida Association of Indian Physicians (FAPI), 2011 - Present)
  • Lifetime Member (Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, 1992 - Present)
  • Member (International AIDS Society, 2013 - 2014)

Recent Publications

  • Frankel Arthur; Reddy Renuka; Desuza Kayla; Deeb khaled; Carlin Aaron; Smith Davey; Xie Yushuang; Naik Eknath et a. Response to Pegylated Interferon in a COVID-19 Positive Elderly Woman with Primary Myelofibrosis Treated with Ruxolitinib. linical Case Reports. , 2021.
  • Arthur FrankelWai YipEknath NaikHans Hasselbalc. Response to Pegylated Interferon in a COVID-19 Positive Male with Metastatic Jejunal Neuroendocrine Tumor Treated with Everolimus Clinical Case Reports. , 2021.
  • Eknath Naik Deepa Dongarwar Fabio Leonelli et a. he Risk of Silent Myocardial Infarction in Pre-diabetic Patients: A Case-Control study in a Veteran Population Southern Medical Journal. , 2021.
  • Deepa Dongarwar Jalyce Taylor Veronica Ajewole Nmelichukwu Anene Oladapo Omoyele China Ogba Abiodun Oluwatoba Dominique Giger Au Thuy Erika Argueta Eknath Naik et a. Trends in Appendicitis Among Pregnant Women, the Risk for Cardiac Arrest, and Maternal–Fetal Mortality. World J Surg. , 2020.
  • Ortiz MR, Le NK, Sharma V, Heare I, Quizhpe E, Teran E, Naik E, et al. Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness Scientific Reports (article # 15408. 7, 2017.
  • Salihu HM, Paothong A, Das R, King LM, Pradhan A, Riggs B, Naik E, et al. Risk Factors Associated with HIV Among Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Ecuador Am J Mens Health (PMID: 27161984). 11(5) : 1331-1341, 2017.
  • Hernandez I, Reina-Ortiz M, Johnson A, Rosas C, Sharma V, Teran ,S Naik E, et al. Evidence of altered brain regulatory gene expression in tobacco-exposed fetuses J Perinat Med EPub (PMID 28130959). , 2017.
  • Hernandez I, Reina-Ortiz M, Johnson A, Rosas C, Sharma V, Teran S, Naik E, et. al. Risk Factors Associated with HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Ecuador Am J Mens Health (PMID: 27161984). , 2016.
  • Salihu HM, Adegoke KK, Das R, Wilson RE, Mazza J, Okoh JO, Naik E, Berry EL. Community-based fortified dietary intervention improved health outcomes among low-income African-American women. Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.). 36(8) : 771-9, 2016.
  • Hernandez I, Johnson A, Reina-Ortiz M, Rosas C, Sharma V, Teran S, Naik E, et. al. Syphilis and HIV/Syphilis Co-infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Ecuador Am J Mens Health (PMID: 27923971). , 2016.
  • Klaus K, Baldwin J, Izurieta R, Naik E, Seme A, Corvin J, Hiruye A, Enquselassie F. Feducing PMTCT Attrition: Perspectives of HIV+ Women on the Prevention of MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV Services in Addis Ababab, Ethiopia Ethiop Med J (PMID: 26591297). 53(2) : 91-107, 2015.
  • Braue J, Murugesan V, Holland S, Patel N, Naik E, Leiding J, Yacoub AT, Prieto-Granada CN, Greene JN. Essential Modulator Deficiency Leading to Disseminated Cutaneous Atypical Mycobacteria Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis (e2015010) (PMID: 25574369). , 2015.
  • Salihu HM, King L, Patel P, Paothong A, Louis J, Naik E, Marty PJ, Whiteman V. Association between Maternal Symptoms of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Fetal Telomere Length. Sleep. : 311-14, 2014.
  • Mbah AK, Hamisu I, Naik E, Salihu HM. Estimating Benchmark Exposure for Air Particulate Matter Using Latent Class Models Risk Anal (PMID:25082358). 34(11) : 2053-62, 2014.
  • Patel D, Bharti A, Pandya I, Naik E, Marfatia YS. Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Tribal Family: Issues and Challenges Indian J Sex Transm Dis (PMID:26396450). 35(2) : 138-42, 2014.
  • VE Whiteman, EM August, M Mogos, E Naik, Garba E, Sanchez et, al. Preterm Birth in the First Pregnancy and Risk of Neonatal Death in the Second Pregnancy: A Propensity Score Weighed Matching Approach Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (PMID: 25058689). : 1-7, 2013.
  • Naik E, Karpur A, Taylor R, Ramaswami B, Ramachandra S, Balasubramaniam B, Galwankar S, Sinnott J, Nabukera S, Salihu HM. Rural Indian tribal communities: an emerging high-risk group for HIV/AIDS. BMC international health and human rights. 5(1) : 1, 2005.
  • Pujari SN, Dravid A, Naik E, Bhagat S, Tash K, Nadler JP, Sinnott JT. Lipodystrophy and dyslipidemia among patients taking first-line, World Health Organization-recommended highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens in Western India. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 39(2) : 199-202, 2005.
  • Wills TS, Nadler JP, Somboonwit C, Vincent A, Leitz G, Marino K, Naik E, Powers S, Khan N, Laartz B. Anemia prevalence and associated risk factors in a single-center ambulatory HIV clinical cohort. The AIDS reader. 14(6) : 305-10, 313-5, 2004.
  • Pujari SN, Patel AK, Naik E, Patel KK, Dravid A, Patel JK, Mane AA, Bhagat S. Effectiveness of generic fixed-dose combinations of highly active antiretroviral therapy for treatment of HIV infection in India. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 37(5) : 1566-9, 2004.
  • Naik E, LeBlanc S, Tang J, Jacobson LP, Kaslow RA. The complexity of HLA class II (DRB1, DQB1, DM) associations with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection among HIV-1-seropositive whites. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 33(2) : 140-5, 2003.