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Dr. Pramod Guru MD

About Dr. Pramod Guru MD

Dr. Pramod K Guru, MBBS, MD, DM (Nephrology), FASN is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and a Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation at the Mayo Clinic, Florida, USA. Dr. Guru graduated from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack in Odisha, India. He is an alumnus of PGIMER, Chandigarh, India where he obtained his MD in Internal Medicine and DM in Nephrology. He is currently the Director of Adult ECMO practice, Chair of Mortality Review Committee, and Program Director of Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic Florida. He has been the course director of Mayo Clinic’s current concepts in the management of ECMO patients since 2017. His research interests include various fields in ECMO, critical care medicine and acute renal failure.

Experience

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 04/01/2024 - Present
Consultant (Joint Appointment), Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 02/23/2022 - Present
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 01/01/2022 - Present
Consultant (Joint Appointment), Critical Care Cardiovascular, Thoracic and Transplant Service Line
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 12/16/2020 - Present
Chair, Mortality Review Committee
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 06/01/2020 - Present
Consultant, Department of Critical Care
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 09/18/2019 - Present
Director, Adult ECMO Practice
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 04/01/2019 - Present
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Jacksonville, Florida - 03/01/2021 - 03/31/2024
Director ICU
Mayo Clinic in Florida - Jacksonville, Florida - 07/01/2016 - 12/31/2019
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville, Florida - 03/28/2016 - 09/17/2019
Physician
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea, Minnesota - 07/2015 - 03/2016
Instructor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Rochester, Minnesota - 06/01/2014 - 10/31/2015
Chief of Renal Division and Transplant Physician
Silver Oak Multi-Specialty Hospital - Mohali, India - 01/2008 - 06/2008
Visiting Nephrology Scholar
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System - New York, New York - 08/2007 - 09/2007
Chief Nephrology Fellow
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research - Chandigarh, India - 07/2007 - 12/2007
Chief Internal Medicine Fellow
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research - Chandigarh, India - 07/2003 - 12/2004

Education

Bachelor
Utkal University, Ravenshaw College - Cuttack, India
MBBS
Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Utkal University - Cuttack, India
MD, Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - Chandigarh, India
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - Chandigarh, India
DM, Nephrology
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - Chandigarh, India
Chief Fellow, Nephrology
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - Chandigarh, India
Resident, Internal Medicine
Creighton University Medical Center - Omaha, Nebraska
Fellow, Nephrology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MD, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota
Fellow
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester - Rochester, Minnesota
Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine and ECMO
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota
Programs for Educators in Health Profession
Harvard Macy Institute - Boston, Massachusetts

Research and Publications

OUTCOMES OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION IN PATIENTS WITH ARDS DUE TO COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA INFECTION: RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT DATABASE
GHIMIRE MANOJ, KOYNER FRANCISCO GALLEGOS, POUDEL SAJANA, SUBEDI PRAKRITI, GHIMIRE KALPANA, CHAMAY SALOMON, BHARDWAJ ADITI, KHANAL RISHAB, Balasubramanian P, Chaudhary S, Guru PK - 2023 - Chest
Utilization of ECMO in liver transplant patients: Pre-emptive vs rescue strategy, jury is still out!
Guru P, Moreno Franco P, Batthacharrya A, Jena A, Tawk R, Kiley S, Sanghavi D, Lowman P, Canabal J, Chadha R, Aniskevich S, Martin AK, Thomas M, Landolfo K, Taner B, Sareyyupoglu B, Pham S, Chaudhary S - 2023 - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) 34th Annual Conference
Assessing the impact of body mass index on sepsis patients: is there a heightened effect?
Raavi L, Jonna S, Isha S, Jenkins A, Hanson A, Agrawal S, Mcdill B, Bhattacharyya A, Caples SM, Khan SA, Sekiguchi H, Heise K, Smith J, Thompson K, Cartin-Ceba R, Chaudhary S, Guru P, Moreno Franco P, Sanghavi D - 2024 - Critical Care Medicine
Experience of early conditioning on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) therapy as bridge to transplantation or recovery
Guru P, Bryant K, Friedrich T, Riley J, Haile D, Nemergut M, Daly R, Schears G - 2015 - Chest
Outcomes of adult patients managed by veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Mayo Clinic experience
Guru PK, Sanghavi D, Bohman JK, Kashyap R, Riley JB, Friedrich T, Shears GJ - 2016 - American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine
Outcomes of patients on va ecmo who underwent an exploratory laparotomy
Sakata KK, Kashyap R, Guru PK, Seelhammer T, Barbara D, Schears G - 2016 - American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation In Children Following In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Poterucha J, Guru P, Haile D, Pike R, Nemergut M, Aganga D, Crow S, Schears G - 2016 - Critical Care Medicine
Extreme procalcitonin elevation and persistent vasodilatory state in a patient with no proven bacterial infection
Sanchez-Alvarez C, Sacco K, Diaz-Gomez J, Guru P - 2016 - Critical Care Medicine

Awards / Certificates

Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Gold Level Certification
Mayo Clinic Quality Academy - 2022
MCSCPD Outstanding Course Director for 2021
Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development, Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Silver Level Certification
Mayo Clinic Quality Academy - 2018
Afessa Award for excellence in Quality Improvement
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota - 2014
Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Bronze Level Certification
Mayo Clinic Quality Academy - 2015
Best outgoing Nephrology Fellow
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India - 2007
MCSCPD Outstanding Course Director for 2018
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida - 2019