Namrata Krishnan, MBBS
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology); Site Program Director, University of Connecticut Renal Fellowship Program
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Biography
Dr. Namrata Krishnan, MBBS is a graduate of Lady Hardinge Medical School in New Delhi, India. She completed her M.B.B.S in December 2000. She scored the highest ranking as a final year medical student and won numerous awards for her outstanding academic achievements. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at University of Connecticut Medical Center and subsequently did her Nephrology fellowship training at Washington University Medical Center/ Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO from 2005-2007. She joined University of Massachusetts Medical center in 2007 as faculty where she focused on general and transplant nephrology. She went on to join Yale School of Medicine in the year 2010. She is currently an Associate Professor in the section of Nephrology at Yale, and is based at the VA hospital in West haven, CT. She is the Vice-Chief, diversity, equity and inclusion for the section of Nephrology as well as the Yale nephrology fellowship site director at the VA. Her interests include medical education, E-learning, renal physiology, dialysis, renal stones, hypertension and transplant nephrology.
Education & Training
- MBBSUniversity of Delhi, Lady Hardinge Medical College (2001)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Internal Medicine, Nephrology (2007, recertified: 2017)
Activities
- Hemodialysis access E-learning tool demonstrationWashington, DC, United States 2019Demonstrating E-learning tool on Hemodialysis access
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| David M. Worthen National Award for Innovations in Education | Finalist, Nominated by Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, CT | 2020 |
| Winner, Innovations in Kidney Education Contest; Online Module "Hemodialysis Access 101" https://hemodialysisaccess.coursepress.yale.edu/ ; A 3 minute introductory video - https://youtu.be/QaBdDa9MphY | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | 2018 |
| Finalist (total 6 finalists out of all applications), Innovations in Kidney Education Contest; Online Module "Hemodialysis Kinetics 101" https://hemodialysiskinetics.coursepress.yale.edu/ | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | 2017 |
| Winner, Medical Challenge / Medical Jeopardy | American College of Physicians (ACP), Connecticut Chapter | 2005 |
| Letter of Commendation, Outstanding Clinical Performance in Internal Medicine Residency | University of Connecticut Medical Center | 2005 |
| Letter of Commendation, Outstanding Clinical Performance in Internal Medicine Residency | University of Connecticut Medical Center | 2004 |
| Letter of Commendation, Outstanding Clinical Performance in Internal Medicine Residency | University of Connecticut Medical Center | 2003 |
| Best Student in E.N.T | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India | 1999 |
| Prize for Social and Preventative Medicine | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India | 1999 |
| Best Medical Student of the Year | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi India | 1999 |
| North American Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Academic Performance | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India | 1999 |
| Best Student in Ophthalmology | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi India | 1999 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Special care committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Member of VAMC hospital special care committee that helps coordinate care between various high acuity departments such as ICU, ER, Dialysis with in VACT | 2020 - Present |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CRRT committee | Member of the CRRT( continuous renal replacement therapy) committee that helps coordinate care between ICU staff and Nephrology around providing CRRT | 2020 - Present |
| Hospital Medical Ethics Committee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CT | Provides consultative service to patients and physicians in situations of ethical issues that may arise in patient care and to ensure goals of care meet the VA standards of medical ethics. | 2020 - Present |
| Health advisory committee, Independent day school | Member of the Health advisory committee and COVID advisory committee to help the school formulate health care related policies for students and faculty | 2020 - Present |
| Independent day school, Cultural diversity and affinity group | Involved in outreach, newsletter development and guiding school policies on improving cultural and social diversity and inclusion among students and faculty. | 2020 - Present |
| Annals of Internal Medicine | Reviewer | 2019 |
| National Kidney Foundation Education Committee | Due to my interest in E-nephrology, I was invited by the National Kidney foundation to serve on their education committee and help develop and expand innovative methods in nephrology education to reach a wider national and international audience with the ultimate goal of increasing academic interest in nephrology. NKF education committee is a group of academic nephrologists that advise NKF on educational outreach, resource development and promotion of evidence-based practice. As a member, I am currently collaborating with the NKF to develop an E-curriculum in CRRT that utilizing online, animated teaching modules. This curriculum will be completed and launched in 2021. It will be useful to nephrologists, intensivists, medicine house-staff and critical care nurses. | 2019 - Present |
| American Society of Nephrology, Kidney 360 | Kidney 360 is a peer-reviewed, open access, online only kidney journal sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology. | 2019 - Present |
| Cromwell high school | Mentoring several high school students regarding career in medicine and sciences. | 2019 - Present |
| VA-National Kidney foundation collaboration on the Kidney Score project | Assisting with evaluating and providing refinement recommendations for the Kidney Score's online patient education and decision aid platform as well as the accompanying clinical toolkit including care deliver, redesign, quality improvement processes and CKD continuing education materials. | 2019 - Present |
| Editorial board member, Kidney 360 | Editorial board member | 2019 - Present |
| Educational Committee, National Kidney Foundation | Due to my interest in E-learning in medical education, I was invited by the National Kidney foundation to serve on their education committee and help develop and expand innovative methods in nephrology education to reach a wider national and international audience with the ultimate goal of increasing academic interest in nephrology. NKF education committee is a group of academic nephrologists that advise NKF on educational outreach, resource development and promotion of evidence-based practice. As a member, I am currently collaborating with the NKF to develop an E-curriculum in CRRT that utilizes online, animated and interactive teaching module. This curriculum will be completed and launched in 2021. It will be useful to nephrologists, intensivists, medicine house-staff and critical care nurses. In collaboration with the NKF, we hope to conduct a study to assess the impact of this curriculum nationally (and possibly internationally). | 2019 - Present |
| AJKD | Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
| Clinical Nephrology | Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
| Veterans Health Administration, Life sustaining treatment goals initiative | This is a VHA Quality Improvement Project led by the National Center for Ethics in Health Care (NCEHC) that aims to improve patient understanding and physician communication of goals of care and assist in making and documenting end of life decisions in a more organized and systematic fashion. I was a member of the advisory committee that helped implement this program at WHVA, CT. | 2017 - 2019 |
| United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Learning Center, External Review Committee | In partnership with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel of national leaders in transplant and the design of transplant education from eight medical centers and universities has created the UNOS Kidney Transplant Learning Center (KTLC), an online hub containing educational resources about transplantation and living donation. I was invited to be an external reviewer of the educational content generated for this website. | 2017 - 2018 |
| CKD education committee, World kidney day, VA Medical Center | Organize world kidney day fair at VAMC for staff and patient education. Display posters, brochures and offer a CKD quiz as well as conduct small group workshops. | 2013 - Present |
| American Journal of Transplantation | Reviewer | 2007 - 2009 |
| Polio Vaccine Camps, New Delhi, India | Volunteer | 1995 - 1999 |