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Nidhi Goel, MD, MHS

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Secondary Appointment(s):

Pediatrics

Location:

22 S. Greene Street Baltimore, MD 21201

Education and Training

  • Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Cultural Anthropology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Master of Health Science - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • M.D. - University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics - University of Maryland Medical Center

Biosketch

Dr. Goel grew up in Timonium, Maryland.  She got her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and then her Masters degree at the  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  She spent the next two years doing research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, studying Fragile X Syndrome.  She then came to the University of Maryland for medical school, graduating in 2010.  She stayed at the University of Maryland for her residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.  Following completion of her training, Dr. Goel joined the faculty of the School of Medicine, with joint appointments in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

Dr. Goel practices as a teaching hospitalist for both adult and pediatric patients.  She also serves as the Deputy Director for Quality and Safety in the Department of Medicine.  In addition, she acts as a Physician Advisor for the University of Maryland Medical Center, focusing on clinical denials, throughput, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.  Her primary research interests are related to patient safety and quality improvement in the academic environment.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Hospitalist

Clinical Specialty Details

In addition to practicing as a hospitalist, Dr. Goel is a member of the following groups/committees:

School of Medicine

-House Advisory program

-Women in Medicine mentorship program

-Trainer, Unconscious Bias

-Medical Education Continuous Quality Improvement Committee

 

Medical Center

-Core Faculty, Med-Peds residency program

-Facilitator, Just Culture

-Antimicrobial Sub-Group of P&T

-Insulin Focus Group

-Project RESCUE Work Group

-Sepsis Work Group

-Mortality Steering Committee

 

 

Awards and Affiliations

2009: Elected into Gold Humanism Honor Society

2013: Elected into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

2016: Recipient of the Alexander J. Shaffer Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical Center

2016: Recipient of the Ambulatory Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2018: Recipient of the Alexander J. Shaffer Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical Center

2020: Recipient of the Alexander J. Shaffer Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical Center

 

Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow of the American College of Physicians

Member of the Society of Hospitalist Medicine