Nidhi Goel, MD, MHS

• 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

Dr. Goel completed 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 directs the internal medicine clerkship for the third year medical students, and serves as the physician lead for quality and safety in the Department of Pediatrics.   Her primary research interests are related to patient safety and quality improvement in the academic environment and innovation in medical education.

Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Hospitalist, Medical Education

Gudipati M.A., Waters E., Greene C, Goel N, Hoppman NL, Pitel BA, Webley MR, Zou Y. Stable transmission of complex chromosomal rearrangements involving chromosome 1q derived from constitutional chromoanagenesis. Mol Cytogenet 12, 43 (2019).  PMID 31695749.  

Donohue KE, Farber DL, Goel N, Parrino CR, Retener NF, Rizvi S, Dittmar PC. Quality improvement amid a global pandemic: a virtual curriculum for medical students in the time of COVID-19. MedEdPORTAL. 2021;17:11090. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11090 

Martinson J, Tronetti T, Goel N, Sarkar R, Strauch E, Lumpkins K.  Superior mesenteric artery stenosis due to disseminated tuberculosis in a pediatric patient.   Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021; 40(12): 501-503. PMID 34870394. 

Rinehart M, Ghorashi S, Heavner M, Tata A, Bathula M, Kelly S, Yeung S, Landolf K, So J, Goel N, Grover BE.  An assessment of a sleep aid and sleep promotion practices in hospitalized medical patients.  J AM Pharm Assoc. 2024; 64(3). PMID: 38382836. 

Castillo AM, Tata AL, Seung H, Bathula M, Goel N, Heavner MS, Kelly S, So JY, Grover B. An Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Driven Sleep Promotion Program. Hosp Pharm. 2025 Mar 12:00185787251324873. doi: 10.1177/00185787251324873. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40092292