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Saiara Choudhury, MD

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Saiara Choudhury, MD, obtained her Doctor of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in Bryan, graduating in 2018. She then went to HCA Corpus Christi Medical Center, where she completed her internship and Internal Medicine residency in 2019 and 2021, respectively. Dr. Choudhury remained there to complete a Pulmonary Medicine fellowship in 2023, moving on to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis to complete a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine in 2024. She joined Kelsey-Seybold in August 2024.

Dr. Choudhury was inspired to practice medicine by her grandmother. She specializes in treating respiratory conditions like cough, COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, lung infections, and lung cancer – and she is especially interested in optimizing COPD and asthma care. Dr. Choudhury’s favorite part of practicing medicine is seeing her patients get better with treatment.

Joined Kelsey-Seybold: August 2024

Awards & Publications

Publications

  • Chohan A, Choudhury S, Taweesedt PT, et al. (March 11, 2022) A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen. Cureus 14(3): e23072. doi:10.7759/cureus.23072
  • Chohan A, Choudhury S, Dadhwal R, Vakil A, Franco R, Taweesedt PT. “Follow up CT scan in post COVID-19. “World Journal of Radiology 2022. PENDING PMID.
  • Choudhury S, Chohan A, Dadhwal R, Vakil AP, Franco R, Taweesedt PT. Applications of artificial intelligence in common pulmonary diseases. Artif Intell Med Imaging 2022; 3(1): 1-7 URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2644-3260/full/v3/i1/1.htm. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.35711/aimi.v3.i1.1
  • Choudhury S, Taweesedt PT, Dadhwal R, Surani S. (Jul 2021). Severe Photosensitivity Reaction After Pirfenidone Use. Cureus, 13(7), e16626. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16626
  • Choudhury S, Papineni S, Ramachandruni S, et al. (March 2021) Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Good’s Syndrome. Cureus 13(3): e13827. doi:10.7759/cureus.13827.
  • Choudhury S, Ramos M, Anjum H, Ali M, Surani S.(May2020). Shrinking Lung Syndrome: A Rare Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Cureus. 10.7759/cureus.8216.
  • Ali M, Khan K, Buch M, Ramos-Ramirez M, Patel S, Choudhury S, Anjum H, Khan A, Surani S. (Jan 2020). “A Case Series of Vaping Induced Lung Injury in a Community Hospital Setting. ”Case Reports in Pulmonology, Hindawi, 31 Jan. 2020, www.hindawi.com/journals/cripu/2020/9631916/
  • Choudhury S, Ratnani I, Surani S. (Nov 2019). Does Having Guidelines Translate to Better COPD Management in Primary Care Setting? Acta Scientific Medical Sciences. 3. 83-84. 10.31080/ASMS.2019.03.0474.
  • Kalagiri RR, Carder T, Choudhury S, Vora N, Ballard AR, Govande V, Drever N, Beeram MR, Uddin MN. (Dec 2016). “Inflammation in Complicated Pregnancy and Its Outcome.” American Journal of Perinatology: 33(14):1337-1356.
  • Badri Giri, Syeda H Afroze, Saiara Choudhury, Raina Karanjeet, Shekhar A. Ghamande, David C Zawieja, MN Uddin. (July 2016). “Hypoxia modulates the cellular signaling in cultured rat lung microvascular endothelial cells.” Bioresearch communications: 2(1):230-7.
  • Kalagiri RR, Choudhury S, Carder T, Govande V, Beeram MR, Uddin MN. (March 2016). “Neonatal Thrombocytopenia as a Consequence of Maternal Preeclampsia.” American Journal of Perinatology Reports: e42-7

Abstracts for Poster Presentation:

  • Asad Chohan, Saiara Choudhury, PT Taweesedt, Rahul Dadhwal, Rene Franco, Abhay Vakil. “Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, an Interplay of Multiple Etiologies” American Thoracic Society. May 2022. Accepted.
  • Asad Chohan, Saiara Choudhury, PT Taweesedt, Rahul Dadhwal, Rene Franco, Abhay Vakil, P Pattharanitima. “Beta Blocker Use in Asthma Patients with Respiratory Failure in Intensive Care Unit and Mortality.” American Thoracic Society. May 2022. Accepted.
  • Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, Rahul Dadhwal, Abhay Vakil. “An Unusual Case of Aspiration Pneumonia.” American Thoracic Society. May 2022. Accepted.
  • Saiara Choudhury, Abhay Vakil. “Docetaxel Induced Lung Injury- A Case Report.” Chest Congress. June 2022. Accepted.
  • Reema George, Saiara Choudhury, Jack Davitt, Salim Surani. “Does Asthma Management Differ Between Indigent and Private Clinics?” Chest. October 2020.
  • Saiara Choudhury, Katrina Rathjen, Jack Davitt, Jacqueline Phillips, Arvind Modak, Salim Surani. “When Rubber Meets the Road: Do Guidelines Translate to the Proper Diagnosis of Asthma?” Chest. October 2020.
  • Saiara Choudhury, Jamie E Stucker, Michelle Reyes, Syeda H Afroze, Nathan Drever, Steven R Allen, David C Zawieja, Thomas J Kuehl, Fumiaki Suzuki, Mohammed N Uddin. “Serum Soluble and Placental (Pro)Renin Receptor in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancy.” Hypertension. September 2015.

Research

  • Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia project– Texas A&M Health Science Center/Uddin, PhD Temple, TX. Medical Student Researcher, Summer 2015– Spring 2016.
  • Collected and prepared placenta from previously consented patients with and without preeclampsia, after delivery
  • Used Western blotting techniques to analyze and compare quantities of various proteins in experimental and control group
  • Glucocorticoid receptor project– Tulane University/Vasudevaran, PhD Undergraduate Researcher, April 2012– Spring 2014, New Orleans, LA.
  • Performed cell culture and used immunocytochemistry techniques on N11 mouse hypothalamic cell line, imaged the cells using fluorescence microscopy
  • Analyzed cell images via Cell Profiler software to observe if experimental groups containing Dex or Dex-BSA along with an inhibitor show a decrease in signal intensity in the nucleus

Hobbies & Interests

Away from Kelsey-Seybold, Dr. Choudhury most enjoys spending time with her family and her two cats.

Education

  • Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, 2018

Internship/Residency

  • Internal Medicine residency: HCA Corpus Christi Medical Center, 2021; Pulmonary Medicine fellowship: HCA Corpus Christi Medical Center, 2023; Critical Care fellowship: Hennepin Healthcare, 2024

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine
Dr. Choudhury is a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Thoracic Society.

Locations

Summer Creek Clinic

8233 N. Sam Houston Parkway E.,
Humble, TX 77396

Get Directions 713-442-2000

Hospital Affiliations

  • St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

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