Dr Divya Joshi

MBBS , MD – Internal Medicine, FNB – Infectious Disease, CIC (Certification in Infection Control, USA)

Largest Chain of Endocrinology Centre in India

About Dr Divya Joshi

Dr. Divya Joshi is a qualified internist with specialist training in infectious diseases. She has 3 years of training experience in general medicine and 2 years of exclusive experience in infectious diseases as a part of my superspecialist training. In these years, she observed and independently managed a wide array of cases in the outpatient setting as well as the inpatient department, including the intensive care unit. She chose this field because it ties her love for applied physiology to providing quality care for patients. She has a passion for acute medicine and am adept at handling diagnostic challenges while making swift and appropriate decisions. She finds it especially fulfilling to solve clinical problems by working as part of a multidisciplinary team. She has developed a particular interest in infections in extracorporeal life support therapies and transplant and cancer-related infections.

Clinical Skills and Competencies

Infections related to respiratory system, urinary tract infections, cardio-thoracic system, post-operative infections, gastrointestinal infections, skin and soft tissue infections, central nervous system infections, bone and joint infections, sepsis and shock syndromes, sexually transmitted diseases and fever of unknown origin.

Infections in Pediatric population

Infection Control practices

Infections in special populations including- transplant recipients (Solid and HSCT), neutropenic patients and HIV infected patients

Chronic infections and their complications like tuberculosis and Infections in Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapies for ARDS.

COVID-19 cases and management of complications of COVID-19 including super-added infections and MIS-A

Area Of Expertise

Tuberculosis (including drug-resistant and extrapulmonary TB)

HIV care and opportunistic infections

Infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)

Bone, joint, skin and soft tissue infections

Genitourinary infections

Sexually transmitted infections

Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)

Tropical infections

Nosocomial (healthcare-associated) infections

Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship

Adult vaccination and preventive infectious diseases

Critical care ID/ Sepsis

Research And Publications

Research

Principal investigator: “Epidemiology and Outcomes of infections during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in adult patients with COVID-19 ARDS- A single center study” (As part of FNB Infectious Disease, research project.) 2021-23

Principal investigator: “Pregnancy associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Clinical Profile and Outcome; A study based in tertiary care centre.” (As part of MD Internal Medicine dissertation.) 2017-19

Publications

Coauthored a multicentric genomic study titled “Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Salmonella typhi harboring blaNDM-5 in India: genomic evidence from a multicenter study” published in Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1685068 2025

Coauthored chapter titled ‘Treatment of Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacteria’ in CIDS Update book. 2025

First author in study titled “Epidemiology and outcome of infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult patients with COVID-19 ARDS- A single center study” published in Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. Feb 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100539 2024

First author in case report titled “Infective Endocarditis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus following CAPA (Covid Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis)”, published in Fungal Infection Study Forum (FISF), Volume -8, issue 1(jan-april 2024) 2024

Second author in study titled “Pulmonary Mucormycosis in the Pre-Covid era: A Retrospective Study from South India”, published in Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society 1(1):p 12-16, Jan-Mar 2023| DOI 10.4103/CIDS_7_23 2023

Second author in study titled “post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: a study from a tertiary care hospital in south India” published in Indian Journal of Medical Research. Indian J Med Res. 2023 Feb 1. doi: 10.410ijmr.ijmr_70_22. 2022

First author in case report titled “Pulmonary Blastomycosis Masquerading as Malignancy in India; Case from a Tertiary Hospital in South India.” published in International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health. DOI: 10.34172/IJTMGH.2022.24 2022

Authored a chapter titled “Anticoagulation in COVID-19” in COVID-19 SECOND WAVE IN INDIA HOW DIFFERENT FROM FIRST by Dr Kamlesh Tewary, Evangel. Author(s)-Dr Kamlesh Tewary, Publisher-Evangel 2021

First author in case report titled “A case of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a middle-aged female.” Published in International Journal of Scientific Research. DOI : 10.36106/ijsr