Asifa R Ashraf, MD

Arlington, Texas
Asifa R Ashraf, MD Expert Witness

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  • Phone: (951) 858-8849

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Internal Medicine and Hospitalist

Specialty Focus:

Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Sepsis, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Diabetes, Stroke, Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombus, Pneumonia, Respiratory Failure, Cirrhosis, GI bleed, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Renal Diseases

Education:

Bachelors of Science - Human Biology, University of California, San Diego; Bachelors of Arts - Sociology, University of California, San Diego; Doctor of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean

Years in Practice:

4

Additional Information

I am a board certified Internal Medicine Physician, working as a hospitalist for the past 4 years. I am licensed in the states of California and Texas. I was trained at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. I currently work with both medical students and residents. In teaching future doctors, I focus on importance of compassionate bedside manner and importance of communication with patients and families in terms they can understand. As part of my hospitalist duties, I serve on multiple committees reviewing patient charts, including sepsis committee and antimicrobial stewardship committee. Commonly treated conditions include: Heart Failure, COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke, Respiratory Failure, Sepsis, DVT/PE, cirrhosis, GI bleeds, renal failure, electrolyte abnormalities, alcohol withdrawal, COVID 19 and others.