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Biography
I am the instructor for the Clinical Medicine course to the 3rd year students, providing a broad yet comprehensive overview of general medicine topics that the practicing optometrist is likely to encounter on a frequent basis. Medical disorders may have direct ocular manifestations or therapies may have ocular toxicities, and a foundation in basic clinical medicine is necessary to provide optimal comprehensive patient care.
Special Interests
Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease. Nutrition in critical illness, management of the critically ill patient, prevention of complications in critically ill patients
Education
B.A.: Northwestern University (1977): Biochemistry
Ph.D.: Northwestern University (1985): Biochemistry
M.D.: University of Illinois College of Medicine (1987)
Residency, Internal Medicine (1987-1990): University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Clinics
Chief Residency, Internal Medicine (1990-91): University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Clinics
Fellowship, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (1991-94): University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Clinics
Experience
2000 - Present Associate Professor of Optometry, Illinois College of Optometry
1994 - Present Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center
Chief, Section of Critical Care Medicine Rush University Medical Center
Awards & Honors
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
American Board of Internal Medicine certification in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Professional Organizations
American College of Physicians
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Sigma Xi
Publications
Jeganathan N, Fox M, Schneider J, Gurka D, Bleck T (2013). “Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Influenza A (H1N1) Virus”. Neurocritical Care. E- Published ahead of print 15 August 2013
Rimmer E, Kumar A, Doucette S, Marshall J, Dial S, Gurka D, Dellinger RP, Sharma S, Penner C, Kramer A, Wood K, Ronald J, Kumar A, Turgeon AF, Houston DS, Zarychanski R; Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock Database Research Group. (2012). “Activated protein C and septic shock: A propensity-matched cohort study.” Crit Care Med. 40:2974-2981.
Sheean PM, Peterson SJ, Zhao W, Gurka DP, Braunschweig CA. (2012). “Intensive medical nutrition therapy: methods to improve nutrition provision in the critical care setting.”. J Acad Nutr Diet. 112:1073-9.
Balk RA and Gurka DP (2008) “Respiratory Failure” in Critical Care Medicine :Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult( ed. Joseph E. Parrillo, R. Phillip Dellinger). – 3rd ed. -- St. Louis : Mosby. 4thedition in press, expected early 2014.
Vines DL, Tangney C, Meksraityte E, Scott JB, Fogg L, Burd J, Yoder MA, Gurka DP (2022). A Scoring Tool That Identifies the Need for Positive-Pressure Ventilation and Determines the Effectiveness of Allocated Respiratory Therapy. Respir Care. 2022 Feb;67(2):167-176. doi: 10.4187/respcare.08555. Epub 2021 Nov 23. PMID: 34815327
Speiser JL, Karvellas CJ, Shumilak G, Sligl WI, Mirzanejad Y, Gurka D, Kumar A, Kumar A; Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group. (2018). ”Predicting in-hospital mortality in pneumonia-associated septic shock patients using a classification and regression tree: a nested cohort study.” J Intensive Care. 2018 Oct 12;6:66. doi: 10.1186/s40560-018-0335-3. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30349726
Kok B, Karvellas CJ, Abraldes JG, Jalan R, Sundaram V, Gurka D, Keenan S, Kumar A, Martinka G, Bookatz B, Wood G, Kumar A and The Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Research Group (2018). “The Impact of Obesity in Cirrhotic Patients with Septic Shock: A Retrospective Cohort Study”. Liver International. 38:1230-1241.
