Saumil Mahendra Chudgar | Scholars@Duke

Saumil Mahendra Chudgar
Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Education
Assessment of Clinical Skills
Clinical Reasoning
Simulation
Curriculum Development

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2021

Contact Information

DUMC Box 3534, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Hospital North Room 8277A, DUMC 3534, Durham, NC 27710
saumil.chudgar@duke.edu (919) 681-8263

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.S., University of New England 2013
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 2005 - 2008
- M.D., Duke University 2005
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2018 - 2020
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2011 - 2018
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2008 - 2011
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Evaluation of Virtual Interactive Platform in Enhancing Diagnostic Reasoning and Improving Diagnostic Accuracy awarded by American Medical Association Foundation 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Dekhtyar, Michael, Yoon Soo Park, Judy Kalinyak, Saumil M. Chudgar, Kelly Bossenbroek Fedoriw, Khadeja J. Johnson, Craig F. Knoche, et al. “Use of a structured approach and virtual simulation practice to improve diagnostic reasoning.” Diagnosis (Berl) 9, no. 1 (July 12, 2021): 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2020-0160.
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  - Sweet, Michelle L., Christopher M. Williams, Emily Stewart, Saumil M. Chudgar, Steven V. Angus, Michael Kisielewski, and Lisa L. Willett. “Internal Medicine Residency Program Responses to the Increase of Residency Applications: Differences by Program Type and Characteristics.” J Grad Med Educ 11, no. 6 (December 2019): 698–703. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-19-00194.1.
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  - Chang, Leslie L., Alisa Nagler, Mariah Rudd, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, Edward G. Buckley, Saumil M. Chudgar, and Deborah L. Engle. “Is it a match? a novel method of evaluating medical school success.” Med Educ Online 23, no. 1 (December 2018): 1432231. https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2018.1432231.
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  - Roberts, John K., Saumil M. Chudgar, Deborah Engle, Elizabeth K. McClain, Emma Jakoi, Michael Berkoben, and Ruediger W. Lehrich. “Digital chalk-talk videos improve knowledge and satisfaction in renal physiology.” Adv Physiol Educ 42, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 146–51. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00131.2017.
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  - Holcomb, Zachary E., and Saumil M. Chudgar. “See one, do one, teach…a lifetime.” Clin Teach 15, no. 1 (February 2018): 73–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12671.
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  - Elnicki, D Michael, Meenakshy K. Aiyer, Maria L. Cannarozzi, Alexander Carbo, Paul R. Chelminski, Shobhina G. Chheda, Saumil M. Chudgar, et al. “An Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA)-Based Framework to Prepare Fourth-Year Medical Students for Internal Medicine Careers.” J Gen Intern Med 32, no. 11 (November 2017): 1255–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4089-8.
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  - Clay, Alison S., Saumil M. Chudgar, Kathleen M. Turner, Jacqueline Vaughn, Nancy W. Knudsen, Jeanne M. Farnan, Vineet M. Arora, and Margory A. Molloy. “How Prepared Are Medical and Nursing Students to Identify Common Hazards in the Intensive Care Unit?” Ann Am Thorac Soc 14, no. 4 (April 2017): 543–49. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201610-773OC.
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  - Clay, Alison S., David Y. Ming, Nancy W. Knudsen, Deborah L. Engle, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, Kathryn M. Andolsek, and Saumil M. Chudgar. “CaPOW! Using Problem Sets in a Capstone Course to Improve Fourth-Year Medical Students' Confidence in Self-Directed Learning.” Acad Med 92, no. 3 (March 2017): 380–84. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001193.
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  - Stevenson, Eleanor, Saumil M. Chudgar, Kathleen Turner, Margie Molloy, Beth Phillips, Deborah L. Engle, and Alison S. Clay. “How We Engage Graduating Professional Students in Interprofessional Patient Safety.” Nurs Forum 51, no. 4 (October 2016): 233–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12146.
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  - Chudgar, S. M., A. S. Clay, and D. L. Engle. “Preparing Residents to Be Effective Teachers: Get an Early Start!.” Medical Science Educator 26, no. 3 (September 1, 2016): 279–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0270-7.
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  - Pereira, Anne G., Paul R. Chelminski, Shobhina G. Chheda, Steven V. Angus, Jeffrey Becker, Saumil M. Chudgar, Mark A. Levine, Laura Rees Willet, T Robert Vu, and T Robert Medical Student to Resident Interface Committee Workgroup on the Interview Season. “Application Inflation for Internal Medicine Applicants in the Match: Drivers, Consequences, and Potential Solutions.” Am J Med 129, no. 8 (August 2016): 885–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.04.001.
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  - Chudgar, Saumil M., Deborah L. Engle, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, and Jane P. Gagliardi. “Teaching crucial skills: An electrocardiogram teaching module for medical students.” J Electrocardiol 49, no. 4 (July 2016): 490–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2016.03.021.
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  - Nagler, Alisa, Deborah L. Engle, Mariah Rudd, Saumil M. Chudgar, John L. Weinerth, Catherine M. Kuhn, Edward Buckley, and Colleen O’Connor Grochowski. “Mystery behind the match: an undergraduate medical education-graduate medical education collaborative approach to understanding match goals and outcomes.” Med Educ Online 21 (2016): 32235. https://doi.org/10.3402/meo.v21.32235.
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  - Whicker, Shari A., Deborah L. Engle, Saumil Chudgar, Stephen DeMeo, Sarah M. Bean, Aditee P. Narayan, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, and Alisa Nagler. “A meaningful MESS (Medical Education Scholarship Support).” Med Educ Online 21 (2016): 32458. https://doi.org/10.3402/meo.v21.32458.
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  - Clay, Alison S., Kathryn Andolsek, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, Deborah L. Engle, and Saumil M. Chudgar. “Using Transitional Year Milestones to Assess Graduating Medical Students' Skills During a Capstone Course.” J Grad Med Educ 7, no. 4 (December 2015): 658–62. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00569.1.
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  - Lantos, Paul M., John A. Branda, Joel C. Boggan, Saumil M. Chudgar, Elizabeth A. Wilson, Felicia Ruffin, Vance Fowler, Paul G. Auwaerter, and Lise E. Nigrovic. “Poor Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing in an Area of Low Disease Incidence.” Clin Infect Dis 61, no. 9 (November 1, 2015): 1374–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ584.
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  - Elnicki, D Michael, Susan Gallagher, Laura Willett, Gregory Kane, Martin Muntz, Daniel Henry, Maria Cannarozzi, et al. “Course Offerings in the Fourth Year of Medical School: How U.S. Medical Schools Are Preparing Students for Internship.” Acad Med 90, no. 10 (October 2015): 1324–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000796.
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  - Agarwal, Ashwin, Daniel S. Chang, Maria A. Selim, Colin T. Penrose, Saumil M. Chudgar, and Adela R. Cardones. “Pinch Purpura: A Cutaneous Manifestation of Systemic Amyloidosis.” Am J Med 128, no. 9 (September 2015): e3–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.04.008.
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  - Bailey, Michelle L., Saumil M. Chudgar, Deborah L. Engle, Sam D. Moon, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, and Alison S. Clay. “The Impact of a Mandatory Immersion Curriculum in Integrative Medicine for Graduating Medical Students.” Explore (Ny) 11, no. 5 (September 2015): 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2015.07.003.
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  - Nagler, Alisa, Saumil M. Chudgar, Mariah Rudd, Shari A. Whicker, Jane P. Gagliardi, Aditee Narayan, Mitchell T. Heflin, David C. Gordon, and Kathryn M. Andolsek. “GME Concentrations: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Approach to Learner-Driven Education.” J Grad Med Educ 7, no. 3 (September 2015): 422–29. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00599.1.
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  - Vu, T Robert, S. V. Angus, P. B. Aronowitz, H. E. Harrell, M. A. Levine, A. Carbo, S. Whelton, et al. “The Internal Medicine Subinternship--Now More Important than Ever: A Joint CDIM-APDIM Position Paper.” J Gen Intern Med 30, no. 9 (September 2015): 1369–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-015-3261-2.
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  - Clay, Alison, Elizabeth Ross, Saumil Chudgar, Colleen Grochowski, and Dan Shapiro. “Physicians' Letters to their Patients: A Reflection Exercise for Graduating Medical Students.” Mededportal, May 1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10085.
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  - Clay, Alison S., Elizabeth Ross, Saumil M. Chudgar, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, James A. Tulsky, and Dan Shapiro. “The emotions of graduating medical students about prior patient care experiences.” Patient Educ Couns 98, no. 3 (March 2015): 344–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2014.11.023.
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  - Clay, Alison, Elizabeth Ross, Nancy Knudsen, Saumil Chudgar, Deborah Engle, and Colleen Grochowski. “A Breaking Bad News Exercise to Assess Student Competence Prior to Graduation.” Mededportal, February 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10015.
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  - Kuhn, Catherine, Saumil Chudgar, Deborah Engle, Megan von Isenburg, Shari Whicker, Kathryn Andolsek, and Alisa Nagler. “Faculty Development EXPRESS: Tools for Time-Challenged Faculty.” Mededportal, January 19, 2015. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10008.
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  - Shatila, Wassim, Nick Tsipis, Adva Eisenberg, Diana M. Cardona, and Saumil M. Chudgar. “Negative biopsies, deadly disease: metastatic angiosarcoma.” Am J Med 127, no. 8 (August 2014): e5–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.03.035.
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  - Turner, K. M., S. M. Chudgar, D. Engle, M. A. Molloy, B. C. Phillips, E. L. Stevenson, and A. S. Clay. “It Takes a Village”: An Interprofessional Patient Safety Experience for Nursing and Medical Students.” Medical Science Educator 23, no. 3 (October 1, 2013): 449–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341667.
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  - Biggs, H. M., S. M. Chudgar, C. D. Pfeiffer, K. R. Rice, A. K. Zaas, and C. R. Wolfe. “Disseminated Mycobacterium immunogenum infection presenting with septic shock and skin lesions in a renal transplant recipient.” Transpl Infect Dis 14, no. 4 (August 2012): 415–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00730.x.
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  - Person, A. K., S. M. Chudgar, B. L. Norton, B. C. Tong, and J. E. Stout. “Aspergillus niger: an unusual cause of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.” J Med Microbiol 59, no. Pt 7 (July 2010): 834–38. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.018309-0.
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  - Promes, Susan B., Saumil M. Chudgar, Colleen O’Connor Grochowski, Philip Shayne, Jennifer Isenhour, Seth W. Glickman, and Charles B. Cairns. “Gaps in procedural experience and competency in medical school graduates.” Acad Emerg Med 16 Suppl 2 (December 2009): S58–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00600.x.
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  - Chudgar, Saumil M., Christopher E. Cox, Loretta G. Que, Kathryn Andolsek, Nancy W. Knudsen, and Alison S. Clay. “Current teaching and evaluation methods in critical care medicine: has the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education affected how we practice and teach in the intensive care unit?” Crit Care Med 37, no. 1 (January 2009): 49–60. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819265c8.
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  - Chudgar, Saumil M., Peifeng Deng, Rupalatha Maddala, David L. Epstein, and P Vasantha Rao. “Regulation of connective tissue growth factor expression in the aqueous humor outflow pathway.” Mol Vis 12 (September 30, 2006): 1117–26.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Recent Courses