Amara Sarwal

Amara Sarwal, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Nephrology

Education History

Fellowship University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
 Chief/Research Fellow
University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
 Chief/Clinical Fellow
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MSCI
University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
 Clinical Fellow
Chief Resident Lincoln Hospital
 Chief Resident
Lincoln Hospital
 Resident
Professional Medical St. George's University School of Medicine
 MD
University of British Columbia
 BA

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Sarwal A, Yamauchi J, Raghavan D, Shihab F, Fornadi K, Rofaiel G, Zimmerman M, Campsen J, Baker N, Akhila Ganireddy Y, Aviles-Ovalle L, Baker T, Hall IE, Molnar MZ (2023). Throwing stones: kidney stone incidence in living kidney donor candidates with increased metabolic risk. Ren Fail, 45(1), 2226763. (Read full article)
  2. Sarwal A, Boucher RE, Abraham N, Singh R, Ye X, Moghaddam FA, Hartsell SE, Wei G, Beddhu S (2023). Associations of Hyponatremia with Cognition Function and All-Cause Mortality: Post Hoc Analysis of the Systolic BP Intervention Trial. Kidney360, 4(10), 1362-1370. (Read full article)
  3. Sarwal A, Abraham D, Kethineni R, Ramkumar N, Abraham J (2022). Acute kidney injury, necrotizing pancreatitis and nephrocalcinosis: A rare presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism. Am J Med Sci, 365(3), 313-314. (Read full article)
  4. Sarwal A, Kim S, Gnanasekaran I (2021). Life-threatening alkalosis from baking soda pica in an end stage renal disease hemodialysis patient. Hemodial Int, 26(2), E16-E18. (Read full article)
  5. Sarwal A, Gomez E, Perez-Gutierrez V, Carlos A, Afzal A, Sivakumar M, Rabah S, Kasubhai M, Gnanasekaran I, Menon V (2021). Renal recovery after acute kidney injury in a minority population of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore), 101(11). (Read full article)
  6. Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Mon AM, Tan YE, Shah V (2020). Gastrointestinal: COVID-19 related ischemic bowel disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 36(4), 850. (Read full article)
  7. Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Jawed M, Chemarthi VS, Shabarek N (2021). Telemedicine experience of NYC Internal Medicine residents during COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One, 16(2), e0246762. (Read full article)
  8. Sarwal A, Gnanasekaran I (2020). Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis. Am J Med Sci, 361(1), e5-e6. (Read full article)
  9. Sarwal A, Gnanasekaran I (2020). Hydralazine induced lupus nephritis after prolonged exposure. Am J Med Sci, 361(1), 130-131. (Read full article)
  10. Sarwal A, Kim S, Gnanasekaran I (2020). A Case Report: Hepatitis B Virus Reverse Seroconversion in a Low-Risk Hemodialysis Patient. Am J Med, 134(1), e55-e56. (Read full article)
  11. Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Azhar Munir R, Widjaja M, Khalid A, Khanna R (2020). Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) Induced by Long-Term Use of Citalopram and Short-Term Use of Naproxen. Am J Case Rep, 21, e926561. (Read full article)
  12. Dodd MD, Weiss N, McDonnell GP, Sarwal A, Kingstone A (2012). Gaze cues influence memory…but not for long. Acta Psychol (Amst), 141(2), 270-5. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Kim S, Sarwal A, Yee XT, Fraga SAG, Campion V, Gnanasekaran I (2023). Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA): Is it an underestimated entity? A retrospective, single-center case series. [Review]. Hemodial Int, 28(1), 32-39. (Read full article)
  2. Chiu CY, Sarwal A (2023). Evaluating the Nephrotoxicity of Area-under-the-Curve-Based Dosing of Vancomycin with Concomitant Antipseudomonal Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [Review]. Medicina (Kaunas), 59(4). (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Sarwal A, Gomez E, Mon AM, Gnanasekaran I, Menon V, Venugopal U, Kasubhai M (2020). Implementation of Protocolized Medicine: Management of Hyperkalemia on the Inpatient Internal Medicine Floors. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Med Sci, 361(4), 542-544. (Read full article)
  2. Sarwal A, Chiu CY, Feinstein A (2020). Does Clindamycin Induce Acute Kidney Injury? [Letter to the editor]. Am J Med Sci, 359(5), 303. (Read full article)
  3. Sarwal A, Menon V, Gnanasekaran I (2019). Risks of Prescription Sharing. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Med Sci, 358(6), 433-434. (Read full article)