Vidhya Prakash, MD
About me
Dr. Vidhya Prakash is the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Population Health and Chief Medical Officer at SIU Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. She is a Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, faculty.
Dr. Prakash graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in English. She received her MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency followed by Infectious Diseases fellowship at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. After serving as an Infectious Diseases physician in the United States Air Force for ten years on active duty status, she retired from the military in 2014 and joined SIU School of Medicine.
Dr. Prakash is the founder and director of SIU Medicine’s Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science (AWIMS). She serves as Chair of the Health and Healthcare Committee, Illinois Council on Women and Girls, and as Chair of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Diversity in Health Care Task Force.
She lives in Springfield, Illinois with her husband, Dr. Eric Black, and their children, Eric Shiva and Ethan Prakash.
Her treatments are Infectious Diseases including, but not limited to, endemic fungal infections, prosthetic joint infections, latent tuberculosis, endocarditis, atypical mycobacterial infections, and skin and soft tissue infections
Gender
Education & training
Research
Publications
Publications---Journals
Capt (Dr.) Vidhya Prakash. “Proper hand hygiene, more than just washing up before dinner.” Printed in the Wilford Hall Medical Center newsletter on April 21, 2008. http://www.whmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123095155
Yun, H. Prakash, V. Transmission of Adenovirus Serotype 14 in the Health Care Setting. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 June 15;46(12):1935-6.
Prakash V, Lewis JS 2nd, Jorgensen JH. Vancomycin MICs for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates differ based upon susceptibility test method used. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2008 Dec;52(12):4528. Epub 2008 Oct 6.Selected for “Journal Watch Infectious Diseases” December 2008, vol 11, no 12, page 92
Selected as one of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy’s “The 20 Most-Frequently Read Articles” in November 2008
Prakash V, Yun H. Pasteurella multocida epiglottitis and bacteremia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia; case report and review of the literature. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 17(2):124-126, March 2009.
Prakash V, Lewis JS 2nd, Herrera ML, Wickes BL, Jorgensen JH. Oral and parenteraltherapeutic options for outpatient urinary infections caused by enterobacteriaceae producing CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2009 Mar;53(3):1278-80. Epub 2009 Jan 5.
Selected for Faculty of 1000 Medicine (www.f1000medicine.com) and evaluated by Stan Deresinksi (http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/m600d4y8ydpggvh/id/1144890)
Referenced in the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy under “Adjunct Diagnostic or Therapeutic Measures and Comments” for acute, uncomplicated urinary tract infection in females.
Calvano TP,Ferraro DM, Prakash V, Mende K, Hospenthal DR. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis. J Clin Microbiol 2009;47:3367-3369.
Brosch L, Tchandja J, Marconi V, Rasnake M, Prakash V, McKnight T, Bunning M. Adenovirus serotype 14 pneumonia at basic military training site in the United States, Spring 2007: A case series. Mil Med, Vol 174, Number 12, December 2009:1295-1299.
Roukema EM, Okulicz JF, Marconi VC, Wheeler JC, Prakash V. Septic arthritis involving Kluyvera species following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: a case report. IDCP 2011;19(3):229-231.
Vento TJ, Prakash V, Murray CK, Brosch LC, Tchandja JB, Cogburn C, Yun HC. Pneumonia in Military Trainees: A Comparison Study Based on Adenovirus Serotype 14 Infection. J Infect Dis 2011;203(10):1388-1395.
Osakwe N, Paulus A, Haggerty P, Wood R, Becker S, Weina P, Dolan M, Prakash V. Visceral Leishmaniasis with associated immune dysregulation leading to Lymphoma. Mil Med. 2013 Mar;178(3):e386-9.
Carlsen D, Sill J, Fester E, Prakash V. Septic arthritis due to Haemophilus influenza serotype f in a patient with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia: case report and review of the literature. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice;21(3):155-158, May 2013.
Provided expert assistance in preparation of manuscript, “You’re the Flight Surgeon: Lymphatic Filariasis” accepted for publication in Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine: Aviat Space Environ Med. 2013;84:1-3. Listed in the acknowledgments section.
Maha Assi, Stanley Martin,L. Joseph Wheat, Chadi Hage, Alison Freifeld, Robin Avery, Jon Baddley, Paschalis Vergidis, Rachel Miller, David Andes, Jo-Anne Young, Kassem Hammoud, Shirish Huprikar, David McKinsey, Thein Myint, Julie Garcia-Diaz, Eden Esguerra, EJ Kwak, Michelle Morris, Kate Mullane, Vidhya Prakash, John Burdette, Mohammad Sandid1, Jana Kubrin, Eun Kwak, Darin Ostrander, Daniel R. Kaul. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013;1-8.
Vergidis P, Avery RK, Wheat J, Dotson JL, Assi MA, Antoun SA, Hamoud KA, Burdette SD, Freifeld AG, McKinsey DS, Money ME, Myint T, Andes DR, Hoey CA, Kaul DA, Dickter JK, Leibers DE, Miller RA, Muth WE, Prakash VP, Steiner FT, Walker RC, Hage CA. Histoplasmosis Complicating Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Blocker Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of 98 Cases. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015;61(3):409-17.
Triplett D, Mathew S, Stewart E, Horne, B, Prakash, V. Delayed Diagnosis of Tuberculous Arthritis of the Knee in an Air Force Service Member: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Accepted for publication in Military Medicine October 12, 2015.
Poster Presentations
Prakash V. Sulfamethoxazole Hypersensitivity in an AIDS Patient. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Clinical Vignette Poster competition ACP/ASIM (Honorable Mention).Prakash V, Delmar JA, Conger NG. False Positive HIV-1 Western Blot Analysis in an Active Duty Air Force Female. Society of Air Force Physicians meeting 2006, 13th Annual South Texas ACP/ASIM Associates Program 2006 (1st place, clinical vignette poster competition), Texas Academy of Internal Medicine/Texas Chapter of ACP annual scientific meeting 2006 (3rd place, podium competition)
Prakash V, Lewis JS, Jorgensen JH. Differences in vancomycin MICs with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates based upon susceptibility test method. 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 25 to 28 October 2008 (Poster)
Prakash V, Lewis JS, Herrera ML, Wickes B, Jorgensen JH. Oral and parenteral therapeutic options for outpatient urinary infections caused by CTX-M ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae. 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 25 to 28 October 2008 (Poster), Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society Spring 2009 meeting, Fellow Research Symposium, San Diego, California, 2009 (Given travel grant by Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine)
Calvano T, Ferraro D, Prakash V, Mende K, Hospenthal D. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis. South Texas American College of Physicians meeting 2009 and Texas Infectious Diseases Society meeting 2009
Vento TJ, Prakash V, Murray CK, Brosch LC, Tchandja JB, Cogburn C, Yun HC. Clinical manifestations of pneumonia in a military training population during an adenovirus serotype 14 outbreak. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia PA, October 2009
Roukema E, Okulicz J, Prakash V. Septic arthritis involving Kluyvera species following ACL Reconstruction. 26th Annual Scientific Meeting, Army/Air Force Chapter, American College of Physicians, San Antonio, TX, November 2009
Wood S, Prakash V. A Case of Dengue Fever in a Returning Traveler from Puerto Rico. Poster presented at 12th annual DAGMEC Resident Research Forum April 28, 2011.
Carlsen D, Silva F, Sill J, Prakash V. Polyarticular septic arthritis in a patient with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia. Poster presented at Army/Air Force meeting November 2011.
Paulus A, Osakwe N, Haggerty P, Wood R, Becker S, Prakash V. Progressive lymphadenopathy after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Poster presented at 13th annual DAGMEC Resident Research Forum April 26, 2012.
Koroscil M,Nishimura G, Harrison J, Smith A, Folaron I, Prakash V. A new perspective on a forgotten disease: Lemierre Syndrome due to Streptococcus constellatus infection.Poster presented at Tri-Service ACP meeting in Bethesda, MD November 2012. Won first place for the USAF in the clinical vignette poster competition. Presented at the National ACP meeting in 2013.
McMillan D, Triplett D, Prakash V, Mathew S, Stewart E, Horne, B. An unusual case of mono articular arthritis. Poster presented at Virginia C. Wood Resident Research Forum, Dayton, OH April 2014
Lawrence K, Hendershot C, Prakash V. Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a renal transplant patient. Poster presented at Virginia C. Wood Resident Research Forum, Dayton, OH April 2014
Saenz E, Holmes R, Prakash V, Lawrence-Wolff K. Unconventional treatment of severe, refractory Clostridium difficile infection. Poster presented at Virginia C. Wood Resident Research Forum, Dayton, OH April 2014
Akofu, A, Prakash V. A case of emphysematous pyelonephritis in a renal allograft. Poster presented at Illinois Chapter meeting of ACP, November 2014
Krishna Bobbili, MD, Sami Akram, MD, Vidya Sundareshan, MD, MPH, Vidhya Prakash, MD, Isha Tyagi, MD, Sana Waqar, MD, Scott Bergman, PharmD, and Janak Koirala, MD. Comparison of Posaconazole and Itraconazole for treatment of Histoplasmosis. Poster presentation, IDWeek 2016, October 26-30, 2016, New Orleans, LA (Abstract 60454)
Grants
Wright-Patterson Medical Center, 2010 to 2014
• PI on Department of Defense project: Clinical evaluation of the JBAIDS Influenza A and B detection and influenza A subtyping kits. Trial successfully completed 3/25/11
• The JBAIDS Influenza A&B Detection and the JBAIDS Influenza A Subtyping kit both received FDA clearance in September 2011
Southern Illinois University, 2014 to Present
- GRANT
- 2020: Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women, $9600 “Research Initiative to Sponsor and Empower Women in Medicine and Science (RISE WIMS)” (PI)
- SIU Medicine Faculty’s Perception of Culture Conducive to Women’s Academic Success (Principle Investigator)
- A phase 4, observational, multicenter, 10-year prospective cohort safety study comparing subjects with HIV-associated abdominal lipohypertrophy exposed to Egrifta® (tesamorelin for injection) to a similar group of subjects not exposed to Egrifta: EMD Serono Protocol - EGRIFTA LTOS. (Co-Investigator)
- A Phase 3 Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Clinical Trial of Telavancin Versus Standard Intravenous Therapy in the Treatment of Subjects with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Including Infective Endocarditis (Co-Investigator)
- A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing TR701 FA and Linezolid in Ventilated Gram-positive Nosocomial Pneumonia (Co-Investigator)
- A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Ceftolozane/Tazobactam Compared with Meropenem in Adult Patients with Ventilated Nosocomial Pneumonia (Co-Investigator)
- “SIU Medicine Faculty’s Perception of Culture Conducive to Women’ s Academic Success (CCWAS)” protocol approved by SIU School of Medicine IRB March 8, 2018 (Vidhya Prakash, PI)
- Patients as a source of harm: multi-institution survey of internal medicine residents (Patients as a source of harm-survey) (Co-Investigator). Selected for 2019 AAIM Innovation Grant.
Awards
2020-2021 J. Kevin Dorsey Outstanding Educator of the Year, SIU School of Medicine
2020 Selected as SIU School of Medicine Academy Scholar, awarded certificate of distinction
2020 AWIMS selected for INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's 2020 Inspiring Affinity Group Award
2019 Department of Internal Medicine’s Exceeding Expectations Award
2019 Selected for Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as the 2019 faculty member of the ETA Chapter of Illinois
2019 Winner of the “Faculty with the most impact on a regional, national or global level through leadership and service” award, Department of Medicine
2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, SIU School of Medicine
2018 Southern Illinois University Medicine clerkship, “Outstanding Subspecialist Faculty Award”
2018 Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 Southern Illinois University Department of Internal Medicine, “Best Research Mentor Faculty Award”
2017 Southern Illinois University Medicine clerkship, “Outstanding Subspecialist Faculty Teacher of the Year Award”
2017 Selected for Springfield Business Journal’s “Forty Under Forty” honor
2015 Southern Illinois University Department of Internal Medicine, “Best Subspecialist faculty teacher of the year award”
2014 The Air Force Commendation Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) For meritorious service 17 January 2010 to 18 July 2014
2014 Chairman’s Award for Excellence, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
2013-Present Fellow of the American College of Physicians
2012 Chosen “Outstanding Instructor, Residency of Aerospace Medicine Preventative Medicine”
2011 Letter of Appreciation from Colonel Kimberly A. Slawinski, Commander of Wright-Patterson Medical Center, for contributions to DoD JBAIDS Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostics System) clinical trial
2011 Letter of Appreciation from Colonel Kimberly A. Slawinski, Commander of Wright-Patterson Medical Center, for contributions to DoD JBAIDS Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostics System) clinical trial
2009 The Air Force Commendation Medal For meritorious service 3 June 2004 to 6 July 2009
2008 The James J. Leonard Award for excellence in teaching Internal Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine
2007 Humanism in Medicine Award, Department of Internal Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center
2006 First Place, Clinical Vignette Poster Competition, 13th Annual S. Texas ACP/ASIM Associates Program
2003 Honorable Mention, Clinical Vignette Poster Competition, ACP/ASIM
2001-Present The Phi Beta Kappa Society
2000 Summa Cum Laude, with Honors in the Liberal Arts, The Ohio State University
2000 The Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Scholarship - The Ohio State University
1996-2000 The Ohio State University Tradition Scholarship
1996-2000 The Ohio State University Honors Program
1999 Golden Key National Honor Society
1998 Alpha Epsilon Delta National Premedical Honor Society
1997-1998 Mirrors Sophomore Honorary
1997 Phi Eta Sigma Honorary
1997 Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary
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