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Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi

Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi, MD

Internal MedicineHospital Medicine

Highlights

Languages

  • Kannada
  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi

Professional Titles

  • Faculty Development, Wellness, and Onboarding Director, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Associate Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
  • Associate Program Director for Coaching, Osler Internal Medicine Residency Program

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dr. Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

She earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins and also completed her residency training at Hopkins in the Osler Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Research Interests

Faculty Development and Mentorship, Physician Well-being, Coaching, Medical Education

Selected Publications

  • Niranjan A, Corujo A, Ziegelstein RC, Nwulia E. Depression and heart disease in US adults. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2012 May; 34(3):254-61

  • Niranjan-Azadi AM, Araz F, Patel YA, Alachkar N, Alqahtani S, Cameron AM, Stevens RD, Gurakar A. Ammonia Level and Mortality in Acute Liver Failure: A Single-Center Experience. Annals of Transplantation. 2016 Aug 2;21:479-83

  • Niranjan-Azadi AM, Kabacam G, Durand CM, Anjum S, Saberi B, Dagher NN, Philosophe B, Gurakar A. Single-Center Experience in Pre-transplant Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Treatment Among Living Donor Liver Transplant Candidates: Bridging the Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA). Annals of Transplantation. 2017 Sep 22;22:570-574

  • Damarla M, Zaeh S, Niedermeyer S, Merck S, Niranjan-Azadi A, Broderick B, Punjabi N. Prone Positioning of Non-Intubated Patients with COVID-19. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Aug 15;202(4):604-606

  • Ma L, Varma S, Niranjan-Azadi A. Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as alcohol-induced back pain. BMJ Case Reports. 2019 Nov 28;12(11)

Honors

  • Baltimore Magazine, Top Doctor Award 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Society of Hospital Medicine Maryland Chapter Physician of the Year 2023
  • Clinical Directors of Internal Medicine Early Career Medical Student Educator Award 2025

Memberships

  • Society of Hospital Medicine
  • Society of General Internal Medicine
  • Academic Alliance of Internal Medicine

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Medicine, 2016
  • Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, 2013

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • CareFirst
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthSmart/Accel
  • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
  • MultiPlan
  • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
  • Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)