I am a neurointensivist at Memorial Healthcare System. I care for critically ill patients who are in the hospital (and often the intensive care unit) due to ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, subarachnoid hemorrhage, seizures, CNS infections, cerebral edema, acute neuropathies and their association complications. My goal is to help recover, preserve, and prevent further neurologic damage.

I was always fascinated by physiology and neurosciences, which resulted in a natural draw towards neurology, but I also enjoyed learning and addressing other diseases that impact neurologic functioning. This all combined into my interest in neurocritical care.

Every patient and their family come to the hospital with different experiences, cultures and backgrounds. All of these play a role in delivering care to a patient. I try to meet the needs as individually as I can to make sure that I address complex neurologic disorders in a multi-faceted way. I also collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team of clinicians to make sure that no aspect of a patient's care is neglected. I enjoy getting to know patients and family and find it particularly rewarding when I witness patients improve and recover.

In addition to patient care, I also enjoy teaching and presenting information on neurological disease and care. While in residency, I was selected as one of the chief residents where I had a role in resident education and was recognized with a reward for my research. During my fellowship, I gave presentations to neurology residents, other critical care programs and members of the neurosciences critical care program. I hope to continue my research and teaching efforts throughout my career to improve care and outcomes.

Research
My research interests focus on improving the treatment and outcomes for neurology conditions. Current research interests include idiopathic intracranial hypertension and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Hospital Affiliations

• Memorial Hospital Miramar
• Memorial Hospital Pembroke
• Memorial Hospital West
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Languages

• English
• Hindi urdu

Education

Nova Southeastern University - Osteopathic Medicin, 2017

Internships

University Of Kansas Medical Center, 2018, Neurology

Residency

University Of Kansas Medical Center, 2021, Neurology

Fellowships

Oregon Health & Science University, 2023, Neurocritical Care

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology-Neurology

Publications

Please view Dr. Vishal Saini’s publications on PubMed.

Presentations

• “Transplant Critical Care: An Overview.” Presented this topic to all critical care fellows. April 5, 2022.
• “Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Edema.” Presented a didactic lecture for the neurology residents. February 24, 2022.
• “Venlafaxine Overdose: All Hill ICU M+M Case Conference.” Presented the NSICU M+M case for the 2021-2022 year for the critical care group M+M conference at OHSU. January 19, 2022.
• “Hitting Snooze in the ICU: The Effect of Sleep on the Critically Ill.” Lecture given during the University of Kansas Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds. May 21, 2021.
• “M & M Case Conference.” Gave the first M+M case presentation and discussion for the KUMC Neurology residency with the goal of re-introducing this as a regular lecture series.
• Neurology Education for Resident Development (NERD) lecture series 2020-2021. Organized and presented several introductory neurology topics to the PGY-1 interns.
• Presented several neurology cases as part of the University of Kansas Neurology Grand Rounds throughout the residency. Cases included neurosarcoidosis, spinal cord infarction, catatonia, RCVS, and polyarteritis nodosa.

Awards

• 2021 KUMC Neurology Research Day 1st place (tied) amongst PGY-4s.
• Dr. R. M. Varma, Dr. K. S. Mani, and Dr. Setti S. Rengachary Resident Scholarship Award 2019
• Gold T.O.U.C.H. Award 2015