Nikhil Jagan, MD, FCCP

Department

Medicine

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

• BMC infectious diseases
  Nji Miriam A M, etal Medical complexity and healthcare utilization among patients attending three U.S. post-COVID clinics
  25:1, p. 1145 2025
• The clinical respiratory journal
  Weinstein Jeffrey, etal Ruxolitinib for Emergency Treatment of COVID‐19–Associated Cytokine Storm: Findings From an Expanded Access Study
  19:4, p. e70050 2025
• Journal of hospital medicine
  Schutte Bryce, etal Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis: Rising incidence, diagnostic delays, and the impact of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospitalized patients 2025
• Chest
  Monroe IAN, etal UNEXPECTED TERMINATION OF A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER: A CASE REPORT
  166:4, p. A5183 - A5184 2024
• The American journal of gastroenterology
  Canto Eduardo A., etal S3506 A Case of Adrenal Insufficiency Post PaRTO Procedure
  118:10S, p. S2299 - S2300 2023
• Chest
  SINHA RAY ABHISEKH, etal HYPOTENSION FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR OCCLUSION OF GASTRO-RENAL SHUNT IN A CIRRHOTIC PATIENT WITH BLEEDING GASTRIC VARICES -- DO WE THINK OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY?
  164:4, p. A1916 - A1917 2023
• Chest
  SINHA RAY ABHISEKH, etal HYPERAMMONEMIA IN ABSENCE OF HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION: A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE AND THERAPEUTIC DILEMMA
  164:4, p. A2066 - A2067 2023
• Chest
  Schutte BRYCE, etal A NOVEL THERAPY FOR TRICUSPID VALVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
  164:4, p. A608 2023
• Toth S., etal Respiratory Failure Due to 'Triple Overlap Syndrome' in a Young Woman With Obesity 2023
• Respiratory care
  Jagan Nikhil, etal A Retrospective Analysis of the Effects of Time on Compliance and Driving Pressures in ARDS
  68:1, p. 52 - 59 2023
• Jagan Nikhil, etal Uncovering Objective Improvements in Physical Activity Using Digital Actigraphy after Therapeutic Thoracentesis 2022
• Pharmacy
  Destache Christopher J, etal COVID-19 Mortality and Therapeutics in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa during Early Pandemic
  10:4, p. 69 - 2022
• Chest
  Morrow Lee E., etal Prolonged Prehospital Time Is a Risk Factor for Pneumonia in Trauma (the PRE-TRIP Study)
  161:1, p. 85 - 96 2022
• Chest
  Rampon Garrett, etal Smartphone-Guided Self-prone Positioning vs Usual Care in Nonintubated Hospital Ward Patients With COVID-19 2022
• Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
  Lentner Jacob, etal C-reactive protein levels associated with COVID-19 outcomes in the United States
  121:12, p. 869 - 873 2021
• Annals of Intensive Care
  Jagan Nikhil, etal Sympathetic stimulation increases serum lactate concentrations in patients admitted with sepsis
  11:1 2021
• Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  Garcia Michael A., etal Rationale and Design of the Awake Prone Position for Early Hypoxemia in COVID-19 Study Protocol A Clinical Trial
  18:9, p. 1560 - 1566 2021
• Translational Lung Cancer Research
  Song Nan, etal Radial endobronchial ultrasound-assisted transbronchial needle aspiration for pulmonary peripheral lesions in the segmental bronchi adjacent to the central airway
  10:6, p. 2625 - 2632 2021
• Chest
  Jagan Nikhil, etal Sepsis, the Administration of IV Fluids, and Respiratory Failure
  159:4, p. 1437 - 1444 2021
• The Senior care pharmacist
  Christensen Keith J, etal Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  36:2, p. 97 - 103 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Rajendraprasad Sanu, etal COVID-19 Therapeutics: What Works?
  49:1, p. 93 - 93 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Ahmad Faran, etal Influence of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Critical Care Admissions
  49:1, p. 101 - 101 2021
• Critical care explorations
  Jagan Nikhil, etal The POSITIONED Study: Prone Positioning in Nonventilated Coronavirus Disease 2019 PatientsA Retrospective Analysis
  2:10, p. e0229 - e0229 2020
• Critical Care Medicine
  Jagan Nikhil, etal Sepsis and the Obesity Paradox
  48:9, p. E776 - E782 2020
• Journal of Pharmacy Practice
  Dull Stacey K., etal Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Following Pirfenidone Initiation
  33:4, p. 548 - 552 2020
• Lentz Robert J., etal Response 2020
• Chest
  Lentz Robert J., etal The Impact of Gravity vs Suction-driven Therapeutic Thoracentesis on Pressure-related Complications
  157:3, p. 702 - 711 2020
• Case Reports in Pulmonology
  Essa Amr, etal Review of Cases of E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) and Brief Review of the Literature
  2020 2020
• Chest
  Morrow Lee, etal Sympathetic Stimulation Increases Serum Lactate Concentration in Patients Admitted with Sepsis: Implications for Resuscitation Strategies
  156:4, p. A1690 - A1691 2019
• Critical care medicine
  Gorantla Ram, etal 1181: ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA AND MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS: RARE BUT POTENTIALLY FATAL
  47:1 Suppl 1, p. 567 - 567 2019
• Journal of Thoracic Disease
  Jagan Nikhil, etal Waste not, want not
  11:8, p. 3270 - 3275 2019
• Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
  Wallen Tanner, etal A 75 year old male with recurrent unilateral pleural effusion and positive ANA
  26, p. 301 - 303 2019
• Journal of Pharmacy Technology
  Ajimura Chanelle M., etal Drug Interactions With Oral Inhaled Medications
  34:6, p. 273 - 280 2018
• Chest
  JAGAN NIKHIL, etal ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM FOLLOWING TWO DOSES OF INTRAVENOUS CONJUGATED ESTROGEN
  154:4, p. 832A - 832A 2018
• Chest
  Jagan Nikhil, etal The Natural History and Clinical Relevance of Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
  150:4, p. 147 - 147A 2016

Presentations

• Asthma exacerbations in the ICU (August 2024) 2024
• Intern Code Blue Simulation Training - Yearly; CUMC Bergan Mercy Hospital, Omaha, NE 2024
• Sedation, Analgesia, Delirium (July 2024) 2024
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (July 2024) 2024
• Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation (July 2024 ) 2024
• Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation Part 2 (July 2024) 2024
• Thusay RM, Sidhu S, Masih D, Kanmanthareddy A, Rangray R, Jagan N. A Rare Case of Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Arising Without Cirrhosis in an ICU Twenty-Three Years Post Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass. American Thoracic Society.2024 May (pp. A5596-A5596). 2024
• Geringer R, Fahim P, Moore DR, Jagan N. Bronchoscopic Use of Thrombin Slurry to Control Airway Bleeding. Airway Case Reports in Interventional Pulmonary. American Thoracic Society.2024 May (pp. A5768-A5768). 2024
• Canto EA, Sidhu S, Daugherty E, Jagan N, Kanmanthareddy A, Rangray R. S3506 A Case of Adrenal Insufficiency Post PaRTO Procedure. Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG. 2023 Oct 1;118(10S):S2299-300. 2023
• Ray A, Fahim P, Kotaru T, Ghosh M, Jagan N. Hyperammonemia in absence of Hepatic dysfunction: A Diagnostic challenge and therapeutic. Chest. 2023 Oct 1;164(4): A2066-7. 2023
• Ray A, Ghosh M, Kotaru T, Jagan N. Hypotension Following Endovascular Occlusion of Gastro-Renal Shunt in a Cirrhotic patient with bleeding gastric varices- Do we think of Adrenal insufficiency? Chest. 2023 Oct 1;164(4): A1916-7. 2023
• Schutte B, Kotaru T, Jagan N. A Novel therapy for Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis. Chest. 2023 Oct 1;164(4): A608. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.463 2023
• Toth S, Plambeck R, Jagan N. Respiratory failure due to Triple Overlap Syndrome in a young woman with Obesity. Accepted at ATS 2023 2023
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation through the ages - 17th Annual Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Conference- Omaha, NE, October 2021 2021
• Sepsis- Family Medicine Residency program lecture series at Creighton University - Omaha, NE, September 2021 2021
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation through the ages Pulmonary and Critical care Grand rounds at Creighton University - Omaha, NE, September 2021 2021
• Society of Critical Care Medicine - Panelist on expert panel series for Critical Care for Non-ICU clinicians caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients, April 2021 2021
• Society of Critical Care Medicine - Micro Learning presentation for awake prone positioning in COVID 19, March 2021 2021
• Current and Evolving Standards in ARDS Pulmonary and Critical care Grand rounds at Creighton University - Omaha, NE, February 2021 2021
• - Winter is Here- Continuing Medical Education at CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE, November 2020 2020
• The Past, Present and the Future of the ICU - 16th Annual Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Conference- Omaha, NE, September 2020 2020
• Rib Fractures and the Lung: Trauma Grand Rounds at CHI Health St. Francis- Grand Island, NE, March 2020 2020
• Jagan N, Landeen C, Walters R, Moore D, Highley A, DePew Z. "Waste Not, Want Not": Diagnostic material found in the suction syringe. 2nd Annual AABIP. Denver, CO. 2019
• Jagan N, Krishnan M, Moore D, Plambeck R, Malesker M. "Thrombosis Secondary to Angiotensin II Infusion." ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium. 2019
• Addasi N, Jagan N, Nayfeh A, DePew Z, Moore D. "A Challenging Case of Disseminated Sarcoidosis." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. Dallas, TX. 2019
• "Code Blue Training - A Multidisciplinary Approach." Creighton University School of Medicine QI Symposium. Omaha, NE. 2019
• "Airway Management: Is there a role for Direct Laryngoscopy?" 15th Annual Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Conference. Omaha, NE. 2019
• "CIWA: The Ultimate Guide." Intensive Care Unit, Creighton University, Bergan Campus. Omaha, NE. 2019
• "Organizing Pneumonia and Massive Hemoptysis: Rare But Potentially Fata." SCCM. San Diego, CA. 2019
• Jagan N, Morrow L, Walters R, Plambeck R, Moore D, Patel T, Malesker M. Sympathetic Stimulation increases Serum Lactate concentration in patients admitted with Sepsis: Implications for Resuscitation Strategies. Presented at CHEST 2019 2019
• Macaraeg J, Jagan N, Gupta V, Berim I. "Oxygen Transport in a Hospital Setting." Society of Critical Care Medicine Quality Summit. Atlanta, GA. 2018
• "Delirium and the ICU." Intensive Care Unit, Creighton University, Bergan Campus. Omaha, NE. 2018
• Krishnan M, Jagan N, Depew Z. "A Dilemma in the Etiology for Serositis." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. 2018
• Berim I, Colanta A, Jagan N, Landeen C, King A. "Optimization of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Needle Biopsies Using a 19G Needle: Go Bigger." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. 2018
• Berim I, Landeen C, Jagan N, King A. "Blood Patch Impact on Pneumothorax Risk During Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. 2018
• Jagan N, Landeen C, Munir A, Plambeck R. "Total Pleural Nutrition - A Rare Complication of Central Line Placement." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. 2018
• Nayfeh A, Addasi N, Jagan N, Macaraeg J, Berim I. "Rapidly Fatal Anti Synthetase Syndrome Presenting with Pneumonia." American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. 2018
• "Update on Sepsis." Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Forum. Omaha, NE. 2018
• "Lung Cancer: The Era of Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy." Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds, Creighton University. Omaha, NE. 2018
• "Improving Resident Education in Critical Care Procedures, A Quality Improvement Project." Creighton University School of Medicine QI Symposium. Omaha, NE. 2018
• "Update on Sepsis." 14th Annual Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Conference. Omaha, NE. 2018
• "Nuts and Bolts of the Management of ARDS for Nursing and Respiratory Therapy." Intensive Care Unit, Creighton University, Bergan Campus, Omaha, NE. 2017
• Intraosseous placement simulation and training for Internal Medicine residents. Creighton University. Omaha, NE. 2017
• "Improving Enteral Nutrition Delivery in Critically Ill Patients, A Quality Improvement Project." Creighton University School of Medicine QI Symposium. Omaha, NE. 2017
• "Conventional and Unconventional Uses of Endobronchial Ultrasound." Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds, Creighton University. Omaha, NE. 2017
• "The Natural History and Clinical Relevance of Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)." CHEST. Los Angeles, CA. 2016
• "Bedside Ultrasound Enhancing Patient Care." Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Creighton University. Omaha, NE. 2016
• Jagan N, Anathanarayanan M, Khanal N, Wichman T. "Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia with Progression to Diffuse Micronodules in an Individual with a History of Malignancy: What Are the Possibilities?" American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. 2016
• "Surrogate Decision Making - A challenge in clinical medicine." Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Creighton University. Omaha, NE. 2015
• Nawaz S, Haddad T, Vallabhajosyula S, Jagan N, Jagadesh S. "Capnocytophagia Sepsis: A rare disease." Society of General Internal Medicine. Toronto, CA. 2015
• Jagan N, Tella H, Brannan T. "Patient Education - A Case of NSAID Induced Acute Tubular Necrosis." Society of General Internal Medicine. San Diego, CA. 2014

Awards

• Alfred Brody Collegiate Professorship Award 2022-2023
  Creighton University's Alfred Brody College Professorship Award 2022-2023
  Creighton University
• Nomination: Common Spirit Health Physician Enterprise Vision Award
  Nomination Common Spirit Health Physician Enterprise Vision Awards – Inspiration Category 2022
  Common Spirit Health
• George F.Haddix Grant recipient
  George F.Haddix Grant recipient (June 1st 2020 to May 31st 2021) for the TIME TO MOVE Study
  George F.Haddix Grant
• Admiral State of Nebraska
  Admiral State of Nebraska- Awarded by Gov Pete Ricketts on 6/2/2020
  Gov Pete Ricketts
• Outstanding Fellow Award
  Exemplifying Academic Leadership in Resident Education
  Creighton University Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Alignment with the Mission of Creighton University Award
  Code Blue Training - A Multidisciplinary Approach
  GME Annual QI Symposium
• Best Poster Award
  Standardization of Post Code Debrief
  GME Annual QI Symposium
• Nomination Physician Excellence Award
  Nomination Physician Excellence Award, CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center 2019 - 2020
  CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center