Dr. Yash Khatod is a dedicated and accomplished physician with extensive expertise in Infectious Diseases. First and currently the only DM in Infectious Diseases candidate in Rajasthan with strong clinical background of MD Internal Medicine he possesses excellent clinical, research, communication, and teaching skills, complemented by significant experience in various tenets of Infectious diseases like neuro infections, urinary tract infections, bone and joint infections, infective endocarditis, transplant-related infections, management of multidrug-resistant infections, ICU infections hospital infection control, fever of unknown origin (FUO), travel and migration medicine, adult vaccination, HIV, tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis infections, and novel emerging infections including global and local outbreaks. He can help in streamlining treatment of infections in various fields of medical and surgical discipline.
Dr. Khatod is deeply interested in cutting-edge areas such as phage therapy, metagenomics, and non-antibiotic treatment modalities for infections. He has actively participated in national and international workshops and conferences, staying updated on emerging trends and advancements in the field.
Professional Experience:
- Post DM Fellow Division of Infectious Diseases, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
- Worked as Academic Senior Resident (DM -Infectious diseases), Infectious Diseases Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India (2022-2024).
- Worked as Assistant Professor (Rajasthan public service commission), Department of Internal Medicine, Dr SN Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (2021)
- Worked as Senior Resident Doctor Critical Care Medicine, Santokbha Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, India (2021)
- Worked as Senior Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Jaipur National University, Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India (2019-2020)
Interests: Transplant ID, Bacteriophage therapy, Emerging infections, Mycology, HIV medicine, Tuberculosis, Travel Medicine, Nosocomial Infections.
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Achievements
- Recipient of Foerderverein Grant ECCMID 2024
- First runner up – National quiz in Infectious Diseases, CIDSCON, India (2022)
- 2nd Merit in Rajasthan Public Service Commission, for Assistant professor of Internal Medicine, Rajasthan, India (2020)
- Observer ship in Isolation and Clinical applications of Bacteriophages, BHU, Varanasi (2023)
- Top of the class, Professional exam, DM Infectious Diseases (Dec 2024)
- Life time member of Clinical Infectious Diseases society of India (CIDS)
- Member of European Society of clinical microbiology and infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- Member of Infectious Diseases society of America (IDSA)
- Khatod Y, Bohra GK, Kumar D, Meena DS, Ramankutty NT, Gadepalli R, Panda S, Kaur N, Kanagiri T. A tale of missed opportunities- study on referred versus non-referred adult cases with acute and subacute central nervous system (CNS) infections at a tertiary centre from India. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 May 29;25(1):769. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10565-7. PMID: 40442632; PMCID: PMC12121137.
- Khatod Y, Ramankutty NT, Kumar D, Tak V, Gupta N, Rajagopal R, Saxena S. Shoulder shake-up: Unveiling the unusual case of acute melioidosis. IDCases. 2024 Jul 30;37:e02040. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02040. PMID: 39188367; PMCID: PMC11347052.
- Ravindra A, Kumar D, Naguthevar S, Bohra GK, Khatod Y, TR N, Sharma S, Kaur N, Meena DS, Midha NK, Garg MK. 835. Histoplasmosis in Western India: Shedding Light on a Potentially Underdiagnosed Disease–A Prospective Study from a Tertiary care centre. InOpen Forum Infectious Diseases 2023 Dec (Vol. 10, No. Supplement_2, pp. ofad500-880). US: Oxford University Press.
- Ravindra A, Kumar D, Bohra GK, Neetha TR, Khatod Y, Meena DS, Midha NK, Jain V, Singh K, Chauhan NK, Sharma A. Think Fungus!-Clinical profile, Risk factors and Diagnostic Utility of Galactomannan in diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Non- Neutropenic patients-A Prospective Study from India. InOpen Forum Infectious Diseases 2022 (pp. S229-S229).
- Khatod Y, Tr N, Rathod KK, Jain V, Didel S, Meena D. P217 Pelvic mycoses—an unusual presentation of Rhizopus arrhizus in an ommunocompetent patient. Medicalm Mycology. 2022 Sep;60(Supplement_1):myac072P217.
- Sharma S, Samantaray S, Ravindra A, Naguthevar S, Khatod Y, Kumar D, Meena DS, Bohra GK, Garg MK, Tiwari S, Kombade S. P283 A rare case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by co-infection of Candida and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: a double trouble. Medical Mycology. 2022 Sep;60(Supplement_1):myac072P283
Presentations:
- Poster - Therapeutic challenges in managing Genitourinary infection caused by Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus strain FLAC013 in a young adult male - ECCMID 2024 (Presented)
- Debates – Metagenomics Are we there yet? Webinar, Controversies in ID, India (2023), pre-emptive vs empiric therapy for candidiasis in ICU patients, ASPICON (2023)
- Resource person and Speaker: IDCON 2022 (Workshop on challenging cases in ID)
- Resource person and speaker: IDCON 2023 (Speaker- Co-infection -CNS TB and Aspergillosis)
- Resource Person and Speaker: ASPICON 2023 (Workshop on Invasive Candidiasis)
- Resource Person and Speaker: TROPACON 2023 (Workshop on Tropical CNS infections- Neurocysticercosis)