Karun Shrestha

Assistant Professor

UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Froedtert Hospital (2026); Patan Academy of Health Sciences (2015–2021); John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (2024); St. Barnabas Hospital (2023–2025); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2024); Mayo Clinic in Florida (2022); Pediatrics and Genetics (2024); Institute of Medicine (2024)

5 h-index 41 pubs 84 cited

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Karun Shrestha's research focuses on various aspects of health sciences, with a particular emphasis on clinical case studies and patient outcomes. Recent publications investigate the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients, inpatient outcomes of cannabis use in rheumatoid arthritis patients, and the management of co-occurring Fanconi and refeeding syndromes. Shrestha has also explored persistent symptoms in non-critical COVID-19 patients at district hospitals and the epidemiology and management of statin-associated muscle symptoms. Further work includes co-infection causing septic shock and acute cardiovascular events during the peripartum period in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Shrestha's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5, with 41 total publications and 78 total citations.

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h-index: 5
Publications: 41
Citations: 84

Positions

Assistant Professor 2025–present

Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Internal Medicine ORCID
Assistant Professor publications 2026

University of Arkansas at Little Rock ORCID
Research Scholar 2021–2022

Mayo Clinic Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine ORCID