Lakshmi Chauhan, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Division Head of Clinical Affairs

Recognitions

• Clinical Excellence Society Membership, Department of Medicine (2024)
  This membership recognizes excellence in clinical medicine.
• EXCCEL award for clinical excellence during COVID-19 times, Department of Medicine (2021)
  This award was given in support of clinicians for going above and beyond during the height of the COVID pandemic.

Research Interests

Publications

• Ardakani R, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of Saint Louis Encephalitis. Neurohospitalist. 2024 Apr;14(2):230-231. PubMed PMID: 38666278
• Money KM, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of Japanese Encephalitis. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jul;13(3):328-330. PubMed PMID: 37441216
• Wolf AB, Money KM, Chandnani A, Daley CL, Griffith DE, Chauhan L, Coffman N, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Zimmer SM, Montague BT, Mann S, Pastula DM. Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1655-1658. PubMed PMID: 37486227
• Lesteberg KE, Araya P, Waugh KA, Chauhan L, Espinosa JM, Beckham JD. Severely ill and high-risk COVID-19 patients exhibit increased peripheral circulation of CD62L and perforin T cells. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1113932. PubMed PMID: 36817450
• Self WH, Wheeler AP, Stewart TG, Schrager H, Mallada J, Thomas CB, Cataldo VD, O'Neal HR Jr, Shapiro NI, Higgins C, Ginde AA, Chauhan L, Johnson NJ, Henning DJ, Jaiswal SJ, Mammen MJ, Harris ES, Pannu SR, Laguio-Vila M, El Atrouni W, de Wit M, Hoda D, Cohn CS, McWilliams C, Shanholtz C, Jones AE, Raval JS, Mucha S, Ipe TS, Qiao X, Schrantz SJ, Shenoy A, Fremont RD, Brady EJ, Carnahan RH, Chappell JD, Crowe JE Jr, Denison MR, Gilchuk P, Stevens LJ, Sutton RE, Thomsen I, Yoder SM, Bistran-Hall AJ, Casey JD, Lindsell CJ, Wang L, Pulley JM, Rhoads JP, Bernard GR, Rice TW. Neutralizing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Chest. 2022 Nov;162(5):982-994. PubMed PMID: 35780813
• Matthews E, Beckham JD, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Chauhan L, Pastula DM. Herpesvirus-Associated Encephalitis: an Update. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2022;9(3):92-100. PubMed PMID: 36186545
• Chauhan LR, Huang M, Abdo M, Church S, Fixen D, MaWhinney S, Miller M, Erlandson KM. Impact of a pilot multimodal intervention to decrease antibiotic use for respiratory infections in a geriatric clinic. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022;2(1):e1. PubMed PMID: 36310812
• Chauhan L, Matthews E, Piquet AL, Henao-Martinez A, Franco-Paredes C, Tyler KL, Beckham D, Pastula DM. Nervous System Manifestations of Arboviral Infections. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2022;9(4):107-118. PubMed PMID: 36124288
• Krett JD, Beckham JD, Tyler KL, Piquet AL, Chauhan L, Wallace CJ, Pastula DM, Kapadia RK. Neurology of Acute Viral Infections. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Oct;12(4):632-646. PubMed PMID: 36147750
• Pastula DM, Copeland MJ, Hannan MC, Rapaka S, Kitani T, Kleiner E, Showler A, Yuen C, Ferriman EM, House J, O'Brien S, Burakoff A, Gupta B, Money KM, Matthews E, Beckham JD, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Kumar RN, Tornatore CS, Padgett K, O'Laughlin K, Mangla AT, Kumar PN, Tyler KL, O'Connor SM. Two Cases of Monkeypox-Associated Encephalomyelitis - Colorado and the District of Columbia, July-August 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Sep 23;71(38):1212-1215. PubMed PMID: 36136957
• Matthews E, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of La Crosse Virus Disease. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jul;12(3):587-588. PubMed PMID: 35755222
• Chauhan L, Pattee J, Ford J, Thomas C, Lesteberg K, Richards E, Bernas CA, Loi M, Dumont L, Annen K, Berg M, Zirbes M, Knight V, Miller A, Jenkins TC, Bennett TD, Monkowski D, Boxer RS, Beckham JD. A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational, Cohort-Controlled Study of Clinical Outcomes Following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e466-e472. PubMed PMID: 34549274
• Chauhan L, Pattee J, Ford J, Thomas C, Lesteberg K, Richards E, Bernas CA, Loi M, Dumont L, Annen K, Berg M, Zirbes M, Knight V, Miller A, Jenkins TC, Bennett TD, Monkowski D, Boxer RS, Beckham JD. A Multi-center, Prospective, Observational-cohort controlled study of Clinical Outcomes following COVID-19 Convalescent plasma therapy in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34549274
• Coleman KJ, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of Jamestown Canyon Virus Disease. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jul;11(3):277-278. PubMed PMID: 34163560
• Coleman KJ, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of Jamestown Canyon Virus Disease. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jul;11(3):277-278. PubMed PMID: 34163560
• Franco-Paredes C, Henao-Martinez AF, Chauhan L, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Khan MI. Current Challenges to Achieving a Polio Free World. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2020 Sep;49(9):704-706. PubMed PMID: 33241262
• Kapadia RK, Chauhan L, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM. An Overview of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Neurohospitalist. 2020 Jul;10(3):161-162. PubMed PMID: 32549937
• Reno E, Quan NG, Franco-Paredes C, Chastain DB, Chauhan L, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Henao-Martínez AF. Prevention of yellow fever in travellers: an update. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;20(6):e129-e137. PubMed PMID: 32386609
• Chauhan L, Young H, Knepper BC, Shihadeh KC, Jenkins TC. Appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions for acute sinusitis and pharyngitis in an integrated healthcare system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;39(8):991-993. PubMed PMID: 29807555

Professional Memberships

• IDSA, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Infectious Disease, Board Certification (2017)
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2012)
• Transplant Infectious Disease, Specialized Training (0001)

• Infections
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Infections - Fungal Infections
• Infections - Influenza
• Infections - Pneumonia
• Infections - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Organ Transplant