Neil Munjal received his B.A. in biochemistry with minors in mathematics, computer science, philosophy, and biology from Saint Louis University. He completed his M.D. at the Washington University School of Medicine. Throughout his studies he focused on his interest in the application of computer science and computer engineering in medicine. During his residency in Child Neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, his research involved multimodal MRI analysis in borderline personality disorder and acute neurological changes in atypical migraine. Continuing his multidisciplinary training trajectory (both clinical and scientific), he then entered the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, in the neurocritical care track, and the Intelligent Systems Masters Program at the University of Pittsburgh during his T32 fellowship.
His current work in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research is under the mentorship of Robert Clark, Dennis Simon, and Pat Kochanek. He is exploring the use of machine learning for advanced predictive modeling in the neurologically injured patient, using large EMR-derived datasets as well as incorporating high-fidelity data such as EEG and MRI. His long-term goal is to establish useful clinical decision support tools in the ICU that will improve the care of all critically ill patients.
When not working, he loves biking, soccer, photography, foreign languages, and hobbyist programming, as well as time with his wife Neeta outdoors, living abroad, cooking, and eating.
Education:
Undergraduate
08/2004-05/2008
Saint Louis University
B.A. in Biochemistry with Honors
Minors in mathematics, computer science, philosophy, biology
Graduate
08/2008-05/2012
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
M.D. Medicine
Post-Graduate
06/2012-06/2014
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Residency in Pediatrics
07/2014-06/2017
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Residency in Child Neurology
07/2017-10/2020
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
10/2019-Present
University of Pittsburgh
T32 Neurocritical Care Fellowship at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
Planned
08/2020-06/2022
University of Pittsburgh
Masters in the Intelligent Systems Program, School of Computing and Information
Honors
2020
Star Research Award
Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress
2019
Fellow Travel Award
Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group
2015
Most Valuable Junior Resident
UPMC Neurology Residency
2012
Jonathan Mann International Rotation Scholarship
Washington University School of Medicine
2009
Student Opportunities Abroad Program Scholarship recipient
Washington University School of Medicine
2008
Leopold Marcus Award for undergraduate research
Saint Louis University
2008
Arts and Sciences Outstanding Senior Award
Saint Louis University
2007
Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student
Saint Louis Section American Chemical Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Saint Louis University
2006
Hugh B. Donahoe Award in Organic Chemistry
Saint Louis University
Refereed Articles:
- Kiss IZ, Munjal N, Martin RS. Synchronized current oscillations of formic acid electro-oxidation in a microchip-based dual-electrode flow cell. Electrochim Acta. 2009 Dec 30; 55(2):395-403. PMID: 20160883
- Cullen D, Munjal N, Chalal H, Ramgopal S, Tas E, Witchel S. Pericarditis as the Presenting Feature of Graves Disease in a Pediatric Patient. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Jul 14. PMID 26181502
- Cobb-Pitstick KM*, Munjal N*, Safier R, Cummings DD, Zuccoli G. Time course of cerebral perfusion changes in children with migraine with aura mimicking stroke. Amer J Neuroradiology. 2018 Jun. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5693
- Cramer N*, Munjal N*, Ware D, et al. New Cluster of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Western Pennsylvania. Annals Emerg Med. In Press, available online 2019 Feb 27. PMID: 30826069
* Co-first authorship
Posters:
- Munjal N, Barnoya J. Using the SDQ Psychological Screening Tool for Congenital Heart Defect Patients in Guatemala. Poster Presentation for the Washington University School of Medicine Global Health Symposium, 4/2012
- Munjal N, Cummings D, Safier R, Zuccoli G. The Multimodal Approach to Atypical Migraine with Aura Mimicking Stroke: Time course of cerebral perfusion changes. Child Neurology Society, 10/2017
Society Oral Presentations:
- Munjal N, Clark R, Simon D, Kochanek P, Horvat C. Advanced Predictive Modeling of Children with Neurological Injury in the PICU with Machine Learning. Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group Fellow Travel Award recipient, 10/2019
- Munjal N, Clark R, Simon D, Kochanek P, Horvat C. Machine Learning Predicting Mortality and Morbidity in Children with Neurological Injury in the PICU. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Star Research Presentation, 2/2020