Tulip A. Jhaveri, MD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Medicine-ID
Email:
tjhaveri@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5560
Biography
Dr. Jhaveri is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Medical Microbiology. After earning his medical degree from Seth G.S. Medical College in India, he completed Internal Medicine residency at Lahey Hospital in Massachusetts, followed by fellowships in Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center and Medical Microbiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jhaveri is nationally recognized for his expertise in diagnostic stewardship and mycobacterial infections. He has co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications and PLOS Medicine, and serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
At UMMC, Dr. Jhaveri is among the most clinically active and productive faculty members in the department. He serves on key institutional committees, directs the Travel Medicine clinic, and is a site investigator for multicenter studies on mycobacterial infections, fungal infections, and antimicrobial resistance. He is actively engaged in clinical teaching, and mentors trainees in scholarly work. His approach integrates clinical acumen with microbiological insight, providing a model of interdisciplinary excellence in infectious diseases.
Education
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Fellowship, Medical Microbiology | 2021 |
| Tufts Medical Center, Massachusetts, Fellowship, Infectious Diseases | 2020 |
| Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Massachusetts, Residency, Internal Medicine | 2018 |
| Seth G.S. Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, MBBS, Medical School | 2014 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Advanced STD Clinical Intensive Course, Sylvie Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center | 06/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Human Research: Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel, CITI Program | 08/2021 - Present |
| Certification, Good Clinical Practice Course for Clinical Trials Involving Investigational Drugs, CITI Program | 08/2021 - Present |
| Certification, Half and Half MAT Waiver Training, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry | 10/2019 - Present |
| Certification, CORE Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum, Infectious Disease Society of America | 06/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates, Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates | 09/2014 - Present |
| Re-certification, ACLS, American Heart Association | 05/2022 - Present |
| Re-certification, Basic Life Support, American Heart Association | 05/2022 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, State of Mississippi | 03/2021 - Present |
| Licensure, Massachusetts State Limited Medical License | 07/2015 - 06/2021 |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine | 10/2018 - Present |
| Certification, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine | 01/2021 - Present |
| Certification, Medical Microbiology, American Board of Pathology | 10/2021 - Present |
| NPI, National Plan & Enumeration System | 08/2021 - Present |
| DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration | 08/2021 - Present |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 08/2021 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Jhaveri TA, Taqi A, Pearson JC, Kanjilal S Impact of Direct Disk Diffusion Testing on Time to Optimal Antibiotic Therapy Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Jan 18;3(1):e59 | |
| Ingram J, Abdallah A, Field Z, Jhaveri TA, Usry N, Varshney N, Daley W, Chakraborty J An uncommon cause of elevated liver transaminases: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome from unmasking of occult Mycobacterium avium complex infection in an HIV infected patient J Gastroenterol Hepatology Reports. April 30, 2024 | |
Review Article | |
| Soman R, Rege S, Jeloka T, Jhaveri TA, Shyam B Expert Group Opinion for Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in South Asia Indian Journal of Transplantation 16(Suppl 1):p S41-S52, October 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/ijot.ijot_78_21 | 2022 |
Book Chapter | |
| Curtis M, Jhaveri TA, Kotton C. Approach to Pulmonary Infection in the Immunocompetent Host Michael A. Grippi, Jack A. Elias, Jay A. Fishman, Robert M. Kotloff, Allan I. Pack, Robert M. Senior, Mark D. Siegel, eds. Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2021 | |
Presentations
| Platform Presentations, Barriers to achieving treatment success in drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in India: a systematic review, The Union World Conference on Lung Health, Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic | 11/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Barriers to achieving treatment success in previously treated tuberculosis patients in India: a systematic review., The Union World Conference on Lung Health, Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic | 11/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Barriers to achieving treatment success in new bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in India: a systematic review, The Union World Conference on Lung Health, Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic | 11/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Culture of Culturing: Less is More, Merit Health, Flowood, MS | 08/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Top Papers in Diagnostic Stewardship, Cross-Track Symposium 'Literature Review', ASM Microbe 2022, Washington DC | 06/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Why Do Presumptive TB Patients in India not Complete Diagnostic Workup? A Systematic Review, 26th Annual Conference of the Union-North American Region, Virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic | 03/2022 |
| Platform Presentations, Factors associated with pretreatment loss to follow-up of tuberculosis patients in India: a systematic review, 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic | 10/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Reasons for post-treatment tuberculosis disease recurrence and mortality in India: a systematic review, 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic | 10/2021 |
| Platform Presentations, Impact of preliminary blood culture susceptibility results on time to optimal antibiotic therapy, World Microbe Forum 2021, Virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic | 06/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, A novel diagnostic test for invasive fungal infections, World Microbe Forum 2021, Virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic | 06/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Factors associated with not seeking medical care among individuals with tuberculosis symptoms in India: a systematic review of two decades of studies, 25th Annual Conference of the Union-North American Region, Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic | 02/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Understanding screening practices for hepatitis B prior to starting biologics at an academic medical center, IDWeek 2020, Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic | 10/2020 |
| Platform Presentations, When the answer lies in the name: A case of measles infection in a previously vaccinated individual, IDWeek 2019, Fellows’ Day Workshop, Washington D.C., USA | 10/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, FEV1 and DLCO as additional risk stratifying parameters in lung cancer screening programs. Poster Presentation, Chest Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada | 11/2017 |
| Platform Presentations, Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma leading to a broken heart, Chest Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada | 11/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, HIV screening among PCPs at a tertiary care center in suburban Boston, Annual Postgraduate Recognition Day, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center., Burlington, MA, USA | 05/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, FEV1 and DLCO as additional risk stratifying parameters in lung cancer screening programs. Poster Presentation, Annual Postgraduate Recognition Day, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA | 05/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, A rare biphasic pulmonary blastoma in a young adult, Massachusetts ACP Annual Scientific Meeting, Waltham, MA, USA | 11/2016 |
| Platform Presentations, Application of Proteomics to aid biomarker discovery in smear positive patients of P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria, TRINITY 2012 – An All-Maharashtra Students’ Medical Conference, Mumbai, India | 02/2012 |
| Platform Presentations, Application of Proteomics to aid biomarker discovery in smear positive patients of P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria, Fourth International Conference of Medical Students’ Research MEDICON 2011, Mumbai, India | 05/2011 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Fellow, IDSA | 2025 |
| Fellow, ACP | 2024 |
| Extraordinary Service Award as an Editor, Microbiology Spectrum | 2024 |
| Extraordinary Service Award as an Editor, Microbiology Spectrum | 2023 |
| Nominated, Outstanding Service Faculty, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2022 |
| Nominated, Educator and Teacher Award, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2022 |
| Outstanding Student Poster Award, "Diagnostic performance of nasopharyngeal antigen and saliva RT-PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2", World Microbe Forum, American Society of Microbiology | 2021 |
| Maxwell Finland Award for Excellence in Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society | 2020 |
| IDWeek 2020 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2020 |
| COVID Champion, Tufts Medical Center, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program | 2020 |
| IDWeek 2019 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2019 |
| IDWeek 2019 Mentorship Program, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2019 |
| First Prize, Poster Competition "FEV1 and DLCO as additional risk stratifying parameters in lung cancer screening programs", Annual Postgraduate Recognition Day, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, MA | 2017 |
| Honorable Mention Award, Clinical Vignette Poster Competition "A rare biphasic pulmonary blastoma in a young adult", Massachusetts ACP Annual Scientific Meeting | 2016 |
| Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Medical School, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust/J.R.D. Tata Foundation | 2011 |
| Indian Council of Medical Research Scholarship, Indian Council of Medical Research | 2011 |
| Ranked 9 in state of Maharashtra (scored 195/200) amongst approximately 150,000 students, Maharashtra Health Sciences Pre- Medical Entrance Test (analogous to MCAT) | 2008 |
| Distinction Honors for 3 subjects in Medical School (1) Pathology (2) Biochemistry (3) Microbiology, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India |
Professional Membership and Service
| Infectious Diseases Society of America, Fellow | 2025 - Present |
| American College of Physicians, Fellow | 2024 - Present |
| Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research, Fellow | 2021 - 2023 |
| American Society for Microbiology, Member | 2020 - Present |
| Infectious Diseases Society of America, Member | 2018 - 2025 |
| Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society, Member | 2018 - 2020 |
| American College of Physicians, Member | 2015 - 2024 |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Task Force Member | 2024 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Task Force Member | 2024 - Present |
| Executive Member, Center for Immunology and Microbial Research, Steering Committee Member | 2024 - Present |
| UMMC MRSA Decolonization Project, Co-Chair | 2022 - Present |
| Infectious Diseases Division Program, Evaluation Committee, Member | 2021 - Present |
| Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Member | 2021 - Present |
Community Service
| Working two 3.5-hour shifts per week to respond to calls that CDC escalates to IDSA, providing general guidance to callers based on infectious disease expertise and orientation training provided by CDC, IDSA COVID-19 CDC on call clinician volunteer | 12/2020 - 12/2022 |
Other Service
| PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 04/2025 - Present |
| Initiated a QI project with Orthopedics to develop smart phrases for op notes, highlighting key infection findings to improve outcomes | 04/2025 - Present |
| Developed a Microbiology Curriculum for trainees rotating through the micro lab during ID rotation | 2025 - Present |
| Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 11/2024 - Present |
| Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Editorial Review Board Member | 06/2023 - Present |
| BMC Infectious Diseases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 01/2023 - Present |
| Healthcare, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 01/2023 - Present |
| Vaccines, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 01/2023 - Present |
| Hygiene, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 12/2022 - Present |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Editorial Review Board Member | 12/2022 - Present |
| Clinical Case Reports, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 11/2022 - Present |
| IJID Regions, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 11/2022 - Present |
| BMC Public Health, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 11/2022 - Present |
| International Journal of Translational Medicine, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 11/2022 - Present |
| The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 10/2022 - Present |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 09/2022 - Present |
| SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 08/2022 - Present |
| Antibiotics, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 08/2022 - Present |
| Cureus, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 07/2022 - Present |
| Infectious Diseases Society of America IDWeek 2022, Conference Abstract Reviewer | 06/2022 - Present |
| Clinical Infectious Diseases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 06/2022 - Present |
| Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 05/2022 - Present |
| Microbiology Spectrum, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 03/2022 - Present |
| Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 01/2022 - Present |
| AIDS Research and Therapy, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 10/2021 - Present |
| Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 04/2021 - Present |
| Microbiology Spectrum, Associate Editor | 04/2021 - Present |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 02/2021 - Present |
| PLOS One, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 12/2020 - Present |
| BMJ Open, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 12/2020 - Present |
| Journal Transplantation, Ad Hoc Reviewer | 03/2020 - Present |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Small Group, Boss Rounds | Winter 2024-25 - 2025 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Clinical Conference: Guidelines Review | Summer 2024-25 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Clinical Conference: Journal Club | Spring 2024-25 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference: Journal Club | Winter 2024-25 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Case Conference | Summer 2024-25 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, M1 Tropical Medicine Lecture | Winter 2024-25 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Boss Rounds | Spring 2024-25 - 2025 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Boss Rounds | Summer 2024-25 - 2025 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Streptococci and Enterococci | Winter 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference: Guidelines Review | Spring 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Noon Conference: Management of Staphylococcal Infections | Annual 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Staphylococci | Winter 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Rickettsial infections | Spring 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Case Concerence | Summer 2023-24 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Preceptor, Resident Journal Club: IV vs oral antibiotics for diabetic foot infections | Winter 2023-24 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Leprosy | Winter 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Noon Conference: Management of Staphylococcal Infections | Annual 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Staphylococci | Spring 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference: Journal Club | Spring 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference: Journal Club Literature Review | Summer 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Gram negative resistance | Summer 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and Drugs: Streptococci and Enterococci | Fall 2022-23 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Noon Conference: Management of Staphylococcal Infections | Annual 2021-22 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Case Conference | Winter 2021-22 |
Directed Student Learning
| Preceptor, Precepted two M1 students -- reviewed history taking, physician-patient interaction, vital signs, and demonstrated musculoskeletal and cardiovascular exams. Advised: Hannah Henderson, Erin Matthews | 2025 - 2025 |
| Research Advisor, Supervised Alexis Dunn (M4) publish a case report titled ‘Brucellosis in pregnancy: a case report’ in AME Case Reports Advised: Alexis Dunn | 2024 - 2024 |
Fellows supervised
| Supervised Infectious Disease Fellow Dr. Williams publish a case report titled 'Delayed Diagnosis of Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infection in Rural Mississippi' in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology., Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 04/2022 - 12/2022 |
| Directly worked with and supervised Infectious Disease fellows Dr. Williams and Dr. Kolawale during inpatient infectious disease consult rotations and outpatient clinics throughout the year, Attending Physician, 2 fellows supervised | 08/2021 - Present |
Residency Training
| Supervised the medicine resident Dr. Anand present a poster on 'A Case of Bacillary Hepatic and Splenic Peliosis due to Disseminated Bartonella henselae Infection' at the UMMC DoM Scholarship day, Research Advisor | 2025 - Present |
| Supervised the medicine resident Dr. Yarlagadda present a poster on 'A Case of Severe Cerebral P. falciparum Malaria treated with Artesunate Complicated by Post-Artesunate Delayed Hemolysis' at the ACP Abstract day, Research Advisor | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised the medicine resident Dr. Ingram on a case report titled ‘An uncommon cause of elevated liver transaminases: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome from unmasking of occult Mycobacterium avium complex infection in an HIV infected patient’ that was published in Journal of Gastroenterology Hepatology Reports, Research Advisor | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised the medicine resident Dr. Heath publish a case report titled ‘Hidden in Plain Sight: Exophiala jeanselmei Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis of Hand Masquerading as a Hematoma’ in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Research Advisor | 2024 - 12/2024 |
| Supervised the neurology resident Dr. Hillhouse present a poster titled ‘Under Pressure: Neurocysticercosis Manifests Itself as Intracranial Hypertension’ at American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Research Advisor | 2023 - 10/2023 |
| Directly work with internal medicine residents during inpatient infectious disease consult rotations and outpatient clinics throughout the year, Attending Physician | 2021 - Present |