Shachi Pandya, MD, Board-certified, Homewood, Illinois
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Shachi Pandya, M.D.

Dr. Pandya’s philosophy is to help her patients understand their underlying medical conditions and improve the quality of life. She is eager to develop close connections with the community and patients during their road to regaining function, mobility and independence. 

 

A six-time published physician, Shachi Pandya, MD, is a double board-certified family medicine and sports medicine specialist who joined Komprehensive Primary Care & Sports Medicine in September 2019 after finishing her Sports Medicine fellowship training at Allegheny Saint Vincent Hospital in Pennsylvania. Prior to the fellowship, she completed her residency training in Family Medicine at University of Louisville in Kentucky where she also served as a chief resident in her final year. She is affiliated with Advocate South Suburban Hospital and UChicago Medicine at Ingalls. She also partners with various local schools and colleges on their sports programs. Dr. Pandya also is the team physician at Dwight D. Eisenhower Highschool, in Blue Island, IL.

 

In addition to primary and preventative care, she specializes in non-surgical orthopedics, regenerative medicine, concussion management. She treats a range of conditions including arthritis, fractures, sprains/strains, joint pain, sports related injuries, performance and nutrition. She also is trained in ultrasound guided joint injection, diagnostic ultrasound, various therapies such as platelet rich plasma (PRP) and prolotherapy. She has worked with professional athletes and several college and high school teams throughout her career.

 

Dr. Pandya originally grew up in California. She is fluent in English, Hindi and Gujrati. Outside of work, she enjoys her time traveling, boxing, trying new recipes and is passionate about physical health and nutrition.

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Chaudhary R, Mathew D, Bliden K, Tantry US, Sharma T, Gesheff MG, Franzese CJ, Pandya S, Toth
PP, Gurbel PA. Low-density lipoprotein 4: a novel predictor of coronary artery disease severity. Curr
Med Res Opin. 2017 Nov;33(11):1979-1984. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2017.1365052. PubMed PMID:
28787217

 

Chaudhary R, Bliden KP, Garg J, Mohammed N, Tantry U, Mathew D, Toth PP, Franzese C, Gesheff M,
Pandya S, Gurbel P. Statin therapy and inflammation in patients with diabetes treated with high dose
aspirin. J Diabetes Complications. 2016 Sep-Oct;30(7):1365-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.05.002.
PubMed PMID: 27237049

 

Bliden KP, Tantry US, Gesheff MG, Franzese CJ, Pandya S, Toth PP, Mathew DP, Chaudhary R, Gurbel
PA. Thrombin-Induced Platelet-Fibrin Clot Strength Identified by Thrombelastography: A Novel
Prothrombotic Marker of Coronary Artery Stent Restenosis. J Interv Cardiol. 2016 Apr;29(2):168-78. doi:
10.1111/joic.12277. PubMed PMID: 26822493

 

Franzese CJ, Bliden KP, Gesheff MG, Pandya S, Guyer KE, Singla A, Tantry US, Toth PP, Gurbel PA.
Relation of fish oil supplementation to markers of atherothrombotic risk in patients with cardiovascular
disease not receiving lipid-lowering therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2015 May 1;115(9):1204-11. Epub 2015 Feb
12. PubMed PMID: 25759102

 

Lev EI, Bliden KP, Jeong YH, Pandya S, Kang K, Franzese CJ, Tantry US, Gurbel PA. Influence of
Race and Gender on Thrombogenicity in a Large Cohort of Coronary Artery Disease Patients. Journal of
the American Heart Association. 2014 Oct 20;3(5). pii: e001167. PubMed PMID: 25332180

 

Kalra K, Franzese CJ, Gesheff MG, Lev EI, Pandya S, Bliden KP, Tantry US, Gurbel PA. Pharmacology
of Antiplatelet Agents. Journal of Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 2013 Dec;15(12):371. Review. PMID:
24142550

 

ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

 

Pandya S, Deimel J, Kim J. (2019) – To operate, or not to operate: Is that really the question?
Poster presenting at: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting; Houston, Tx.

 

Pandya S, Elmlinger B. (2017). Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) – a diagnostic challenge. Poster
presented at: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA.

 

Pandya S, Kapadia B, Mudda B, Banerjee S, Mont MA. (2014). Does Depression Affect Outcomes
Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?. Poster presented at: American Academy of Family
Physicians Assembly; Washington, DC.

 

Pandya S, Mudda B, Gurbel P. (2014). Detailed Cholesterol Testing for Cardiac Risk Assessment – A
Wiser Choice. Poster presented at: American Academy of Family Physicians Assembly; Washington, DC.

 

Bliden KP, Tantry US, Pandya S, Rafeedheen R, Toth PP, Tabrichzi A, Cummings C, Franzese C,
Gesheff M, Gurbel PA. (2014). LDL4- A Novel Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease Severity. Poster
presented at: American Heart Association – Scientific Sessions; Chicago, IL.

 

Bliden KP, Gesheff MG, Franzese CJ, Pandya S, Toth P, Tantry US, Gurbel PA. (2014). In-Stent
Restenosis: Identification of a New Marker by Thrombelastography. Poster presented at: American Heart
Association – Scientific Sessions; Chicago, IL.

 

Bliden K, Rafeedheen R, Tantry U, Toth PP, Franzese C, Gesheff M, Pandya S, Gurbel PA. (2014).
Statin Therapy and Inflammation in Patients with Diabetes Treated with High Dose Aspirin. Poster
presented at: American Heart Association – Scientific Sessions; Chicago, IL.

 

Rafeedheen R, Bliden KP, Franzese CJ, Toth PP, Gesheff MG, Pandya S, Tantry US, Gurbel PA. (2014).
Coronary Artery Disease Severity is a Marker of the anti-inflammatory response to Statin Therapy.
Submitted 2014 Jun to: American Heart Association – Scientific Sessions.

 

Franzese CJ, Bliden KP, Gesheff MG, Pandya S, Guyer KE, Singla A, Toth PP, Tantry US, Gurbel PA.
(2014). First Simultaneous Assessment of the Effects of Fish Oil Supplementation on Lipid Levels,
Markers of Thrombogenicity, and Inflammation. Submitted 2014 Jun to: American Heart Association – Scientific Sessions.

 

Gurbel P, Bliden K, D’Andrea D, Henderson K, Alexander J, Tantry U, Pandya S, Shear C, Tricoci P.
(2013). Evaluation of Potential Antiplatelet Effects of CSL112, A Novel Formulation of Human
Apolipoprotein A-I: Results from a Phase 2a Study. Poster presented at: American Heart AssociationScientific Sessions; Dallas, TX.

 

Kapadia B, Pandya S, Mont M. (2014). Prolonged Hospitalization in Patients with Depression
Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. Poster presented at: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons;
New Orleans, LA.

 

Jauregui JJ, Kapadia BH, Cherian JJ, Banerjee S, Mont MA, Pandya S, Issa K. (2015). New Secondgeneration Proximally Coated Tapered Cementless Femoral Stem: Clinical Outcomes. Submitted 2014
June to: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

 

Kapadia BH, Banerjee S, Pandya S, Cherian JJ, Jauregui JJ, Maheshwari AV, Mont MA. (2015). The
Economic Impact of Periprosthetic Infections Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. Submitted 2014 Jun to:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.