Shiva Kothari, MD

Shiva Kothari

Undergraduate School
Duke University

Medical School 
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Residency Program
University of Mississippi

 

Interests & Career Goals

Partnering with schools to provide accessible mental health care, medical education, working with urban underserved youth, & clinical research.

Favorite Pastimes

Tennis, golf, pickup basketball, cooking with my wife, traveling, hiking, fitness and nutrition.

Why I Chose Duke

Duke has a strong faculty who teach well, opportunity for exposure to a wide variety of therapy modalities for child and adolescent psychiatry and a strong foundation of research excellence and opportunity.

Areas of Prior Research

Adolescent Substance Abuse, Clinical Case Reports in Psychiatry, Addiction Basic Science Research, Clinical Research in Neuroscience and Nutrition, Reproductive Medicine

Publications/Abstracts

  • Kothari S, Townsend W, Chaudhry Z, Kalin S, Freeman K. Psychosis secondary to thyrotoxicosis that persisted post-thyroidectomy: a case report. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 13;23(1):750. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05227-4. PMID: 37833705; PMCID: PMC10576329.
  • Baboumian S, Pantazatos SP, KOTHARI S, McGinty J, Holst J, Geliebter A.. (2019, Jun). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of Neural Responses to Visual and Auditory Food Stimuli Pre and Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG). Neuroscience, 15(409), 290-298. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 30769095.
  • DeMarco A, Dalal RM, Pai J, Aquilina SD, Mullapudi U, Hammel C, KOTHARI SK, Kahanda M, Liebling CN, Patel V, Schiffer WK, Brodie JD, Dewey SL.. (2009, Feb). Racemic gamma vinyl-GABA (R,S-GVG) blocks methamphetamine-triggered reinstatement of conditioned place preference. Synapse, 63(2), 87-94. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 19016239.
  • Hooker JM, Patel V, KOTHARI, S, Schiffer WK. (2009, May). Metabolic changes in the rodent brain after acute administration of salvinorin A. Molecular Imaging Biology, 11(3), 137-143. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 19132449.
  • KOTHARI S, Thompson A, Agarwal A, du Plessis SS.. (2010, May). Free radicals: their beneficial and detrimental effects on sperm function. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 48(5), 425-435. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 20795359.
  • Sarkar O, Bahrainwala J, Chandrasekaran S, KOTHARI S, Mathur PP, Agarwal A.. (2011, Jan). Impact of inflammation on male fertility. Frontiers Bioscience, 1(3), 89-95. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 21196288. PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTER
  • Sharma, R., Thompson A., KOTHARI, S., Agarwal, A. (2012). Oxidative Stress in Male Reproduction. In Pantopoulos, K and Schipper, H.M (Ed.), Principles of Free Radical Biomedicine (pp. 305-328). New York: Nova Sciences Publishers Inc."

Poster Presentations

  • Nguyen, M, KOTHARI, S, Khan, B, Gleason, S. (2024 March 02). Case Report: A Unique Case of Malignant Catatonia in Previously Healthy Young Female. MPA/LMPA Spring Annual Meeting/Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Hall, R, Bettagia, E, KOTHARI, S, Trull, J. (2024 March 02). A Comparison Case Study of Agitated versus Akinetic Catatonia: Presentation, Course and Treatment. MPA/LMPA Spring Annual Meeting/Baton Rouge, LA. 2nd Place Winner.
  • Shiva Kothari/MD, Zuhaib Chaudhry/MD, William R. Townsend III/other, Beatrice Huang/DO, Seth Kalin/MD. (2023, February 04). A Unique Case of Psychosis Secondary To Thyrotoxicosis That Persisted Post Thyroidectomy [Poster presented]. Mississippi/Louisiana Psychiatric Association 54th Annual Meeting/Gulfport, MS, USA.
  • KOTHARI S.K., Ingram K., Schmeelk-Cone K., Wortzel J., Espelage D.L. & Wyman P... (2020, October 01). Latent Cluster Analysis of Characteristics of Adolescent Vapers in Rochester Middle Schools [Poster presented]. AACAP Virtual Annual Meeting/Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Kothari, S.K., Carroll T., Mooney C.. (2018, November 01). First-Year Medical School Curriculum Work for a Statistics-Based Course: An Suggested Increase in Course Hours Dedicated to Case-Control and Cohort Study Designs [Poster presented]. UR Medicine Annual Summer Research Poster Conference/Rochester, NY, USA.

Invited Talks

  • Kothari, Shiva MD, Khan, Jahanzeb MD. (2023, August 09). The Agitated Pediatric Patient [Oral Presentation]. Pediatric Grand Rounds/Jackson, MS, USA.
  • Invited Fundraiser Speech, 8th Annual Rise Up and Shine for Health Breakfast Fundraiser Event. Duke Engage. Austin Foundation. Seattle, WA. May 2012.