Latha Ganti, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP is the recipient of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) and Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) Distinguished Educator Awards. She serves on the board of directors for the Florida College of Emergency Physicians where she chairs the editorial and publications committee.
In addition to her board certification in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ganti is also fellowship-trained in Vascular Neurology. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Neurology’s Women’s Leaders in Neurology Program, a recipient of the AAN’s AB Baker Teaching Award, a member of AAN’s education committee, and an editorial board member of AAN’s Brain and Life magazine.
Dr. Ganti has published extensively in the field of neurologic emergencies, with high impact. Her Google Scholar citations reveal an H index of 35, with more than 5600 citations to her work and over 330 indexed papers. To put this in perspective, the median H index for Professors of Emergency Medicine is 11, with a median of 23 papers.
Dr. Ganti’s expertise is in harnessing the power of data to solve clinical problems such as hospital readmissions, practice inconsistencies, delays in hospital discharges, suboptimal emergency department throughput, low patient satisfaction scores, and lack of community awareness of medical emergencies. By approaching the operational issue from a scholarly perspective, her work is published and thus affords better buy-in from stakeholders. Her research has been adopted into position papers and clinical policies by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Neurology. Her passion to seamlessly integrate research with outstanding patient care, education, and advocacy led to the creation of the UF Center for Brain Injury Research and Education, for which she was the Inaugural Director. Her contributions to developing research enterprises have been recognized by the Mayo Clinic Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions in EM Research, and the Toral Family Foundation Endowed Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Dr. Ganti is a gifted teacher, as evidenced by her many teaching awards. She is the author of the First Aid Clerkship books, which are the number one bestsellers among medical students. Dr. Ganti is a published scholar with over 600 scientific abstracts and manuscripts, and 26 books. Indeed, one of the talks she frequently gives at national and international meetings is entitled: “Get Published Now!” She is a sought-after speaker and has lectured as a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School, and in various parts of the world, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, France, India, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Ganti is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Emergency Medicine, one of the most widely read open-access journals in EM. Dr. Ganti serves on several committees for ACEP, SAEM, and the American Medical Association. She also serves as a Scientific Review Officer for the United States Military’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and is a member of AMSUS, the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.
Dr. Ganti has won over 18 national awards, including the EMRA Academic Excellence Award, the ACEP National Faculty Teaching Award, the AMA’s William Beaumont Award, the first EMRA Mentorship Award, and was also celebrated as one of the “Heroes in Emergency Medicine” by the American College of Emergency Physicians in honor of the organization’s 40th anniversary. She won the American Medical Association Young Physician Section Award for Community Service, for her work on stroke research, education, and outreach- a program she titled BEST for “Better Early Stroke Treatment.” Dr. Ganti is also the recipient of the AMA’s “Inspirational Physician Award” for her work mentoring women physicians as well as the AMA Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award. A passionate scholar and lifelong student she was also honored as a 2013 Fulbright Scholar for her project entitled “Innovation in Clinical Research for the Global Health Era.”
| Gande S, Gould M, Ganti L. "Bibliometric analysis of ChatGPT in medicine." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, 2024, pp. 50. |
| Gupta A, Hurley C, Mangal R, Daniel A, Ganti L. "Cancer caregivers are primarily motivated by love and sense of duty." Health psychology research, vol. 12, 2024, pp. 92643. |
| Gould M, Mangal R, Stead T, Gue S, Ganti L. "Sex and employment status affect patients' perspectives regarding affordability of emergency department visits." Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 116, no. 1, 2024, pp. 75-82. |
| Killian, Morgan, Wanchu, Rohan, Huang, Derrick, Walker, Joshua, Ganti, Latha. "A 75‐year‐old with left ankle pain." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 4, no. 1, 2023. |
| Huang, Derrick, Ruzicka, Jacob, León, Leoh, Ganti, Latha. "Acute Upper Extremity Arterial Occlusion Diagnosed on POCUS in the Emergency Department." POCUS Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2023, pp. 25-29. |
| Latimer, Dustin, Le, David, Falgoust, Evan, Ingraffia, Patrick, Abd-Elsayed, Alaa, Cornett, Elyse M., Singh, Rupin, Choi, JooHee, Varrassi, Giustino, Kaye, Adam M., Kaye, Alan D., Ganti, Latha. "Brivaracetam to Treat Partial Onset Seizures in Adults." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2023. |
| Zachrison, Kori S., Goldstein, Joshua N., Jauch, Edward, Radecki, Ryan P., Madsen, Tracy E., Adeoye, Opeolu, Oostema, John A., Feeser, V. Ramana, Ganti, Latha, Lo, Bruce M., Meurer, William, Corral, Mitra, Rothenberg, Craig, Chaturvedi, Anshita, Goyal, Pawan, Venkatesh, Arjun K. "Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 82, no. 3, 2023, pp. 258-269. |
| Littell, Jonathan, Gue, Shayne, Ganti, Latha. "Cocaine user with chest pain." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 4, no. 2, 2023. |
| Gue, Shayne, Cohen, Stephanie, Tassone, Maria, Walker, Ayanna, Little, Andy, Morales-Cruz, Martin, McGillicuddy, Casey, Lebowitz, David, Pell, Robert, Vera, Ariel, Nazario, Steven, Mejias, Darielys, Bobbett, Andrew, Dixon, Drake, Quinones, Anines, Ganti, Latha. "Disaster day: a simulation-based competition for educating emergency medicine residents and medical students on disaster medicine." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023. |
| Huang, Derrick, Wanchu, Rohan, Cho, Michael, Leon, Leoh, Ganti, Latha. "Emergency department point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of active bleeding into the intraluminal thrombus of an abdominal aortic aneurysm." Radiology Case Reports, vol. 18, no. 6, 2023, pp. 2116-2120. |
| Ganti, Latha, Shameem, Masra, Houck, Jessica, Stead, Thor S., Stead, Tej G., Cesarz, Taylor, Mirajkar, Amber. "Gender disparity in stoke: Women have higher ICH scores than men at initial ED presentation for intracerebral hemorrhage." Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 115, no. 2, 2023, pp. 186-190. |
| Kolluri S, Mangal RK, Stead TS, Ganti L. "Hemithorax white-out due to massive pleural effusion." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023, pp. 4. |
| Neumeister, James, Huang, Derrick, Dzluneski, Shane, Huttleston, Alexander M, Megargel, Christopher, Falgiani, Michael, Ganti, Latha. "Hyperacute and Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Requiring Emergent Intubation." Cureus, 2023. |
| Ganti, Latha, Mirajkar, Amber, Banerjee, Paul, Stead, Tej, Hanna, Andrew, Tsau, Joshua, Khan, Mohammed, Garg, Ankur. "Impact of emergency department arrival time on door-to-needle time in patients with acute stroke." Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 14, 2023. |
| Johnson K, Smith C, Barker LG, Iken S, Laubinger J, Fraser C, Falgiani M, Leon L, Elbadri S, Walker J, Wilson JL, Fraunfelter F, Ganti L. "Implementation of a Resident-Designed Procedure Cart in a Busy Emergency Department." Cureus, vol. 15, no. 7, 2023, pp. e42211. |
| Patel, Jai, Mangal, Rohan, Stead, Thor, Barbera, Andrew, Ganti, Latha. "Injury Types and Training Habits among Soccer (Football) Athletes." Orthopedic Reviews, vol. 15, 2023. |
| Robinson, Christopher, Pham, Cynthia, Zamarripa, Alec M., Dugay, Chase S., Lee, Christopher A., Berger, Amnon A., Landman, Avi, Cornett, Elyse M., Kassem, Hisham, Kaye, Alan D., Urits, Ivan, Viswanath, Omar, Ganti, Latha. "Inotersen to Treat Polyneuropathy Associated with Hereditary Transthyretin (hATTR) Amyloidosis." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2023. |
| Sajja S, Stead T, Mangal R, Ganti L. "Layperson knowledge of heart attacks in the state of Georgia, USA." Health psychology research, vol. 11, 2023, pp. 77759. |
| Wanchu, Rohan, Rebik, Jonathan, Macauley, Emily, Elbadri, Samyr, Leon, Leoh, Jones, Terrika, Ganti, Latha. "Molar pregnancy presenting in the emergency department." Radiology Case Reports, vol. 18, no. 6, 2023, pp. 2063-2065. |
| Huang, Derrick, Killian, Morgan, Elbadri, Samyr, Leon, Leoh, Ganti, Latha. "Morel-Lavallée lesion of the distal thigh: Emergency department diagnosis with point-of-care ultrasound." Radiology Case Reports, vol. 18, no. 6, 2023, pp. 2136-2139. |
| Patel, Shaan, Ditamo, Mekdes, Mangal, Rohan, Gould, Murdoc, Ganti, Latha. "Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus." Cureus, 2023. |
| Ward, Tavish, Stead, Thor, Mangal, Rohan, Ganti, Latha. "Prevalence of stress amongst high school athletes (v2)." Health Psychology Research, vol. 11, 2023. |
| Choksey R, Mangal RK, Stead TS, Jones T, Flores R, Ganti L. "Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income." Health psychology research, vol. 11, 2023, pp. 74120. |
| Mirajkar A, Oswald A, Rivera M, Logan G, Macintosh T, Walker A, Lebowitz D, Ganti L. "Racial disparities in patients hospitalized for COVID-19." Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 115, no. 4, 2023, pp. 436-440. |
| Louis MS, Mangal RK, Stead TS, Jones T, Ganti L. "Racial disparities in satisfaction with maternal healthcare." Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 115, no. 6, 2023, pp. 589-592. |
| Peck, Jacquelin, Zeien, Justin, Patel, Megha, Cornett, Elyse M., Berger, Amnon A., Hasoon, Jamal, Kassem, Hisham, Jung, Jai Won, Ramírez, Giovanni F., Fugueroa, Paola Colon, Singhal, Neil R., Song, Jaehong, Kaye, Adam M., Kaye, Alan D., Koushik, Sarang S., Strand, Natalie H., Ganti, Latha. "Review of Interventional Therapies for Refractory Pediatric Migraine." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2023. |
| Gande, Saipriya, Mangal, Rohan K., Stead, Thor S., Ganti, Latha. "State of nutrition amongst US college students: dataset of a national survey study." BMC Research Notes, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023. |
| Patlola, Mahika, Shah, Aanchal A., Stead, Thor, Mangal, Rohan, Ganti, Latha. "Sunscreen use amongst US adults: a national survey." Archives of Dermatological Research, vol. 315, no. 7, 2023, pp. 2137-2138. |
| Han, Andrew H., Burroughs, Caroline R., Falgoust, Evan P., Hasoon, Jamal, Hunt, Grace, Kakazu, Juyeon, Lee, Tim, Kaye, Adam M., Kaye, Alan D., Ganti, Latha. "Suvorexant, a Novel Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist, for the Management of Insomnia." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2023. |
| Wallen, Michelle, Banerjee, Paul, Webb-McAdams, Amanda, Mirajkar, Amber, Stead, Tej, Ganti, Latha. "Systolic blood pressure in acute ischemic stroke and impact on clinical outcomes." Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, vol. 123, no. 7, 2023, pp. 331-336. |
| Rubin, Alexandra, Mangal, Rohan, Stead, Thor S., Walker, Joshua, Ganti, Latha. "The extent of sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness in young adults." Health Psychology Research, vol. 11, 2023. |
| Kanyadan P, Ganti L, Mangal R, Stead T, Hahn L, Sosa M. "Understanding factors that influence whether a woman will seek care for reproductive health: A national survey." Health psychology research, vol. 11, 2023, pp. 67959. |
| Huang D, Killian M, Wanchu R, El-Badri S, Ganti L. "A 54-year-old with dysarthria." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 3, 2022, pp. e12757. |
| Huang D, Alterman T, Leon L, Falgiani M, Ganti L. "A 70 year old with back pain." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 6, 2022, pp. e12843. |
| Zachrison, Kori S., Ganti, Latha, Sharma, Dhruv, Goyal, Pawan, Decker‐Palmer, Marquita, Adeoye, Opeolu, Goldstein, Joshua N., Jauch, Edward C., Lo, Bruce M., Madsen, Tracy E., Meurer, William, Oostema, John A., Mendez‐Hernandez, Cindy, Venkatesh, Arjun K. "A survey of stroke‐related capabilities among a sample of US community emergency departments." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 4, 2022. |
| Stead T, Mangal R, Stead T, Ganti L. "A tongue with a map on it." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 5, 2022, pp. e12817. |
| Iyer, Aditi, Killian, Morgan, Stead, Thor S, Mangal, Rohan, Ganti, Latha. "Acute-on-Chronic Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Falls Due to Alcoholism." Cureus, 2022. |
| Stead, Trilok, Shah, Aanchal, Bandi, Sumedha, Neumeister, James, Coker, Phillip, Ganti, Latha. "An ominous cause of back pain: Vertebral Osteomyelitis." Orthopedic Reviews, vol. 14, no. 1, 2022. |
| Wallen MF, Drone E, Lee J, Ganti L. "Assessment of Emergency Department Staff Awareness of Policy and Expert Opinion Protocol Regarding Active Shooter Events." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 17, 2022, pp. e168. |
| Krishnan A, Stead T, Oldano K, Ganti L. "Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness: Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis or more?." Orthopedic reviews, vol. 14, no. 3, 2022, pp. 33975. |
| Pell, Robert, Littell, Jonathan, Hernandez, Michelle, Mirajkar, Amber, Ganti, Latha. "Cardiopulmonary arrest from metformin-induced lactic acidosis." Resuscitation Plus, vol. 9, 2022, pp. 100217. |
| Huang D, Ganti L, Graham EW, Shah D, Aleksandrovskiy I, Al-Bassam M, Fraunfelter F, Falgiani M, Leon L, Lopez-Ortiz C. "COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers." Health psychology research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2022, pp. 34218. |
| Wu, Jesse C, Cao, Kevin, Mayfield, Jeremy, Ganti, Latha. "Emergency Decompressive Craniostomy “Burr Hole” Using an Intraosseous Vascular Access System in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Technical Report on a Cadaver." Cureus, 2022. |
| Berger, Amnon A., Keefe, Joseph, Stark, Cain W., Moore, Matthew, Ramírez, Giovanni F., Cucarola, Julia R., Han, Andrew H., Kaye, Alan D., Ganti, Latha. "Eptinezumab-jjmr, a humanized monoclonal specific to Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide, for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2022. |
| Gue S, Ray J, Ganti L. "Gamification of graduate medical education in an emergency medicine residency program." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 1, 2022, pp. 41. |
| Malik, Sofia, Stead, Thor S., Mangal, Rohan, Ganti, Latha. "General Anxiety Disorder in Youth: A National Survey." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 4, 2022. |
| Patel, Jai, Mangal, Rohan K., Stead, Thor S., Wanchu, Rohan, Ganti, Latha. "Greenstick Fractures of the mid- Radial and Ulnar Diaphysis with Volar Angulation." Orthopedic Reviews, vol. 14, no. 4, 2022. |
| Jeong JY, Stead T, Kwon J, Carman M, Ganti L. "Hill-Sachs Deformity." Orthopedic reviews, vol. 14, no. 1, 2022, pp. 31927. |
| Prasad, Sathwika, Colon Figueroa, Paola, Stead, Thor S, Mangal, Rohan K, Ganti, Latha. "Intraparenchymal Hematoma With Significant Mass Effect Treated With Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypass Activity." Cureus, 2022. |
| Huang D, Wilson J, Ganti L. "Isolated shoulder pain secondary to pacer lead perforation." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 2, 2022, pp. e12615. |
| Reddyreddy, Shloka, Stead, Thor, Mangal, Rohan, Lopez-Ortiz, Carlos, Wilson, James, Ganti, Latha. "Lateral Malleolar Fracture." Orthopedic Reviews, vol. 14, no. 4, 2022. |
| Cornett, Elyse M., Nemomsa, Meskerem A., Turbeville, Bailey, Busby, Matthew A., Kaye, Jessica S., Kaye, Aaron J., Choi, JooHee, Ramírez, Giovanni F., Varrassi, Giustino, Kaye, Adam M., Kaye, Alan D., Wilson, James, Ganti, Latha. "Midazolam nasal spray to treat intermittent, stereotypic episodes of frequent seizure activity: pharmacology and clinical role, a comprehensive review." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2022. |
| Happach VC, Delk GT, Ganti L. "Myocardial Bridging, the Hidden Risk Factor for Ischemia." Military Medicine, vol. 187, no. 9-10, 2022, pp. e1230-e1232. |
| Handy A, Mangal R, Stead TS, Coffee RL Jr, Ganti L. "Prevalence and Impact of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Depression in the United States." Cureus, vol. 14, no. 8, 2022, pp. e28011. |
| Berger, Amnon A., Winnick, Ariel, Carroll, Austin H., Welschmeyer, Alexandra, Li, Nathan, Colon, Marc, Paladini, Antonella, Ramírez, Giovanni F., Hasoon, Jamal, Cornett, Elyse M., Song, Jaehong, Varrassi, Giustino, Kaye, Adam M., Kaye, Alan D., Ganti, Latha. "Rimegepant for the treatment of migraine." Health Psychology Research, vol. 10, no. 5, 2022. |
| Poliwoda S, Noor N, Downs E, Schaaf A, Cantwell A, Ganti L, Kaye AD, Mosel LI, Carroll CB, Viswanath O, Urits I. "Stem cells: a comprehensive review of origins and emerging clinical roles in medical practice." Orthopedic reviews, vol. 14, no. 3, 2022, pp. 37498. |
| Kolluri S, Stead TS, Mangal RK, Coffee RL Jr, Littell J, Ganti L. "Telehealth in Response to the Rural Health Disparity." Health psychology research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2022, pp. 37445. |
| Potla, Neha, Ganti, Latha. "Tenecteplase vs. alteplase for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 1, 2022. |
| Walker A, Oswald A, Wanthal J, Van Dillen C, Plamoottil C, Patel P, Tassone M, Ganti L. "The A to E (ABCDE) Pit Crew Model: A Novel Approach to Team Based Care of Critical Patients in the Prehospital Setting." Health psychology research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2022, pp. 36960. |
| Aleksandrovskiy, Ilya, Ganti, Latha, Simmons, Stefanie. "The Emergency Department Patient Experience: In Their Own Words." Journal of Patient Experience, vol. 9, 2022, pp. 237437352211024. |
| Choudry M, Stead TS, Mangal RK, Ganti L. "The History and Evolution of the Stethoscope." Cureus, vol. 14, no. 8, 2022, pp. e28171. |
| Ganti, Latha, Kwon, Bryan, George, Andrew, Stead, Thor, Plamoottil, Cherian, Banerjee, Paul. "Tissue plasminogen activator and patients with acute ischemic stroke: The litigation landscape." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022. |
| Ganti L, Long BJ. "What Is The Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Nucleic Acid Tests for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 79, no. 4, 2022, pp. 388-390. |
| Hernandez M, George A, Ganti L. "A rare case of a bifurcated uvula in a 20-year-old." BMJ Case Reports, vol. 14, no. 3, 2021. |
| Walker A, Elahi N, Slome MC, MacIntosh T, Tassone M, Ganti L. "A Simulated Scenario to Improve Resident Efficiency in an Emergency Department." Cureus, vol. 13, no. 12, 2021, pp. e20462. |
| Banerjee, Paul, Koumans, Helene, Weech, Madison Danielle, Wilson, Maricela, Rivera-Morales, Mark, Ganti, Latha. "AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms." Stroke and Vascular Neurology, vol. 7, no. 2, 2021, pp. 176-178. |
| Qureshi, Mansoor, Qureshi, Marvi, Gul, Muhammad, Lebowitz, David, Ganti, Latha. "Bilateral Thalamic Stroke as a Cause of Decreased Responsiveness." Cureus, 2021. |
| Ganti, Latha, Bodhit, Aakash N., Daneshvar, Yasamin, Hatchitt, Kelsey, Kuchibhotla, Sudeep, Pulvino, Christa, Ayala, Sarah W., Peters, Keith R. "Effectiveness of seatbelts in mitigating traumatic brain injury severity." World Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021, pp. 68. |
| Banerjee, Paul, Ganti, Latha, Stead, Tej G., Vera, Ariel E., Vittone, Raf, Pepe, Paul E. "Every one-minute delay in EMS on-scene resuscitation after out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest lowers ROSC by 5%." Resuscitation Plus, vol. 5, 2021, pp. 100062. |
| Lee J, Solomon M, Stead T, Kwon B, Ganti L. "Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of US college students." BMC psychology, vol. 9, no. 1, 2021, pp. 95. |
| Daniel, Anjali, Koumans, Helene, Ganti, Latha. "Impact of Music Therapy on Gait After Stroke." Cureus, 2021. |
| Nguyen, Lilly, Lee, Joyce Hoonsuh, Ganti, Latha, Rivera-Morales, Mark, Dub, Larissa. "Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient." Case Reports in Neurology, vol. 13, no. 3, 2021, pp. 704-709. |
| Logan G, Mirajkar A, Houck J, Rivera-Alvarez F, Drone E, Patel P, Craen A, Dub L, Elahi N, Lebowitz D, Walker A, Ganti L. "Physician-Perceived Barriers to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department." Cureus, vol. 13, no. 11, 2021, pp. e19923. |
| Rastogi V, Banwait R, Singh D, Toklu H, Finer L, Parajuli D, Ganti L. "Prevalence of hepatopancreatic injury and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 in USA." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 1, 2021, pp. 68. |
| Stead, Tej G., Banerjee, Paul, Ganti, Latha. "Real-World Field Performance of the Los Angeles Motor Scale as a Large Vessel Occlusion Screen: A Prospective Muticentre Study." Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 50, no. 5, 2021, pp. 543-550. |
| Walker A, Elahi N, Tassone M, Littell J, Ganti L. "Residency Exposure to Emergency Medical Services Concepts Through Immersion, Interprofessional Collaboration and Assembly Line Education." Cureus, vol. 13, no. 12, 2021, pp. e20470. |
| Stead, Trilok, Ganti, Latha, McCauley, Emily, Koumans, Helene, Wilson, Maricela, Weech, Madison D, Barbera, Andrew R, Banerjee, Paul R. "What Do Spanish Speakers Think of the Andar, Hablar, Ojos, Rostro, Ambos Brazos o Piernas (AHORA) Stroke Tool?." Cureus, 2021. |
| Logan G, Robalino E, MacIntosh T, Ganti L. "Apnea and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by Cocaine and Heroin Use: A Case Report." Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, vol. 4, no. 4, 2020, pp. 537-539. |
| Rosario J, Lebowitz D, Webb AL, Ganti L, Vera A, Macintosh T, Walker A, Rubero J. "Assembly Line Education: A Novel Educational Technique for Today's Learners." Cureus, vol. 12, no. 2, 2020, pp. e7065. |
| Ganti, Latha, Serrano, Enrique, Toklu, Hale Z. "Can Neuron Specific Enolase Be a Diagnostic Biomarker for Neuronal Injury in COVID-19?." Cureus, 2020. |
| Toklu H, Ganti L, Crimi E, Cintron C, Hagan J, Serrano E. "Cerebrospinal fluid findings and hypernatremia in COVID-19 patients with altered mental status." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 63. |
| Webb AL, Kramer N, Rosario J, Dub L, Lebowitz D, Amico K, Leon L, Stead TG, Vera A, Ganti L. "Delta Lactate (Three-hour Lactate Minus Initial Lactate) Prediction of In-hospital Death in Sepsis Patients." Cureus, vol. 12, no. 4, 2020, pp. e7863. |
| Walker AD, Fusco N, Tsau J, Ganti L. "Development of an interactive curriculum and trainee-specific preparedness plan for emergency medicine residents." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 37. |
| Chiang J, Hanna A, Lebowitz D, Ganti L. "Elastomeric respirators are safer and more sustainable alternatives to disposable N95 masks during the coronavirus outbreak." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 39. |
| Ganti, Latha, Oostema, J. Adam. "How Accurate Are the Stroke Severity Scales for Identifying Large Vessel Occlusions?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 75, no. 4, 2020, pp. 494-496. |
| Singh V, Ganti L, Haupt JD, Marshall B. "Iatrogenic post-pulpectomy cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema in a paediatric patient." BMJ Case Reports, vol. 13, no. 3, 2020. |
| Singh V, Mulla N, Wilson JL, Umansky A, Lee J, Stead T, Ganti L. "Intractable nausea and vomiting in naïve ingestion of kratom for analgesia." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 42. |
| Hogan C, Atta M, Anderson P, Stead T, Solomon M, Banerjee P, Sleigh B, Shivdat J, Webb McAdams A, Ganti L. "Knowledge and attitudes of us adults regarding COVID-19." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 53. |
| Rosario J, Mangal R, Houck J, Slome MC, Ganti L. "Pericardial effusion with tamponade: bedside ultrasonography saves another life." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2020, pp. 3. |
| Montgomery S, Sirju K, Bear J, Ganti L, Shivdat J. "Recurrent priapism in the setting of cannabis use." Journal of cannabis research, vol. 2, no. 1, 2020, pp. 7. |
| Webb AL, Kramer N, Stead TG, Mangal R, Lebowitz D, Dub L, Rosario J, Tak M, Reddy S, Lee JR, Adams J, Banerjee PR, Wallen M, Ganti L. "Serum Procalcitonin Level Is Associated with Positive Blood Cultures, In-hospital Mortality, and Septic Shock in Emergency Department Sepsis Patients." Cureus, vol. 12, no. 4, 2020, pp. e7812. |
| Ferras M, McCauley N, Stead T, Ganti L, Desai B. "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts in the Emergency Department: A Review." Cureus, vol. 12, no. 2, 2020, pp. e6857. |
| George A, Stead TS, Ganti L. "What's the Risk: Differentiating Risk Ratios, Odds Ratios, and Hazard Ratios?." Cureus, vol. 12, no. 8, 2020, pp. e10047. |
| Ganti L, Rosario J. "Do Antibiotics Improve Outcomes in Patients With Acute Asthma Exacerbations?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 74, no. 5, 2019, pp. 711-712. |
| Kanyadan V, Ganti L. "E-cigarette Awareness among Young Adults: A Pilot Survey Study." Cureus, vol. 11, no. 7, 2019, pp. e5234. |
| Banerjee, Paul R., Ganti, Latha, Pepe, Paul E., Singh, Amninder, Roka, Abhishek, Vittone, Raf A. "Early On-Scene Management of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Can Result in Improved Likelihood for Neurologically-Intact Survival." Resuscitation, vol. 135, 2019, pp. 162-167. |
| Ganti, Latha, Stead, Tej, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Bodhit, Aakash N., Pulvino, Christa, Ayala, Sarah W., Peters, Keith R. "GCS 15: when mild TBI isn’t so mild." Neurological Research and Practice, vol. 1, no. 1, 2019. |
| Craen, Alexandra, Mangal, Rohan, Stead, Tej G, Ganti, Latha. "Gender Differences in Outcomes after Non-traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage." Cureus, 2019. |
| Stead, Thor S, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Ayala, Sarah, Ganti, Latha. "Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes Regarding Concussion Among Middle Schoolers." Cureus, 2019. |
| Stead TG, Banerjee PR, Ganti L. "Large Vessel Occlusion Identification Through Prehospital Administration of Stroke Scales: A County-wide Emergency Medical Services Prospective Research Protocol." Cureus, vol. 11, no. 10, 2019, pp. e5931. |
| Ganti L, Hanna A. "Lateral Knee Dislocation." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 381, no. 21, 2019, pp. 2051. |
| MacIntosh T, Lebowitz DC, Ganti L. "Medical students and metrics: seven techniques for a win-win situation." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 12, no. 1, 2019, pp. 13. |
| Craen A, Ganti L. "Orbital floor fracture with periorbital haematoma." BMJ Case Reports, vol. 12, no. 2, 2019. |
| Amico K, Cabrera R, Ganti L. "Outcomes following clonidine ingestions in children: an analysis of poison control center data." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 12, no. 1, 2019, pp. 14. |
| Ganti L, Ballinger BL. "How Accurate Is Rapid Antigen Testing for Group A Streptococcus in Children With Pharyngitis?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 71, no. 4, 2018, pp. 523-524. |
| Anand A, Ballinger B, Ganti L. "Impact of Urinalysis on Medical Decision-making and Length of Stay." Cureus, vol. 10, no. 4, 2018, pp. e2531. |
| Ganti, Latha, Sleigh, Bryan. "Is Antibiotic Therapy Helpful for Preventing Infection After Acute Stroke?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 72, no. 5, 2018, pp. 613-614. |
| Kramer N, Lebowitz D, Walsh M, Ganti L. "Rapid Sequence Intubation in Traumatic Brain-injured Adults." Cureus, vol. 10, no. 4, 2018, pp. e2530. |
| Leon L, Kramer N, Ganti L, Amico K, Dub L, Lebowitz D, Rosario J, Ballinger B. "Sepsis Cards and Facts: A Simple Way to Increase Sepsis Bundle Compliance." Cureus, vol. 10, no. 9, 2018, pp. e3245. |
| Ganti L, Lebowitz D. "What Is the Best Imaging Study to Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 72, no. 6, 2018, pp. 713-715. |
| Ganti L, Rastogi V. "Acute Generalized Weakness." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, vol. 34, no. 4, 2016, pp. 795-809. |
| Stead TS, Rastogi V, Hedna VS, Ganti L. "Awareness of the CDC "Heads Up!" to Youth Sports Campaign among Pediatric Sports Coaches: A Pilot Survey Study." Cureus, vol. 8, no. 8, 2016, pp. e755. |
| Hansoti B, Levine A, Ganti L, Oteng R, DesRosiers T, Modi P, Brown J. "Funding global emergency medicine research-from seed grants to NIH support." Int J Emerg Med, vol. 9, no. 1, 2016, pp. 27. |
| Ganti, Latha, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Ayala, Sarah, Bodhit, Aakash N., Peters, Keith R. "The value of neurocognitive testing for acute outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury." Military Medical Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016. |
| Ganti, Latha. "Do Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Improve Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 66, no. 1, 2015, pp. 65-66. |
| Rastogi, Vaibhav, Lamb, Damon G., Williamson, John B., Stead, Thor S., Penumudi, Rachel, Bidari, Sharathchandra, Ganti, Latha, Heilman, Kenneth M., Hedna, Vishnumurthy S. "Hemispheric differences in malignant middle cerebral artery stroke." Journal of the Neurological Sciences, vol. 353, no. 1-2, 2015, pp. 20-27. |
| Malya RR, Ganti L. "Is rhythm control better than rate control for new-onset atrial fibrillation in the emergency department?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 65, no. 5, 2015, pp. 540-2. |
| Ganti, Latha, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Bodhit, Aakash, Ayala, Sarah, Patel, Pratik S., Lottenberg, Lawrence L., York, Donna, Counsell, Colleen, Peters, Keith R. "TBI ADAPTER: Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment Diagnosis Advocacy Prevention and Treatment From the Emergency Room—A Prospective Observational Study." Military Medicine, vol. 180, no. 4, 2015, pp. 380-386. |
| Ganti, Latha, Conroy, Lauren, Bodhit, Aakash, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Patel, Pratik, Ayala, Sarah, Kuchibhotla, Sudeep, Hatchitt, Kelsey, Pulvino, Christa, Peters, Keith, Lottenberg, Lawrence. "Understanding Why Patients Return to the Emergency Department after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury within 72 Hours." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 3, 2015, pp. 481-485. |
| Jain, Minal, Damania, Dushyant, Jain, Anunaya, Kanthala, Abhijit, Stead, Latha, Jahromi, Babk. "Does Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department Affect Outcome for Stroke Patients?." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 3, 2014, pp. 267-275. |
| Bellolio MF, Gilmore RM, Ganti L. "Insulin for glycaemic control in acute ischaemic stroke." The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, vol. 2014, no. 1, 2014, pp. CD005346. |
| Asaithambi, Ganesh, Saravanapavan, Pradeepan, Rastogi, Vaibhav, Khan, Sheema, Bidari, Sharatchandra, Khanna, Anna Y, Ganti, Latha, Qureshi, Adnan I, Hedna, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha. "Isolated middle cerebral artery dissection: a systematic review." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 7, no. 1, 2014. |
| Ganti, Latha, Khalid, Hussain, Patel, Pratik Shashikant, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Bodhit, Aakash N, Peters, Keith R. "Who gets post-concussion syndrome? An emergency department-based prospective analysis." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 7, no. 1, 2014. |
| Bassi B, Nickels LC, Flach FE, Deportu G, Ganti L. "Acute on chronic venous thromboembolism on therapeutic anticoagulation." Case reports in emergency medicine, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 295261. |
| Tsung, Ann H., Nickels, Leslie C., De Portu, Giuliano, Flach, Eike F., Stead, Latha Ganti. "Aortic Dissection and Thrombosis Diagnosed by Emergency Ultrasound in a Patient with Leg Pain and Paralysis." Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 1-3. |
| Ganti L, Jain A, Yerragondu N, Jain M, Bellolio MF, Gilmore RM, Rabinstein A. "Female gender remains an independent risk factor for poor outcome after acute nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage." Neurology research international, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 219097. |
| Hedna, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha, Bodhit, Aakash N, Ansari, Saeed, Falchook, Adam D, Stead, Latha, Heilman, Kenneth M, Waters, Michael F. "Hemispheric Differences in Ischemic Stroke: Is Left-Hemisphere Stroke More Common?." Journal of Clinical Neurology, vol. 9, no. 2, 2013, pp. 97. |
| Ganti L, Bodhit AN, Daneshvar Y, Patel PS, Pulvino C, Hatchitt K, Hoelle RM, Peters KR, Kuchibhotla S, Lottenberg L, Gabrielli A, Mazzuoccolo A, Elie-Turenne MC, Falgiani T, Maerz PW, Kharod SM, Conroy LM, Khalid HM, Tyndall JA. "Impact of helmet use in traumatic brain injuries associated with recreational vehicles." Advances in preventive medicine, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 450195. |
| Jain A, Jain M, Bellolio MF, Schears RM, Rabinstein AA, Ganti L. "Is early DNR a self-fulfilling prophecy for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage?." Neurocritical Care, vol. 19, no. 3, 2013, pp. 342-6. |
| Stead, Latha Ganti, None, None, Bodhit, Aakash N, Patel, Pratik Shashikant, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Peters, Keith R, Mazzuoccolo, Anna, Kuchibhotla, Sudeep, Pulvino, Christa, Hatchitt, Kelsey, Lottenberg, Lawrence, Elie-Turenne, Marie-Carmelle, Hoelle, Robyn M, Vedula, Abhijna, Gabrielli, Andrea, Miller, Bayard D, Slish, John H, Falgiani, Michael, Falgiani, Tricia, Tyndall, J Adrian. "TBI surveillance using the common data elements for traumatic brain injury: a population study." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 6, no. 1, 2013. |
| Jain, Minal, Jain, Anunaya, Yerragondu, Neeraja, Brown, Robert D., Rabinstein, Alejandro, Jahromi, Babak S., Vaidyanathan, Lekshmi, Blyth, Brian, Stead, Latha Ganti. "The Triglyceride Paradox in Stroke Survivors: A Prospective Study." Neuroscience Journal, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 1-7. |
| Patel AN, Nickels LC, Flach FE, De Portu G, Ganti L. "The use of bedside ultrasound in the evaluation of patients presenting with signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism." Case reports in emergency medicine, vol. 2013, 2013, pp. 312632. |
| Hedna, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha, Stead, Latha Ganti, Bidari, Sharathchandra, Patel, Akhil, Gottipati, Amareshwari, Favilla, Christopher G, Salardini, Arash, Khaku, Aunali, Mora, Diana, Pandey, Ajay, Patel, Het, Waters, Michael F. "Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and CT perfusion changes." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 5, no. 1, 2012. |
| Stead, Latha Ganti, Enduri, Sailaja, Bellolio, M Fernanda, Jain, Anunaya R, Vaidyanathan, Lekshmi, Gilmore, Rachel M, Kashyap, Rahul, Weaver, Amy L, Brown, Robert D. "The impact of blood pressure hemodynamics in acute ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study." International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 5, no. 1, 2012. |
| Stead, Latha G., Suravaram, Smitha, Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Enduri, Sailaja, Rabinstein, Alejandro, Gilmore, Rachel M., Bhagra, Anjali, Manivannan, Veena, Decker, Wyatt W. "An Assessment of the Incremental Value of the ABCD2 Score in the Emergency Department Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attack." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 57, no. 1, 2011, pp. 46-51. |
| Stead, Latha Ganti, Gilmore, Rachel M., Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Jain, Anunaya, Rabinstein, Alejandro A., Decker, Wyatt W., Agarwal, Dipti, Brown, Robert D. "Cardioembolic but Not Other Stroke Subtypes Predict Mortality Independent of Stroke Severity at Presentation." Stroke Research and Treatment, vol. 2011, 2011, pp. 1-5. |
| Burns, Joseph D., Rabinstein, Alejandro A., Roger, Veronique L., Stead, Latha G., Christianson, Teresa J.H., Killian, Jill M., Brown, Robert D. "Incidence and Predictors of Myocardial Infarction After Transient Ischemic Attack." Stroke, vol. 42, no. 4, 2011, pp. 935-940. |
| Ramos-Fernandez, Maria, Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Stead, Latha G. "Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as a Marker for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 47-54. |
| Stead, Latha Ganti. "Seizures in Pregnancy/Eclampsia." Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, vol. 29, no. 1, 2011, pp. 109-116. |
| Mansukhani, Meghna P., Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Kolla, Bhanu Prakash, Enduri, Sailaja, Somers, Virend K., Stead, Latha G. "Worse Outcome after Stroke in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Observational Cohort Study." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 20, no. 5, 2011, pp. 401-405. |
| Stead, Latha G., Jain, Anunaya, Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Odufuye, Adetolu O., Dhillon, Ravneet K., Manivannan, Veena, Gilmore, Rachel M., Rabinstein, Alejandro A., Chandra, Raghav, Serrano, Luis A., Yerragondu, Neeraja, Palamari, Balavani, Decker, Wyatt W. "Effect of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in patients with spontaneous intra-cerebral hemorrhage: Does medication use predict worse outcome?." Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 112, no. 4, 2010, pp. 275-281. |
| Stead, Latha G., Jain, Anunaya, Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Odufuye, Adetolu, Gilmore, Rachel M., Rabinstein, Alejandro, Chandra, Raghav, Dhillon, Ravneet, Manivannan, Veena, Serrano, Luis A., Yerragondu, Neeraja, Palamari, Balavani, Jain, Minal, Decker, Wyatt W. "Emergency Department Hyperglycemia as a Predictor of Early Mortality and Worse Functional Outcome after Intracerebral Hemorrhage." Neurocritical Care, vol. 13, no. 1, 2010, pp. 67-74. |
Dr. Ganti is a prolific writer, with over 26 books, 280 pubmed indexed papers and over 600 scientific research abstracts.
Dr. Ganti has had continuous extramural funding for her research, teaching and mentoring activities for the last 10 years. The funding has been from a variety of sources, including the National Institutes of Health, The US department of defense, the US Fulbright commission, Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. and the Toral Family Foundation. She is the Principal investigator on numerous protocols that optimize patient care.
Principal Investigator, Prehospital protocol for subarachnoid hemorrhage, 9/2022-12/2024
Principal Investigator, AHORA: Prehospital stroke scale evaluation in Spanish speakers, 9/2021-12/2023
Principal Investigator, PCFR COVID-19 and Flu clinical trial, 8/2020 -12/21
Co-PI, Prehospital IVC evaluation of fluid responsiveness post-fluid bolus in sepsis , 7/2020-7/2021
Co-PI, Mild and Rapidly Improving Stroke Study (MaRISS), 3/2017-12/2018 American Heart Association
Principal Investigator, Neuropsychometric testing in acute TBI , 6/2011-12/2013 NIH/NCRR Clinical and Translational Science Award to the University of Florida UL1 RR029890
Endowed Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury 2010-2014
Principal Investigator, Best practices for management of the TBI inpatient
W. Martin Smith Interdisciplinary Patient Quality & Safety Awards Program, 3/2012-12/2013
Principal Investigator, A Prospective Evaluation of Biomarkers Of Mild, Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (ATO-6),
Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. & US. Dept. of Defense, 3/2012-12/2013
Dr. Ganti is the author of the First Aid for the Clinical Clerkship books, and several other texts in medicine: https://bit.ly/LathaGantiBOOKS
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | MBA | Kellogg Graduate School of Management |
| 2009 | MS | Mayo Graduate School |
| 1997 | MD | Ponce School of Medicine |
| 1990 | BS | University of Rochester |
