Shivani Kumari Jindal MD
Voluntary Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Voluntary Assistant Professor, Geriatrics
72 E. Concord Street | (774) 826-3852shivani.jindal@va.gov

Sections
General Internal Medicine
Geriatrics
Biography
Shivani Jindal, MD is an Attending Hospitalist & Hospital in Home at the VA Boston Healthcare System - General Internal Medicine in Boston, MA. She also is the Clinical Physician Consultant, Home & Community Based Programs at the VA National Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care. Previously, she was the Attending CLC & Hospitalist at the VA Boston Healthcare System - GEC, Boston, MA and the Director of Medicine Consult Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System – Brockton Division.
Education
MD, Wright State University at Dayton, 2010
MPH, Ohio State University, 2007
Biology, BS, Youngstown State University, 2005
Publications
Ferri GM, Morgan S, Pasco JC, Restrepo J, Demers L, Young ME, Jindal SK. Listening more and measuring less: Student and faculty perspectives on social narratives in care for older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Mar; 71(3):E5-E8. PMID: 36637868.
Published on 2/28/2022Jindal SK, Karamourtopoulos M, Jacobson AR, Pinheiro A, Smith AK, Hamel MB, Schonberg MA. Strategies for discussing long-term prognosis when deciding on cancer screening for adults over age 75. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 06; 70(6):1734-1744. PMID: 35225351.
Published on 5/29/2018Baughman AW, Cain G, Ruopp MD, Concepcion C, Oliveira C, O'Toole R, Saunders S, Jindal SK, Ferreira M, Simon SR. Improving Access to Care by Admission Process Redesign in a Veterans Affairs Skilled Nursing Facility. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Aug; 44(8):454-462. PMID: 30071965.
Published on 6/1/2014Chambers EM, Jindal SK, Hebbeler-Clark R, Warm EJ. Morbidity, mortality, and improvement-moving ideas into action. J Grad Med Educ. 2014 Jun; 6(2):362-3. PMID: 24949156.
Published on 11/1/2013Mulhall AM, Jindal SK. Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a complication of the Flexi-Seal fecal management system. Am J Crit Care. 2013 Nov; 22(6):537-43. PMID: 24186827.
Media Mentions
Published on 1/25/2023
VA’s narrative medicine program improves senior patient care, docs’ study finds
Published on 1/17/2023
Study finds narrative medicine is an important tool to help care for older adults
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