- Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical School (2004-2008)
- Residency - Baylor College of Medicine (2008-2011), Internal Medicine
Farhan Lalani, M.D.
- Internal Medicine - Hospital Medicine - Parkland Health and Hospital System
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Diagnostic reasoning
Biography
Farhan Lalani, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in hospital medicine, focusing on point-of-care ultrasound and diagnostic reasoning.
Dr. Lalani earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, by the American Society of Hypertension in hypertension, and by the American College of Chest Physicians in critical care ultrasound, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.
Dr. Lalani has delivered numerous lectures and presentations and published several academic articles. In addition, he serves as a reviewer for POCUS Journal’s website.
Prior to joining UT Southwestern, Dr. Lalani served as Director of Quality Assurance for the Clinical Ultrasonography Program in the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Division of Hospital Medicine. In 2019, he received the UCSF School of Medicine’s Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty.
In addition to his fluency in English, Dr. Lalani has advanced proficiency in Urdu and Spanish.
Personal Note
Dr. Lalani’s interests outside of medicine include guitar, surfing, mountain biking, rock climbing, social justice, meditation and mindfulness, Stoic philosophy, and secular Buddhism.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- Internal Funds Grant Recipient (2020), UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
- Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty (2019), UCSF School of Medicine
- Internal Funds Grant Recipient (2019), UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
- Academy of Medical Educators Innovation for Education Grant Recipient (2019), UCSF Internal Medicine Residency
- Internal Grant Recipient (2018), UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
- Carson Family Scholarship Recipient (2011), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Resident of the Month, September (2009), Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency
- Presidential Scholarship Recipient (2004-2008), UT Southwestern Medical School
- Summa Cum Laude (2004), Houston Baptist University
- Academic Scholarship Recipient (2000-2004), Houston Baptist University
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Interobserver Agreement of Lung Ultrasound Findings of COVID-19.
Kumar A, Weng Y, Graglia S, Chung S, Duanmu Y, Lalani F, Gandhi K, Lobo V, Jensen T, Nahn J, Kugler J, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2021 Nov 40 11 2369-2376 -
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19.
Kumar A, Weng I, Graglia S, Lew T, Gandhi K, Lalani F, Chia D, Duanmu Y, Jensen T, Lobo V, Nahn J, Iverson N, Rosenthal M, Gordon AJ, Kugler J, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2021 Sep -
Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19.
Kumar A, Weng Y, Duanmu Y, Graglia S, Lalani F, Gandhi K, Lobo V, Jensen T, Chung S, Nahn J, Kugler J, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2022 Jan 41 1 89-96
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Interobserver Agreement of Lung Ultrasound Findings of COVID-19.
Clinical Focus
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Diagnostic reasoning