Kiran Thakur, MD, FAAN
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Dr. Kiran Thakur is the Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Neurology where she leads the Program in Neuroinfectious Diseases in the Division of Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology. Dr. Thakur performs clinical and implementation research studies locally and internationally and also works with public health organizations to improve global access to neurological care. Dr. Thakur’s research focuses on implementation studies which aim to improve our ability to detect and manage neuroinfectious diseases and neuroinflammatory conditions in the hospital setting. She leads the post-doctoral neuroinfectious disease clinical research fellowship for LIC and LMIC physician-scientists at Columbia.