Ashwin Dharmadhikari, MD

Ashwin Dharmadhikari, MD, MPH, chief medical officer for Levindale, is a board-certified physician specializing in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. Dr. Dharmadhikari earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Osler Training Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by fellowships in pulmonary and critical care through the Harvard Combined Program, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

He has worked clinically in resource-limited settings, including Haiti and Indonesia, and has extensive experience in airborne infections, with many years dedicated to tuberculosis transmission research in South Africa. Dr. Dharmadhikari also holds a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

His interests include respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation, process improvement, patient safety and quality, patient and family communication, and peer review. He previously served as chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Sinai and currently serves as vice chair for the Department of Medicine at Sinai and Northwest hospitals.