Sridesh Nath

Dr. Sridesh Nath serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University's College of Medicine, where he works as a Critical Care attending physician and conducts research in the Geraghty laboratory focusing on immune responses in respiratory diseases.

His academic training includes:

• Medical Degree: Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India
• Internal Medicine Residency: Downstate Health Sciences University (2016–2019)
• Chief Resident: Downstate Health Sciences University (2019–2020)
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2020–2023)

Dr. Nath's research centers on elucidating immune mechanisms in acute and chronic respiratory conditions through three primary avenues:

• Phenotyping strategies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in comorbid patients
• Molecular pathways involving phosphatases and Cathepsin S in COPD-related immune dysregulation
• Microbiome-immune system interactions in pulmonary disease pathogenesis

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care, and Pulmonary Disease, he continues longitudinal work initiated during his residency on Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and phosphatase functions in COPD, now expanded through large-dataset ARDS phenotyping approaches developed during his fellowship. His current research in the Geraghty lab integrates clinical critical care practice with mechanistic immunology investigations.