Dr. Shruti Gohil
Associate Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention UCI Health
- Irvine CA
Dr. Shruti K. Gohil is an infectious disease specialist in Orange, California and is affiliated with one hospital.
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Areas of Expertise
Education
Tufts University School of Medicine
MD
Affiliations
- Infectious Disease Society of America
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America
Media Appearances
Is Your Cold Actually COVID? What to Know as the Summer Surge Begins
Everyday Health online
2026-08-14
“We may anticipate an upswing over the next few weeks before rates come back down as fall approaches,” says Shruti Gohil, MD, associate medical director in the division of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health in Orange, California. … “For most healthy people, given that the new COVID-19 vaccine is imminent, it seems reasonable to await the newest formulation,” says Gohil.
Is the BRAT Diet Really the Best Way to Treat a Stomach Bug?
The New York Times online
2026-08-11
On the first day of a stomach bug, there is no harm in sticking to bland foods like those included in the BRAT diet, said Dr. Shruti Gohil, an internal medicine physician and infectious disease specialist at UCI Health in Irvine, Calif. “If you’re having trouble keeping things down, is it good to eat what you can? Sure,” she said. But there’s no evidence that eating such a limited diet improves vomiting or diarrhea.
With several foodborne illness outbreaks nationwide, here's how to avoid getting sick
ABC 7 online
2026-08-06
Experts say there are things you can do and watch for to protect yourself. "I do think when you go out to eat, if anything looks unhealthy, it doesn't look like... meat (is) cooked fully or you see evidence of spoilage on any type of produce - those are all things to bring awareness to the manager or whoever it is that served you the food and say maybe this isn't the right thing to be eating today," said Dr. Shruti Gohil, with UCI Health Epidemiology and Infection Prevention.
8 Things to Know About Cyclosporiasis, the GI Infection Surging This Summer
Health online
2026-07-13
Your symptoms may vary depending on your immune function, said Shruti Gohil, MD, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases and associate medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health. “You might feel better for a little while, and then it’ll relapse,” she said. … Dehydration is one of the top concerns, especially among immunocompromised patients. “Dehydration can never be underestimated in its impact on the body and the electrolyte disturbances,” she said.
Tuberculosis outbreak reported at Catholic high school in Bay Area. Cases statewide are climbing
Los Angeles Times online
2026-02-03
California’s high TB rates could be caused by a large portion of the population traveling to areas where TB is endemic, said Dr. Shruti Gohil, associate medical director for UCI Health Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. Nationally, the rates of TB cases have increased in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, which “was in some ways anticipated,” said Gohil.
Articles
Impact of Policies on the Rise in Sepsis Incidence, 2000–2010
Clinical Infectious DiseasesShruti K. Gohil, Chenghua Cao, Michael Phelan, Thomas Tjoa, Chanu Rhee, Richard Platt, Susan S. Huang
2016
Sepsis hospitalizations have increased dramatically in the last decade. It is unclear whether this represents an actual rise in sepsis illness or improved capture by coding. We evaluated the impact of Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance after newly introduced sepsis codes and medical severity diagnosis-related group (MS-DRG) systems on sepsis trends.
Marked reduction in compliance with central line insertion practices (CLIP) when accounting for missing CLIP data and incomplete line capture
American Journal of Infection ControlSK Scott, SK Gohil, K Quan, SS Huang
2016
Adherence to central line insertion practices can significantly reduce infections and is used as a hospital benchmark for quality. However, current national standards for central line insertion practices (CLIP) compliance calculation do not include missing CLIP forms. We found adherence rates significantly decreased when accounting for all lines at an academic medical center.
Healthcare Workers and Post-Elimination Era Measles: Lessons on Acquisition and Exposure Prevention
Clinical Infectious DiseasesShruti K. Gohil, Sandra Okubo, Stephen Klish, Linda Dickey, Susan S. Huang, Matthew Zahn
2016
When caring for measles patients, N95 respirator use by healthcare workers (HCWs) with documented immunity is not uniformly required or practiced. In the setting of increasingly common measles outbreaks and provider inexperience with measles, HCWs face increased risk for occupational exposures. Meanwhile, optimal infection prevention responses to healthcare-associated exposures are loosely defined. We describe measles acquisition among HCWs despite prior immunity and lessons from healthcare-associated exposure investigations during a countywide outbreak.
Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates
Clinical Infectious DiseasesShruti K. Gohil, Rupak Datta, Chenghua Cao, Michael J. Phelan, Vinh Nguyen, Armaan A. Rowther, Susan S. Huang
2015
Reducing hospital readmissions, including preventable healthcare-associated infections, is a national priority. The proportion of readmissions due to infections is not well-understood. Better understanding of hospital risk factors for readmissions and infection-related readmissions may help optimize interventions to prevent readmissions.
Regulatory Mandates for Sepsis Care — Reasons for Caution
The New England Journal of MedicineChanu Rhee, M.D., Shruti Gohil, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H.
2014
Sepsis, the syndrome of dysregulated inflammation that occurs with severe infection, affects millions of people worldwide each year. Multiple studies suggest that the incidence of sepsis is dramatically increasing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for example, sepsis rates doubled between 2000 and 2008.1 In 2010, sepsis was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States,2 and in 2011, it was the single most expensive condition treated in hospitals.
