6624 Fannin St.,
Houston,
TX
77030
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About the Provider
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Education & Board Certification
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Professional Associations
Vinit Oommen, MD, graduated from the University of Pécs Medical School in Hungary in 2012. He then was post-doctoral research fellow in 2014 and 2015 at the Brigham Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center, he completed his residency in 2018 at the Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital. Dr. Oommen joined Kelsey-Seybold as a hospitalist in July 2024.
Dr. Oommen was inspired to go into medicine by his time living abroad, where he witnessed the selfless work of medical missionaries and their holistic approach. As a Kelsey-Seybold hospitalist, Dr. Oommen’s role is to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to patients during their hospital stays, ensuring they receive the best possible treatment and support and successfully transition to post-discharge follow-up care.
Awards & Publications
Quality Improvement
- Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital Operations Council
- Antibiotic Stewardship Program
- Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program
Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts
- SR Dassum, VV Oommen, M Freeley, O Dike, D Finocchiaro, E Mukaya, AM Bensaci, J O’Connor, W Lewis, K Blumenthal, B Lambl. “Antibiotic Challenge Dose Testing Improves Patient Care and Lowers Costs in a Community Hospital: A 2-Year Prospective Study”. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018, 5(suppl_1):S568-S568.
- S Tummala, T Singhal, VV Oommen, G Kim, F Khalid, BC Healy, R Bakshi. “Spinal Cord as an Adjunct to Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Defining “No Evidence of Disease Activity” in Multiple Sclerosis”. International Journal of MS Care, 2017, 19(3), 158-164. doi:10.7224/1537-2073.2016-068
- VV Oommen, S Tauhid, BC Healy, AS Chua, MT Malik, C Diaz-Cruz, SL Dupuy, HL Weiner, T Chitnis, R Bakshi. “The effect of fingolimod on the conversion of acute gadolinium-enhancing lesions to chronic T1 hypointensities in patients with multiple sclerosis”. Journal of neuroimaging: official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 2016, 26(2):184-7.
- R Chu, S Tauhid, BI Glanz, BC Healy, G Kim, VV Oommen, F Khalid, M Neema, R Bakshi. “Whole Brain Volume Measured from 1.5T versus 3T MRI in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Multiple Sclerosis”. Journal of neuroimaging: official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 2016, 26(1):62-7
- G Kim, F Khalid, VV Oommen, S Tauhid, R Chu, MA Horsfield, BC Healy, R Bakshi. “T1- vs. T2-based MRI measures of spinal cord volume in healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis”. BMC Neurology, 2015, 15:124
Case Reports
- VV Oommen, J Minhas. “Venous thromboembolism in Klinefelter syndrome”. ACP Hospitalist, 2017. [online] Available at: https://acphospitalist.org/archives/2017/11/briefcase-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
- A Elantably, VV Oommen. “A Case of Mumps Orchitis without Parotitis in a Vaccinated Post Pubertal Male”. Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2017, 4(5).
- VV Oommen, M Shukla, N Almaddah. “Vasculitic neuropathy and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis”. ACP Hospitalist, 2016. [online] Available at: https://acphospitalist.org/archives/2016/11/brief-case-individual.html
Abstracts
- SR Dassum, VV Oommen, M Freeley, O Dike, D Finocchiaro, E Mukaya, AM Bensaci, J O'Connor, W Lewis, K Blumenthal, B Lambl. Impact of Antibiotic Challenge Dose Testing on Patient Care in a Community Hospital: A Prospective Study. Massachusetts Medical Society 2018 Interim Meeting. Waltham, MA, USA. November 30, 2018.
- SR Dassum, VV Oommen, M Freeley, O Dike, D Finocchiaro, E Mukaya, AM Bensaci, J O'Connor, W Lewis, K Blumenthal, B Lambl. Antibiotic Challenge Dose Testing Improves Patient Care and Lowers Costs in a Community Hospital: a Two-year Prospective Study. IDWeek 2018. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 6, 2018
- F Khalid, S Tummala, T Singhal, VV Oommen, G Kim, R Bakshi. The Role of the Spinal Cord as an Adjunct to the Brain in the MRI Definition of “No Evidence of Disease Activity” in Multiple Sclerosis. 68th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. April 15 - 21, 2016.
- R Chu, S Tauhid, BI Glanz, BC Healy, G Kim, VV Oommen, F Khalid, M Neema, R Bakshi. Whole brain volume measured from 1.5T vs. 3T MRI in healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis. 67th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology. Washington, D.C., USA. April 18 - 25, 2015.
- G Kim, F Khalid, VV Oommen, S Tauhid, R Chu, MA Horsfield, BC Healy, R Bakshi. T1- vs. T2-based MRI measures of spinal cord volume in healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis. 67th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology. Washington, D.C., USA. April 18 - 25, 2015.
- N Papinutto, R Schlaeger, A Zhu, F Khalid, VV Oommen, S Tauhid, BAC Cree, SL Hauser, HL Weiner, R Bakshi, RG Henry. Multi-center upper cervical spinal cord areas obtained from brain MRI scans at 3T in patients with MS. Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS (MS Boston) Meeting. Boston, MA, USA. September 9 - 13, 2014.
Research
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow – Brigham Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Hobbies & Interests
Dr. Oommen is interested in investing, enjoys traveling, and is an avid drawer and painter.
Medical School
- University of Pécs Medical School, 2012
Internship/Residency
- Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital, 2018
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
Dr. Oommen is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Medical Association.