Kiran Para, MD

Kiran Para, MD is a board-certified intensivist and serves as an Assistant Professor at Campbell University and an Assistant Professor at Methodist University School of Medicine. Dr. Para joined Cape Fear Valley Health in July 2023 and is actively involved in medical student, resident, and fellow education, with an emphasis on clinical judgment, diagnostic reasoning, and evidence-based decision-making in critical care medicine.

Dr. Para graduated from KLE Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and worked as clinical research Scholar at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Para subsequently completed internship training at Jacobi Medical Center, followed by Internal Medicine and Critical Care fellowship training at Maimonides Medical Center.

Clinically, Dr. Para practices as a full-time intensivist, providing bedside care for critically ill patients. Clinical interests include advanced ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, shock assessment, and critical care procedural skills, with a strong focus on bedside clinical medicine, advanced clinical skills, and sound clinical decision-making. Dr. Para also emphasizes compassionate end-of-life care and a palliative approach to the management of critically ill patients. Through combined academic and clinical roles, Dr. Para is dedicated to preparing fellows for independent, patient-centered critical care practice.