Titles:
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Preemie Clinic
Medical Director, Multidisciplinary Translational Team (Maternal Fetal Medicine Team), Institute for Translational Sciences
Education:
Medical School: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India, Class of 1984.
Residency: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, Class of 1991.
Residency: Southern Illinois University, Pediatrics, Springfield, IL, Class of 2002.
Fellowship: Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Mercy & Royal Women Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Class of 1997.
Fellowship: Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, B.C’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver & Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Canada.
Honors & Awards:
Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award,
Southern Illinois University, 2002 -2003.
Chief Neonatal Fellow, B.C’s Children’s
Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1997 – 1998.
Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 2002 – 2003.
Golden Rattle Award, Excellence in
Clinical Teaching, UTMB, Galveston, 2006 – 2007.
Young Investigator Award”, Southern
Society of Pediatric Research, New Orleans, 2009 – 2010, 2011-2012.
Special Recognition, Outstanding
Mentorship of A Resident Scholarly Project, UTMB, 2010-2013).
Pediatric Educator Award, Excellence in
Residency Education, UTMB, 2013.
Excellence in Clinical Teaching, John P.
McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine, UTMB, 2013 & 2018.
Educator of the Month –Academy of Master
Teachers, UTMB, Galveston. 2015.
Member of Academy of Masters Clinicians,
UTMB, Galveston, 2016.
Clinician of the Month – Academy of
Master Clinicians, UTMB, Galveston, 2017.
Research Interests: Role of amniotic fluid borne growth factors in NEC, BPD, and pulmonary hypertension