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Pediatrics & Therapeutics

Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access

ISSN: 2161-0665

+44 1478 350008

Akhil Maheshwari

Akhil Maheshwari

Akhil Maheshwari
University of Illinois, USA

Biography

Dr. Maheshwari earned his medical degree from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, India, completed his residency in Pediatrics at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, and received fellowship training in Neonatology at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. several trainees from his group have been recognized this year with research awards at regional and national Pediatric meetings. 
He has served on the editorial boards of three professional journals and is an active or ad hoc reviewer for several other journals and grant review panels.
 

Research Interest

His clinical interests are in neonatal intensive care, acute inflammation, and gut development and he is deeply committed to the training of physicians, physician-scientists, and basic scientists in evidence-based medicine and scientific investigation.His research is focused on bacterial translocation across the developing intestine and the mechanisms by which microbial products induce mucosal/systemic inflammatory responses. Specific areas of interest include leukocyte trafficking, tight junctions, and macrophage function.  His laboratory is currently investigating inflammatory pathways active during necrotizing enterocolitis, cytomegalovirus-mediated inflammation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-related gut mucosal injury.

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