Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Pediatric Residency, Pediatrics, University of Miami 2002 - 2004
  • Neonatology Fellowship, Pediatrics, Jackson Memorial Hospital 1999 - 2001
  • M.B.B.S., Seth G.S. Medical College (India) 1992
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2013 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2007 - 2013
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2006 - 2007
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Medical Director- Level II Special Care Nursery, Duke Regional Hospital
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • OBSERVATIONAL DRUG REGISTRY PROTOCOL Multicenter, Prospectively Defined Observational Registry With Retrospective Data Collection, Evaluating Premature and Term-Near-Term Neonates With Pulmonary Hypertension Receiving Inhaled Nitric Oxide awarded by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals 2017 - 2020
  • A Multinational Mulicenter, Masked Randomized Controlled Study to assess the Safety and efficacy of Lucinactant for Inhalation in preterm neonates 26 to 32 weeks gestational age with respiratory distress syndrome awarded by Discovery Laboratories, Inc. 2016 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Weimer, K. E. D., M. Bidegain, S. K. Shaikh, P. Couchet, D. T. Tanaka, and K. Athavale. “Comparison of short-term outcomes of 35-weeks' gestation infants cared for in a level II NICU vs mother-baby, a retrospective study.” J Neonatal Perinatal Med 15, no. 3 (2022): 643–51. https://doi.org/10.3233/NPM-221015.
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    • Puia-Dumitrescu, Mihai, David T. Tanaka, Tracy G. Spears, Cecil J. Daniel, Karan R. Kumar, Kamlesh Athavale, Sandra E. Juul, and P Brian Smith. “Patterns of phlebotomy blood loss and transfusions in extremely low birth weight infants.” J Perinatol 39, no. 12 (December 2019): 1670–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0515-6.
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    • Osorio, Waldo, Nelson Claure, Carmen D’Ugard, Kamlesh Athavale, and Eduardo Bancalari. “Effects of pressure support during an acute reduction of synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation in preterm infants.” J Perinatol 25, no. 6 (June 2005): 412–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211303.
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    • Athavale, Kamlesh, Nelson Claure, Carmen D’Ugard, Ruth Everett, Sethuraman Swaminathan, and Eduardo Bancalari. “Acute effects of inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary and cardiac function in preterm infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia.” J Perinatol 24, no. 12 (December 2004): 769–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211216.
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