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Sundeep G. Keswani, MD

Title

Fetal Surgeon, Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati

Pediatric Surgeon, Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Credentials

BA: Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1994.

MD: Ross University School of Medicine, 2000.

Residency: Surgical, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 2000-2007.

Fellowship: Fetal Surgery Fellow & Pediatric Surgery Fellow, The Children's Institute for Surgical Science, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2004.

Fellowship: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Center for Molecular Fetal Therapy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2007-2009.

Licensure:
American Board of Surgery Certified; Louisiana State Medical Licensure, active
Missouri State Medical Licensure, active
Ohio State Medical Licensure, active
Indiana State Medical Licensure, active

Awards and Honors

  • Proctor Scholar, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 2010.
  • Professor's Award for Clinical Excellence, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, 2007.
  • Resident Research Prize, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, 2007.
  • Joseph Powell Award, Outstanding Chief Resident, James D. Rives Surgical Society, 2007.
  • Rowena Spencer Award in Pediatric Surgery, Louisiana State University, 2006.
  • Resident Research Prize, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, 2004.
  • Merit Travel Award, American Society of Gene Therapy, 2004.
  • Resident Research Award, Society of Universtiy Surgeons, 2004.
  • Ortho-McNeil Young Investigator Award, Wound Healing Society, 2003.
  • Thomas R. Boggs Research Award, Philadelphia Perinatal Society, 2003.
  • Intern of the Year, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, 2001.
  • Graduated Highest Honors, Ross University School of Medicine, 2000.

Research

Gene therapy applications; bone marrow contribution to tissue repair; fetal diagnosis and treatment

Publications, Most Recent

Keswani SG, Javazon EH, Badillo AT, Crombleholme TM, Zoltick PW, Radu AP, Kozin ED, Beggs K, Malik AA, Flake AW. Enhanced epithelial gap closure and increased angiogenesis in wounds of diabetic mice treated with adult murine bone marrow stromal progenitor cells. Wound Repair Regen. 2007 May-Jun;15(3):350-9

Parvadia JK, Keswani SG, Vaikunth S, Maldonado AR, Marwan A, Stehr W, Erwin C, Uzvolgyi E, Warner BW, Yamano S, Taichman N, Crombleholme TM. Role of VEGF in small bowel adaptation after resection: the adaptive response is angiogenesis dependent.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):G591-8

Keswani SG, Gordon A, Kozin ED, Vaikunth SS, Katz AB, Zoltick PW, Favata M, Radu AP, Soslowsky LJ, Herlyn M, Crombleholme TM. Permissive environment in postnatal wounds induced by adenoviral-mediated overexpression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 prevents scar formation.Wound Repair Regen. 2008 Jan 18;16(1):70-79

Vachharajani AJ, Rao R, Keswani S, Mathur AM. Outcomes of exomphalos: an institutional experience.Pediatr Surg Int. 2009 Feb;25(2):139-44. Epub 2008 Dec 9

Khan AR, Morris LM, Keswani SG, Khan IR, Le L, Lee WC, Hunt JP. Tuberculous peritonitis: a surgical dilemma.South Med J. 2009 Jan;102(1):94-5.

Bucher BT, Seigel J, Rosenblum E, Nesslein C, Keswani SG, Foglia R, Dillon P, Warner BW and Keller MS. A pediatric ambulatory wound service (PAWS): A novel approach in wound management.J Ped Surg 2009. (accepted for publication)

Vachharajani A, Keswani SG, and Warner BW. Elevated right dome of diaphragm.Neoreviews 2009. (accepted for publication)

Keswani SG and Crombleholme TM. Gene Transfer Techniques for Therapeutic Angiogenesis Wound Healing Society Year Book (WHSYB)- Advances in Wound Care 2010. (accepted for publication)

Presentations, Most Recent

St Louis Children’s Hospital. Neonatology Grand Rounds, The Surgical Management of the Fetus. October 16th, 2007

St Louis Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, Fetal Surgery, December 16th, 2007

St Louis Children’s Hospital, Trauma Grand Rounds, Pediatric Thoracic Trauma. January 30th, 2008

St Louis Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, Hirschsprung’s Enterocolitis, April 9th, 2008

St Louis Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, The Fetus as a Patient. February 25th , 2009

Professional Organization Memberships


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