Shikha Saxena, MD
MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Phila, PA
Resident, General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellow, Pediatric Pulmonology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University
Basic Life Support (BLS)
BA, Biological Basis of Behavior, University School of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, Phila, PA
BS, Economics, Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business Phila, PA
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Saxena, S., Afolabi-Brown, O., Ballester, L., Schmucker, N., Smith-Whitley, K., Allen, J., and Bhandari, A: Benefit of pulmonary subspecialty care for children with sickle cell disease and asthma. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Advocacy Poster Day. Philadelphia, PA. May 2020 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Afolabi-Brown, O., Schmucker, N., Smith-Whitley, K., Allen, J., and Bhandari, A: Impact of multidisciplinary care model on management of asthma in children with sickle cell disease. American Thoracic Society, International Conference. Philadelphia, PA (virtual conference) May 2020 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Malloy, K., Brown, R., and Fazili, M.: Life-threatening acute tracheal compression due to histoplasmosis-related necrotizing mediastinal lymphadenitis in a healthy toddler. American Thoracic Society, International Conference. San Diego CA (virtual conference) May 2021 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Gebretsadik, T., Peebles, R.S., Anderson, L.J., Hartert, T.V. Rosas-Salazar, C.: The impact of lipopolysaccharide exposure in infancy on the development of lower respiratory tract infections and childhoodasthma. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 40th Annual GME Research Forum. Nashville, TN April 2022 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Gebretsadik, T., Peebles, R.S., Anderson, L.J., Hartert, T.V. Rosas-Salazar, C.: Exposure to endotoxin in infancy does not impact lower respiratory tract infections or childhood asthma. Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Department of Pediatrics Research Retreat. Nashville, TN April 2022 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Gebretsadik, T., Peebles, R.S., Anderson, L.J., Hartert, T.V. Rosas-Salazar, C: The impact of lipopolysaccharide exposure in infancy on the development of lower respiratory tract infections and childhoodasthma. American Thoracic Society, International Conference. San Francisco, CA May 2022 Notes: poster.
Saxena, S., Thomas, C., Avasarala, S.K., Lentz, R.J., Kaslow, J.A.: Complete left lung opacification due to anobstructive endobronchial tumor consistent with Hodgkin lymphoma on lung biopsy. American ThoracicSociety, International Conference. San Francisco, CA May 2022.
Dr. David B. P. Goodman Award for Patient-Oriented Research, University School of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Pediatric Resident Roundtable Travel Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Pediatric Resident Development Scholarship, American Thoracic Society
ATS 2021 Fellows Track Symposium, American Thoracic Society
Honorable Mention Abstract, GME Research Forum, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Scholarship, Assembly on Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society
Present Trainee Peer Reviewer, Pediatric
Trainee Peer Reviewer, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
Trainee Peer Reviewer, Pediatric Pulmonology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Thoracic Society