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Aditya Badheka, MBBS, MS

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Critical Care

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Critical Care
  • Medical Director, PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)
  • Pediatric ECMO Medical Director, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

Education

  • MBBS, BJ Medical College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
  • MS in Medical Biology, Long Island University, C W Post Campus, Brookville, New York
  • Resident in Pediatrics, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Cornell University, Bronx, New York
  • Chief Resident, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Cornell University, Bronx, New York
  • Fellow in Pediatric Critical Care, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow in Cardiac Intensive Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Research Interests

  • Optimal position of inferior vena cava filters to minimize thrombogenicity
  • Extracorporeal oxygenator failure – towards finding flow differential as a predictor
  • Cardiovascular fluid dynamics – prepare experimental and computational flow models to test various fluid dynamics questions
  • Use of computer based technology in clinical teaching

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Board of Pharmacy: State controlled substance registration, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa, United States
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Board Certified
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certified
  • Iowa Medical License

Selected Publications

  • Vijayakumar, N., Badheka, A., Chegondi, M. & Mclennan, D. (2020). Successful use of Protek Duo cannula to provide veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation and right ventricular support for acute respiratory distress syndrome in an adolescent with complex congenital heart disease. Perfusion 267659120923880. DOI: 10.1177/0267659120923880. PMID: 32460645.
  • Mille, F. K., Badheka, A., Yu, P., Zhang, X., Friedman, D. F., Kheir, J., van den Bosch, S., Cabrera, A. G., Lasa, J. J., Katcoff, H., Hu, P., Borasino, S., Hock, K., Huskey, J., Weller, J., Kothari, H. & Blinder, J. (2020). Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Stage I Palliation Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association 9 (10) e015304. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015304. PMID: 32390527.
  • Badheka, A., Yu, P., Mille, F., Durbin, D., Elci, O. & Blinder, J. (2019). Red cell transfusion practices after stage 1 palliation: a survey of practitioners from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Cardiology in the young 29 (12) 1452-1458. DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119002385. PMID: 31722769.
  • Chegondi, M., Badheka, A., Chacham, S. & Kahana, M. (2019). Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Rescue Therapy in a Child with Carisoprodol Overdose. (Vols. 11). (11), pp. e6250. Cureus. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6250. PMID: 31890446. PMCID: PMC6935339.
  • Riley, C. M., Mastropietro, C. W., Sassalos, P., Buckley, J. R., Costello, J. M., Iliopoulos, I., Jennings, A., Cashen, K., Suguna Narasimhulu, S., Gowda KMN, Smerling, A. J., Wilhelm, M., Badheka, A., Bakar, A., Moser EAS & Amula, V. (2019). Utilization of inhaled nitric oxide after surgical repair of truncus arteriosus: A multicenter analysis. Congenital heart disease 14 (6) 1078-1086. DOI: 10.1111/chd.12849. PMID: 31713327.
  • Badheka, A., Bloxham, J., Schmitz, A., Freyenberger, B., Wang, T., Rampa, S., Turi, J., Allareddy, V., Auslender, M. & Allareddy, V. (2019). Outcomes associated with peripherally inserted central catheters in hospitalised children: a retrospective 7-year single-centre experience. BMJ open 9 (8) e026031. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026031. PMID: 31444177. PMCID: PMC6707696.
  • Robb, K., Badheka, A., Wang, T., Rampa, S., Allareddy, V. & Allareddy, V. (2019). Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated outcomes in children hospitalized for sepsis in the United States: A large population-based study. PloS one 14 (4) e0215730. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215730. PMID: 31026292.
  • Mastropietro, C. W., Amula, V., Sassalos, P., Buckley, J. R., Smerling, A. J., Iliopoulos, I., Riley, C. M., Jennings, A., Cashen, K., Narasimhulu, S. S., Narayana Gowda, K. M., Bakar, A. M., Wilhelm, M., Badheka, A., Moser EAS & Costello, J. M. (2019). Characteristics and operative outcomes for children undergoing repair of truncus arteriosus: A contemporary multicenter analysis. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.115. PMID: 30954295.
  • Buckley, J. R., Amula, V., Sassalos, P., Costello, J. M., Smerling, A. J., Iliopoulos, L., Jennings, A., Riley, C. M., Cashen, K., Suguna Narasimhulu, S., Gowda KMN, Bakar, A. M., Wilhelm, M., Badheka, A., Moser EAS & Mastropietro, C. W. (2019). Multicenter Analysis of Early Childhood Outcomes After Repair of Truncus Arteriosus. The Annals of thoracic surgery 107 (2) 553-559. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.094. PMID: 30696549.
  • Lilitwat, W., Balikai, S. & Badheka, A. (2019). 675: A Rare Case Of Bilateral Subdural Empyema Secondary To Escherichia Coli In An Immunocompetent Infant. Critical Care Medicine 47 (1) 318.