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Anita Moonjely, MBBS

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Education

  • Pre-Med Program, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • MBBS in Medicine and Surgery, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, India
  • Rotating Intership, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India
  • Internship, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India
  • Resident in Pediatrics, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York

Research Interests

  • 7/2015 - 6/2017 - "National Immunization Partnership with the APA CORNET QI Project on Improving HPV Immunization Rates".
  • 7/2013 -2014 - "Comparison of Immunization Quality Improvement Dissemination Strategies".
  • 2011-2013 - Sub-investigator for study "Safety and Immunogenicity of Sequential Rotavirus Vaccine Schedules with Rotateq and Rotarix".
  • 11/2011 - Healthy Active Living Grant through AAP-not funded
  • 7/2011-7/2013 - Principal investigator for study "Adolescent Vaccination in the Medical Home: Implementation of Intervention Strategy".
  • 1/2018-5/2018Lead Local Clinician for QI Project " Childhood Obesity in Primary Care"
  • 5/2013 - Stead Leadership Award at University of Iowa Children's Hospital- not funded

Licenses & Certifications

  • Pediatrics CPR Certified
  • Pediatrics NRP Ceritfication
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Iowa Medical License

Selected Publications

  • Rand, C. M., Tyrrell, H., Brodeur, R. W., Goldstein, N. P. & Humiston, S. G. (2018). A learning collaborative model to improve human papillomavirus vaccination rates in primary care. Academic Pediatrics 18 (2) S46-S52.
  • Libster, R., McNeal, M., Walter, E. B., Shane, A. L., Winokur, P., Cress, G., Berry, A. A., Kotloff, K. L., Sarpong, K., Turley, C. B., Harrison, C. J., Pahud, B. A., Marbin, J., Dunn, J., El-Khorazaty, J., Barrett, J. & Edwards, K. M. (2016). Safety and Immunogenicity of Sequential Rotavirus Vaccine Schedules. Pediatrics 137 (2) e20152603. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-2603. PMID: 26823540. PMCID: PMC4732359.
  • Humiston, S. G., Serwint, J. R., Szilagyi, P. G., Vincelli, P. A., Dhepyasuwan, N., Rand, C. M., Schaffer, S. J., Blumkin, A. K. & Curtis, C. R. (2013). Increasing Adolescent Immunization Rates in Primary Care Strategies Physicians Use and Would Consider Implementing. Clin Pediatr 52 (8) 710-720.
  • Moonjely, A. (2013). Iowa Lagging in Adolescent Vaccination Rates. EPSDT Newsletter (Early and Periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment).