Akhila Vasthare Shapiro, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Attending and Hospitalist, Division of General Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of General Pediatrics
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of General Pediatrics
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
shapiroav@email.chop.edu
shapiroav@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA (Anthropology)
Columbia University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, 2012.
Permanent linkBA (Anthropology)
Columbia University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, 2012.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Children with Medical ComplexitySelected Publications
Shapiro A, Hogan A: Relief of Repeated Intussusception After Repositioning of Postpyloric Feeding Tube. Hosp Pediatr 15(9): e436-e439, September 2025.Vasthare Shapiro A, Londoño Gentile T, Dickens H, Bonafide CP, Fieldston E: Care Team Assistants as a Strategy to Reduce Physicians’ Administrative Task Burden. Hosp Pediatr 15(4): e143-e147, April 2025.
Akhila Shapiro, Huseina Abbas, Alex Kalvar, Bryn Carroll : Optimizing the Care Team Assistant Program. Pediatric Academic Society Conference Poster Presentation April 2023.
Annie Gula and Akhila Shapiro : Respiratory Considerations in Children with Medical Complexity. Netter's Pediatrics 2nd Edition Rebecca Tenney Soeiro, MD, MSEd and Erin Pete Devon, MD (eds.). Elsevier 2: 71-76, June 2022.
Shapiro A, Datto GA, Hossain J, Hassink SG, Raab C, Phan TT: Weight Trajectory in Refugee Children after Resettling in the United States: A Pilot Study. J Pediatr Child Nutr. Epub 2016 Nov 10, 2(3): 100115, November 2016.