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
Akhila Vasthare Shapiro, MD; Tatiana Londoño Gentile, MD; Hannah Dickens, BS; Christopher P. Bonafide, MD, MSCE; Evan Fieldston, MD, MBA: Care Team Assistants as a Strategy to Reduce Physicians’ Administrative Task Burden. Hospital Pediatrics 15(4), April 2025.Akhila Shapiro, Huseina Abbas, Alex Kalvar, Bryn Carroll : Optimizing the Care Team Assistant Program. Pediatric Academic Society Conference 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.
Akhila Shapiro, George A. Datto, Jobayer Hossain, Sandra G. Hassink, Christopher Raab, Thao-Ly Phan: Weight Trajectory in Refugee Children after Resettling in the United States: A Pilot Study. Journal of Pediatrics and Child Nutrition 2(3): 1-9, November 2016.