Shikha Saxena, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University
2200 Children's Way
Nashville, TN 37232
Education:
BA (Biological Basis of Behavior)
University School of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2013.
BS (Economics, Health Care Management)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, 2013.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2017.
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Selected Publications

Saxena, S., Doyle, P., Baron, C., Doyle, T., and Sokolow, A: Rare cause of hypoxemia in a toddler: New diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine January 2023.

Saxena, S., Rosas-Salazar, C., Fitzpatrick, A., and Bacharier, L.B: Biologics and severe asthma in children. Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology October 2022.

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 childhood asthma. 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 an obstructive endobronchial tumor consistent with Hodgkin lymphoma on lung biopsy. American Thoracic Society, International Conference. San Francisco, CA May 2022.

Shikha Saxena, Olufunke Afolabi-Brown, Lance Ballester, Nathaniel Schmucker, Kim Smith-Whitley, Julian Allen, Anita Bhandari: Benefit of pulmonary subspecialty care for children with sickle cell disease and asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 57(4): 885-893, April 2022.

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 childhood asthma. 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., 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., 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., 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.

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