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Rajan Wadhawan, MD

Senior Executive Officer for AdventHealth for Children and AdventHealth for Women, Neonatal Physician

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Biography

Rajan Wadhawan, MD, MMM is the Senior Executive Officer for AdventHealth for Children and AdventHealth for Women. He holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Wadhawan completed his training in pediatrics and neonatology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Wadhawan obtained a master’s degree in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011. He is also board certified in Pediatrics, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and Medical Management by the Certifying Commission for Medical Management as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE). Dr. Wadhawan previously served as Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of Neonatology at AdventHealth for Children. During his tenure as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Wadhawan oversaw the accomplishment of several landmarks regarding quality and safety of care including recognition as a LeapFrog Top Children’s Hospital and US News recognition as a top Neonatology program in the country. Dr. Wadhawan is also responsible for physician strategy related to growth and expansion of clinical service lines for AdventHealth for Children. His research focuses on factors that impact neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants.

Education

Government Medical College,
Amritsar, India

Residency

Government Medical College, Amritsar, India; Kalawati Saran Children Hospital,
New Delhi, India

Fellowship

Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine;

Publications of Rajan Wadhawan, MD
  • Maternal recorded voice played to preterm infants in incubators reduces her own depression, anxiety and stress: a pilot randomized control trial
    , JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE

  • Withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration: a survey of level IV neonatal intensive care units
    , JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

  • Severity and Cost of RSV Hospitalization Among US Preterm Infants Following the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Change
    , INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THERAPY

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  • Blood metabolomics in infants enrolled in a dose escalation pilot trial of budesonide in surfactant
    , PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

  • Effect of High-Dose Erythropoietin on Blood Transfusions in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
    , JAMA PEDIATRICS

  • Center, Gestational Age, and Race Impact End-of-Life Care Practices at Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Units
    , JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

  • Dose-escalation trial of budesonide in surfactant for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age high-risk newborns (SASSIE)
    , PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

  • A Randomized Trial of Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants
    , NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

  • Duration of significant patent ductus arteriosus and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants
    , JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

  • Melatonin pharmacokinetics and dose extrapolation after enteral infusion in neonates subjected to hypothermia
    , JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH