Vinod (Vinny) K. Bhutani
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
- Member, Child Health Research Institute
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 725 Welch Rd 2 West Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 497-8800 Fax (650) 725-8351Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-6621Alternate Contact Stella Gengania Administrator Email Tel Work (650) 724-0638
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Global Maternal Child Health and Society
- Neonatal Jaundice Biology and Management
- Neonatal Respiratory Physiology and Medicine
- Perinatal Sepsis
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA USA (1979) |
| Residency: | Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA USA (1977) |
| Board Certification: | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (1981) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1979) |
| Internship: | Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA USA (1976) |
| Medical Education: | Armed Forces Medical College, India (1974) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- STANFORD-INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR MATERNAL-CHILD HEATH WELL-BEING, India
- PILOT KERNICTERUS REGISTRY, USA
- Factors for Risk of Encephalopathy, Cairo, Egypt
- Root Cause Analysis of Kernicterus in IRAQ, Baghdad, Iraq
- Burden of Neurologic Disease in India, India
- Screening and Prevention of Kernicterus, Africa, South Asia, Latin America and others
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Neonatology; newborn jaundice, bilirubin biology and kernicterus prevention; pulmonary physiology, pulmonary functions and neonatal ventilation.
Publications
- Predischarge screening for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia identifies infants who need phototherapy. J Pediatr. 2013; (3): 477-482.e1
- Editorial: building evidence to manage newborn jaundice worldwide. Indian J Pediatr. 2012; (2): 253-5
- The need for technologies to prevent bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction syndrome. Semin Perinatol. 2011; (3): 97-100
- Universal bilirubin screening for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. J Perinatol. 2010: S6-15
- Postnatal changes in pulmonary mechanics and energetics of infants with respiratory distress syndrome following surfactant treatment. Biol Neonate. 2005; (4): 323-31
- Predictive ability of a predischarge hour-specific serum bilirubin for subsequent significant hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term and near-term newborns. Pediatrics. 1999; (1): 6-14
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