Padma P. Garg, MD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Peds-Critical Care
Email:
ppgarg@umc.edu
Education
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, University Of Mississippi Medical Center, Children's Leadership Program, Leadership Program | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | 2016 |
| Columbia University Medical Center Affiliation at Harlem Hospital Center, Residency, Pediatrics | 2013 |
| Bai Jerbai Wadia hospital for children affiliated with Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India, Residency in Pediatrics, Pediatrics | 2004 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India, MBBS, Medicine | 2001 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Certified for CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) program course for human research, CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) program | 02/2020 - Present |
| Licensure, Medical Council of India Medical license, Medical Council of India | 10/2005 - Present |
| Licensure, New South Wales State Medical Board, Australia Medical license, New South Wales State Medical Board, Australia | 07/2009 - Present |
| Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course Instructor, American Heart Association approved PALS instructor Course at UMMC | 07/2018 - Present |
| Licensure, Texas Medical Board, Texas Medical Board | 07/2013 - 06/2016 |
| NPI, Licensure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 07/2010 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 06/2016 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics; sub-speciality- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics | 11/2016 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/2013 - Present |
Current Positions
| Medical Director | 12/2022 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine | 07/2022 - Present |
| Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship | 07/2022 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Co-Medical Director, Children's of Mississippi Pediatric Trauma critical care unit | 04/2024 - 03/2025 |
| Co-Medical Director, Children's of Mississippi Pediatric Trauma critical care unit | 07/2019 - 06/2021 |
| Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital/University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2019 - 06/2022 |
| Course Director, Residency rotation in Pediatric ICU, Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital/ University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2017 - 06/2023 |
| Course Director, Medical Student Clerkship rotation in Pediatric ICU, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2017 - 06/2023 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 12/2016 - 06/2022 |
| Assistant Professor, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo | 12/2016 - 06/2017 |
| Assistant Professor, Pediatric Procedural Sedation Services, Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital | 12/2016 - 11/2021 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Intramural, Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with Diabetes in a region with the highest rate of childhood obesity, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC and the Rhodes-Cai Research Award | 04/2021 - 06/2023 |
| Extramural, Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness for Preventing Laboratory-Confirmed Severe Influenza Associated Illness and Understanding Coronavirus 2019 Disease in US Children (Overcoming COVID-19), CDC (Center for Disease Control) | 01/2021 - 06/2023 |
| Extramural, Influenza and other emerging Respiratory Pathogens Surveillance Registry, CDC (Center for Disease Control) | 05/2020 - 06/2023 |
Publications
SCCM Abstract | |
| Galeotti, Sara & Harper, Kimberly & Garg, Padma SIM OR LECTURE: IMPROVING PICU RESIDENT SHORT-LONG-TERM KNOWLEDGE RETENTION/CONFIDENCE MANAGING TBI SIM OR LECTURE: IMPROVING PICU RESIDENT SHORT-LONG-TERM KNOWLEDGE RETENTION/CONFIDENCE MANAGING TBI. Critical Care Medicine. 53. 10.1097/01.ccm.0001103016.31127.13. | 2025 |
Case Report | |
| Rivera-Figueroa EI, Santos R, Simpson S, Garg P. Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in a Child with Covid-19 Indian Pediatr. 2020 May 9. pii: S097475591600179. [Epub ahead of print] | 2020 |
Journal Article | |
| Rivera-Figueroa E, Ansari MAY, Mallory ET, Garg P, Taylor MB, Onder AM Real-World Testing of a Clinical Strategy to Start Early Peritoneal Dialysis for High-Risk Newborns after Cardiac Surgery Kidney360. 2025 Apr 1;6(4):531-542. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000691. Epub 2025 Jan 8.PMID: 39774669 | 2025 |
| Stout, Josephine & Dixit, Naznin & Pasha, Simeen & Sukumaran, Anju & Topaloglu, Ali & Armstrong, Mary & Garg, Padma & Karlson, Cynthia & Bates, John & Ansari, Md & Kamran, Fariha. New-onset diabetes in children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an assessment of biomarkers and psychosocial risk factors at play in Mississippi New-onset diabetes in children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an assessment of biomarkers and psychosocial risk factors at play in Mississippi. Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. 29. 234-241. 10.6065/apem.2346182.091. | 2024 |
| Garg PM, Riddick RA, Ansari MAY, Meilstrup AC, Zepponi D, Smith A, Mungan N, Shenberger J, Hillegass WB, Garg PP Clinical and Growth Correlates of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Intestinal Perforation American Journal of Perinatol. 2024 Apr 26 | 2024 |
| Rivera-Figueroa E, Ansari MAYM, Mallory ET, Garg P, Onder AM Predictors of early peritoneal dialysis initiation in newborns and young infants following cardiac surgery Cardiol Young.2024 Jan 2:1-8. doi: 10.1017/S1047951123004286. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38163994. | 2024 |
| Garg PP, Riddick R, Ansari MAY, Pittman I, Ladd MR, Porcelli P, Garg PM Risk factors for postoperative complications in preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis and associated outcomes Journal of Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2024;17(1):77-89. doi: 10.3233/NPM-230076 | 2024 |
| Garg PM, Pittman I, Taylor C, Reddy K, Varshney N, Hillegass WB, Shetty A, Yi J, Inder T, Garg P. Clinical Correlates of Cerebellar Injury in Preterm Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Dec 11:rs.3.rs-3720723. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3720723/v1. PMID: 38168331; PMCID: PMC10760219. | 2023 |
| Garg PM, Pittman I, Yi J, Weis VG, Rodriguez RJ, Ladd MR, Rauh JL, McDonald AG, Welch C, Premkumar MH, Garg PP, Maheshwari A. Clinical Correlates of Cholestasis in Preterm Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Newborn (Clarksville) 2023 Jul-Sep;2(3):191-197. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-11002-0069. Epub 2023 Sep 26. PMID: 37974929; PMCID: PMC10653206. | 2023 |
| Middelburg JG, Crijnen TEM, D'Antiga L, Verdoni L, Chikermane A, Garg P, Acharyya BC, Pruccoli G, Schnapp A, Rauf A, Middelburg RA Association of Ethnicity With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Related to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An International Case-Referent Study Middelburg JG, Crijnen TEM, D'Antiga L, Verdoni L, Chikermane A, Garg P, Acharyya BC, Pruccoli G, Schnapp A, Rauf A, Middelburg RA. Association of Ethnicity With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Related to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An International Case-Referent Study. Front Pediatr. 2021 Oct 15;9:707650. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.707650. PMID: 34722416; PMCID: PMC8555018. | 2021 |
| This was a collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital along with many other centers in the US. I was the site co-PI along with ID faculty Dr. Charlotte Hobbs as Site PI COVID-19 Directed Therapy Use in Children Admitted to US Intensive Care Units submitted to JAMA | 2021 |
| Feldstein L and Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators (See supplement-Garg, P) Characteristics and Outcomes of US Children and Adolescents with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Compared with Severe Acute COVID-19 JAMA . 2021 Mar 16;325(11):1074-1087. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.2091. | 2021 |
| Garg P, Santos R, Taylor M Racial disparities of COVID-19 presentation among children in a rural state Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association | 2021 |
| Judith Geralda Middelburg, Thomas EM Crijnen, Lorenzo D'Antiga, Lucio Verdoni, Ashish Chikermane, Padma Garg, Bhaswati C Acharyya, Giulia Pruccoli, Aviad Schnapp, Abdul Rauf, Rutger Anton Middelburg Association of ethnicity with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) related to SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international case-referent study submitted to JAMA | 2021 |
| Inagaki K, Garg P, Hobbs C SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rates among Children of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Mississippi Pediatrics- The official Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics | 2020 |
| This was a collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital along with many other centers in the US. I was the site co-PI along with ID faculty Dr. Kengo Inagaki as co-PI and Dr. Charlotte Hobbs as Site PI. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents Feldstein LR, Rose EB, Horwitz SM, Collins JP, Newhams MM, Son MBF, Newburger JW, Kleinman LC, Heidemann SM, Martin AA, Singh AR, Li S, Tarquinio KM, Jaggi P, Oster ME, Zackai SP, Gillen J, Ratner AJ, Walsh RF, Fitzgerald JC, Keenaghan MA, Alharash H, Doymaz S, Clouser KN, Giuliano JS Jr, Gupta A, Parker RM, Maddux AB, Havalad V, Ramsingh S, Bukulmez H, Bradford TT, Smith LS, Tenforde MW, Carroll CL, Riggs BJ, Gertz SJ, Daube A, Lansell A, Coronado Munoz A, Hobbs CV, Marohn KL, Halasa NB, Patel MM, Randolph AG; Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators; CDC COVID-19 Response Team. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 23;383(4):334-346. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2021680. Epub 2020 Jun 29. PMID: 32598831; PMCID: PMC7346765. | 2020 |
| Member of the executive committee drafting the following policy statement (Members in alphabetic order-Batlivala S, Riedmann N,Haischer-Rollo G, Oettingen JV,Tjoeng YL, Kelly E, Garg P, Slovin S, Myles D, Becton L, Thattaliyath B,Hornik M, Reynolds K) Parental leave for residents and pediatric training programs (AAP Policy Statement) Pediatrics 2013;Feb;131(2):387-90. | 2013 |
| Garg P P, Garg P M, Ravi T K. Severe neuro-paralytic snakebite PediatricOncall (online Pediatric Journal) | 2012 |
Review Article | |
| Garg P; Hong J Top 10 Facts You Need to Know about Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in children Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association (Nov/Dec 2019 edition) | 2019 |
| Garg PM, Garg PP, Lal CV Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC): A Devastating Disease of Prematurity Garg PM, Garg PP, Lal CV. Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC): A Devastating Disease of Prematurity. J Neonatal Biol. 2015;4(4):1000202. Epub 2015 Nov 10. PMID: 37525717; PMCID: PMC10388729. | 2015 |
Abstracts | |
| Rivera-Figueroa E, Santos RP; Simpson S, Garg P Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Response in a Child with COVID-19 Abstract submission for UMMC Annual Pediatric Research day | 2020 |
| Luter M, Arya S, Garg P Altered Mental Status: Simulataneous Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Guillain Barre Syndrome Presentation Critical Care Medicine: January 2019 - Volume 47 - Issue 1 - p 138 | 2019 |
| Garg P, Coughlin L, Mirpuri J, Koh A Candida albicans promotes gram-negative bacterial dissemination from the neonatal murine gastro-intestinal tract Critical Care Medicine: December 2015 - Volume 43 - Issue 12 - p 252-253 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000474835.25164.03 | 2015 |
| "Ovarian cyst in a newborn" AAP district II spring newsletter, April 2012 | 2012 |
Editorial Commentary | |
| Garg PM, Garg PP, Shenberger JS Is Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation Part of Same Disease Spectrum - New Insights? Current Pediatric Review; 2024 Apr 8 | 2024 |
| Garg PM, Garg PP, Shenberger JS Clinical utilization of intestinal pathology in the classification of NEC vs SIP cases and prognostication Journal of Perinatology | 2024 |
| Garg P Critical appraisal of-Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of early-unplanned readmissions to PICUs-Crit Care Med. 2013 Dec;41(12):2773-83 Critical appraisal of-Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of early-unplanned readmissions to PICUs-Edwards JD1, Lucas AR, Stone PW, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA.Crit Care Med. 2013 Dec;41(12):2773-83.In the PedsCCM Evidence-Base Journal Club,August,2015. Available from:http://pedsccm.org/view-review.php?id=930 | 2015 |
| Garg P, Garner L Critical appraisal of-The effect of atropine on rhythm and conduction disturbances during 322 critical care intubations from Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul;14(6):e289-97 2013 Critical appraisal of-The effect of atropine on rhythm and conduction disturbances during 322 critical care intubations by Jones P, Dauger S, Denjoy I, Pinto da Costa N, Alberti C, Boulkedid R, Peters MJ from Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul;14(6):e289-97 2013 | 2014 |
Letter to the Editor | |
| Beneke LL, Garg P An unusual case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia Indian Pediatr 2021;58: 992-993 | 2021 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Speaker, Grand Rounds for Department of Pediatrics. Topic-"Holding The Fort- Stabilizing The Sick Child Until The PICU Team Takes Over", Department of Pediatrics, UMMC, UMMC | 04/2025 |
| Poster Presentation, Simulation versus lecture to improve short and long-term knowledge retention and confidence of residents in managing traumatic brain injury in the pediatric intensive care unit, Society of critical care medicine (SCCM), Orlando, Florida | 02/2025 |
| Poster Presentation, Clinical and growth co-relates of Retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants with surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and intestinal perforation, Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada | 05/2024 |
| Poster Presentation, Targeted RNA sequencing identified gene expression profiles linked to severe necrosis in preterm infants with surgical necrotising enterocolitis, Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada | 05/2024 |
| Poster Presentation, Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status and social determinants of health of the pregnant women on the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in them and their newborn children, Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual meeting, Baltimore | 04/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Clinical determinants of intestinal failure and death in preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis, Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual meeting, Baltimore | 04/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Incident diabetes in children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An assessment of biomarkers and psychosocial risk factors at play in Mississippi, Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual meeting, Baltimore | 04/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Health Ethics- Global perspective, UMMC Medical School | 01/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Health Ethics- Global perspective, UMMC Medical School | 01/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Health Ethics- Global perspective, UMMC, UMMC | 01/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, COVID in Pediatrics- the ICU perspective. Participated in developing and executing an e-learning course for the State Pediatricians., UMMC, Virtual | 09/2020 |
| Poster Presentation, Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Response in a Child with COVID-19, UMMC Annual Pediatric Research fair, UMMC | 05/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Health Ethics- Global perspective, Medical School Ethics Course for Medical Students, UMMC Medical School | 01/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Quality Improvement projects in Pediatric ICU, Department of Pediatrics meeting for Hospital wide performance improvement, UMMC | 10/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, An unusual case of Auto-immune hemolytic Anemia, UMMC Annual Pediatric Research day, UMMC | 05/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, An unusual case of Auto-immune hemolytic anemia, Associated Student body's Research day for Medical students, UMMC | 05/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, "Altered Mental Status: Simultaneous Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome Presentation", SCCM annual congress 2019, San Diego, California | 02/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, "Altered Mental Status: Simultaneous Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome Presentation", Pediatric SCCM annual congress 2019, San Diego, California | 02/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Health Ethics-Global perspective, Medical Students Ethics Course, UMMC Medical School | 01/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Respiratory Physiology", UMMC Department of Surgery, Jackson, MS | 05/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, "Role of Candida albicans in Neonatal sepsis", Annual Fellow research day, UT Southwestern, Dallas | 05/2016 |
| Platform Presentations, Role of Candida albicans in development of neonatal sepsis, PAS (Pediatric Academic Societies) meeting, Baltimore, Maryland | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Candida albicans promotes gram-negative bacterial dissemination from the neonatal murine gastrointestinal tract., Pediatric SCCM annual congress 2016, Orlando, Florida | 02/2016 |
| Platform Presentations, Candida albicans promotes gram-negative bacterial dissemination from the neonatal murine gastrointestinal tract., SCCM annual congress 2016, Orlando, Florida | 02/2016 |
| Case Presentation, "Patient with ICU delirium", Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX | 07/2015 |
| Case presentation, "Vaso-occlusive disease in a Thalassemia patient", UT Southwestern, Dallas TX | 04/2015 |
| Case presentation and literature review, "Ventilation strategies in patient with congenital diaphragmatic hernia", Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX | 03/2015 |
| Research presentation, "Role of Candida albicans in development of neonatal sepsis", UT Southwestern fellow core curriculum conference, Dallas, TX | 03/2015 |
| Grand Rounds, "ED Management of Asthma-Basics and Beyond", Harlem Hospital Center, New York | 03/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, "Ovarian cyst in a neonate", Annual research fair, Harlem Hospital, New York | 03/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, "A case of toothpick injury", Annual research fair, Harlem Hospital, New York | 03/2011 |
| Grand Rounds, "Traveler with Malaria", Harlem Hospital Center Pediatric Residency Program, New York | 12/2010 |
| Case presentation, "Managing gastroschisis in transport", Combined meeting of Sydney Children's Hospital and Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Transport Services (NETS), Sydney, Australia | 02/2010 |
| Case presentation, "A case of upper airway obstruction in transport", Combined meeting of Sydney Children Hospital and Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Transport Services (NETS), Sydney, Australia | 2010 |
| Case presentation, "Management of Neonatal Sepsis-Newer modalities", Annual Clinical Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), New Delhi, India | 09/2007 |
| Case Presentation, Pediatric and Neonatal conference, Pediatric and Neonatal Conference, Kasturba Hospital, New Delhi, India | 02/2006 |
| Speaker for the institution, "Perinatal HIV transmission-new modalities in diagnosis and treatment", HIV Conference, Loknayak Hospital, Mumbai, India | 05/2004 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Leadership Program certificate, Children's of Mississippi | 2024 |
| Nominee Spero Award- Physician Champion: For Exemplary Efforts Made in Conjunction with Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) to Promote the Donate Life Mississippi Mission of Saving and Healing Lives Through Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation, Mississippi Organ Recovery Organization (MORA) | 2022 |
| Chief Fellow, Pediatric ICU, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas | 2015 |
| Appreciation award for most co-operative team member in Trauma ICU, Children's Medical Center, UT Southwestern, Dallas | 2013 |
| Travel grant to attend annual Pediatric conference by American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics | 2011 |
| Resident Assistant District Representative for American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Pediatric Trainees, American Academy of Pediatrics | 2011 |
| Residency Program Delegate, American Academy of Pediatrics | 2011 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS), Member, Member of following sub-committee- -SPS Provider Course Subcommittee - Sustainability taskforce -Exploratory Committee for Sedation fellowship Attended the following annual conference- Sept' 2025- Atlanta, GA Special courses taken- -Pediatric procedural sedation provider course, 2025 | 2025 - Present |
| Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), Member, Attended the following annual conferences- -ELSO annual conference Sept'2023- Seattle, WA Courses held by ELSO, taken- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Simulation Course hosted at SCCM by ELSO 2/21/2025 | 2018 - Present |
| American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI), Member | 2018 - Present |
| Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA), Member, Attended -CME in the sand May'2023, Sandestin, Fl | 2016 - Present |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Member, Member of following sub-committees -Executive member (Item writing committee) -in-training section -Respiratory section -Industry and technology section -Associate member for e-community groups -South-east section -Program Directors committee by Pediatric CCM section Attended the following annual congresses -Feb'2016- Orlando, Fl -Feb'2019- San Diego, CA -Feb'2020-Orlando, Fl -Feb'2021- Virtual -Feb'2022- Virtual -Feb'2024-Phoenix, Az -Feb'2025- Orlando, Fl Special courses taken at annual congresses: 1) SCCM-2025 Deep Dive: An Introduction to AI in Critical Care Medicine. 2) SCCM-2019: "Item Writing workshop"- This workshop is for SCCM question writers to become familiar with item writing guidelines, provided by the National Board of Medical Examiners. | 2013 - Present |
| Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Member, Attended the following meetings- -May 2013 Washington,D.C. -May 2016 Baltimore, MD -May 2021 Virtual | 2013 - Present |
| American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member, Member -AAP section of critical care Attended the following annual conferences- Oct'2011- Boston, MA Oct'2020- virtual Oct'2021-virtual | 2010 - Present |
Committee Service
| Society for Pediatric Sedation: Exploratory Committee for Sedation fellowship, Member | 2025 - Present |
| Society for Pediatric sedation: SPS Provider Course Subcommittee - Sustainability taskforce, Task Force Member | 2025 - Present |
| Society for Pediatric Sedation(SPS) Provider Course Subcommittee - Sustainability taskforce, Task Force Member | 2025 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GME - RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2025 - Present |
| Children's of Mississippi: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention committee, Chair | 2024 - Present |
| UMMC Medication Safety committee, Member | 2024 - Present |
| Children's of Mississippi: High Flow Nasal Cannula Committee, Task Force Member | 2024 - Present |
| Children's leadership course capstone project- Creating a sustainable framework for unit-based snacks for patients’ families, Member | 2023 - 2024 |
| Children's of Mississippi: Central-Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) prevention team), Member | 2023 - Present |
| UMMC- School of Medicine: Medical student dismissal appeal hearing committee, Task Force Member | 2023 - 2023 |
| Pediatric Trauma Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Chair | 2022 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GME - GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE, Chair | 2022 - Present |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee for Dr. Josephine Stout, Pediatric critical care Fellow, Chair | 2022 - 2023 |
| Scholarly Oversight committee for Dr. Sara Galeotti, Pediatric Critical care Fellow, Chair | 2022 - 2025 |
| Children's of Mississippi Hospital acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Team, Task Force Member | 2022 - Present |
| Scholarly Oversight committee for Dr. Marcia Rankine, Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Chair | 2021 - 2024 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2021 - 2023 |
| Scholarly oversight committee for Dr. Ashley Gerjets, Neonatal Intensive care Fellow, Member | 2020 - 2023 |
| Children's of Mississippi: Department of Pediatrics Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group, Member | 2020 - 2024 |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee for Dr. Zachary Burch, Pediatric Cardiology Fellow | 2020 - 2023 |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine: South-east section, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine: Associate member for e-community groups, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine: Industry and technology section, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine: sub-committee- in-training section, Member | 2019 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Vice Chair | 2019 - 2022 |
| Pediatric Fellowships Program Directors Committee, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Respiratory Section, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Female Physician Mentorship program for medical students, Member | 2019 - 2023 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM | 2018 - 2022 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-CONTINUING HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIAISON, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Pediatric Trauma Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee, Member | 2017 - 2018 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Task Force Member | 2017 - 2023 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Vice Chair | 2017 - 2022 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2017 - 2023 |
| "Item Writing Committee" Society of Critical Care Medicine- the committee drafts high quality questions for Prep-ICU by Society of Critical Care Medicine with critique and review of literature, Task Force Member | 2017 - 2023 |
| Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee for Pediatric ICU, Member | 2016 - Present |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine: Program Directors committee by Pediatric CCM section, Member | 2016 - Present |
| Member of the executive committee of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) drafting paternity leave policy statement, Steering committee member | 2011 - 2013 |
| Work Life Balance Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force Member | 2011 - 2013 |
| Committee of Interns and Residents, Member | 2010 - 2013 |
Community Service
| Run the Rainbow for Children’s by UMMC, Participant | 03/2026 - Present |
| Madison Station Elementary school annual color run, Participant | 03/2026 - Present |
| Bacchus Ball hosted by Diabetes foundation of Mississippi, Participant and donor | 01/2026 - Present |
| Madison Station Elementary school half marathon, Participant | 11/2025 - Present |
| Metro Jackson Heart Ball by UMMC, Participant | 02/2025 - Present |
| Metro Jackson Heart Ball by UMMC, Participant | 02/2024 - Present |
| Metro Jackson Heart Walk by UMMC, Participant | 11/2019 - 11/2019 |
| Volunteer, Annual cultural Host Family at the "Starry Nights" multi-cultural event at Saint Andrews Episcopal School in Ridgeland | 04/2019 - Present |
| Doctor's day and Safe kids Mississippi day at MS Children's Museum, Interactive session with parents and children teaching them importance of helmet and seat belt | 03/2018 - 03/2018 |
Other Service
| Faculty, Regional PCCM fellowship bootcamp, UTSW, Dallas, Faculty | 07/2025 - Present |
| Peer Reviewer, Frontiers in Pediatrics | 07/2024 - Present |
| Quality Improvement project-Reduce mislabeled/unlabeled specimens through education, monthly data review, and signage., Participant | 10/2023 - 01/2025 |
| Peer Reviewer, BMC Pediatrics Journal | 07/2021 - Present |
| Attendance in education activity, Attendee, Attendee, webinar by Boston Children's- Multi-system Inflammatory disease in children.This was held to alert the Pediatric critical care physicians about increase in surge of MIS-C cases in children. | 05/2020 - Present |
| Attendance in educational activity, "COVID-19: Individualized Management of Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Support"- webinar by SCCM | 04/2020 - Present |
| Peer Reviewer, Indian Pediatrics Journal, Indian Pediatrics | 04/2020 - Present |
| Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 04/2020 - Present |
| Faculty interviewer for ACGME-accredited Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program, Faculty interviewer | 2020 - Present |
| Participant, Sonosim Faculty training session and development of curriculum for medical students, Participant | 08/2019 - 06/2023 |
| PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Course instructor | 07/2018 - 06/2023 |
| Attendance in educational activity, Attendee, Optimizing Mechanical Ventilation in Infants and Children 3 day Conference, Duke, NC | 04/2018 - Present |
| Attendance in educational activity, -Attendee, Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care 2 day ultrasound and echo workshop, Fall 2017 | 08/2017 - Present |
| Quality Improvement project- Improving extubation readiness in Pediatric ICU, Participant | 07/2017 - 06/2018 |
| Faculty Interviewer for Faculty position in Pediatric ICU, UMMC, Faculty Interviewer for Faculty position in Pediatric ICU, UMMC | 2017 - Present |
| Weekly case conference, Activity leader and clinical case presenter on every tuesday when on clinical service | 12/2016 - Present |
| Faculty interviewer for ACGME-accredited Pediatric ICU Fellowship Program, Reviewer of application and Interviewer | 12/2016 - Present |
| Quality improvement project- Documentation of central venous lines in Pediatric ICU, Participant | 07/2016 - 06/2017 |
Teaching Experience
| Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship lecture series-snapshot of PICU, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship lecture series-snapshot of PICU | Winter 2026 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program lecture series, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Procedural Sedation | Fall 2025 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Fluids and electrolytes-Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Lecture series | Fall 2025 |
| Small Group, Course Presenter, ECMO workshop | Spring 2024 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Lecturer, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship lecture series-snapshot of PICU | Fall 2024 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Status asthmaticus- Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Lecture series | Winter 2024 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Medical Students- Ethics Course | Winter 2023 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, PICU nursing boot camp | Spring 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship lecture series-snapshot of PICU | Fall 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Medical Students Ethics Course | Winter 2022 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Lecture series | Winter 2022 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Medical Students Ethics Course | Winter 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M4 transition to residency Bootcamp | Spring 2021 |
| Fluids and Electrolytes-Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Lecture series, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Lecture series-Fluids and Electrolytes | Winter 2021 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Resident Case management for Pediatrics | Spring 2021 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship lecture series | Winter 2021 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Medical Students Ethics Course | Winter 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physics of Monitoring | Winter 2020 |
| Medicine, Course, Lecturer, M4 transition to Residency Bootcamp | Spring 2020 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Winter 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physics of Monitoring | Summer 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship lecture series-Physiology of CPR | Fall 2019 - 2018 |
| Medicine, Course, Course Presenter, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship learning module-Point of care ultrasound and cardiac sonogram Course | Winter 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Lecture Series-Ventilator management and sedation in PICU | Fall 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson lecture series for Pediatric Residents | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Pediatric Residents Case Management Conference | Winter 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Pediatric Residents Case Management Conference | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Pediatric Residency Case Management Conference | Fall 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Medical Students Ethics Course | Winter 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physics of Monitoring | Spring 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physiology of CPR | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Winter 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Residents Lecture series-Sepsis and Septic Shock in Pediatrics | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Course, Facilitator, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course | Summer 2019 |
| Medicine, Presenter, QI projects in PICU at department of Pediatrics meeting for hospital wide performance improvement, Presenter, QI projects in PICU at department of Pediatrics meeting for hospital wide performance improvement | Fall 2019 |
| Medicine, Course, Instructor, Instructor for ultrasound training for Medical Students at UMMC, MS | Summer 2018 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Pediatric Residents Case Management Conference | Winter 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physics of Monitoring | Annual 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Lecture Series-Fluid and Electrolytes | Winter 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series-Physiology of CPR | Fall 2018 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and mortality conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Summer 2018 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Mentor to Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship didactics-Journal Club | Spring 2017 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Mentor to Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Didactics- Journal club | Fall 2017 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Fall 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Lecture Series-High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation | Fall 2017 |
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Curriculum including lecture series for Residency rotators in PICU | Summer 2017 |
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Curriculum for Medical Students rotating in PICU | Summer 2017 |
| Medicine, Course, Lecturer, PICU Nursing Bootcamp-Lecture on Traumatic brain injury in children | Summer 2016 |
Directed Student Learning
| Research Advisor, Research-Retrospective chart review comparing non-invasive and invasive BP monitoring, its accuracy in children Advised: Kaitlyn Barber | 2026 - Present |
| Internship Advisor, Advisor, Mentor and Referee for Pediatric residency application Advised: Kimberly Moore (2024-2025), Ashley Gnam (2022-2023) | 2020 - Present |
| Internship Advisor, Advisor, Mentor and Referee for Medicine-Pediatric residency application Advised: Paige Seabrooks | 2020 - Present |
| Research Advisor, Poster and case report publication-An unusual case of Autoimmune hemolytic Anemia Advised: Laura Lee Beneke | 2019 - Present |
| Preceptor, Supervising Attending for Nurse Practitioner students Advised: Morgan Litchliter (2022-2024), Kayla Sykes (2022-2024), Lyndi Colston, Brennan Williams, Alex "Blake" Hardy, Kelly Johnson | 2016 - Present |
| Preceptor, Supervising clinical preceptor during Pediatric ICU rotation Advised: Ruby Hall (2024), Kimberly Gilmore (2024), Abigail Macoy (2024), Lara Lamanilao (2022), Caleb Buckner (2023), Erica Rubio (2023), Rachel Royston (2023), Jon Moreno (2023), Olivia Grant (2022), Paige Seabrooks (2020), Laura Lee Beneke (2019) | 2016 - Present |
Fellows supervised
| UMMC Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 12/2025 - Present |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2022 - 06/2025 |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Clinical Research Project | 07/2021 - 07/2024 |
| UMMC Pediatric Cardiology fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2020 - 06/2023 |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 05/2020 - 05/2020 |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 04/2020 - 05/2020 |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Clinical prospective research project | 03/2020 - 03/2023 |
| UMMC Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 01/2020 - 06/2022 |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Assistant Fellowship Director, 3 fellows supervised | 07/2019 - 06/2022 |
| UMMC Pediatric critical care medicine fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 08/2018 - 02/2019 |
| UMMC Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised | 07/2018 - Present |
| UMMC Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Attending Physician, 16 fellows supervised | 12/2016 - Present |
| UMMC Pediatric Surgery Fellowship program, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised, Pediatric critical care medicine rotation | 12/2016 - Present |
| UMMC Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Attending Physician, 9 fellows supervised | 12/2016 - Present |
Residency Training
| Pediatric Residency program, Advisor | 2022 - 12/2022 |
| Pediatric Residency Program, UMMC, Research Advisor | 2019 - 12/2019 |
| Merit Health Wesley Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Attending Physician | 2018 - Present |
| Emergency Medicine Residency Program, UMMC, Attending Physician | 2016 - Present |
| Pediatric Residency Program, UMMC, Attending Physician | 2016 - Present |