Education

Medical School
N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, India (2001)
Residency
Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Municipal Hospital (2004), Pediatrics
Residency
University of Illinois at Chicago (2008), Pediatrics
Fellowship
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
Graduate School
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015)
Other Post Graduate Training
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015)

Research Interest

  • Use of oxygen during initial stabilization phase and during hospital stay in neonates

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Initial oxygen concentration for term neonatal resuscitation
Isayama T, Dawson JA, Roehr CC, Rabi Y, Weiner GM, Aziz K, Kapadia VS, de Almeida MF, Trevisanuto D, Mildenhall L, Liley HG, Hosono S, Kim HS, Szyld E, Perlman JM, Velaphi S, Guinsburg R, Welsford M, Nishiyama C, Wyllie JP, Wyckoff MH ILCOR 2018 Nov
The Goldilocks principle. Oxygen in the delivery room: When is it too little, too much, and just right?
Kapadia V, Rabi Y, Oei JL, Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2018 10 23 5 347-354
Outcomes of oxygen saturation targeting during delivery room stabilisation of preterm infants.
Oei JL, Finer NN, Saugstad OD, Wright IM, Rabi Y, Tarnow-Mordi W, Rich W, Kapadia V, Rook D, Smyth JP, Lui K, Vento M, Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2018 Sep 103 5 F446-F454
Oxygen Therapy in the Delivery Room: What Is the Right Dose?
Kapadia V, Wyckoff MH Clin Perinatol 2018 Jun 45 2 293-306
Impact of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program-Recommended Low Oxygen Strategy on Outcomes of Infants Born Preterm.
Kapadia VS, Lal CV, Kakkilaya V, Heyne R, Savani RC, Wyckoff MH J. Pediatr. 2017 Dec 191 35-41
Mortality among infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia increases with major surgery and with pulmonary hypertension.
DeVries LB, Heyne RJ, Ramaciotti C, Brown LS, Jaleel MA, Kapadia VS, Burchfield PJ, Brion LP J Perinatol 2017 Jun
Epinephrine Use during Newborn Resuscitation.
Kapadia VS, Wyckoff MH Front Pediatr 2017 5 97
Perinatal management: What has been learned through the network?
Chawla S, Foglia EE, Kapadia V, Wyckoff MH Semin. Perinatol. 2016 Aug
Higher or lower oxygen for delivery room resuscitation of preterm infants below 28 completed weeks gestation: a meta-analysis.
Oei JL, Vento M, Rabi Y, Wright I, Finer N, Rich W, Kapadia V, Aune D, Rook D, Tarnow-Mordi W, Saugstad OD Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 May
Part 13: Neonatal Resuscitation: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
Wyckoff MH, Aziz K, Escobedo MB, Kapadia VS, Kattwinkel J, Perlman JM, Simon WM, Weiner GM, Zaichkin JG Circulation 2015 Nov 132 18 Suppl 2 S543-60

Honors & Awards

  • Best Quality Improvement Project
    EBM Research Fair at Children’s Health (2017)
  • Young Investigator Coaching Program Recipient
    Society of Pediatric Research (2014)
  • Travel Award
    23rd Annual NICHD Maternal-Fetal-Reproductive Medicine Meeting (2011)
  • Pilot Award
    North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative (2010)
  • Young Investigator's Travel Award
    Pediatric Academic Society (2010)
  • NIH Pilot Grant Award
    Clinical & Translational Science Award (2009)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • AAP - Section of Perinatal Pediatrics, District VII (2009)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (2006)
  • American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) (2005)
  • Dallas County Medical Society/Texas Medical Association (2011)
  • Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)