Asya Asghar, M.D.

Dr. Asya Asghar is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. She completed her internship and pediatric residency at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where she was chief resident. She then obtained her training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Yale University in New Haven, CT.   

Dr. Asghar’s fellowship project explored the false positive rate in newborn screening in the NICU population. She also participated in the development of both NICU resident and pediatric fellow education curriculum.

Medical School

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (2008)

Residency

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (2011), Pediatrics

Chief Resident

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (2012), Pediatrics

Fellowship

Yale-New Haven Medical Center (2015), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine

• Emily Gardner Chief Resident Award
  Children's Hospital of Richmond, VA (2012)
• Martin Hoffman Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Resident
  Children's Hospital of Richmond, VA (2011)
• Excellence in Pediatric Endocrine and Metabolism Award
  VCU Children's Medical Center, Richmond, VA (2010)
• Louise W. Robertson Award for Excellence in Teaching
  VCU Children's Medical Center, Richmond, VA (2010)
• American Academy of Pediatrics Delegate Award
  AAP National Meeting, Washington, DC (2009)

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Perinatal Section, Fellow (2012)