Faculty A-Z

Akhil Deshpandey

Associate Professor of Pediatrics M.D. Gandhi Medical College, MBBS

Pediatrics

Phone:
709-777-6423

Email:
Akhil.deshpandey@easternhealth.ca

Address:
Janeway Childrenâ€TMs Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre 300 Prince Philip Drive St. Johnâ€TMs NL A1B 3V6 Telephone: 709-777-6423

Clinical Interests:
  • Neonatal resuscitation
  • Chronic lung disease
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Pre and probiotics

Education Interests:
  • How to improve retention of learned skills
  • Enhancing long term learning

Research Interests:
  • Prebiotic use and its influence on neonatal gut flora.
  • Pericardial Effusions and Central Venous Catheters in Newborns: What Do We Know?
  • Photodegradation of TPN solutions and the incidence of ROP requiring surgical intervention.
  • Predictive Validity of Bag and Mask Ventilation Skill in Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
  • Examining support system for fathers of admitted infants inNICU.