Qualification
MBBS MD Diplomate of the American Board of Allergy Immunology Diplomate of the American Board of PediatricsLanguages
English Kannada Tamil HindiWork Experience
39 Years Experience Overall (29 years as specialist)Awards & Achivements
• Fulbright Scholarship2009.
• “Kids Care for Asthma” awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for improving asthma care in Western New York
$1.5 million. Principal Investigator
2001 - 2004.
• ""Inner-City Asthma Intervention""
Centers for Disease Control
Association of Community Health Plans
$450
000
Principal Investigator
2000 - 2004 Mariel C. Furlong for Making a Difference
Award for Community Service
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Apr. 2005. William S Pierson visiting Professor from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
2001
2002
and 2003.
• Evidence-Based Medicine/Quality Improvement Award
Decision Based System to teach Pediatric Residents SUNY Buffalo
Asthma Management
2002 - 2003. Warren J. Perry Award presented by the American Lung Association of Western New York in recognition of outstanding volunteer services for the conquest of lung disease
2001
• George and Harriet Rosenfeld Clinical Investigator Award presented by the Women's and children's Health Research Foundation
Children's Hospital of Buffalo for “Decision Based Tool for Primary Care Physicians to Optimally Manage Asthma
” 2000 - 2001.
• Evidence-Based Medicine/Quality Improvement Award
Evidence-Based Tool for Improving Resident History-Taking and Optimizing Management of Asthma
SUNY Buffalo
2000.
• Excellence in Community Health Award presented by the Niagara Health Quality Coalition (NHQC) to recognize significant contributions to the NHQC Asthma Education Partnership
2000 - 2001.
• Honor Roll
American College of Allergy
Asthma and Immunology for conducting asthma screening under the Nationwide Asthma Screening Program
1999
2000.
• Young Investigator Award. Outcome - Based Asthma Management Proposal for Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Awarded by Merck Pharmaceuticals for an asthma outcome proposal. This was a peer-reviewed selection of twenty recipients nationally
1999.
• Award for Outstanding Service in the Conquest of Lung Disease and the Promotion of Lung Health
American Lung Association of Western New York
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003.
• A community pediatrician's annual award for the best resident in Pediatrics based on the performance in all the three years of residency
ChilDr.en’s Hospital
Buffalo
New York
1993.
• National Science Talent Scholarship
National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT)
Government of India
1975.
• President of India's Gold Medal for excellence in scholastic achievements and outstanding performance in both academic and extra-curricular activities (valedictorian award)
Lawrence School
Lovedale
India
1975.
Memberships
• Fellow of the American Academy of AllergyAsthma and Immunology
• Member - New York State Allergy Society
Area of Interest
• Allergy• Asthma
• Immunology