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Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Critical Care
Phone: 832-826-6230
Address
6551 Main Street MC E1420
MC E1420
Houston, TX 77030
Diwakar Turaga, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Fellowship | Pediatric Critical Care | 2019 |
| University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine | Fellowship | Pediatric Cardiology | 2018 |
| Washington University – St Louis Children’s Hospital | Residency | Pediatrics | 2015 |
| Washington University - St. Louis | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy | 2012 |
| Washington University – St Louis | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2012 |
About
My primary career objective is to combine clinical work in pediatric cardiac critical care with research in cardiac regenerative medicine.
Clinical Interests:
Single ventricle physiology, ventricular assist devices
Research Interests:
Single-cell transcriptomics, pediatric heart failure, ventricular unloading, post-transplant rejection
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Member |
| American Heart Association | Member |
Selected Publications
Turaga D, Matthys OB, Hookway TA, Joy DA, Calvert M, McDevitt TC. Single-Cell Determination of Cardiac Microtissue Structure and Function Using Light Sheet Microscopy. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2020 Apr;26(4):207-215. PubMed PMID: 32111148.
Hammen GF, Turaga D, Holy TE, Meeks JP. Functional organization of glomerular maps in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Jul;17(7):953-61. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4327767.
Turaga D, Holy TE. Organization of vomeronasal sensory coding revealed by fast volumetric calcium imaging. J Neurosci. 2012 Feb 1;32(5):1612-21. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3342671.
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