Palanikumar Balasundaram, MD, MRCPCH, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
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About
Additional Title(s)/Position(s):
Neonatologist physician, Mercyhealth, Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside
Work history / Positions:
Specialist pediatrician, Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 2015-May 2018
Specialist pediatrician, Khorfakkan MOH Hospital, July 2012-January 2015
Assistant professor, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, November 2009-July 2012
Niche: BPD, IVH, Nutrition
Research Interests: Neurodevelopmental outcome of hypoglycemic neonates, Neonatal IVH
Selected Publications
Avulakunta, I., Balasundaram, P., Rechnitzer, A., Morgan-Joseph, T., & Nafday, S. (2023). A Improving Birth-dose Hepatitis-B Vaccination in a Tertiary Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric quality & safety, 8(5), e693. https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000693
Balasundaram, P., & Campbell, D. (2023). Monitoring Neonatal Bilirubin after Discharge. Pediatrics in review, 44(2), 110–113. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2022-005522
Lucena, M. H., Balasundaram, P., Carney, M., Green, E., Breilyn, M. S., & Fuloria, M. (2023). Leukocytosis and Splenomegaly in a Neonate With NRAS Mutation. Clinical pediatrics, 99228231176341. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228231176341
Balasundaram, P., Lucena, M. H., & Nafday, S. (2023). A Neonate with a Rare Presentation of Persistent Hypoglycemia and Prolonged Jaundice. NeoReviews, 24(1), 39–42. https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.24-1-e39
Balasundaram, P., & Nafday, S. (2021). 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Management of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia-Has Much Changed?. The Journal of pediatrics, 239, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.041
Balasundaram, P., Louis, S., & Thompson-Branch, A. (2022). Preterm neonate delivered to COVID-19 positive mother on ECMO support. Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine, 15(2), 379–382. https://doi.org/10.3233/NPM-210845
Balasundaram, P., Fijas, M., & Nafday, S. (2021). A Rare Case of Lethal Neonatal Rigidity and Multi-Focal Seizure Syndrome. Cureus, 13(2), e13600. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13600
Balasundaram, P., Avulakunta, I. D., Delfiner, L., Levy, P., & Forman, K. R. (2023). Novel TTN Mutation Causing Severe Congenital Myopathy and Uncertain Association with Infantile Hydrocephalus. Case reports in genetics, 2023, 5535083. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5535083
Balasundaram, P., Al-Mulaabed, S. W., & Roger, K. (2023). Unraveling Leukocyte Profile Shifts and Platelet Dynamics Following Leukoreduced Packed Red Cell Transfusions in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonates. Cureus, 15(9), e44900. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44900
Sakr, M., & Balasundaram, P. (2021). Neonatal Therapeutic Hypothermia. PubMed; StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK567714/
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Professional Leadership
Physician representative, SBU Education Committee
Pediatric Chief resident, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
Notable Honors
2023, Trainee Travel Award, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
Education
Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Stanley Medical College, India, 1999-2005
Medical degree: MD Pediatrics, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, India, 2006-2009
Residency: Residency in Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, New York, 2018-2020
Fellowship: Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, 2020-2023
Licensures and Certifications
Illinois Physician license
Wisconsin Physician license
Member of Royal College of Pediatrics, and Child Health (MRCPCH)
Diplomate, General Pediatrics, The American Board of Pediatrics
Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Fourth Edition
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor, AAP
Professional Memberships
Member of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK)
Sigma Xi full membership
Member of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research (APCR)
American Academy of Pediatrics - Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Diplomate of American Board of Pediatrics
Selected Presentations
Quality improvement project to increase skin-to-skin care duration in less than 35 weeks gestational age preterm neonates during the first four weeks of life,” Eastern Society for Pediatric Research 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting.
“Triglyceride levels in preterm neonates receiving mixed lipid emulsions,” Eastern Society for Pediatric Research 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting
“A rare case of neonate with Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation,” East Coast Pediatric Conference 2014, UAE
“Study of Non-invasive blood pressure in Term infant,” platform presentation, Annual National Neonatology Forum (NNF) conference 2008, Gujarat, India.
Intellectual Property
Prospective study: Neurodevelopmental outcome of normoglycemic versus hypoglycemic neonates at risk for hypoglycemia. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04875624