Sreekanth K. Viswanathan, MD

Neonatologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

Biography

Dr. Sreekanth Viswanathan is a board-certified academic neonatologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, Florida, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando. FL. Dr. Viswanathan received his medical degree from Govt. Medical College, Calicut, India. He has completed residencies in pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, and a fellowship in neonatology from Cleveland Clinic/MetroHealth Program. He also holds a master’s degree in clinical research from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. His research interests include infant nutrition, body composition, GI motility, and feeding disorders, and well published in this area. He is Co-Chair of the pediatric special interest group at Dysphagia Research Society (DRS), a Deputy Editor of the journal Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology, and a Co-Director of the Nemours Summer Research program.

Fellowship

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Case Western Reserve University, 2012

Residency

  • Pediatrics - Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth) Prog, 2009
  • Pediatrics - Madras Medical College, 2003

Medical/Dental School

  • MBBS - University of Calicut, 2000

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

  • Childhood obesity and adverse cardiometabolic risk in large for gestational age infants and potential early preventive strategies: a narrative review; Pediatric Research; (2022).

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  • Infant body composition assessment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using air displacement plethysmography: Strategies for implementation into clinical workflow; Clinical Nutrition ESPEN; (2021).

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  • Diagnostic utility of impedance-pH monitoring in infants of diabetic mothers with oral feeding difficulties; Journal of Perinatology; (2021).

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  • Effect of parenteral nutrition duration on patterns of growth and body composition in very low‐birth‐weight premature infants; Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; (2021).

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  • Role of feeding strategy bundle with acid-suppressive therapy in infants with esophageal acid reflux exposure: a randomized controlled trial; Pediatric Research; (2021).

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  • Predictive ability of postnatal growth failure for adverse feeding-related outcomes in preterm infants: an exploratory study comparing Fenton with INTERGROWTH-21st preterm growth charts; Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine; (2021).

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  • Body adiposity and oral feeding outcomes in infants: a pilot study; Journal of Perinatology; (2021).

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  • Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties in Neonates: Developmental Physiology and Pathophysiology; Clinics in Perinatology; (2020).

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  • Extremely Preterm Neonate with a Tracheobronchial Foreign Body: A Case Report; Cureus; (2020).

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  • Transitioning from gavage to full oral feeds in premature infants: When should we discontinue the nasogastric tube?; Journal of Perinatology; (2019).

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  • Anemia of Prematurity and Oral Feeding Milestones in Premature Infants.; American journal of perinatology; (2019).

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  • Persistent feeding difficulties among infants with fetal opioid exposure: mechanisms and clinical reasoning.; The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians; (2018).

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  • Pilot Study of Pharyngoesophageal Dysmotility Mechanisms in Dysphagic Infants of Diabetic Mothers.; American journal of perinatology; (2018).

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  • Erratum: Survey and evidence based review of probiotics used in very low birth weight preterm infants within the United States (Journal of Perinatology, (2016), 36, 12, (1106-1111), 10.1038/jp.2016.144); Journal of Perinatology; (2017).

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  • Standardized slow enteral feeding protocol reduces necrotizing enterocolitis in micropremies; Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; (2017).

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  • Survey and evidence based review of probiotics used in very low birth weight preterm infants within the United States; Journal of Perinatology; (2016).

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  • Safety and efficacy of delayed umbilical cord clamping in multiple and singleton premature infants - A quality improvement study; Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; (2016).

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  • Incidence and risk factors of urinary tract infection in very low birth weight infants; Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; (2016).

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  • Effects of parenteral phosphorus dose restriction in preterm infants; Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; (2016).

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  • Making a diagnosis of hypertension and defining treatment threshold in very low birth weight infants' need revision?; Journal of renal injury prevention; (2016).

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  • Stopping Parenteral Nutrition for 3 Hours Reduces False Positives in Newborn Screening.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2015).

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  • Standardized Slow Enteral Feeding Protocol and the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants.; JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition; (2014).

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  • Diagnostic challenge of large congenital liver cyst in the newborn.; Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society; (2014).

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  • Metabolic bone disease: a continued challenge in extremely low birth weight infants.; JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition; (2013).

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  • Risk factors associated with the need for a tracheostomy in extremely low birth weight infants.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2012).

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  • Risk factors associated with acute kidney injury in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.; Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany); (2011).

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  • Effect of amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) in very low birth weight infants.; Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany); (2008).

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