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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Akhil Maheshwari<br />
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* Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University<br />
* Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research<br />
* University of Florida<br />
* University of South Florida<br />
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| field = Neonatology<br />
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* University of Alabama at Birmingham<br />
* University of Illinois at Chicago<br />
* University of South Florida<br />
* Johns Hopkins University<br />
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'''Akhil Maheshwari''' is an Indian [[Neonatology|neonatologist]].<br />
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== Academic career ==<br />
In 2004, Maheshwari joined the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama]] as an assistant professor. He studied [[Innate immune system|innate immunity]] and the [[pathogenesis]] of gut mucosal and systemic [[inflammation]] in newborn infants, with a particular focus on a disease called [[Necrotizing enterocolitis|necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)]]. In this disease, the intestines of a [[Preterm birth|premature]] or critically ill infant become inflamed and lose viability. His research was supported by the [[American Gastroenterological Association]] and the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref>[https://www.uab.edu/newsarchive/38545-young-uab-scientist-among-eight-in-u-s-to-receive-225-000-g-i-award|=en/ Maheshwari at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama]</ref><br />
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In 2010, he moved to the [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Illinois]] as the Head of Neonatology.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}<br />
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In 2014, he was recruited to the [[University of South Florida]] as the Pamela and Leslie Muma Professor, Head of Neonatology, and Assistant Dean for Medical Education.<ref>[https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/tag/akhil-maheshwari/ Maheshwari at the University of South Florida at Tampa, Florida]</ref> He administered the academic and the clinical programs at the neonatal intensive care unit at [[Tampa General Hospital]]. In his laboratory, he investigated the role of [[intestinal]] [[macrophages]] and [[platelets]] in intestinal inflammation.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9781437726626/ | isbn=9781437726626 | title=Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Disease: Neonatology Questions and Controversies | last1=Robin k Ohls | first1=MD | last2=Akhil Maheshwari | first2=MD | date=12 March 2012 | publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences }}</ref><br />
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In 2018, he relocated to the [[Johns Hopkins School of Medicine|Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland]] as the Josephine S. Sutland Professor of Newborn Medicine, Head of Neonatology, and vice-chairman of the Department of Pediatrics.<ref>[https://clinicalconnection.hopkinsmedicine.org/participant/akhil-maheshwari-mbbs-md Maheshwari at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland].</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[infant|Newborn infants]]<br />
* [[Child mortality]]<br />
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