MAYWOOD, Ill. – Rahul Bhatia, MD, has joined the Loyola University Health System pediatric critical care team. As a pediatric critical care physician he brings his expertise to the care of children facing difficult medical challenges in the pediatric intensive care unit. In addition, he is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
Dr. Bhatia’s professional interests include acute lung injury, how the stress of critical illness affects the body and simulation in pediatric critical care. He also has a passion for medical education and works closely with physicians in training as the associate residency program director.
“It is an honor to take care of critically ill children and be a part of their families during difficult times. It is our team’s goal to establish trust with the families and to provide state-of-the-art care in a critical care setting,” Dr. Bhatia said.
Before joining Loyola, Dr. Bhatia was an assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
He currently serves on Loyola’s Resident Education Review Committee, is co-chair of the Resident Recruitment and Resident Advisory committees, chair of the Achieving Resident Potential committee and rotation director in pediatric critical care.
In addition, he serves on several national committees, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Graduate and Resident Education and the Pediatric Multiprofessional Board Review Course committees.
He has authored numerous articles that have been published in leading medical journals. He has made several abstract and poster presentations at international and national conventions. In addition, he is a reviewer for the Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress Abstracts and question reviewer for the American Board of Pediatrics. He also has authored the book Handbook of Pediatric Critical Care for House Officers. Active in research, he has studied the effects of Surfactant administration prior to one-lung ventilation to alleviate lung injury. And he is currently investigating the role of salivary cortisol levels in critically ill children and the role of pretracheal stethoscope and capnography during intra-hospital transport in children.
He is an instructor in the American Heart Association Network, member of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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