Lakshmi P. Uppaluri, MD
- Pediatric-Pulmonology
Dr. Uppaluri completed her Pediatric residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois and went on to pursue fellowship training in Pediatric Pulmonology at the Boston Children’s Hospital. She joined the division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) in 2008. She practices pediatric pulmonary medicine at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH). She has established a Technology Dependent Program which serves the needs of children who use medical technology to support their breathing. She also provides suggestion therapy for children with chronic cough.
Dr. Uppaluri has served the hospital through the development of a pneumonia and pleural effusion protocol. She also interprets pediatric pulmonary function tests performed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Pulmonary Function Laboratory and performs flexible bronchoscopy on children.
Dr. Uppaluri spoke on the topic of personalized care in childhood asthma at the Fourth Evidence-Based Pediatric Update Symposium at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a continuing medical education program. She continues to teach students and residents, and acts as a liaison to community pediatricians, helping them understand how to manage pediatric pulmonary disease.
Asthma, cystic fibrosis, technology dependent children, bronchopulmonary, dysplasia, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic cough, flexible bronchoscopy, chronic aspiration
Guntur Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India
Government Hospital for Tuerculosis and Chest Dis., Visakhapatnam, India
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
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