Sundeep Keswani, M.D., FACS, FAAP
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Sundeep Keswani, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
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Positions
- Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research
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Texas Children's Hospital
- Surgical Director, Basic Science Research
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Texas Children's Hospital
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)
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Mark A. Wallace Tower
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3135
Pediatric Surgery
- Feigin Center (Lab)
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1102 Bates Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- Clinical Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine
- St. Louis
- Pediatric Surgery
- Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
- New Orleans
- Internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
- New Orleans
- MD from Ross University School of Medicine
- Portsmouth
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Center for Molecular Fetal Therapy Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Cincinnati
- Fetal Therapy Research
- Fellowship at The Children’s Institute for Surgical Science Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia
- Pediatric Surgery Research & Fetal Surgery
Certifications
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
Professional Interests
- Neonatal Surgery
- Pediatric General Surgery
- Fetal Surgery
- Pediatric Wound Healing
Professional Statement
Dr. Sundeep Keswani is chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and holds the Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research at Texas Children’s Hospital. He leads the division of Pediatric Surgery which performs near 7000 operative cases and 15,000 clinic visits annually. His clinical areas of expertise are in fetal diagnosis and therapy, as well as ECMO, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and the management of congenital lung malformations. He is an active member of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center.In addition to his clinical and administrative duties, Dr. Keswani is the Surgical Director of Basic Science Research for the Texas Children’s Department of Surgery and oversees a 12,000 sq. ft. multidisciplinary laboratory that investigates the interaction of inflammation and extracellular matrix to develop regenerative therapies for the human response to injury. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2010. Dr. Keswani has mentored over 60 postdoctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduates in his lab, and currently serves as the primary mentor for two K08 awardees. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Keswani completed his general surgery residency training at Louisiana State University in his hometown of New Orleans followed by a pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at the Washington University School of Medicine. He then moved to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for a research fellowship and fetal surgery fellowship. After beginning his career at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Dr. Keswani has been on the faculty at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Baylor College of Medicine since 2015.
Currently, he is a governor of the American College of Surgeons and the current vice president of the Wound Healing Society. Dr. Keswani is a member of several academic societies, including the Association for Academic Surgery, the Society of the University of Surgeons, and the American Surgical Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and is dual-certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and Pediatric Surgery.
Websites
Texas Children's Hospital
Selected Publications
- Sweere JM, Van Belleghem JD, Ishak H, Bach MS, Popescu M, Sunkari V, Kaber G, Manasherob R, Suh GA, Cao X, de Vries CR, Lam DN, Marshall PL, Birukova M, Katznelson E, Lazzareschi DV, Balaji S, Keswani SG, Hawn TR, Secor PR, Bollyky PL. "Bacteriophage trigger antiviral immunity and prevent clearance of bacterial infection.." Science. 2019; Pubmed PMID: 30923196
- Wang X, Balaji S, Steen EH, Li H, Rae MM, Blum AJ, Miao Q, Butte MJ, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "T Lymphocytes Attenuate Dermal Scarring by Regulating Inflammation, Neovascularization, and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling.." Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2019; Pubmed PMID: 31637099
- Belfort MA, Whitehead WE, Shamshirsaz AA, Bateni ZH, Olutoye OO, Olutoye OA, Mann DG, Espinoza J, Williams E, Lee TC, Keswani SG, Ayres N, Cassady CI, Mehollin-Ray AR, Sanz Cortes M, Carreras E, Peiro JL, Ruano R, Cass DL. "Fetoscopic Open Neural Tube Defect Repair: Development and Refinement of a Two-Port, Carbon Dioxide Insufflation Technique." Obstet Gynecol.. 2017; Pubmed PMID: 28277363
- Balaji S, Wang X, King A, Le LD, Bhattacharya SS, Moles CM, Butte MJ, de Jesus Perez VA, Liechty KW, Wight TN, Crombleholme TM, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "Interleukin-10-mediated regenerative postnatal tissue repair is dependent on regulation of hyaluronan metabolism via fibroblast-specific STAT3 signaling." FASEB J.. 2017; Pubmed PMID: 27903619
- Massé DD, Shar JA, Brown KN, Keswani SG, Grande-Allen KJ, Sucosky P "Discrete Subaortic Stenosis: Perspective Roadmap to a Complex Disease." Front Cardiovasc Med.. 2018; Pubmed PMID: 30320123
- Steen EH, Wang X, Balaji S, Butte MJ, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "The Role of the Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-10 in Tissue Fibrosis." Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2020; Pubmed PMID: 32117582
- Wang X, Balaji S, Steen EH, Blum AJ, Li H, Chan CK, Manson SR, Lu TC, Rae MM, Austin PF, Wight TN, Bollyky PL, Cheng J, Keswani SG. "High-molecular weight hyaluronan attenuates tubulointerstitial scarring in kidney injury." JCI Insight. 2020; Pubmed PMID: 32396531
- Style CC, Olutoye OO, Belfort MA, Ayres NA, Cruz SM, Lau PE, Shamshirsaz AA, Lee TC, Olutoye OA, Fernandes CJ, Cortes MS, Keswani SG, Espinoza J. "Fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion reduces pulmonary hypertension in severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia." Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol.. 2019; Pubmed PMID: 30640410
- Steen EH, Lee TC, Vogel AM, Fallon SC, Fernandes CJ, Style CC, Verla MA, Balaji S, Olutoye OO, Keswani SG. "Congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: How early can we repair?." J Pediatr Surg. 2019; Pubmed PMID: 30482539
- Keswani SG, Moles CM, Morowitz M, Zeh H, Kuo JS, Levine MH, Cheng LS, Hackam DJ, Ahuja N, Goldstein AM; Basic Science Committee of the Society of University Surgeons. "The Future of Basic Science in Academic Surgery: Identifying Barriers to Success for Surgeon-scientists." Ann Surg.. 2017; Pubmed PMID: 27643928
Memberships
- American Surgical Association
- Fellow
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