Texas Children’s Hospital is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Sundeep Keswani. Keswani, whose appointment was effective March 2, is a pediatric and fetal surgeon at Texas Children’s and an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded laboratory.
“I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Keswani to our team,” said Dr. Jed Nuchtern, chief of the division of pediatric surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital and professor of surgery and pediatrics at Baylor. “Dr. Keswani provides expertise in several important areas that our division is expanding or creating. These include fetal diagnosis and therapy, pediatric wound care and general pediatric surgery. He also brings a significant NIH-funded research effort that will be a substantial addition to our current research portfolio.”
Keswani completed his surgical residency at Louisiana State University in his hometown of New Orleans and a fellowship in fetal surgery and surgical research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently trained in pediatric surgery at the Saint Louis Children’s Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine.
Keswani’s research interests closely pair with his clinical interests and include fetal regenerative wound healing, gene therapy applications, bone marrow contribution to tissue repair and fetal diagnosis and treatment. Currently, he is the principle investigator of a R01 and K08 grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences at the NIH. The goal of his research is to understand the underlying mechanisms of how the fetus heals without scarring to achieve postnatal regenerative tissue repair in various organ systems.
Texas Children’s division of pediatric surgery is one of the most robust pediatric surgery programs in the country with 16 full-time pediatric surgeons on staff. The range of surgical procedures performed by the division include fetal surgery, abdominal and thoracic surgery, pediatric surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery including laparoscopic and thorascoscopic diagnosis and treatment, endocrine and biliary surgery, and adolescent bariatric surgery. In 2014, the division of pediatric surgery completed 5,792 surgeries and 11,809 clinic visits.
Texas Children’s Fetal Center works hand-in-hand with the division of pediatric surgery and is committed to providing the best possible care and outcome for each mother, baby and family. The core staff of Texas Children’s Fetal Center includes fetal and pediatric surgeons, maternal fetal medicine specialists and specialized coordinators. The Fetal Center’s physicians are recognized leaders in fetal medicine and fetal and neonatal surgery. As one of only a few centers in the United States to provide the full spectrum of fetal therapies, Texas Children’s attracts parents from around the world seeking the ultimate in care for their unborn child.