
Faculty Profile
Umakanth A. Khatwa, MD

Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Physician, Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Affiliate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Administrative Title(s)
Co-Director, Center for Aero-digestive Disorders
Inter-office Mail Address
Hunnewell #2Phone 617-355-7018
Society Memberships
American Academy of Sleep MedicineAmerican Throacic Society
Research Unit(s)
Dr. Gerard Laboratory, Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital Boston
- Division of Sleep Medicine
- Division of Sleep Medicine
Research Interests
Role of sleep disorder breathing in airway inflammation and respiratory exacerbation. I am also looking into role of newer imaging techniques for evaluation of airway patency and also for assessment of aspiration.
Trainees
Kiran Maski, MD (2009-2010)
Ali-Dinar Tarig, MD (2009-2010)
Jonathan Gaffin, MD (2007-2010)
Alicia Casey, MD (2008- present)
Allan Dias, MD (2008-present)
Michael McCown, MD (2008-present)
Ali-Dinar Tarig, MD (2009-2010)
Jonathan Gaffin, MD (2007-2010)
Alicia Casey, MD (2008- present)
Allan Dias, MD (2008-present)
Michael McCown, MD (2008-present)
Mentor(s)
Meera Subramaniam, MD
Sanjeev Kothare, MD
Eliot Katz, MD
Sanjeev Kothare, MD
Eliot Katz, MD
Teaching
Course Co-Director: What’s New in Pediatric Aero-Digestive Disorders, November 2009 (Harvard CME)
Course Co-Director: Update in Pediatric Sleep Disorders, September 2010 (Harvard CME)
Course Co-Director: Update in Pediatric Sleep Disorders, September 2010 (Harvard CME)
Selected Publications
Khatwa UA, Kleibrink BE, Shapiro SD, Subramaniam M. MMP-8 promotes
polymorphonuclear cell migration through collagen barriers in obliterative
bronchiolitis.
J Leukoc Biol. 2010 Jan;87(1):69-77. Epub 2009 Oct 2. [PMID: 19801498]
Lee EY, Sun Y, Zurakowski D, Hatabu H, Khatwa U, Albert MS. Hyperpolarized 3He
MR imaging of the lung: normal range of ventilation defects and PFT correlation
in young adults.
J Thorac Imaging. 2009 May;24(2):110-4. [PMID: 19465833]
Khatwa UA, Rajegowda B, Rosenberg HK, Lieber E. McKusick-Kaufman Syndrome (MK
catalogue #236700) presenting prenatally as fetal abdominal mass.
J Perinatol.
2005 Feb;25(2):146-9. [PMID: 15660106]
polymorphonuclear cell migration through collagen barriers in obliterative
bronchiolitis.
J Leukoc Biol. 2010 Jan;87(1):69-77. Epub 2009 Oct 2. [PMID: 19801498]
Lee EY, Sun Y, Zurakowski D, Hatabu H, Khatwa U, Albert MS. Hyperpolarized 3He
MR imaging of the lung: normal range of ventilation defects and PFT correlation
in young adults.
J Thorac Imaging. 2009 May;24(2):110-4. [PMID: 19465833]
Khatwa UA, Rajegowda B, Rosenberg HK, Lieber E. McKusick-Kaufman Syndrome (MK
catalogue #236700) presenting prenatally as fetal abdominal mass.
J Perinatol.
2005 Feb;25(2):146-9. [PMID: 15660106]
Site Map | Contact Us | © 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College