Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Acute Kidney Injury, Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Glomerulonephritis

Education

• MBBS, Topiwala National Medical College, 2008

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 2010 - 2013
• Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013 - 2016

Licensure and Board Certification

• OH, State of Ohio, State Medical Board , 2013
• The American Board of Pediatrics , 2013
• American Board of Pediatrics , 2013
• MO, State of Missouri/ Division of Professional Registration , 2015

Honors

• Academic Excellence and Achieving Highest Marks in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Third M.B.,B.S. Final Examination, Topiwala National Medical College Global Alumni, 2008
• American Society of Nephrology, Travel Grant, Kidney Week, Philadelphia, 2011
• American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Travel Grant, 2013
• Neonatal Critical Care Award, Akron Children’s Hospital, 2013
• Nicholas Libertin Award for Best Graduating Resident, Akron Children's Hospital, 2013
• Resident Teaching Award, Akron Children’s Hospital, 2013
• Pediatric Critical Care Award, Akron Children’s Hospital, 2013
• Karen L. Campbell, PhD, Travel Support Program for Fellows, Travel Grant, Kidney Week, San Diego, 2015
• CHOP Research Poster Day Winner (Clinical Research) for study entitled ‘Factors affecting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) circuit clotting in children’, 2016
• Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) Trainee Travel Grant, ASPN/PAS meeting, Baltimore, 2016

Recent Publications view all (12)

1. Greenberg JH, Kakajiwala A, Parikh CR, Furth S. Emerging biomarkers of chronic kidney disease in children. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017. PMID:28624980 
2. Kakajiwala A, Jemielita TO, Copelovitch L, Leonard MB, Furth SL, York A, Benton M, Hoofnagle AN, Windt K, Merrigan K, Lederman A, Denburg MR. Variability in Measures of Mineral Metabolism in Children on Hemodialysis: Impact on Clinical Decision-Making Pediatr Nephrol. 2017. 
3. Kakajiwala A, Kim JY, Hughes JZ, Costarino A, Ferguson J, Gaynor JW, Furth SL, Blinder JJ. Lack of Furosemide Responsiveness Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in Infants After Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017. PMID:28499652 
4. Kakajiwala A, Fernandes P, Pawel BR, Amaral S. The 'hole' story of a lung: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017;32(5):777-779. PMID:27432361 
5. Kakajiwala A, Fernandes P, Pawel BR, Amaral S. The 'hole' story of a lung: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017;32(5):773-775. PMID:27432360 
6. Kakajiwala A, Jemielita T, Hughes JZ, Windt K, Denburg M, Goldstein SL, Laskin B. Membrane pressures predict clotting of pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy circuits. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017. PMID:28247082 
7. Kakajiwala A, Chiotos K, Brothers J, Lederman A, Amaral S. What is this chocolate milk in my circuit? A cause of acute clotting of a continuous renal replacement circuit: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2016;31(12):2249-2251. PMID:26815660 
8. Kakajiwala A, Chiotos K, Brothers J, Lederman A, Amaral S. What is this chocolate milk in my circuit? A cause of acute clotting of a continuous renal replacement circuit: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2016;31(12):2253-2255. PMID:26817475 
9. Kakajiwala A, Weiss S, Lopez S, Palmer J, Baluarte HJ. Cerebral Edema in a Child after Preemptive Kidney Transplantation J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2016. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1584682  
10. Kakajiwala A, Bhatti T, Kaplan BS, Ruebner RL, Copelovitch L. Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: to treat or not to treat with eculizumab? Clin Kidney J. 2016;9(1):90-6. PMCID:PMC4720198  PMID:26798467 
11. Wigfield J, Kakajiwala A, Forbes ML, Bodas P. Case 3: Abnormal Eye Movements and Congestion in a 3-month-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2015;36(12):551-3. PMID:26628737 
12. Kakajiwala A, Bhatti T, Kaplan BS, Meyers KE. Rapid Progression to ESRD in a Child with a Sporadic ACTN4 Mutation. Rapid Progression to ESRD in a Child with a Sporadic ACTN4 Mutation Clin Nephrol - Case Studies. 2015. doi:10.5414/CNCS108616