Department of Pediatrics

Education

• MBBS, Dow Medical College, 1991

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, 1993 - 1996
• Fellowship in Neonatology, St.louis Children's Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine, 1996 - 2000
• ECMO specialist training course, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health centers, 2015 - 2015
• Academic Medical Leadership Program for Physicians and Scientists, Washington University School of Medicine and Olin Business School, 2017 - 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• 1997MO
• 1999American Board of Pediatrics
• 2003American Board of Pediatrics-Neonatology
• 2006Recertification in Pediatrics
• 2013Recertification in Neonatology
• 2015ECMO specialist Course by University of Michigan: 4/21/15 to 4/23/2015

Recent Publications view all (11)

Publication Co-Authors

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

Amit M Mathur, M.D., M.R.C.P.

Neeta Vachharajani

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Tasnim A. Najaf, M.D.

1. . Short Term Outcomes and medical and surgical interventions in infants with CDH Journal of Perinatology. 2014. PMCID:25825963  
2. Vachharajani A, Vricella GJ, Najaf T, Coplen DE. Prevalence of upper urinary tract anomalies in hospitalized premature infants with urinary tract infection. J Perinatol. 2014. doi:10.1038/jp.2014.209  PMID:25474556 
3. Tasnim Najaf, Akshaya Vachharajani, Brad W Warner. Follow up of Children with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and development of a multidisciplinary care program The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2013;16(1). 
4. Akshaya Vachharajani, Neeta Vachharajani and Tasnim Najaf. Neonatal Radiation Exposure Neoreviews. 2013;14:e 190. 
5. Bucher BT, Guth RM, Saito JM, Najaf T, Warner BW. Impact of hospital volume on in-hospital mortality of infants undergoing repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Ann Surg. 2010;252(4):635-42. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f5b538  PMID:20881770 
6. Tjoeng Han,and Najaf,Tasnim . Visual Diagnosis: A Term male with Hole in his Chest Neoreviews. 2010;11:e463. 
7. Odibo AO, Najaf T, Vachharajani A, Warner B, Mathur A, Warner BW. Predictors of the need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and survival in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a center's 10-year experience. Prenat Diagn. 2010;30(6):518-21. doi:10.1002/pd.2508  PMID:20509150 
8. Najaf TA, Vachharajani NA, Warner BW, Vachharajani AJ. Interval between clinical presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis and bowel perforation in neonates. Pediatr Surg Int. 2010;26(6):607-9. doi:10.1007/s00383-010-2597-2  PMID:20414662 
9. . Visual Diagnosis: Cheek Redness in a Newborn Neoreviews. 2009;10:e519. 
10. Tjoeng Han, and Najaf TA. Index of Suspicion in the Nursery Neoreviews. 2008;9:e590-e593. 
11. Liviskie CJ, DeAvilla KM, Zeller BN, Najaf T, McPherson CC.. Nicardipine for the Treatment of Neonatal Hypertension During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Cardiol.. PMID: 31065758