Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Stella Maris College, 1981
• MSc, Madurai Kamaraj University, School of Biological Sciences, 1983
• PhD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1991
• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1996

Training

• Pediatric Resident, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, 1997 - 2000

Licensure and Board Certification

• 1997 - PresMO
• 2000 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics

Honors

• Certificate of Honor, WHO/TDR International Workshop, Genetic Engineering Techniques in Tropical Diseases Research, 1984
• Madurai Kamaraj University, Second in Graduating Class, M.Sc., 1984
• Outstanding Academic Achievement, St. Louis University, 1987
• Dr. Robert M. Woolsey Award, Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Neuroscience, 1994
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1995
• Research poster winner, Academic Hospital Medicine Leadership Summit, Safe procedural sedation for radiological studies using propofol by a pediatric hospitalist team, 2010
• Second Place Award for poster presented at 2019 Patient safety symposium sponsored by WUSM, SLCH and BJH, 2019

Recent Publications view all (18)

Publication Co-Authors

Shobha Bhaskar, M.D.

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Ayelet Rosen, M.D.

Cassandra M. Pruitt, M.D., FAAP

Kevin O'Bryan, M.D.

Timothy Casper, M.D.

Anthony W. Orvedahl, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael P. Turmelle, M.D.

Kevin T. Barton, M.D.

Leanne DePalma, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Mythili Srinivasan, M.D., Ph.D.

1. Srinivasan M, Niesen A, Storch GA. Enterovirus D68 Surveillance, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2016. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(11):2115-2117. PMCID:PMC6199992  PMID:30334718 
2. Srinivasan M, Casper TJ. Nasogastric Hydration for Bronchiolitis: Sustaining Change in Practice. Glob Pediatr Health. 2018;5:2333794X18759398. PMCID:PMC5833212  PMID:29511709 
3. Srinivasan M, Pruitt C, Casey E, Dhaliwal K, DeSanto C, Markus R, Rosen A. Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase the Use of Nasogastric Hydration in Infants With Bronchiolitis. Hosp Pediatr. 2017;7(8):436-443. PMID:28679563 
4. Rangel SJ, Anderson BR, Srivastava R, Shah SS, Ishimine P, Srinivasan M, Bryan M, Gong W, Hall M, Localio R, Luan X, Anandalwar S, Keren R, Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. Intravenous Versus Oral Antibiotics for the Prevention of Treatment Failure in Children With Complicated Appendicitis: Has the Abandonment of Peripherally Inserted Catheters Been Justified? Ann Surg. 2016. PMID:27429024 
5. Orvedahl A, Padhye A, Barton K, O'Bryan K, Baty J, Gruchala N, Niesen A, Margoni A, Srinivasan M. Clinical Characterization of Children Presenting to the Hospital with Enterovirus D68 Infection During the 2014 Outbreak in St. Louis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016;35(5):481-7. PMID:26771663 
6. Srinivasan M, Hamvas C, Coplen D. Rates of Complications After Newborn Circumcision in a Well-Baby Nursery, Special Care Nursery, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015;54(12):1185-91. PMID:25724993 
7. Srinivasan M, Bhaskar S, Carlson DW. Variation in Procedural Sedation Practices Among Children's Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2015;5(3):148-53. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2014-0090  PMID:25732988 
8. Keren R, Shah SS, Srivastava R, Rangel S, Bendel-Stenzel M, Harik N, Hartley J, Lopez M, Seguias L, Tieder J, Bryan M, Gong W, Hall M, Localio R, Luan X, deBerardinis R, Parker A, Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network. Comparative effectiveness of intravenous vs oral antibiotics for postdischarge treatment of acute osteomyelitis in children. JAMA Pediatr. 2015;169(2):120-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2822  PMID:25506733 
9. Srinivasan M, Carlson DW. Procedural sedation by pediatric hospitalists: analysis of the nature and incidence of complications during ketamine and nitrous oxide sedation. Hosp Pediatr. 2013;3(4):342-7. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2013-0025  PMID:24435192 
10. Srinivasan M, Carlson DW. A proposed mechanism to assess knowledge of pediatric hospitalists to identify and manage rare events during procedural sedation. Hosp Pediatr. 2013;3(4):381-5. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2013-0045  PMID:24435198 
11. Paciorkowski N, Pruitt C, Lashly D, Hrach C, Harrison E, Srinivasan M, Turmelle M, Carlson D. Development of performance tracking for a pediatric hospitalist division. Hosp Pediatr. 2013;3(2):118-28. PMID:24340412 
12. Srinivasan M, Turmelle M, Depalma LM, Mao J, Carlson DW. Procedural sedation for diagnostic imaging in children by pediatric hospitalists using propofol: analysis of the nature, frequency, and predictors of adverse events and interventions. J Pediatr. 2012;160(5):801-806.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.003  PMID:22177990 
13. Nagao Y, Srinivasan M, Platero JS, Svendrowski M, Waheed A, Sly WS. Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase (isozyme V) in mouse and rat: cDNA cloning, expression, subcellular localization, processing, and tissue distribution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994;91(22):10330-4. PMCID:PMC45013  PMID:7937950 
14. Srinivasan M, Lenny N, Green M. Identification of genomic sequences that mediate the induction of the endoplasmic reticulum stress protein, ERp72, by protein traffic. DNA Cell Biol. 1993;12(9):807-22. doi:10.1089/dna.1993.12.807  PMID:8216852 
15. Srinivasan M, Green M. Protein disulfide isomerase endoplasmic reticulum proteins Pharmaceutical Tech. 1992;515:32-36. 
16. Haugejorden SM, Srinivasan M, Green M. The expression of murine protein disulfide isomerase in Escherichia coli. DNA Cell Biol. 1992;11(5):405-14. doi:10.1089/dna.1992.11.405  PMID:1605862 
17. Haugejorden SM, Srinivasan M, Green M. Analysis of the retention signals of two resident luminal endoplasmic reticulum proteins by in vitro mutagenesis. J Biol Chem. 1991;266(10):6015-8. PMID:2007562 
18. Mazzarella RA, Srinivasan M, Haugejorden SM, Green M. ERp72, an abundant luminal endoplasmic reticulum protein, contains three copies of the active site sequences of protein disulfide isomerase. J Biol Chem. 1990;265(2):1094-101. PMID:2295602