Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Pediatric liver transplantation, autoimmune liver disease, cholestatic liver disease

Education

• MBBS, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital , 2006

Training

• Residency (MD Pediatrics), PGIMER, 2007 - 2010
• Residency, Miami (Nicklaus) Children Hospital, 2011 - 2014
• Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship, Washington University in St Louis/St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2014 - 2017
• Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Washington University in St Louis/St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2017 - 2018

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2011ECFMG
• 2014 - 2024American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
• 2017 - 2022MO, Missouri Medical Board
• 2017 - 2020American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics Gastroenterology)
• 2018 - 2020AR, Arkansas Medical Board
• 2018 - PresAmerican Board of Internal Medicine Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Honors and Awards

• Teaching and Tomorrow award, 2012
• James W. Bass Pediatric Bowl at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, 2013
• Poster of Distinction at the NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 2014
• Travel Grant at the 21st SPLIT Meeting in St. Louis, 2016
• Poster of Distinction at the NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, 2017
• Poster of Distinction at American Association of Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) annual meeting, 2017
• American Society of Transplantation, Trainee Membership Award, 2018
• International Pediatric Transplant Association Fellow Travel Award, 2018

Recent Publications view all (24)

Publication Co-Authors

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Matthew Glasser

S. Paul Hmiel, M.D., Ph.D.

David A. Rudnick, M.D., Ph.D.

M. Laura Duque Lasio

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

Brian DeBosch, M.D., Ph.D.

Jorge L Granadillo, MD, MSc.

Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D.

Michael Thompson

Charles Samson, M.D.

Kim H. H. Liss, M.D.

Patricia Dickson

Janis M. Stoll, M.D.

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Sakil S Kulkarni, MD

1. Kulkarni SS, Goss CW, Khan AS, Nadler ML, Stoll JM, Doyle MB, Turmelle YP, Rudnick DA. Outcomes Analyses of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Subjects Listed for Liver Transplantation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022. PMID:35442235 
2. Courtney M Rusch, Jerome M Molleston, Matthew F Glasser, Steven Don, Sakil S Kulkarni. Postviral Gastroparesis Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Pediatric Patient JPGN Rep. 2022;3(2):195. PMID:35311226 
3. Tica S, Alghamdi S, Tait C, Nemera B, Turmelle Y, Fleckenstein J, Stoll J, Kulkarni S. Diagnosis of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Beyond Childhood is Associated with Worse Outcomes. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2022;12(1):110-117. PMCID:PMC8766535  PMID:35068791 
4. Kulkarni S, Naz N, Gu H, Stoll JM, Thompson MD, DeBosch BJ. A clinical model to predict fibrosis on liver biopsy in paediatric subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clin Obes. 2021;11(5):e12472. PMID:34106515 
5. Jarasvaraparn C, Choudhury S, Rusch C, Nadler M, Liss KHH, Stoll J, Hmiel S, Khan A, Doyle M, Kulkarni S. Characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of neutropenia after liver or kidney transplantation in children. Pediatr Transplant. 2021;e14131. PMID:34494348 
6. Reynolds M, Linneman LA, Luna S, Warner BB, Turmelle YP, Kulkarni SS, Jiang X, Khanna G, Shinawi M, Porter FD, Ory DS, Cole FS, Dickson PI. A phase 1/2 open label nonrandomized clinical trial of intravenous 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin for acute liver disease in infants with Niemann-Pick C1. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2021;28:100772. PMCID:PMC8170172  PMID:34113546 
7. Starosta RT, Granadillo JL, Patel KR, Finegold MJ, Stoll J, Kulkarni S. Intrahepatic Cholestasis, Refractory Epilepsy, Skeletal Dysplasia, Endocrine Failure, and Dysmorphic Features in a Child With a Monoallelic 2q24-32.2 Deletion Encompassing ABCB11. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021;10935266211036084. PMID:34428094 
8. Kulkarni S, Chi L, Goss C, Lian Q, Nadler M, Stoll J, Doyle M, Turmelle Y, Khan A. Random forest analysis identifies change in serum creatinine and listing status as the most predictive variables of an outcome for young children on liver transplant waitlist. Pediatr Transplant. 2021;25(3):e13932. PMCID:PMC8058171  PMID:33232568 
9. González IA, Lu HC, Alipour Z, Kulkarni SS, Stoll JM, Liss KHH, Dehner LP, He M. Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Centrilobular Injury in Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2021;27(3):416-424. PMID:33253466 
10. Kulkarni S, Huang J, Tycksen E, Cliften PF, Rudnick DA.. Diet Modifies Pioglitazone's Influence on Hepatic PPAR γ-Regulated Mitochondrial Gene Expression PPAR Res. 2020. PMID:32963510 
11. Kulkarni S , Brauer D, Turmelle Y, Stoll J, Nadler M, Chapman W, Doyle M, Khan A. Surgical Therapy for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma in the USA over the Last Decade: Analysis of the National Cancer Database J Gastrointest Cancer . . 2020. PMID:32458263 
12. Kulkarni S, Abro B, Duque Lasio ML, Stoll J, Grange DK, He M. Clinical and Pathological Features of a Newborn With Compound Heterozygous ANKS6 Variants. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2020;23(3):235-239. PMID:31635528 
13. Kulkarni S, Rudnick DA. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes and Precision Medicine in Human Liver Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018;66(5):716-719. PMID:29509632 
14. Kulkarni S, Liss K, Samson CM. Application of Conjoint Analysis to Improve Reliability of Dietician Consultation in Pediatric Celiac Disease. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2017;2(4):e029. PMCID:PMC6132477  PMID:30229166 
15. Huang J, Schriefer AE, Cliften PF, Dietzen D, Kulkarni S, Sing S, Monga SP, Rudnick DA. Postponing the Hypoglycemic Response to Partial Hepatectomy Delays Mouse Liver Regeneration. Am J Pathol. 2016;186(3):587-99. PMCID:PMC4816713  PMID:26772417 
16. Restrepo R, Hagerott HE, Kulkarni S, Yasrebi M, Lee EY. Acute Pancreatitis in Pediatric Patients: Demographics, Etiology, and Diagnostic Imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016;206(3):632-44. PMID:26901022 
17. Hagerott H.E., Kulkarni S, Restrepo R, Reeves-Garcia J. . Clinical-radiologic features and treatment of hepatic lesions caused by inadvertent infusion of parenteral nutrition in liver parenchyma due to malposition of umbilical vein catheters. Pediatr Radiol. 2014;44(7):810-5. PMID:24557484 
18. Kulkarni S, Gomara R, Reeves-Garcia J, Hernandez E, Restrepo R. MRI-based score helps in assessing the severity and in follow-up of pediatric patients with perianal Crohn disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014;58(2):252-7. PMID:24121148 
19. Kulkarni S, Perez C, Pichardo C, Castillo L, Gagnon M, Beck‐Sague C, Gereige R, Hernandez E. Use of Pediatric Health Information System database to study the trends in the incidence, management, etiology, and outcomes due to pediatric acute liver failure in the United States from 2008 to 2013 Pediatr Transpl. 19(9):888-95. PMID:26388211 
20. Sakil S. Kulkarni M.D., Charles W. Goss Ph.D., Adeel S. Khan M.D., MPH, Michelle L. Nadler M.S.N., Janis M. Stoll M.D., Maria B. Doyle M.D., Yumirle P. Turmelle M.D., David A. Rudnick M.D.,Ph.D.. Outcomes Analyses of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Subjects listed for Liver Transplantation JPGN. PMID:Not assigned yet 
21. Jarasvaraparn C, He M, Granadillo JL, Kulkarni S, Stoll J, Liss K. MYO5B Pathogenic Variants Found to Cause Intestinal Symptoms Without Microvillus Inclusion Disease In A Child Who Previously Underwent Liver Transplantation For PFIC-like Cholestasis J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. PMID:32459745 
22. Asim A, Agarwal S, Kulkarni S, Panigrahi I. . Folate Metabolism and Genetic Variant in Down Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis. J Genet Syndr Gene Ther. 
23. Lucia-Casadonte C, Kulkarni S, Restrepo R, Gonzalez-Vallina R, Brathwaite C, Lee EY. An unusual case of pleuropulmonary blastoma in a child with jejunal hamartomas Case Rep Pediatr. PMID:23970988 
24. Kulkarni S, Mercado V, Rios M, Arboleda R, Gomara R, Muinos W, Hernandez E. Breast milk is better than formula milk in preventing parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease in infants receiving prolonged parenteral nutrition. JPGN. 57(3):383-8. PMID:23689264