Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Hemostatic (bleeding) and thrombotic (clotting) disorders in children

Education

• MBBS, Government Medical College and Hospital, 2006

Training

• Resident, Children's Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University, 2008 - 2011
• Fellow, Children’s National Health System/George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2011 - 2014
• Fellow, Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University, 2016 - 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2011American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
• 2015American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• 2016 - 2021CA, Medical Physician & Surgeon
• 2017 - 2020PA, Medical Physician & Surgeon
• 2019 - PresMO, Medical Physician & Surgeon

Honors and Awards

• Darshi Gupta Memorial Prize - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S examination (Pediatrics), 2005
• Dr.Devinder Sarup Singh Memorial Gold Medal - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S examination, 2005
• Dr.Surinder Vadehra Memorial Gold Medal - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S examination, 2005
• Panjab University Gold Medal - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S Examination, 2005
• Panjab University Gold Medal - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S Examination (General Surgery), 2005
• Panjab University Silver Medal - Final Professional Part (II) M.B.B.S Examination (Internal Medicine), 2005
• Scholarship recipient, 2012 Annual Southeastern Fellows Research Skills Retreat, Duck, North Carolina, 2012
• Scholarship recipient, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region III Federally Funded Hemophilia Treatment Centers, Alexandria, Virginia, 2012 - 2013
• Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Teaching, Pediatric Medical Student Education Curriculum 2013-2014, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2014
• Scholarship recipient, Center for Advanced Training in Hemophilia and Inhibitor Management, Columbus, Ohio, 2016
• Scholarship recipient, Haemophilia Academy, Edinburgh, UK, 2016
• Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology, 60th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2017

Recent Publications view all (10)

1. Saini S, Folta AN, Harsh KL, Stanek JR, Dunn AL, O'Brien SH, Kumar R. Anti-Factor Xa-Based Monitoring of Unfractionated Heparin: Clinical Outcomes in a Pediatric Cohort. J Pediatr. 2019;209:212-219.e1. PMID:30961988 
2. O'Brien SH, Saini S. von Willebrand Disease in Pediatrics: Evaluation and Management. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2019;33(3):425-438. PMID:31030811 
3. O'Brien SH, Saini S, Ziegler H, Christian-Rancy M, Ahuja S, Hege K, Savelli SL, Vesely SK. An Open-Label, Single-Arm, Efficacy Study of Tranexamic Acid in Adolescents with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2019;32(3):305-311. PMID:30731217 
4. Kumar R, Harsh K, Saini S, O'Brien SH, Stanek J, Warren P, Giver J, Go MR, Kerlin BA. Treatment-Related Outcomes in Paget-Schroetter Syndrome-A Cross-Sectional Investigation. J Pediatr. 2019;207:226-232.e1. PMCID:PMC6556226  PMID:30528572 
5. Saini S, Croteau SE, Horling FM, Dunn AL. Factor IX inhibitors: Clinical and laboratory profiles of two patients with severe haemophilia B. Haemophilia. 2019;25(2):e126-e129. PMID:30817051 
6. Sarachana T, Dahiya N, Simhadri VL, Pandey GS, Saini S, Guelcher C, Guerrera MF, Kimchi-Sarfaty C, Sauna ZE, Atreya CD. Small ncRNA Expression-Profiling of Blood from Hemophilia A Patients Identifies miR-1246 as a Potential Regulator of Factor 8 Gene. PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0132433. PMCID:PMC4503767  PMID:26176629 
7. Saini S, Speller-Brown B, Wyse E, Meier ER, Carpenter J, Fasano RM, Pearl MS. Unruptured intracranial aneurysms in children with sickle cell disease: analysis of 18 aneurysms in 5 patients. Neurosurgery. 2015;76(5):531-8; discussion 538-9; quiz 539. PMID:25710108 
8. Fernandes VM, Fargo JH, Saini S, Guerrera MF, Marcus L, Luchtman-Jones L, Adams D, Meier ER. Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis: unifying features of a heterogeneous disorder. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015;62(5):901-4. PMID:25307772 
9. Saini S, Dettore AJ, Bhambhani KJ, Buck S, Poulik J, Savaşan S. Selective IgM deficiency in CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorder. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011;33(4):e156-9. PMID:21516014 
10. Saini S, Hamasaki-Katagiri N, Pandey GS, Yanover C, Guelcher C, Simhadri VL, Dandekar S, Guerrera MF, Kimchi-Sarfaty C, Sauna ZE.. Genetic determinants of immunogenicity to factor IX during the treatment of haemophilia B. Haemophilia. 2015 Mar(21(2)):210-8. PMID:25470321