Rakesh Sahni, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons






Education:
Medical College:
Maulana Azad Medical College
University of New Delhi, New Delhi, India
Degree: MD

Residency Program:
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
Columbia University

Fellowship:
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Research Interests:
Dr. Sahni is the Co-director of the Infant Physiology Laboratory and his major area of interest is neonatal physiology and behavior. He is a co-investigator in an NIH funded study of, "Activity and responses to nutrient and oxygen supply during development in immature human infants." Using a bedside, miniaturized electroencephalography machine, he is able to monitor the brain waves of small infants during times of critical limitations in oxygen availability. Working in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Developmental Psychobiology, he has examined the effects of maturation and diet on state-related physiological variables of premature infants. He is also studying the effects of sleep position in developing low birth weight infants in an effort to understand the genesis of sudden infant death syndrome.

Clinical Specialties:
General Neonatology

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