AadilKausaraliKakajiwalaMDMSCI(He/Him)

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Nephrology

Assistant Professor in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Nephrology Director of Acute Kidney Support Therapies

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Office
Childrens National Medical Center
Division of Critical Care
Washington, DC 20010

I am a trained Pediatric Intensivist and a board-certified Pediatric Nephrologist. My areas of interest include acute kidney injury, fluid and electrolytes, glomerulonephritis, and kidney replacement therapies (including hemodialysis and CKRT).

Children's National Hospital//George Washington UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2019 - 2021
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, 2013 - 2016
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron/NEOMEDResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
Topiwala National Medical CollegeClass of 2008

PubMed

28 citations
Lack of Furosemide Responsiveness Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in Infants After Cardiac Surgery
Aadil Kakajiwala, Ji Young Kim, John Z. Hughes, Andrew T. Costarino, John Ferguson
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017-10-01
25 citations
Using the newer Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria, beta-2-microglobulin levels associate with severity of acute kidney injury.
Kevin T. Barton, Aadil Kakajiwala, Dennis J. Dietzen, Charles W. Goss, Hongjie Gu
Clinical Kidney Journal. 2018-07-19
7 citations
Rare cause of xanthinuria: a pediatric case of molybdenum cofactor deficiency B
Edward Jin Lee, Raja Dandamudi, Jorge L. Granadillo, Dorothy K. Grange, Aadil Kakajiwala
CEN Case Reports. 2021-01-27

Journal Articles

The ‘Hole’ Story of a Lung: Questions
Aadil Kakajiwala, Bruce R Pawel, Priyanka Fernandes, Sandra Amaral, Pediatric Nephrology
Cerebral Edema in a Child after Preemptive Kidney Transplantation
Kakajiwala A, Weiss S, Lopez S, Palmer J, Baluarte HJ, Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 6/2016
Rapid Progression to ESRD in a Child with a Sporadic ACTN4 Mutation
Kakajiwala A, Bhatti T, Kaplan BS, Meyers KE, Clinical Nephrology – Case Series, 9/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery
Chapter: Acute Kidney Injury
Kakajiwala A, Ferguson MA, Fitzgerald JCEditors: Mattei, P., Nichol, P.F., Rollins, II, M.D., Muratore, C.S. (Eds.).Springer International PublishingEdition 2,2016

Abstracts/Posters

Reducing Readmissions in the Pediatric Nephrology Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Kakajiwala A and Sharma S, Taylor A, Tanzer L, Clark S, Pradhan M, CHOP Quality and Safety Day, Philadelphia, 6/2016
Factors affecting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) circuit clotting in children
Kakajiwala A, Denburg M, Jemielita T, Hughes JZ, Windt K, Laskin B, PAS/ASPN meeting, Baltimore, 4/1/2016
Variability in Measures of Mineral Metabolism in Children on Hemodialysis: Impact on Clinical Decision-Making
Kakajiwala A, Copelovitch L, Leonard MB, York A, Benton M, Hoofnagle A, Jemielita T, Windt K, Merrigan K, Lederman A, Rampolla E, Denburg M, PAS/ASPN meeting, Baltimore, 4/1/2016
Assessment of “Furosemide Stress Test” as Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Children after Cardiac Surgery
Kakajiwala A, Costarino A, Ferguson J, Hughes JZ, Gaynor JW, Furth S, Blinder J, PAS/ASPN meeting, Baltimore, 4/1/2016
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