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Office
18310 Montgomery Village Ave
Suite 460
Gaithersburg, MD 20879Phone+1 301-977-4100
Summary
- Bina Valsangkar, MD, MPH, FAAP, D.ABOM is a pediatrician and global public health professional.
Dr. Valsangkar is board-certified in pediatrics and obesity medicine and cares for newborns, children, and adolescents in general pediatric practice in Maryland.
Dr. Valsangkar served as an advisor at Save the Children, where she worked with Ministries of Health and international organizations in Africa and Asia to draft policy, conduct research, and develop programs for improving health outcomes for newborns.
She received her medical training at the University of Michigan Medical School and Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. She has a masters of public health from Harvard, where she was a fellow at the Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership. She speaks Spanish and French.
Education & Training
- Children's National HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2009 - 2012
- University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 2009
- Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Public Health, Center for Public Leadership Fellow, 2007 - 2008
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- DC State Medical License 2009 - 2016
- VA State Medical License 2009 - 2010
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 17 citationsReadiness of hospitals to provide Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and documentation of KMC service delivery: Analysis of Malawi 2014 Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (E...Kondwani Chavula, Dyson Likomwa, Bina Valsangkar, Richard Luhanga, Lydia Chimtembo
Journal of Global Health. 2017-12-01 - 88 citationsWhat is kangaroo mother care? Systematic review of the literature.Grace J Chan, Bina Valsangkar, Sandhya Kajeepeta, Ellen O. Boundy, Stephen Wall
Journal of Global Health. 2016-06-01 - 73 citationsBarriers and enablers of health system adoption of kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of caregiver perspectivesEmily R. Smith, Ilana Bergelson, Stacie Constantian, Bina Valsangkar, Grace J Chan
BMC Pediatrics. 2017-01-25
Press Mentions
- White Oak Pediatrics Tackles Child Obesity at Its Silver Spring and Gaithersburg, MD ClinicsJanuary 30th, 2019
- How the U.S. Ranks in Maternal and Child HealthMay 5th, 2015
- Maternal and Infant Health: The Urban DisadvantageNovember 23rd, 2020
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