SonikaAgarwalMDMBBS, FAAN(She/Her)

Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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Office
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
CHOP Buerger Center for Advanced Care
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-1719

Summary

Fetal-Neonatal Neurology, Neurocritical care. Prenatal counseling and long term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with complicated perinatal neurologic issues and critical illness in the neonatal period.

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Child Neurology, 2013 - 2016
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2011 - 2013
All India Institute of Medical SciencesClinical & Research Fellowship, Obstetrics & Gynecology, MAternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology &I Infertility, Diplomate National Board 1996, 1996 - 2002
Institute of Medical SciencesM.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1992 - 1995
Banaras Hindu University IOMClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2016 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
DE State Medical License 2017 - 2019
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Transforming Leadership Development Program American Academy of Neurology, 2021
A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award American Academy of Neurology, 2020
Neurology Faculty Teaching Award Childrens’s Hospital Philadelphia/Univ. Of Pennsylvania, 2020
Annual Faculty Education Award Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2018
Child Neurology Society Outstanding Junior Member Award, 2016
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Prenatally Diagnosed Holoprosencephaly: Review of the Literature and Practical Recommendations for Pediatric Neurologists.
Barbara Scelsa, Dawn Gano, Anthony R Hart, Brigitte Vollmer, Monica E Lemmon
Pediatric Neurology. 2025-01-01
1 citations
Fetal-neonatal neurology principles and practice: Topics in diagnostic and management skills applied to interdisciplinary care.
Mark S Scher, Sonika Agarwal, Charu Venkatesan
Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2024-11-01
Expansion of the prenatal phenotype of Baraitser-Winter syndrome: Presentation of two cases of multiple congenital anomaly syndrome.
Natalie Burrill, Haley Crane, Nahla Khalek, Shelly Soni, K Taylor Wild
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2024-10-01

Books/Book Chapters

Cerebral Palsy
Chapter: When and how to evaluate a child with possible cerebral palsy
Agarwal, SEditors: Miller, F; Bachrach, S.

Abstracts/Posters

A ten year profile of fetal neurological consultations at a tertiary care center
Agarwal et al, Child Neurology Society 2016, AAN 2017, 4/2017
Therapeutic plasma exchange for pediatric neurological disorder- a ten year review
Agarwal et al., American Academy of Neurology, Boston, 4/2017

Other

Fetal Neonatal Neurology (live webinar)
Sonika Agarwal, Ryan Gray, Eshadowing for premeds
https://youtu.be/1NU8afvRuvs
MedschoolHQ - 11/1/2022

Authored Content

Celebrating the expansion and stressing the importance of newborn screeening.September 2022

Press Mentions

Match Day: The Roadblocks International Medical Graduates FaceMarch 24th, 2021
Celebrating and stressing the importance of newborn screeningNovember 13th, 2022
Neurologist discuss the impact of Roe v. wade on neurologic patients November 13th, 2022