VishwasSSakhalkarMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Augusta, GA

Professor, Pediatrics, Mercer University School of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, BKO Children's Hospital at Atrium Health Navicent

Join to view full profile

Dr. Sakhalkar is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

See Dr. Sakhalkar's full profile

Already have an account?

Office
1146 Harper St
Augusta, GA 30912
Phone+1 706-721-4929

Fax+1 706-721-2643

Education & Training

University of RochesterFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2000 - 2000
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1997 - 2000
Children's Hospital of MichiganResidency, Pediatrics, 1994 - 1997
Bombay UniversityMD, 1987 - 1990
Seth G.S. Medical CollegeClass of 1988
G. S. Medical College, Bombay UniversityMBBS, Medical, 1986

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2006 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2007 - 2015
LA State Medical License 2002 - 2008
MI State Medical License 1999 - 2003
NJ State Medical License 2000 - 2003
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America’s top Oncologists Consumer’s Research Council, 2010
America’s top Pediatricians America’s top Physicians” by “Consumer’s Research Council, 2005
Fellowship Award New York Academy of Sciences for presentation, 2005
2004 Physician of the Year Award Physician Advisory Board of the National Republican Congressional Committee, 2004
Honorary Chairman for the State of Louisiana Physician Advisory Board of the National Republican Congressional Committee, 2004
Physician Recognition Award American Medical Association, 2000
Join now to see all

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

33 citations
Elevated plasma sVCAM-1 levels in children with sickle cell disease: impact of chronic transfusion therapy.
Vishwas S. Sakhalkar, Sreedhar P. Rao, Jeremy Weedon, Scott T. Miller
American Journal of Hematology. 2004-05-01
52 citations
Allosensitization in patients receiving multiple blood transfusions
Vishwas S. Sakhalkar, K. Roberts, Linda M. Hawthorne, McCaskill D, Diana M Veillon
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2005-11-01
6 citations
Prevalence of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal cultures from patients with sickle cell disease.
Vishwas S. Sakhalkar, Sharada A. Sarnaik, Basim I. Asmar, Rhonda Conner-Warren, Wanda Shurney
Southern Medical Journal. 2001-04-01

Journal Articles

Myeloblastic proliferation in the peripheral blood of a neonate with Down Syndrome.
Flamholz RB, Veillon DM, Jeroudi M, Sakhalkar VS, Nordberg ML, Cotelingam JD, Case Study. Lab Med 2004, 35; 2-5
Dental management of a patient with factor X deficiency.
Adewumi, Abi, Sakhalkar, VS, Under publication. JCDA
Patent ductus arteriosus in the newborn.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Edition. 71(1):F71, 1994 Jul.
Phenytoin induced hepatotoxicity.
Menezes RA, Yeolekar ME, Sakhalkar VS, . Indian Practitioner 1989,42(8), 649-650
Myositis Ossificans Progressiva.
Sakhalkar VS, Dalvi RB, Pradhan MR, Colaco MP, Merchant RH, Indian Pediatr 1994, 31, 1413-1415
Acute digoxin toxicity in a neonate.
Sakhalkar VS, Satodia PJ, Merchant RH, Indian Pediatr 1993, 30, 81-82
Neonatal adrenal hemorrhage.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Karnik AK, Joshi MS, Desai MP, Indian Pediatr 1992, 29, 1033-1036
Neonatal gastrointestinal perforations.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Shah KN, Murthy AM, Waingankar VS, Kapur VK, Indian Pediatr 1992, 29, 693-698
Proptosis- Management of 22 patients.
Merchant RH, deSouza CE, Shah KN, Sakhalkar VS, Indian Pediatr 1993,30,61-6
Neonatal gastrointestinal perforations. Indian Pediatr 1992, 29, 693-698.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Shah KN, Murthy AM, Waingankar VS, Kapur VK, Indian Pediatr 1992, 29, 693-698
Hemophagocytosis and granulomas in bone marrow in a child with Down's syndrome.
Sakhalkar VS, Rao SP, Gottessman RS, Miller ST, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001, 23(9), 623-625
Allosensitization in sickle cell disease patients receiving multiple transfusions.
Sakhalkar VS, Roberts K, Hawthorne LM, McCaskill DM, Veillon DM, Caldito GC, Fernandez C, Cotelingam JD, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2005:1054;495-9
Rajadhyaksha S. A study of tubercular antigen and antibody in childhood tuberculosis.
Ashtekar M, Samuel A, Kameswaran M, Kadival GV, Sakhalkar VS, J Tropical Pediatrics 1992,38,22-26
Rajadhyaksha SB, Virdi SS. T lymphocytes in pulmonary tuberculosis.
Ashtekar MD, Samuel AM, Kadival GV, Sakhalkar VS, Indian J Med Res 1993,(97),14-17
Efficacy of buprenorphine in painful medical conditions.
Rathod NM, Yeolekar ME, Sakhalkar VS, Efficacy of buprenorphine in painful medical conditions.
Prophylactic infusion of theophylline for prevention of apnea in prematurity.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Ashavaid TF, Prophylactic infusion of theophylline for prevention of apnea in prematurity
Hematocrit and whole blood viscosity in newborns - analysis of 100 cases.
Merchant RH, Phadke SD, Sakhalkar VS, Agashe VS, Puniyani RR, Indian Pediatr 1992, 29,556-561
Exchange transfusions via peripheral vessels.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Rajadhyaksha SB, Indian Pediatr 1992,29, 457-60
Therapy of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterms using Mefenemic acid and Indomethacin.
Sakhalkar VS, Merchant RH, Therapy of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterms using Mefenemic acid and Indomethacin
Prevalence of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal cultures from patients with sickle cell disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Sarnaik SA, Asmar BI, et al, SMJ 2001,94;401-404
Plasma sVCAM-1 levels in children with sickle cell disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Rao SP, Weedon J, Miller ST, Am J Hematol 2004,76:57-60
Join now to see all

Books/Book Chapters

New Developments in Blood Transfusion Research.
Chapter: Allosensitization in transfused sickle cell disease patients
Page 103 - 120Sakhalkar VSEditors: Peterson BR.Nova Publishers
Modern Hematology.
Chapter: Immunodeficiency
Page 295 - 314Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Humana PressEdition 2,
Modern Hematology.
Chapter: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Page 173 - 194Munker R, Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Humana PressEdition 2,
Modern Hematology.
Chapter: Hemolytic anemias
Page 101 - 126Munker R, Mansouri A, Gupte SC, Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Humana PressEdition 2,
Modern Hematology.
Chapter: Appendix 5 Databases in Hematology
Page 467 - 474Munker R, Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Humana PressEdition 2,
A Manual for Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for soft tissue sarcomas
Munker R, Sakhalkar VS, Atkinson, KEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University PressEdition 2,
A Manual for Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for congenital immunodeficiencies
Sakhalkar VS, Munker R, Atkinson, KEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University PressEdition 2,
A Manual for Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Munker R, Lazarus HM, Sakhalkar VS, Atkinson, KEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University PressEdition 2,
The BMT Data Book: Including Cellular Therapy.
Chapter: Hemolytic anemias
Munker R, Mansouri A, Gupte SC, Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University Press Edition 3,
The BMT Data Book: Including Cellular Therapy.
Chapter: Appendix 5 Databases in Hematology
Munker R, Sakhalkar VSEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University Press Edition 3,
The BMT Data Book: Including Cellular Therapy.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for soft tissue sarcomas
Munker R, Sakhalkar VS, Atkinson, KEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University PressEdition 3,
The BMT Data Book: Including Cellular Therapy.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for congenital immunodeficiencies
Sakhalkar VS, Munker R, Atkinson, KEditors: Munker R.Cambridge University Press
The BMT Data Book: Including Cellular Therapy.
Chapter: Therapeutic Decision making in BMT/SCT for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Munker R, Lazarus HM, Sakhalkar VS, Atkinson, KCambridge University PressEdition 3,
Join now to see all

Abstracts/Posters

Clinical and Economic Issues in Multiply Transfused Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Patients.
Sakhalkar VS, Veillon DM, Cotelingam JD, et al, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Atlanta
Alloantibody Formation in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Receiving Multiple Transfusions.
Sakhalkar VS, Veillon DM, Cotelingam JD, et al, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Atlanta
Erythropoietin Administration in Term Infants with Hemolytic Anemia.
3) Rao SP, Yassin FK, Abdullah M; Sakhalkar V, Miller ST, 792 Pediatric Res. Program Issue APS-SPR. 43(4) Supplement 2:137, April 1998.
Cholecystectomy in Children with Sickle Cell Disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Miller ST, Rao SP, Sakhalkar MV, Weedon JC, Rabinowitz S, ASPH/O, San Francisco
Pancreatitis in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
Sakhalkar VS, Miller ST, Rao SP, Sakhalkar MV, Weedon JC, Rabinowitz S, At ASPH/O, San Francisco
Recurrent Acute Splenic Sequestration intwo children with coinheritance of sickle cell trait and hereditary spherocytosis.
Kim MH, Sakhalkar VS, Tunnell D, Alvarado, CS, American Society of Hematology
Massive Iron Overload in a not so frequently transfused aplastic anemia patient with liver transplant.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium...f
Pulmonary Hypertension in a patient with Sickle Cell Disease.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium....
Difficult pain management in a patient with Sickle Cell Disease.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium ....
Hematuria in a patient with Sickle Cell Trait.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium ..., Hollywood, FL
Pain and Inflammation in a patient with Sickle Cell Disease.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium....., Hollywood
Transfusion Reactions in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Patients Receiving Multiple Blood Transfusions.
Sakhalkar VS, Veillon DM, Cotelingam JD, et al, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Atlanta
Autoantibody Formation in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Receiving Multiple Blood Transfusions.
Sakhalkar VS, Veillon DM, Cotelingam JD, et al, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Atlanta
Allosensitization in transfused patients with sickle cell disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Roberts K, Hawthorne LM, et al, ASPH/O, Washington, DC
Allosensitization in multiply transfused patients.
Sakhalkar VS, Roberts K, Hawthorne LM, et al, NYAS Eighth Cooley’s Anemia Symposium
Role of MTHFR in Retinal Vascular Occlusion (RVaO).
Kooragayala LM, Sakhalkar M, Abrams J, Yanamandra K, Caldito G, Sakhalkar V, Schulman J, Program and poster # 5229/B553, ARVO
Right Upper Quadrant Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Miller ST, Rao SP, Sakhalkar MV, Weedon JC, Rabinowitz S, ASPH/O, San Francisco
SVCAM levels in children with sickle cell disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Rao SP, Weedon J, Miller ST, American Society of Hematology, San Francisco, California
Prophylactic infusion of theophylline for prevention of apnea in preterms.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Ashavaid TF, XIIIth European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Amsterdam
Prevalence of penicillin resistant pneumococci in nasopharyngeal cultures from patients with sickle cell disease.
Sakhalkar VS, Asmar B, Conner-Warren R, Shurney S, Sarnaik S, 25th anniversary of National Sickle Cell Symposium, Washington, DC
Allosensitization in Sickle Cell patients receiving multiple blood transfusions.
Sakhalkar VS, 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium & Grant Writing Institute (GWI), Hollywood, FL
Therapy of symptomatic PDA in preterms using Mefenemic acid and Indomethacin.
Sakhalkar VS, Merchant RH, IInd International Meet of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), Madras
T lymphocyte subset studies in TB and malnutrition.
Sakhalkar VS, Rajadhyaksha SB, Ashtekar MD, Samuel AM, IInd International Meet of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), Madras
Exchange transfusion via peripheral vessels.
Merchant RH, Sakhalkar VS, Rajadhyaksha SB, IInd International Meet of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), Madras
Hematocrit and whole blood viscosity in newborns-analysis of 100 cases.
Merchant RH, Phadke SD, Sakhalkar VS, Agashe VS, Puniyani RR, XIIIth European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Amsterdam
Join now to see all

Other Languages

Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu