Avni M. Bhalakia, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

bhalakia@bcm.edu

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics: Pediatrics
General Academic Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

The Center for Children and Women Southwest (Clinic): 9700 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX, 77036
United States
Phone: (832) 733-1300
avni.bhalakia@bcm.edu

Residency at Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island; Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

Texas Medical Board

Maslyanskaya S, Alderman EM, Bhalakia AM, Rinke ML.. " Improving Tracking of Postdischarge Results of Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Tests in Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative " Sex Transm Dis.. 2019 May ; 46 (5) : 354-356.
Pubmed PMID: 30985637.
Kim MH, Ahmed S, Preidis GA, Abrams EJ, Hosseinipour MC, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Paul ME, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN. " Low Rates of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in a Routine Programmatic Setting in Lilongwe, Malawi. " PLoS ONE. 2013 ; 8 (5) : e64979.
Pubmed PMID: 23741437.
Kim MH, Ahmed S, Buck WC, Preidis GA, Hosseinipour MC, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN, Chimbwandira F, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Schutze GE, Kline MW. " The Tingathe programme: a pilot intervention using community health workers to create a continuum of care in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) cascade of services in Malawi. " J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 ; 15 (4) : 41285.
Pubmed PMID: 22789644.
Bhalakia AM, Talib HJ, Choi J, Watnick D, Bochner R, Futterman D, Gross E.. " Acceptance of Routine HIV Testing by Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults " Hosp Pediatr. 2018 Apr ;
Pubmed PMID: 29599198.
Bhalakia AM, DeMello A, Beckworth K, Johnson B, Naik-Mathuria B.. " Pediatric Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, and Barriers to Firearms Safety Counseling " South Med J.. 2021 Oct ; 115 (10) : 636-639.
Pubmed PMID: 34599341.