Gayatri Mirani, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor

Email

mirani@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Pediatrics-Allergy & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Texas Children's (Office): Feigin Tower
1102 Bates Avenue
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1038
gayatri.mirani@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Cornell University: 05/2001 - New York, United States

MD from SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn NY: 05/2005 - New York, United States

Residency at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: 06/2008 - New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Fellowship at NYU Medical Center: 04/2009 - New York, United States; Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Fellowship at Tulane University Medical Center: 06/2015 - Louisiana, United States; Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Fellowship at Tulane University Medical Center Health and Hospital, Wetmore Foundation: 06/2016 - Louisiana, United States; Tuberculosis

Professional Interests

Perinatal HIV exposure, HIV care, prevention (PrEP, PEP) and linkage to care in the community, Care of pre-travel visitors for vaccines, Provide pre- and post-adoption counseling and consultations.

Professional Statement

Children are God’s gifts to us. We as, pediatric specialists, play an important role in their growth and development in order for them to become healthy and confident adults in future. Collaborative and team approach in our field in providing care to the children is what I find most exciting. Making children and their parents feel happy and special when they come to see us is my objective and personal goal.

Selected Publications

Mirani G, Williams PL, Chernoff M, Abzug MJ, Levin MJ, Seage GR 3rd, Oleske JM, Purswani MU, Hazra R, Traite S, Zimmer B, Van Dyke RB; IMPAACT P1074 Study Team.. " Changing Trends in Complications and Mortality Rates Among US Youth and Young Adults With HIV Infection in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy.Clin Infect Dis " 2015 ; (61(12):1850-61.)
Pubmed PMID: 26270680.
Cope JR, Ratard RC, Hill VR, Sokol T, Causey JJ, Yoder JS, Mirani G, Mull B, Mukerjee KA, Narayanan J, Doucet M, Qvarnstrom Y, Poole CN, Akingbola OA, Ritter JM, Xiong Z, da Silva AJ, Roellig D, Van Dyke RB, Stern H, Xiao L, Beach MJ.. " The first association of a primary amebic meningoencephalitis death with culturable Naegleria fowleri in tap water from a US treated public drinking water system. Clin Infect Dis " 2015 ; (60 (8):e36-42.)
Pubmed PMID: 25595746.
Mirani G, Marret JC, Valerie E, Smith RK, Greer DL, Craver R, Begue R. " Lung Mass in a Teenage Male With Asthma. Pediatr Infect Dis J " 2016 ; (35 (6):711.)
Pubmed PMID: 26986768.

Memberships

Infectious Diseases Society of America: Member (01/2012)

American Academy of Pediatrics: Fellow (05/2018)