Positions

Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research

Texas Children's Hospital

Surgical Director, Basic Science Research

Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)

Mark A. Wallace Tower
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3135
Pediatric Surgery

Feigin Center (Lab)

1102 Bates Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis

Pediatric Surgery

Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans

Internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans

MD from Ross University School of Medicine

Portsmouth

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Center for Molecular Fetal Therapy Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati

Fetal Therapy Research

Fellowship at The Children’s Institute for Surgical Science Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Pediatric Surgery Research & Fetal Surgery

Certifications

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

• Neonatal Surgery
• Pediatric General Surgery
• Fetal Surgery
• Pediatric Wound Healing

Professional Statement

Sundeep G. Keswani, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, is a member of the pediatric surgery and fetal surgery team at Texas Children’s Hospital and the principal investigator for the Texas Children’s Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair. Dr. Keswani completed his adult general surgery training at Louisiana State University in his hometown of New Orleans and completed his pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Louis Children's Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine. He also completed a research fellowship and fetal surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Prior to coming to Texas Children’s, Dr. Keswani was an attending surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr. Keswani’s clinical interests are in fetal diagnosis and therapy, neonatal surgery, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, ECMO and pediatric wound care. His NIH-funded laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms of regenerative fetal tissue repair and is actively developing novel therapeutics to achieve postnatal regenerative wound healing.

Dr. Keswani is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and Pediatric Surgery.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Sweere JM, Van Belleghem JD, Ishak H, Bach MS, Popescu M, Sunkari V, Kaber G, Manasherob R, Suh GA, Cao X, de Vries CR, Lam DN, Marshall PL, Birukova M, Katznelson E, Lazzareschi DV, Balaji S, Keswani SG, Hawn TR, Secor PR, Bollyky PL. "Bacteriophage trigger antiviral immunity and prevent clearance of bacterial infection.." Science. 2019 : Pubmed PMID: 30923196
• Wang X, Balaji S, Steen EH, Li H, Rae MM, Blum AJ, Miao Q, Butte MJ, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "T Lymphocytes Attenuate Dermal Scarring by Regulating Inflammation, Neovascularization, and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling.." Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2019 : Pubmed PMID: 31637099
• Belfort MA, Whitehead WE, Shamshirsaz AA, Bateni ZH, Olutoye OO, Olutoye OA, Mann DG, Espinoza J, Williams E, Lee TC, Keswani SG, Ayres N, Cassady CI, Mehollin-Ray AR, Sanz Cortes M, Carreras E, Peiro JL, Ruano R, Cass DL. "Fetoscopic Open Neural Tube Defect Repair: Development and Refinement of a Two-Port, Carbon Dioxide Insufflation Technique." Obstet Gynecol.. 2017 : Pubmed PMID: 28277363
• Balaji S, Wang X, King A, Le LD, Bhattacharya SS, Moles CM, Butte MJ, de Jesus Perez VA, Liechty KW, Wight TN, Crombleholme TM, Bollyky PL, Keswani SG "Interleukin-10-mediated regenerative postnatal tissue repair is dependent on regulation of hyaluronan metabolism via fibroblast-specific STAT3 signaling." FASEB J.. 2017 : Pubmed PMID: 27903619

Memberships

American Surgical Association

Fellow